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What did you drive before the Golf R?
- Thread starter R_MK7
- Start date
NCM
Ready to race!
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Car(s)
- 2015 Golf R
2005 Mini Cooper S (sold)
and 1996 M3 track car (will never be sold)
Neil
and 1996 M3 track car (will never be sold)
Neil
drsiddiqui1
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Chicago
Stage 2 E92 335 xi
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Jack Straw
Ready to race!
- Location
- Prescott, Arizona
My last two were a BMW Z4 and a Mustang GT. They were both very nice but my R is better in every way.
drshark
Ready to race!
- Location
- Niagara Falls, NY
Greatest performance/good looking (used) car bargain ever: 2005 Crossfire SRT-6. Supercharger pulley/tune, LSD, wider wheels/tires.
Best story (2015)—teenage girl gas station attendant: “we don’t have a public restroom—but you have such an awesome ride, go ahead and use ours”
Greatest BMW ever: 1983 635csi. Supercharger, lowered, big brake kit, wider wheels/tires.
Best story (2008)—charity golf tournament for my university: parked next to the boss’s brand new M5. The 635 draws a crowd of college kids who ignore the M.
Best story (2015)—teenage girl gas station attendant: “we don’t have a public restroom—but you have such an awesome ride, go ahead and use ours”
Greatest BMW ever: 1983 635csi. Supercharger, lowered, big brake kit, wider wheels/tires.
Best story (2008)—charity golf tournament for my university: parked next to the boss’s brand new M5. The 635 draws a crowd of college kids who ignore the M.
njfgray
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Bergen County, NJ
- Car(s)
- 2008 GTI w/ DSG
1973 Saab 99
1983 MK1 Jetta Wolfsburg
1988 S-10 Blazer
1995 Passat VR6 sedan
2000 Passat Wagon
2003 Volvo V70R
2005 Infiniti QX56
2001 E39 540i
2002 E39 M5
2002 Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon (while living in Europe)
2008 MB ML320 CDI
2012 MB GL450
2016 MB GLE350
2008 MK5 GTI - APR stage 2, H&R sport springs and Carbonio intake
2017 MK7 Golf R - APR stage 1+ (stage 1 ECU and carbon intake)
1983 MK1 Jetta Wolfsburg
1988 S-10 Blazer
1995 Passat VR6 sedan
2000 Passat Wagon
2003 Volvo V70R
2005 Infiniti QX56
2001 E39 540i
2002 E39 M5
2002 Alfa Romeo 156 Sportwagon (while living in Europe)
2008 MB ML320 CDI
2012 MB GL450
2016 MB GLE350
2008 MK5 GTI - APR stage 2, H&R sport springs and Carbonio intake
2017 MK7 Golf R - APR stage 1+ (stage 1 ECU and carbon intake)
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tax guy
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- New Rochelle, NY
2011 BMW 328iT RWD manual shift wagon
2005 BMW 325iT RWD automatic wagon
2007 Audi A3 DSG V6 wagon
2005 Subaru WRX 5 speed manual wagon
2003 Mini Cooper 5 speed
2001 BMW 330i 4 door
1993 Mercedes 300E 2.6
1987 Mercedes 300E
1995 VW Golf door hatchback automatic
1991 BMW 318i 5 speed
1987 Pontiac Grand Am 4 cylinder automatic
1979 Chevy G20 window van
1974 Buick Electra 225 4 door
1976 VW Dasher 5 speed 2 door hatchback
1973 Plymouth Dasher 340 4 speed hatchback
1972 Mercury Montego coupe 2bl V8 automatic
1968 Ford Falcon 2 door 6 cylinder automatic
1953 Studebaker Champion 2 door sedan with Chevy 283 4 barrel V8 and B&M 4 speed hydramatic
2005 BMW 325iT RWD automatic wagon
2007 Audi A3 DSG V6 wagon
2005 Subaru WRX 5 speed manual wagon
2003 Mini Cooper 5 speed
2001 BMW 330i 4 door
1993 Mercedes 300E 2.6
1987 Mercedes 300E
1995 VW Golf door hatchback automatic
1991 BMW 318i 5 speed
1987 Pontiac Grand Am 4 cylinder automatic
1979 Chevy G20 window van
1974 Buick Electra 225 4 door
1976 VW Dasher 5 speed 2 door hatchback
1973 Plymouth Dasher 340 4 speed hatchback
1972 Mercury Montego coupe 2bl V8 automatic
1968 Ford Falcon 2 door 6 cylinder automatic
1953 Studebaker Champion 2 door sedan with Chevy 283 4 barrel V8 and B&M 4 speed hydramatic
OceanLad
Ready to race!
