THERES ME DRIVING DOWN THE LANES ON MY WAY HOME WHEN CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE 3RD KIND CAME UP ME AR5E!! GOLF R32 WITH EVERY LIGHT ON HE COULD FIND, 3 INCHES FROM MY NUMBER PLATE FLASHIN HIS LIGHTS ( NEW TOY, WANNA PLAY?) I WAS IN MY TEK 2 WAGON, BELEIVE ME THEM R32'S CAN SHIFT DOWN THE LANES OR HE WAS A F##KIN GOOD DRIVER CAUSE HE WAS NEVER TO FAR BEHIND AND I WAS FLOORING IT!!
ONCE WE CAME OUT THE LANES TO TRAFFIC LIGHTS ON RED HE PULLED ALONG SIDE WITH A BIG GRIN AND SAID R32 INIT!! I SAID SCOOBY, SEE YA! THEM R32'S ARE QUICK!! MMMMMM, BUT NOT QUICK ENOUGH, 1-0 TO ME, HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN MATE.

Price: £22,340
Capacity: 3189cc
Power: 237bhp
0-62mph: 6.6 seconds
Maximum speed: 153mph
Volkswagen figures.

damn close i bet though

MIDMOTORSTEVE,
GOT TO ADMIT, NOTHING IN IT DOWN THE TWISTIES BUT OFF THE LINE THERE WERE CAR LENGTHS TO BE HAD, NICE LOOKING GOLF THOUGH!

ouch.. my ears!

Codhead, give 'im a break m8, the xhorst on the R32 prolly made him deaf so HE HAS TO SHOUT.

If capslock-itis is SHOUTING how do we get ppl to be dumb?

Rhetorical question.

How come other cars with a 3.2 engine get much more Bhp?:confused:?

E36 M3 ~321
Porche somethings ~ 300ish

Still I suppose it will allow the tuners to do some magic on the engine

STI-MAN,

Those cars have obviously had a lot of development time to get that sort of power. More time developing the engine = more money! I'm quite sure if VW wanted to they could have pushed out c.300BHP but I would imagine it would come with a price tag to match!

He was probably running in- they are pretty new!

[Edited by scooby-new - 1/26/2003 12:59:13 PM]

Also the 3.2 would be relatively understressed than if it was running c300bhp so it should be stronger & reliable.

I guess they'll gradually increase the power for the Mk5.

The 0-60 time is a bit misleading,with it being a six speeder.The 0-50 is 4.6.
"r32 innit" WTF? Was it Ali g or Stavros driving?
I think they look demon anyway.

Why anyone would pay 22k for a Golf ill never know

???thats less than a scooby???and likely to be put together much better as well? 3.2 bound to be well tunable

Well tunable? I wouldnt think so as its na.
Would cost a packet to get even a modest bhp increase.

As for it being cheaper than a Scooby, depends if you can handle
having a used car or not....... me? I'd have a P1 and some change!

It has to be a more sensible choice than a p1. although I'd wait for a bit and get a second hander.
After seeing the pictures of it and the idea of a 3.2 litre golf I'm starting to get moist for one I have to admit.

New model golf is due out soon do you want an old shaper ?.

Yeah would'nt really bother me. This shape golf has'nt been the best like,but the R32 and anniversary one look pretty tasty. I've not got me peepers on the new shape whats it like?

Dont know just heard there a new one on the way. TBH the best golf was the mark 1 and 2 GTi. The V6 and turbos have not really impressed me, the Corrado 2.9 VR6 was a nice bit of kit and nearly brought one just a bit cramped for my frame :D. I didnt like the Golf VR6 or the 4Motion.

Called in at the TVR dealer today and they have a T350C demonstrator one of only 3 in the country, awesome bit of kit.

[Edited by chrisp - 1/26/2003 8:40:05 PM]

Now I like the golf vr6,I reckon looks quite mean and is/was a bit of a "gangstar/hood/homie/dog/dealer/etc." type car round our way.
That Tvr you are talking about is quite creamworthy indeed. Was the dealer you went to christopher neil in northwich,or are you not up north?

The TVR dealer was Peter Smiths in Hatton (Derby) called in as I was at Donington Park (only about 15 minutes away along the A50 west)

Try and go to a VW dealer and get one - there's plenty people willing ;):D

Maybe VW wont bring out the Mk5 and reduce it's cost by £4k on the current model - maybe something to do with that ;)

Just needs the gold wheels now

http://www.r32.org.uk/Side-Front.jpg

For that money I would expect 4 doors at least ;) :D

Nice motor mate