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I've tried this in paragraph form and faired pretty well, but I've got the confidence to try this a different way: With a list!
(1) The GTI is too isolated: Not in the Toyota way where you're barely conscious there's a car involved, but in this really unpleasant slightly distant way. Think giving your sweetie a massage while wearing those big goofy rubber dish-gloves. The GTI feels like there's a solid layer of rubber protecting you from the fun and sometimes harsh part of driving. You're confusing, I think, "balanced and sophisticated" with numb and unnaturally heavy.
(2) Better built? Here's a question: Would you own one out of warranty? I wouldn't. Owning a Mazda3 out of warranty is a different subject, crazy electronics don't go, turbos seem to. When that breaks you just get a bigger, stronger one! Win-Win!
(3) Torque steer: I have arms capable of holding a wheel straight, I can predict when it will happen and throttles aren't binary. Just because you have to floor the gas all the time in the wheezy GTI doesn't mean everyone does. There's a whole range of pedal travel, use it wisely. Smooth is fast.
(4) My kid sister has no interest in a Mazdaspeed 3.
(5) The GTI used to be cool and light and nimble, but now it's been dumbed-down beyond tactile recognition. If it didn't say GTI all over the place, you'd never want to drive it hard. It's so over-engineered it's no longer fun.
(6) Good interior quality and driving dynamics like a junior sport sedan? Sir, you're confusing the GTI and the Mazda 3 -- From your own blog on the 2010 Mazda3 regarding the last-gen 3 (which is the only Speed 3 available so far), "it's still holding up remarkably well -- we editor types are still throwing awards at it and its sales figures have consistently gone up. The 3 always drove like a junior sport sedan and its interior did much to back that up."
Magrath said:Bread
Milk
Yogurt
Cheese - will have to go to the Cheese Shop for that
Paper towels
Klondike Bars.
Oh, sorry, have some shopping to do. Are we still pretending that the GTI is relevant to the hot hatch discussion anymore?
...Im pretty sure the people that say it has horrible torque steer have never driven an ms3 or dont know how to drive.
I don't know who this guy is, but I don't think he spends much time driving cars. Obviously doesn't know how to drive well either. /sarcasmJeremy Clarkson said:Put your foot down and as the acceleration builds so does the side-to-side tugging at the steering ... it requires more effort than a modern family hatch should to keep it pointing in the desired direction.
i was always a big fan of my buddys MKIV GTI
he had a Jazz Blue 10th AE and it was retarded fast (had work done) and was just a fun car to drive both in both straight line and twisties