i did and guess what it ate me alive, im sure had we both taken off at teh same time rather than him shooting offa nd me trying to catch up it may well of been slightly coler run, but damn they move! i do however think from that little experiment that a lightly modded 300 running around the 380 bhp range could keep up if not over take in a straight line, as although i never gained on him i also didnt disappear into the rear veiw mirror. quite surpruised how well an 21 year old auto kept up with a 50k supercar. he still had me though, obviously this was a lovely track session, and much more fun was had. :D

nice one, I haven't actually been in an R32, but they have impressive figures and anyone who's got one I've spoken to loves them, guess they're not all they're cracked up to be though by the sound of it.

 

Changed your tune a bit Hollowpoint - probably explains why you think it was a race car first and a road car second!!

 

:lol::lol:

Changed your tune a bit Hollowpoint - probably explains why you think it was a race car first and a road car second!!

 

:lol::lol:

 

Lol now don't twist things, I kinda saw that coming and wondered whether to edit my post or not, to clarify, I've never been in an R32 Golf.

lol er well heres my take on it in an unbiased way.

power. wel it goeswell the power curve is smooth progressive and starts from fairly low down the rev range as you would expect from an n/a, even the standard car has quite a nice smooth induction roar to it taht lets you knwo theres not just a normal gold heart in there on an open throttle.

brakes. where to start just look at the size of them compared to the size of the golf theyre huge., and they feekl like you would expect. strong instant and responsive, theyre pretty sharp but this may have been due to him not being used to it yet.

handling, yes it goes round corners well, that 4 wheel drive really holds. yyou can put youir foot down half way through a progressive corner and it just digs in gripping gripping gripping. i guess theres a limit to this and when its reached heaven knows what happens but i think you would have to be driving beyond what would be considered sensible on a public road.

the interior is very fresh anjd tidy and feels quality like most german cars, you would be quite happy in there even in a traffic jam. as for tuning he was saying that forced induction and remapping in the way forward and the block itself is pretty robust allowing for upping power to not completly bankupt you. cant remebr the facts and figures atm.

its a really nice car, however its just not as quick as it makes out for itself. he hasnt driven it with the traction control off yet.(his gf has though :P) but i would expect the usual front bias at all times making for a workl dof understeer and snore. would i buy one? not as a toy no its just not enough car to be a proper toy, lovely to blast down to cornwall in though. i must admitt though id love the creature comforts in the zed.

Yeah sounds as I expected but with a little less performance, I've considered one a few times as a day to day car to be honest. Before anyone mentions fueling a 3.2 V6 I use the 300 as a day to day car and it has a similar sized engine but uses much more fuel, the R32 would be a step up economically.