Friday 16th August 2002

Golf R32

240bhp for £22K as the middle aged Golf gets fit for business again

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[kevinday]

Don't know about the Golf, not my sort of thing, but, the engine sounds like a good donor for an entry level TVR, Tamora with no frills ie. analogue speedo etc. etc.

[CarZee]

22k, 240bhp, 4wd and still less fun than a mk1 GTi round a series of tight bends.

[plotloss]

240bhp and 6.6 seconds to 60?!?!?

Did it have a caravan attached?

Matt.

[Podie]

Why is everyone putting out their "hot" cars in blue?

Ford (Focus RS, ST220, Racing Puma), Vauxhaul (Astra Coupe 888), Renault (Clio Cup) and now VW..!

er... originality? hello?

[CarZee]

quote:Why is everyone putting out their "hot" cars in blue?

It's the only colour the ASA hasn't banned?!?

[Podie]

I'd forgotton about MG!

[Mark Benson]

No matter how hard you try, you can't polish a turd.

[philshort]

quote:240bhp and 6.6 seconds to 60?!?!?

Did it have a caravan attached?

Nope, just oil damped grab handles, 16 airbags, more cup holders than anyon sane would ever need, and a bit of a lard arse.

[mervynp]

quote:Don't know about the Golf, not my sort of thing, but, the engine sounds like a good donor for an entry level TVR, Tamora with no frills ie. analogue speedo etc. etc.

hmmm, not sure this would work, as it is probably a drive-by wire engine, with suitably sogy throttle response and no heal-toe type fun. The latest golf GTi does something fairly stupid (cuts the throttle?) when the brake pedal is touched. VW haven't made a decent drivers car since the Corrado and show no signs of doing so in the near future.

[ahonen]

You've driven an R32, then, of course?

Peter Robinson rated it pretty highly in Autocar last week. I'd have one.

[Gargamel]

AFAIK - Drive by wire technology is still subject to an Ban - or is that only for the mechanical link between steering and the wheels ?

Are there any cars out there with dbw throttles ?

[ahonen]

Sadly, there are many cars out there with drive by wire throttles and many of the German ones do prevent heel and toeing for "safety" reasons. I imagine that's something started for the American market - the idiots who tried to claim Audis were suffering from 'unintended acceleration' after their fat feet were pressing throttle and brake simultaneously.

Why is it that everything in life has to be based around the needs of the lowest common denominator?

[JonRB]

quote:bit of a lard arse.

Over 1400 kgs last I heard. On a Golf, FFS!

[Leadfoot]

Oh bugger! Just ordered a Leon Cupra R, & forgot about the DBW throttle not allowinh heel & toeing. Ar5E! will have to enquire with the tuning co.s about disabling this.

[deuginthesky]

Bah !

Buy a Clio Sport 172 "stock" or the Ragnotti limited edition , send it to Technomap in Dieppe to push the engine at 220hp NA.
Then say bye bye Golf...

[marki]

The R32 will be great , i have run a Golf V6 4motion for 3 years now and i still enjoy it , heavy sure but it handels well is fast enough for what i use it for has a smooth V6 that sound good , i hate all this 4 cylinder thrashing which is the only thing that puts me off an Elise