02-21-2013, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by norsamerican
I agree that the price is similar, power however is not. The fact of the matter is while you may spend near the same amount or less for a VW. You are still getting a vehicle with costly maintenance, FWD, Hatchback, etc. You cannot soley compare the two cars exclusivly on build quality because, frankly they are two very different cars. The Germans, while meticulous with their cars, have not built a comparable FR car.
The VW GTI is a grand touring car, its built for longer drives, daily driving in comfort. You simply cannot compare the two cars. If someone wants a car chaulked full of perfection yes they can buy the GTI but they will also be losing more in drivability, in my opinon, which is more valuable than perfection.
One could argue that you could just buy a VW and save on purchase price but you would also sacrifice the expirience of a RWD lightweight sports car. I've driven a GTI, reminded me of the 2003 EP3 Civic Si but sturdier/tighter.
In terms of quailty over cost comparison. The driveability, handling, overal fun aspect of the car outweighs any insignificant rattle or annoyance for most seasoned drivers. And furthermore the car looks a hell of alot better than a boxy hatchback.
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Originally Posted by rhoyle
Similar performance on paper doesn't mean that the cars feel, act, or drive the same. My point is that driving a Cayman is not like driving a FR-S/BRZ. It's not a similar feeling. If you just want a paper war, then bring in the Vette. It's priced similar to the Cayman yet will blow it away in many metrics. But driving the two is nothing alike.
There are three or four of us who have owned Caymans on here. That doesn't make the FR-S/BRZ a Cayman competitor. Two totally different vehicles.
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corvettes are government motors "crap" ok so the german stuff drives different point made,but i would take the little frs/brz any day over anything the germans build no matter what! costly to buy,costly to service,and they "still" break frequently. "high priced" sucker bait!
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