The Itty Bitty NOVA VW Committee

[RawrImAMonster]

I don't blame you all at all. Congrats on the purchases everyone.

As it turns out, I was also talking to Joey about going to test drive some MK7 GTI's last week. This was before I knew any of you were buying them. I didn't get around to it over the weekend because I was out of town, but I did make it there yesterday evening.

I test drove two cars yesterday:
2015 GTI SE (lighting package, fender audio, keyless everything, leather seats, sunroof) w/ DSG
2017 GTI Sport manual (lighting package, bigger golf r brakes, electronic mechanical LSD, keyless everything, base audio).

I was as impressed with the MK7 GTI as I was unimpressed with the MK6 GTI. The motor is really torquey and fun to thrash, the suspension is way more lively and handles great and the car just feels a lot better to drive in every way.

I was also surprised to find out that I actually like the DSG better than the manual in this car. VW clutches are way way too light for my liking. I've described it like this before, but it feels like something is wrong with it because there is so little pressure. It wouldn't be an issue if that was the only manual I ever drove, but even switching back into my stock WRX felt weird because of how different the clutch pedals were.

Long story short, I'm now looking for a 2015/16 2 door MK7 GTI rather than a MK6 Golf R. And seeing how just a stage 1 tune on stock hardware will put these in the 12.9@110 mph range for the quarter mile, I think it will be more than fast enough for a daily driver.