The next decision I needed to make was whether to continue a long trend of driving a manual transmission car or elect to have the faster shifting, slightly less driver engaging DSG transmission. The idea of trying to extract maximum performance from the car had me leaning toward the DSG transmission. The faster 0-60 times […]

GTI vs R After settling on the Golf MK7 the next question was whether to save some money, and vehicle weight, by purchasing a GTI with the Performance Package, or go for the R. If my plans had been to keep the vehicle mostly stock I would favor the GTI. The $10,000 lower cost of

The following are a few of the websites that I have been viewing to get some insight into the Golf R and Golf GTI from the customer / owner perspective. VW Vortex Golf Mk7 VWROC Golf 7 Forum VW Forum Golf GTI Forum (MK7 Section)