27-01-2014, 11:40 AM
In the 90s the chief suspension engineer insisted that steering feel should never be compromised. The PAS is weighted beautifully on the '6 at least (I imagine it's similar across the range) and it is just assisted enough not to be really heavy without being like a video game controller which a lot of other cars are.
The '6 engine just loves to be revved up and once you get it in the high revs it absolutely sings to you, all whilst being well-balanced and changing direction with ease. If you look at the basic silhouette of the car it is not that tall and it is wide, look at more modern cars from the front and they are often as tall as, if not taller than they are wide, which despite their excellently designed suspension makes them ungainly.
Yes, they've used the wrong fasteners almost everywhere which are a twat to get off, yes, it rattles and there's loads of road noise (although I'm hoping to sort this with sound-deadening soon), yes there are common faults (although to be honest, my car is 17 in 1 month so that's to be expected, and they are all fixable) and yes they aren't the last word in comfort. However, they drive like a dream when well sorted, and in later models you get great extras (rain sensitive wipers, climate control (kind of), heated wing mirrors, 6cd changer and stalk controls in 1998 is pretty impressive!).
The day I bought my first '6 I laughed all the way home on the 2.5 hour drive after stepping up from a 1.1L 8v 106 from the sheer pleasure of driving it. I'm not sure another car will do that for me unless I spend vast amounts of money.
In summary, try spending a grand on anything else and having as much fun and I'm sure you'll be disappointed. Smiles per pound a Gti-6 is brilliant value.
The '6 engine just loves to be revved up and once you get it in the high revs it absolutely sings to you, all whilst being well-balanced and changing direction with ease. If you look at the basic silhouette of the car it is not that tall and it is wide, look at more modern cars from the front and they are often as tall as, if not taller than they are wide, which despite their excellently designed suspension makes them ungainly.
Yes, they've used the wrong fasteners almost everywhere which are a twat to get off, yes, it rattles and there's loads of road noise (although I'm hoping to sort this with sound-deadening soon), yes there are common faults (although to be honest, my car is 17 in 1 month so that's to be expected, and they are all fixable) and yes they aren't the last word in comfort. However, they drive like a dream when well sorted, and in later models you get great extras (rain sensitive wipers, climate control (kind of), heated wing mirrors, 6cd changer and stalk controls in 1998 is pretty impressive!).
The day I bought my first '6 I laughed all the way home on the 2.5 hour drive after stepping up from a 1.1L 8v 106 from the sheer pleasure of driving it. I'm not sure another car will do that for me unless I spend vast amounts of money.
In summary, try spending a grand on anything else and having as much fun and I'm sure you'll be disappointed. Smiles per pound a Gti-6 is brilliant value.
This post is an artistic work of fiction and falsehood. Only a fool would take anything posted above as fact.
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