- Location
- Baltimore, Greatest City in AMERICA
I think I answered this before, but feeling nostalgic.
1983 Toyota Supra (5 speed, L-Type Silver)
1995 Jeep Wrangler Rio Grande (Bright Mango)
1996 Ford Bronco 4X4 XLT 351 (Two tone maroon. My only car with a name: Frank.)
2003 Mazda Pro5 (laser Blue Mica, LOVED that car)
1986 Jaguar XJS V12 (light tan over cranberry leather. I so deeply regret selling this car)
2013 Hyundai Sonata turbo (This is the only car I've ever owned that I regret. I went to buy a Frontier Pro4X, but I knew my wife didn't want a truck. Came home with the "sensible" choice, and she hated it. AND I traded my Jaguar in on it!!!)
2010 Cadillac CTS Wagon 3.6 AWD (Silver. Great vehicle, not terribly practical, and between AWD, dull motor, and automatic, not overly fun)
2016 Golf R!!!
And motorcycles....
83 Honda Shadow 750 (Shared with a college roommate. Is rust a color?)
89 Yamaha TW200 (Like all dirtbikes anywhere near Baltimore, it was stolen. Miss you, little beast!)
2006 Triumph Speedmaster (I still have this bike. It's been seriously customized, and it's fun to ride in the way that parade floats are fun to ride, but it's also frightening, in the way riding a parade float on 95 at rush hour would be frightening.)
2002 Kawasaki ZRX-1200R (in Eddie Lawson green. I will own this bike again.)
2007 Triumph Tiger 1050 ABS (White. I just sold this bike. Before I had kids, I basically lived on this machine. After my second son was born, I didn't ride it for 3 years. Sad, but times change. Perfect motorcycle for me at the time, though. Great for commuting, could keep up with just about anything on 2 wheels and anything on 4, awesome 2 up, good on gravel, great on long distances. Oh, and that 3-cyllinder sound track.
So, as far as motors go, I've had a single (The TW200,) two twins (The Shadow and Speedmaster,) a triple (The Tiger), 4 fours (The Wrangler, Mazda, Hyundai, and ZRX,) a straight six (the Supra), a V6 (The Caddy,) a V8 (the Bronco,) and a V-12 (the Jag.)
So I need a 5 cylinder and a 10 cylinder to complete the series. Hoping for a TT RS after the kids are grown a bit, but might be forced to pick up an old Colorado or Canyon to get my 5 cylinder. For the 10, if the price of first gen Vipers stays low, (mid 20s,) maybe one will find its way to my garage for a few years, though I do think about finding an Excursion V10 or Taureg V10 diesel as a family hauler.
And as far as love goes, I'd put the Golf up there with any of my cars. Lust would go to the Jag. Fun would go to the Jeep. The one I'd most like to ad back to my stable would be the Bronco, would make a great family bug out vehicle for when the zombies come. But the best all arounder? Probably a toss up between the Golf and the Mazda. The Mazda was cheaper, just as fun, though not nearly as fast, and while a little more cramped in the cockpit, the wagon had a bit more space. Just a great little car.
The Golf is more sophisticated, WAAAAY faster and more comfortable and, so far at least, more reliable. Definitely the perfect car for me right now.
Bikes wise, the Tiger was a freaking perfect motorcycle for 99.9 percent of what I'd want to do. That TW200 was pefect fot the other .1 percent. If I were to get any of the bikes I'd given up back at the moment though, it would be the TW200. Not sure I am willing to put myself back on the roads till my kids are older, but trail riding at a nice, steady, middle aged man speed sounds just about right....
