Gti or Cooper S JCW???

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Dub_Dan
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Re: Gti or Cooper S JCW???

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no no no i defo wont be buying a brand new one lol!!! id be looking at an 05 i think dont think id be keen for the turbo mini otherwise id just get a gti im not going to buy a works its would be a cooper s and tune that to 245 as its not that hard...
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chris meardon
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Cooper S's are common as muck.

Also alot of mums and middle age men own them as run around cars. which makes them a boring persons car.

be young and buy a gti, purpouseful, sought after, not many on the roads, and not a mums shopping trolley :D
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I test drove a Cooper S (supercharged one) before I got my GTI and the whine from the s'charger is addictive, but the sound of the turbo on a tuned GTI can be quite nice too :D

Also, I didn't think the S felt that fast, slightly faster than a GTI but as soon as a GTI is remapped it will shaft the S...

The handling as standard on mini, S or not, is far better than a standard GTI.

I'd buy a GTI again if I had the choice.
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about the Cooper S stock vs Polo GTi stock...

i drove against the old "new" mini with supercharger 160Hp.
trashed him...
i mean, on 1/4th mile i got lik 5 carlenghts or so on him :mrgreen:

i also drove against the new mini with the 1.6T engine with 175Hp.
this one is a bit faster, was close to the GTI, but i still one the 1/4th mile with 0.5 carlenghts.

but i do think a JCW is faster as a GTi :!:

mind you that it also comes down to the driver... :wink:
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my dream polo ! this is the tune id like to give the gti! :D
https://www.youtube*.com/watch?v=9eJnkQYT0Co

anyone else running similar power?
in regards to handling would the polo be similar to the mini once on coilovers?
thanks in advance!
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Re: Gti or Cooper S JCW???

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Dub_Dan wrote:my dream polo ! this is the tune id like to give the gti! :D
https://www.youtube*.com/watch?v=9eJnkQYT0Co
I like it ;) Hopefully mine will end up like this eventually that is.

Had a run in with a s**t looking mkiv golf with a GTI badge at the rear :roll: . At the light comes up beside me reving his car
and then when I let go off my clutch he gets a shock but then smart ass cuts across traffic while joing the carriageway and gets infront of me
as I was still behind a car and as before I can come onto his lane the fella just boosts past me which in turn gave me a sick gutt feeling that
he was probably running a bigger size turbo :|

Then he takes it easy for a while and we approach a traffic light and in mind I am like come on lets get it on like a child :lol: and guess what lights change green
and the boy pull away even more than the GTI which confirmed it that the golf had a bigger map and probably mapped more :evil:

But it got more evident with me trying to catch him that the standard ecu map on the car is totally crap :x and the boost is not there when you need it.

I am off to the tunners ready in time for the come back :twisted:
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Re: Gti or Cooper S JCW???

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POLOZ wrote:
Dub_Dan wrote:my dream polo ! this is the tune id like to give the gti! :D
https://www.youtube*.com/watch?v=9eJnkQYT0Co
I like it ;) Hopefully mine will end up like this eventually that is.

Had a run in with a **** looking mkiv golf with a GTI badge at the rear :roll: . At the light comes up beside me reving his car
and then when I let go off my clutch he gets a shock but then smart ass cuts across traffic while joing the carriageway and gets infront of me
as I was still behind a car and as before I can come onto his lane the fella just boosts past me which in turn gave me a sick gutt feeling that
he was probably running a bigger size turbo :|

Then he takes it easy for a while and we approach a traffic light and in mind I am like come on lets get it on like a child :lol: and guess what lights change green
and the boy pull away even more than the GTI which confirmed it that the golf had a bigger map and probably mapped more :evil:

But it got more evident with me trying to catch him that the standard ecu map on the car is totally crap :x and the boost is not there when you need it.

I am off to the tunners ready in time for the come back :twisted:

I hope i dont live near you. wouldnt like to encounter that on the roads
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