Quote Originally Posted by NicholasP View Post
how does it compare to the GTI? GTI worth the extra cash?
Let's talk about why I got a TSI GT over a GTi, I got my GT for £16K as a ex-Demo Car 3k Mileage 4 months old, Checked with GTi costing around £18K(out of my budget range) for 1 yr old at least, so I went for GT as its newer compare with the £18K 1 yr old GTi. Do I make sense here?

Anyway, if we're talking about brand new price then the differ in price's around £2k. I'd go for GTi because of its look, stiffer suspension and classified as a hot hatch compared with the TSI GT along with the higher trim level over GT.

However GTi drinks more fuel than GT, pal of mine does an average of 30MPG with his driving, both city n motorway.

With the TSI GT, U can drive it like a normal 1.4 to save fuel... but a normal 1.4 on a Golf's dead slow so I always ended up digging my accelerator more to kick d Supercharger in. Therefore the move off can be quite dead sometime, think VW done it delibrately.

Anyway cut it short, if u want more torque, more power, stiffer ride... then GTi

If u want to save fuel, into a fancy new twin-charged engine, like softer ride, something rare, cheaper road tax, go for TSI GT.

Oh I rev my TSI to 7K RPM (I like d sound and wish I got a dump valve) wen GTi's redline's at 6K RPM, if we talking about a general side by side race between TSI GT and GTi then it's not a much different. However GTi will win against TSI eventually due to its higher torque.

Open our eyes, GTi's EVERYWHERE! and I personally like GT's front bumper.

GTi or TSI GT? It's your choice...
So does GTi worth the extra cash? my opinions yes but Im still a student so Im tight on weekly petrol budget and personally still goin to stick with TSI GT.

Oh there's one thing we dunno yet, how realiable is the TSI?