Vehicle Quest

VW Golf R

Close Call

I came very close to purchasing a used 2016 Golf R.  The particular car I was interested in was modified extensively with bolt ons, not always a positive, and in fact a number of the after market parts on this Golf R were ones I was not interested in having.  What made this particular vehicle […]

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DSG Transmission

DSG or 6MT

The next decision I needed to make was whether to continue a long trend of driving a manual transmission car or elect to have the faster shifting, slightly less driver engaging DSG transmission. The idea of trying to extract maximum performance from the car had me leaning toward the DSG transmission. The faster 0-60 times

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Golf R Mk7 Engine Compartment

Decision: Golf R

GTI vs R After settling on the Golf MK7 the next question was whether to save some money, and vehicle weight, by purchasing a GTI with the Performance Package, or go for the R. If my plans had been to keep the vehicle mostly stock I would favor the GTI. The $10,000 lower cost of

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