14-01-2014, 09:34 AM
106GTis have possibly the worst ratios ever from the factory - the VTR is even worse. They're horrifically bad, had they have had a shorter box, they'd be amazing.
To me it TOTALLY depends on the roads you drive on...
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Petworh...6,,0,17.87
If you're driving the above - GTI6 EVERY day... That gearbox and chassis combo - every time I took it on a long, fast sweeping A road, I couldn't fail to be impressed by the combo...
Soon as you take it onto:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Gorran+...5,,0,12.86
Give me the 106GTi with a Rallye box every day... Or a VNT'd DT with the stock box...
The GTi6 frustrates me on most back roads, gearbox is too long, engine has nowhere near enough grunt out of corners... When you've got 300lb.ft rampaging through the front wheels out of a corner through 2nd and 3rd from 20-50mph, GTi6s can't hang with (even if they can, you're just WAITING for the power, and you've had to change down to first) and you're just getting into the fun part of the RPMs, having used up most of the road, then you're back on the brakes...
To me it TOTALLY depends on the roads you drive on...
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Petworh...6,,0,17.87
If you're driving the above - GTI6 EVERY day... That gearbox and chassis combo - every time I took it on a long, fast sweeping A road, I couldn't fail to be impressed by the combo...
Soon as you take it onto:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Gorran+...5,,0,12.86
Give me the 106GTi with a Rallye box every day... Or a VNT'd DT with the stock box...
The GTi6 frustrates me on most back roads, gearbox is too long, engine has nowhere near enough grunt out of corners... When you've got 300lb.ft rampaging through the front wheels out of a corner through 2nd and 3rd from 20-50mph, GTi6s can't hang with (even if they can, you're just WAITING for the power, and you've had to change down to first) and you're just getting into the fun part of the RPMs, having used up most of the road, then you're back on the brakes...
