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| Time as come I need to get a practical daily driver... a d being in love with euros, yes my name is jdm... yes I want to change it. ANYWAYS, owners what am I looking out for as good and bad, what should I worry issue wise... are they like the b8s and have an oil consumption issue... I'm going to look at a 25k gti performance package today |
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Firstly, I do not own a MK7 GTI, I've just owned Volkswagens most of my car buying life.
Make sure its a manual, and you'll have a much easier life. I have no idea if VW still runs DSG transmissions in the MK7, I'm assuming they do, the thing usually shits out with high mileage, and you have got to get the thing serviced every 40K miles, and it is expensive as shit from what I've heard, although I'm sure you can do it yourself. I passed on both an automatic MK6 GTI, and GLI simply based on them having that DSG transmission. I'm more of a manual guy anyway. The MK7 GTI seems to be relatively clean. The MK7 Jetta has seemed to get the shit end of the stick this go around. Oil leaks like hell. |
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| Yeah I am an audi vs guy, so I know all about the dsg shit I meant, ofcourse it's a 6 speed |
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If you want to tune it get DSG they can take way more power, you've got to upgrade the manual clutch if you even go stage 1.
overall the EA888 is an extremely reliable motor and can be pushed upwards of 500bhp without being rebuilt. one issue with the GTI's if you add too much power is wheel hop but at stock levels it's not an issue. |
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XD wrote If you want to tune it get DSG they can take way more power, you've got to upgrade the manual clutch if you even go stage 1. I'm just getting a little daily while I build my b5, so not looking for massive power, if I was gonna build it I would lean towards a R |
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JDM wroteXD wrote If you want to tune it get DSG they can take way more power, you've got to upgrade the manual clutch if you even go stage 1. Should be fine then, Good cars overall excellent daily's as they're refined. What's your plans with the B5? |
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XD wroteJDM wroteXD wrote If you want to tune it get DSG they can take way more power, you've got to upgrade the manual clutch if you even go stage 1. Rods, maybe a built head and a gtx3071r, with e85 so right around 500 |
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