VW Golf VS Cobalt SS/SC
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Originally Posted by b-spot
No, you guys aren't humble, you are retards.
I've raced an '06 GTI about 5 times. Lost every time, stayed even once. This GTI is bone stock. I start pulling back on him later in third, but this won't be an "easy win" for you.
I've raced an '06 GTI about 5 times. Lost every time, stayed even once. This GTI is bone stock. I start pulling back on him later in third, but this won't be an "easy win" for you.
shift at redline next time ???
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Originally Posted by b-spot
No, I have a 2.0. Yes I shift at redline dipshit.
I'm talking an '06 GTI here. 2.0T.
I don't care if you all beat 1.8T's or VR6's. Thats not what I'm talking about here.
I'm talking an '06 GTI here. 2.0T.
I don't care if you all beat 1.8T's or VR6's. Thats not what I'm talking about here.
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To OP -> You didn't mention (unless I'm blind) wether he is getting a GTI or base Golf? I think a race with a new GTI would be pretty close. What you would call a 'driver's race'. For comparison (ugh! I hate magazine racing...but I have yet to see real #s yet) R&T got a 14.8 @94.6mph out of a stock '06 GTI w/DSG (manual's are low 15's). And with some SS/SC drivers getting mid-high 14's stock, IMO it could be closer than alot of people are saying.
Either way the new GTI is a nice car and a worthy opponent to a SS/SC. Good luck, play nice with the euro's and keep it safe!
Either way the new GTI is a nice car and a worthy opponent to a SS/SC. Good luck, play nice with the euro's and keep it safe!
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My good buddy has an 2003 VW 1.8T its pretty even off the line but once i hit 3rd gear its an easy kill...atleast half a car or more, but now hes got the Revo Stg 2 kit , BOV, magnaflow exhaust. and kicks my ass...lol (by about the same margin)
(Not for Long)
(Not for Long)
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I think it would be a good race, but there is no way the GTI 2.0T should actually beat the cobalt. They make VWs so beastly, even though its a golf, they say it weighs over 3150 pounds. Thats why the R32 can just barely pass us buy, its around 3500 (for a sport compact) rediculous!
my 2000 vr6 jetta GLX even weighs about that much as the new golf and has a catback, cai, stge 2 clutch, lightened flywheel and my cobalt still can just walks away from it.
my 2000 vr6 jetta GLX even weighs about that much as the new golf and has a catback, cai, stge 2 clutch, lightened flywheel and my cobalt still can just walks away from it.
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I would say your gona win either way, but the magnaflow wont make much of a difference. 7whp at the most. if you get a 3inch pulley your gona smoke him for sure. and you can pick a pulley for less than 150dlls and install for about 100 and have 15whp more. Also the magnaflow is gona run you around 470 at the cheapest place. MP.com
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Originally Posted by b-spot
No, you guys aren't humble, you are retards.
I've raced an '06 GTI about 5 times. Lost every time, stayed even once. This GTI is bone stock. I start pulling back on him later in third, but this won't be an "easy win" for you.
I've raced an '06 GTI about 5 times. Lost every time, stayed even once. This GTI is bone stock. I start pulling back on him later in third, but this won't be an "easy win" for you.
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You should be able to smoke him no problem. Just make sure you work on your launch, and youll destroy him. Not only that, but they only top out @ 130mph anywayz. As long as the stretch is long enough, youll win for sure 
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Coming from a neutral party (don't own either of the cars in question), the Cobalt SS/SC should beat stock Golf, whether old or new, unless it's a R32. If you're losing to stock Golf's, you're being outdriven.
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The new GTI's are slow as hell for a turbo 200 horses. The 0-60mph is only about 7.1sec according to the VW site. Not only that but it weighs 3300 lbs for a manual tranny! Automatics weigh even more! Thats a fatty compact car. Ours only weigh 2900 lbs., thats a 400 lb difference! You will smoke the new GTI. If its a stock R32, itll be a tight race. If its an R32 thats modded, you will probably lose, unless youre better at launching than he is. Then u might stand a chance.
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i almost traded in my Cobalt for a new 2.0 gti... with a chip... it will smoke a SS drive one first. to beat your enemy... you must first know it. go drive one. i will say its a bast. but overall... its not the race that counts its the warranty... (if you know VW warranties... you will get this joke.)
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Originally Posted by Sempher55
i almost traded in my Cobalt for a new 2.0 gti... with a chip... it will smoke a SS drive one first. to beat your enemy... you must first know it. go drive one. i will say its a bast. but overall... its not the race that counts its the warranty... (if you know VW warranties... you will get this joke.)