toledospeed
Go Kart Champion
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I've been very impressed with the 5mt, sure I'm likely going to need to do a $1200 clutch job in the future but so far it's been holding flawlessly after being tuned for over 10k miles and more recently holding 25psi peak boost at the racetrack with e85 (well over 300ftlbs to the wheels). The advantage of the tiptronic auto is that it seems to be bulletproof, and to my knowledge there hasn't been a single problem with any 6AT holding however much power is thrown at it, whereas I know of at least a few people that needed to replace their clutch on the 5mt after a few tens of thousands of miles at stage 2 levels. Of course to me it's not even worth having a car that's automatic, but that's just me.
The torque steer with our cars is very unconventional. I personally find it kind of fun. When going flat out and giving it a little bit of steering input it becomes very obvious that the computer is holding on by the ragged edge trying it's absolute best to negate the torque steer, and as a result the car can become a bit squirley in such a way that it makes it very obvious how much power you're dealing with. When driving in a straight line you could take your hands off the steering wheel while going flat out and nothing would happen. I don't have too much perspective other than with a fiat 500 turbo that tries to rip the steering wheel out of your hands when you use too much throttle, but it seems VW has done the best they possibly could given the technology they have access to.
It's amazing how well your clutch is holding up, even through those passes at the strip. Must have gotten a good one!