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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/19/09

    In reply to ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived

    Why does every car these days have to shout "look at me?" I do miss discreet performance. Maybe I am getting old.

    Some simple style to balance out the ABT Golf.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    11/19/09

    In reply to ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived
    This car definitely has a good chance of inhabiting my garage. I have a couple boys that think it's teh sex.
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    Image of bzr bzr
    11/19/09

    In reply to ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived
    Nah, Ben's kidding. Hipsters don't know anything about cars. That's why they plaster their grandma's '92 Camry with Conor Oberst stickers.
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    Image of Cvilletallman Cvilletallman
    11/20/09

    @bzr: Don't forget the bike rack, loaded down with fixies, all of which have "One Less Car" stickers on them.
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    Image of jbh11126 jbh11126
    11/19/09

    In reply to ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived
    That body kit and paint job is writing a check the performance can't cash.

    If I pulled up next to this thing at a light I'd be fooled into thinking that so much exterior upgrading must mean he's got some real nice engine goodies.

    Then I'd smoke him in my roomates Neon SXT.
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    Image of rickerbr rickerbr
    11/19/09

    @jbh11126: Not sure why I am feeding the trolls, but a Neon SXT 0-60 per allpar.com is either 8.1 or 7.9. A gas GTI stock is 200hp, so a tuned GTD at 190 should perform similarly (especially when you factor in the torque increase). A GTI without x-diff does 0-60 stock in the mid 6s (low 6s with DSG). Not sure if the diesels get x-diff, but either way I don't see how the neon is going to make up the 1.5 second difference.....

    This isn't your 1977 47hp rabbit diesel with the 3+1 gearbox.
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    SigmundTheSeaMonster promoted this comment Edited by rickerbr at 11/19/09 11:42 AM rickerbr was starred rickerbr was unstarred
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    11/19/09

    @rickerbr: Ok guys FINE.

    I guess this might maybe be quicker than my roomate's neon. Maybe.

    You folks may have forgotten that the SXT model is special because it comes with a factory spoiler.

    This spoiler in fact brings wheel horsepower up to around 400.

    It also automatically takes 3 seconds of the 0-60 time.

    #tips
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/19/09

    Threadjack: VW, where is our Golf diesel trucklet?
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    11/19/09

    @jbh11126: Ummm... not really. I think you may need a little refresher on that physics from high school. Low end easily beats it. Top end may have a race, depending on gearing. But no one is driving around on surface streets at 140MPH. Unless you are auditioning to be the new sex toy in the local pokey.
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    11/19/09

    @DoctorNine: Well I drive 140 everywhere I go, on the dot.

    So it helps me a lot.
    #tips
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    11/19/09

    In reply to ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived
    Well I suppose this could be considered an improvement over the Ford Tempo Diesel's 52HP.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    11/19/09

    @Ford Tempo Fanatic: Yes, but which car will still be running after the EMP wars?
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    11/19/09

    @brandegee: Without the slightest doubt in my mind, the Tempo. Actually, I wouldn't be too surprised if the only vehicle to survive the apocolypse is in fact, the diesel-powered Tempo.
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    Image of Ash78, tryptophanatic Ash78, tryptophanatic
    11/19/09

    In reply to ABT Golf VI GTD: Lord Vader, Your Euro-Trash Hipster Son's Car Has Arrived
    I almost love it, but VW did most of the work. That's both good and bad.

