Well i was out just sitting in the local hot spot waiting for something interesting to drive bye. A 05 mustang flys bye so i go after him.

We line up on the highway but for some reson he dose not want to race. Then a Golf GTI just Flys bye doing about 90, im doing a good 70 mph.

So im thinking screw the mustang and went after the GTI. It was sad. im hauling *** and get next to him doing about 100. I did not know he was flooring it untill i hit 90. i let off the gas and he pulls ahead. so i gun it again and just pull on him like crazy. bye the time i hit 120
i had about 6-7 car lengths on the guy. i stop because im not a big fan of cops and he just keeps on going. I know those things are fast down low but i never knew the top end sucked so much.

It was fun though. ive been in a few and thought they where quite quick from a low role

 

The GTI's with the 1.8T engine feel decently quick until you really put your foot in it, and hen they fall on their ***. I've driven tons of them, and the fun is over by ~4,500 RPM. Even the nwer 225 HP(as opposed to 180 HP) 1.8T's in the Audi TT's fall on their ***.

Now, if one were so inclined they could make a monster out of a GTI. My buddy at work has a 2000 GTI with a larger turbo, large FMIC, better rods, etc..., and it will eat my car for lunch. That thing is ridiculous. He maybe has $5K invested. Before the rods and upgraded heads he was only running ~21 psi and shutting it down at 7K, and still pulled 315 WHP with a slipping clutch. I can't imagine what it would do now with an 8200 RPM redline and 25 psi.

 

i raced a 2003 jetta with the 1.8l turbo against a 1995 lincoln town car, and the town car had 1 1/2 cars on the jetta.lol, they feel fast when you are in them but they actually arent fast at all.By the way, i was driving the town car.

 

Town Cars can be very educational.

In the early 90s I had my first new car, a 92 Eclipse 2.0 non-turbo, and thought I was doing pretty well. I wasn't into speed back then - it was all about the stereo in those days. Still, it had 135 hp instead of the 90hp my old Corolla had so I thought it was pretty tough.

One day I ended up next to my brother driving my grandparent's Town Car and just for fun we decided to try 'em out. I was totally stunned when the Town Car not only left me when the light turned green, but passed me with ease and pulled in front of me, all while I was still WOT and rowing through the gears like a madman.

It was that day I decided that maybe my car wasn't so quick after all. Two years later I traded it on a turbo model