1983 Toyota Supra (5 speed, L-Type Silver)
1995 Jeep Wrangler Rio Grande (Bright Mango)
1996 Ford Bronco 4X4 XLT 351 (Two tone maroon. My only car with a name: Frank.)
2003 Mazda Pro5 (laser Blue Mica, LOVED that car)
1986 Jaguar XJS V12 (light tan over cranberry leather. I so deeply regret selling this car)
2013 Hyundai Sonata turbo (This is the only car I've ever owned that I regret. I went to buy a Frontier Pro4X, but I knew my wife didn't want a truck. Came home with the "sensible" choice, and she hated it. AND I traded my Jaguar in on it!!!)
2010 Cadillac CTS Wagon 3.6 AWD (Silver. Great vehicle, not terribly practical, and between AWD, dull motor, and automatic, not overly fun)
2016 Golf R!!!
And motorcycles....
83 Honda Shadow 750 (Shared with a college roommate. Is rust a color?)
89 Yamaha TW200 (Like all dirtbikes anywhere near Baltimore, it was stolen. Miss you, little beast!)
2006 Triumph Speedmaster (I still have this bike. It's been seriously customized, and it's fun to ride in the way that parade floats are fun to ride, but it's also frightening, in the way riding a parade float on 95 at rush hour would be frightening.)
2002 Kawasaki ZRX-1200R (in Eddie Lawson green. I will own this bike again.)
2007 Triumph Tiger 1050 ABS (White. I just sold this bike. Before I had kids, I basically lived on this machine. After my second son was born, I didn't ride it for 3 years. Sad, but times change. Perfect motorcycle for me at the time, though. Great for commuting, could keep up with just about anything on 2 wheels and anything on 4, awesome 2 up, good on gravel, great on long distances. Oh, and that 3-cyllinder sound track.
So, as far as motors go, I've had a single (The TW200,) two twins (The Shadow and Speedmaster,) a triple (The Tiger), 4 fours (The Wrangler, Mazda, Hyundai, and ZRX,) a straight six (the Supra), a V6 (The Caddy,) a V8 (the Bronco,) and a V-12 (the Jag.)
So I need a 5 cylinder and a 10 cylinder to complete the series. Hoping for a TT RS after the kids are grown a bit, but might be forced to pick up an old Colorado or Canyon to get my 5 cylinder. For the 10, if the price of first gen Vipers stays low, (mid 20s,) maybe one will find its way to my garage for a few years, though I do think about finding an Excursion V10 or Taureg V10 diesel as a family hauler.
And as far as love goes, I'd put the Golf up there with any of my cars. Lust would go to the Jag. Fun would go to the Jeep. The one I'd most like to ad back to my stable would be the Bronco, would make a great family bug out vehicle for when the zombies come. But the best all arounder? Probably a toss up between the Golf and the Mazda. The Mazda was cheaper, just as fun, though not nearly as fast, and while a little more cramped in the cockpit, the wagon had a bit more space. Just a great little car.
The Golf is more sophisticated, WAAAAY faster and more comfortable and, so far at least, more reliable. Definitely the perfect car for me right now.
Bikes wise, the Tiger was a freaking perfect motorcycle for 99.9 percent of what I'd want to do. That TW200 was pefect fot the other .1 percent. If I were to get any of the bikes I'd given up back at the moment though, it would be the TW200. Not sure I am willing to put myself back on the roads till my kids are older, but trail riding at a nice, steady, middle aged man speed sounds just about right....
TrinivdubOG
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Caribbean
In order from first to last
1999 Daewoo Cielo - try not to laugh too hard
2000 MKIV GTI - GT3071R (currently own)
1995 MKIII GTI -VR6
2001 B5 Audi S4
2012 Nissan Navara (Currently own as daily)
2015 Golf R (Currently own)
1999 Daewoo Cielo - try not to laugh too hard
2000 MKIV GTI - GT3071R (currently own)
1995 MKIII GTI -VR6
2001 B5 Audi S4
2012 Nissan Navara (Currently own as daily)
2015 Golf R (Currently own)
Mak_Attack
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Twin Cities
2006 WRX w/VF39 turbo upgrade and 2015 WRX stage 2 FBO
virpacalis
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- near Philly
- Car(s)
- '17 R DSG
'07 STI:
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