    I know it's sacrilege, but I really like the looks of the 4-door Golfs more than the 2-door (in the MkV and MkVI versions). Makes the car more competitive with the MS3, as well.
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    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    I personally think that a South African proudly stating with a straight face he owns the last Volkswagen Citi Billabong ever built would be the height of awesomeness.
    [www.vw.co.za] #vwgolf
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    Do they still make a white GTI? I wonder if these can be imported like the Mexican Beetles? #vwgolf
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    Image of Mr_Sives_Remotoc Mr_Sives_Remotoc
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    German construction + Italian design + 70s simplicity = highlander #vwgolf
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    11/06/09


    @Mr_Sives_Remotoc:

    Italian design + Russian Improvement + Egyptian build = this. #vwgolf
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    Image of compOsvt compOsvt
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    best autocross car I ever had was a 77 VW rabbit 4 door. Stiff little chassis, roll down rear windows, slapped a little koni shocks, 50 series 15" pirelli p700Z tires and some stiff anitroll bars and the thing was as roller skate. Weighed next to nothing (1750lbs as I remember) and with a JH big valve 110horse engine was fast and revy. Closest car I have found yet was the Focus SVT which I now own. Light, revy, taut and discreet. How a city car should be. #vwgolf
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    11/06/09

    @compOsvt: 1 h-click on the SVTF choice. Why? Because all the 3 cars I've ever owned in my life were Focuses. 1) 01'ZX3 2) 03' SVTF 3) 04'SVTF Euro (current car)

    Just love them. #vwgolf
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    Image of ppiddy ppiddy
    11/06/09

    @compOsvt: Undeniably awesome cars but stiff chassis? ZOMFG. Hahahahahahahahah. Did you ever try to open the doors on one while it was jacked up?

    What a sad day. #vwgolf
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    Image of layabout layabout
    11/07/09

    @compOsvt: I strongly advise you try the RS Focus,i loved mine to bits. #vwgolf
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    11/08/09

    @ppiddy: Next you're going to tell me my '62 Continental Convertible has chassis flex. Pshh... You sit on a thrown of lies! #vwgolf
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    Image of compOsvt compOsvt
    11/09/09

    @ppiddy: the four door was a different animal. Much shorter door opening then the 2 door and a nice stiff column in there too. Back inside tires spent much of their life up in the air around any corner. Like I said for a 1750lbs car it was stiff, for a WRC rally car not so much. #vwgolf
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    11/09/09

    @layabout: I wish, I would love to try any focus with an RS or a cosworth associated with it. My heart races just thinking of that. #vwgolf
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    I think I speak for all honorary South Africans out there when I say "AW, FOOK!" #vwgolf
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    Image of Stick Shifts and Safety Belts Stick Shifts and Safety Belts
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    This is the kind of VW I grew up with and miss the most. Well, I actually grew up with a 600,000 mile Sirocco but you get the point. I know the MK 1 Golf would of never made it to the U.S. thanks to current safety standards, but I wonder what our world would be like if these cars were sold up to this day? #vwgolf
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    Image of Jimal is a non-attorney spokesperson Jimal is a non-attorney spokesperson
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    Not to nitpick here, but the orginal Mk1 came out in 1975, which means we're at 35 years, which is more than a bit more than a quarter century. The 25 years was the South African production.

    Now where am I going to get my modern-looking VW steering wheel without the airbag?
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    I'll be pouring out a Warsteiner on the ground for mein homies tonight. #vwgolf
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/06/09

    In reply to VW Golf Mk1 Production Ceases After A Quarter-Century
    The first-gen Golf was the near-perfect in-town car.

    Small, light, roomy as hell, and ultra simple. The diesel version, while painfully slow and loud, came with its own built-in smokescreen capability and got like 50 MPG. Plus, it needed no anti-theft system. Who'd bother...and you'd be able to catch 'em on foot.

    Nowadays, 2,000 lbs. is just the add-on crap in a small car.

    "But where are my 43 air bags and my dual 9" DVD monitors?"

    Sigh. #vwgolf
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    Image of CptSevere CptSevere
    11/06/09

    @I was drivin' that Model A: I knew a guy who had one of the diesels. Yeah, gutless, but still kinda fun to drive. He lent it to some moron who thought he was being thoughtful when he filled the tank before returning it. With gasoline, of course. Probably wasn't the first or last time that ever happened. #vwgolf
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