cars- proton GTI

thomsbrain

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yeah, i own 5.
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Originally posted by: surefoot
Do you know much about the GTI class cars, VW golf

What do you want to know about them? I used to own a VR6 GTi.
 

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Loved the thing to death. It just wasn't the best car to take on 1000+ mile trips. Bolstering was pretty aggressive and it just didn't have a ton of space for more than two people. Third gear in that little bastard was unreal though. It pulled HARD all the way from 30 MPH to 110MPH. Once you hit about 60 MPH in 3rd gear, there's not a lot of cars out there that can hang with you.

I looked at buying an '02 1.8t but VW's shifters are getting pretty sloppy. Way to much travel on the clutch and the stick itself was pretty mushy feeling. It was a big difference between what I was used to in my '95.
 

bolido2000

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Those POS are made in Malaysia with assistance from Mitsubishi. The styling is taken from old Mitsu's too. I doubt the "handling" by Lotus will make a big differcance. Is like the Korean Ssanyongs. They use engines from Mercedes. That would only mean something if MB is willing to share their latest engines with them