Originally Posted by JakeG (Post 1476322)

I'd rather drag my balls against broken glass than see you get any other golf other than the R32. there is something about that car that i find beautiful, not sure what it is but its just so nice. I made the decision to get an 86 and now trying to convince my dad to sell his F150 and get an 09 R32. 86 during the week and when he uses his weekend car, i use the R32. I swear, I'm a genius.

Originally Posted by Marchy (Post 1477313)

personally, i'm not fond of the 08 r32 mostly because of the transmission, i'd rather go with an 04 and get a manual. however, i'm in the same boat as you where the wife really wants a 4 door hatchback to replace her 08 2 door focus. When i was looking for a new car, i test drove both the new R and the GTI and I honestly enjoyed the GTI more for the price. the R didn't feel that much faster, it def felt heavier and almost felt like it had more understeer in a sharp corner.

another car i want to look at is the new 2014 mazda3 hatch, they look good, apparently handle better than the previous version and are more fuel efficient, but they're priced pretty close to the GTI and you don't get the same power.

Originally Posted by Marchy (Post 1477458)

that's very true, took my buddy a year to find his 04 r32, but he was able to find one with 40k miles and only a second owner. he's averaged around 22mpg which isn't as bad as he expected, but is worse than the 25 he'd get in his old gti vr6.