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DRFTR8
03-05-2006, 07:19 PM
here you can build yourself a GTI and see what it looks like..

GTI MKV (http://www.vwfeatures.com/?ic_id=overview_gti_launch_2006)
mtsevovii
03-05-2006, 07:37 PM
thats awsome! nice find.
Mister_Pants
03-05-2006, 08:54 PM
That was fun!
DaveLC2
03-05-2006, 09:31 PM
That's funny that you get a tenth by going to the 18's and the 6spd auto is 3 tenths faster than the manual w/18's. I guess you're in constant boost. Thanks for sharing. I like it when you pick leather :lol: :shock:

Dave
mynameizstitch
03-06-2006, 03:49 AM
8)
drunk monkey
03-06-2006, 09:40 AM
the new look has grown on me. looks great. but with vw its a hit or miss with the car. where is mkv built? mexico or germany?


carlo
vtluu
03-06-2006, 10:08 AM
The "automatic" is really a twin-clutch DSG transmission with paddle shifter I think, not a conventional automatic tranny. :drool:
gqpenguin
03-06-2006, 10:10 AM
that was pretty cool
:D
redtydsf
03-11-2006, 11:13 PM
as a former GTI junky for like the past 13 years, the WOW is back :shock: future beater no doubt, nice job V-DUB ...YAH!
missred
03-11-2006, 11:26 PM
nice vid :D
DaveLC2
03-12-2006, 08:30 AM
I think it's a great looking car. At first I wasn't sure about it. I still really like the 20th anniv. Edition. Everyone who owns one keeps getting them mistaken for R32's and it pisses them off :lol:

Dave
DaveLC2
03-12-2006, 08:57 AM
The "automatic" is really a twin-clutch DSG transmission with paddle shifter I think, not a conventional automatic tranny. :drool:

That sounds really nice and high tech. It must bang gears real fast while staying in boost the whole time.

Dave
vtluu
03-12-2006, 10:02 AM
That sounds really nice and high tech. It must bang gears real fast while staying in boost the whole time.
The technology is derived from Formula 1 I think. Sequential shifters in cars have been around in some street cars for a few years (e.g. the E46 M3 with SMG), even longer in F1 and WRC cars, but the twin-clutch system is new.
guntings
03-12-2006, 12:49 PM
That sounds really nice and high tech. It must bang gears real fast while staying in boost the whole time.
The technology is derived from Formula 1 I think. Sequential shifters in cars have been around in some street cars for a few years (e.g. the E46 M3 with SMG), even longer in F1 and WRC cars, but the twin-clutch system is new.


I'm confused.....aren't sequential trannys the same as tectronic or auto manuals???
smack
03-12-2006, 01:40 PM
nope. tips still use torque converter i believe. these new systems are actually using clutch plates.
bmw's smg was the first to get close but knowing a few owners has lead me to believe they still have a little way to go.

i've driven the new vw/audi dsg system and was totally impressed(even though i have said i would never own a car with no stick)no lag in shifting.
i thought i read that the vw system is like it's in two gears at once(don't quote me) so there is no downtime between shifts rev matched downshifts as well.
kinda cool to hear the car blip the throttle all by itself.

since the wife only drives auto this is definitely our next choice. an audi a3 though once we can agree on a color :lol: