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Title: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Dazzler on April 23, 2018, 08:04:25: Tim found and shared this on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric/videos/10156281974411505/ (https://www.facebook.com/PaulMaric/videos/10156281974411505/)
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: CraigB on April 23, 2018, 08:31:11: Thanks :goodjob: smashes the GTI :D would have been nice if they gave us the times though.
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Hati on April 23, 2018, 08:48:03: And smashes it convincingly, not just by a little. Times in manual cars are more dependant on the drivers than anything, I would like to see the DCT times when it becomes available.
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: nzenigma on April 23, 2018, 09:19:28: Been seriously tempted since I first saw an open road clip. Thanks Tim. Talking to her indoors :mrgreen:
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: CraigB on April 23, 2018, 11:36:34: Quote from: Hati on April 23, 2018, 08:48:03
Times in manual cars are more dependant on the drivers than anything, I would like to see the DCT times when it becomes available.
If both drivers are competent then not so much of an issue, the real difference would be in the power to weight.
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Hati on April 23, 2018, 22:01:02: Quote from: CraigB on April 23, 2018, 11:36:34
If both drivers are competent then not so much of an issue

Every single motoring jurno thinks of themselves as the most competent on the planet... You are right though insofar as the difference in the favour of the N is so big that even bodged starts wouldn't get the GTI to win.
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Cookie Thumper on April 24, 2018, 11:08:07: Quote from: Hati on April 23, 2018, 08:48:03
And smashes it convincingly, not just by a little. Times in manual cars are more dependant on the drivers than anything, I would like to see the DCT times when it becomes available.

When in the N going to be available with a slushbox ?
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Dazzler on April 24, 2018, 11:37:04: Quote from: Cookie Thumper on April 24, 2018, 11:08:07
Quote from: Hati on April 23, 2018, 08:48:03
And smashes it convincingly, not just by a little. Times in manual cars are more dependant on the drivers than anything, I would like to see the DCT times when it becomes available.

When in the N going to be available with a slushbox ?

2019 apparently...
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Hati on April 25, 2018, 00:41:45: I know that if it was promised to be available in DCT (so Mrs Hati can drive it too) off the bat, I would have waited and bought the N. Happily.
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: beerman on April 25, 2018, 01:01:18: "I don't think anyone wakes up in the morning and goes 'I'm aspiring to own a Korean car' or 'I'm aspiring to own a Toyota Corolla' but I think people still wake up in the morning going 'I would really like to own a Golf GTI', or a Scirocco, whatever the case may be," Michael Bartsch, Volkswagen Australia managing director.
Title: Re: i30N v GTi Drag strip
Post by: Hati on April 25, 2018, 03:35:25: Quote from: beerman on April 25, 2018, 01:01:18
'I would really like to own a Golf GTI', or a Scirocco, whatever the case may be," Michael Bartsch, Volkswagen Australia managing director.

Tell 'em he's dreeeeming. Those days are gone.