What do you drive? What's your favorite thing to do in your hatch? Post yor shitbox, compliment other hatch bois, let's have a comfy time in our 3/5 door paradise
>driving home on a saturday night >getting tailgated by some truck >they switch lanes to pass me >lift off on him, speed off 2 car lengths ahead as soon as the turbo is spooled up
It's not that impressive but it happens alot here in texas where trucks think they're fast and don't know what three red letters on a golf mean
Luis Reed
maybe you shouldn't sit in the passing lane then asshole
Charles Martinez
That feeling when you take turns without so much as a tap on the brakes while everyone else has to slow down
Develish af
Gabriel Butler
Should I buy a 2014 Golf R
Easton Ward
What do you drive now?
Angel Robinson
98 Camry 125k miles, could probably get 200k out of it but got a good salary and want to give it back to me uncle
Jackson Phillips
Yes, it's time to upgrade. Golf R would be a good choice. Could also look at the Focus ST/RS if it's in your budget
Christopher Stewart
Yeah I'll never own a Ford. I thought about a STI but I kinda want something that flys under the radar
Dylan Wood
Pretty piss driving in Texas, was going home from a comedy show last night from Austin to San Antonio and hold my same speed all the way to be passed and pass the same three cars, watch an 18 wheeler drive halfway off the right shoulder and swerve back in, couple people under speed limit floating in passing lane slowing everybody and a Jeep driving down two lanes for a mile on their phone. I also had someone in my apartment complex back into my FoRS while it was all the way into its parking slot.
Jayden Watson
had the muffler deleted yesterday. now it sounds ridiculous
just loud wastegate wooshing on WOT, crackling and popping on downshifts and coasting
Sebastian Taylor
Doesn't it resonate as fuck at highway speeds?
Dominic Reyes
>torque vectoring kicks in and the rear steps out
Kevin Ramirez
Welp, nothing of value was impacted
Grayson Turner
there's certainly more drone now, but it's totally manageable. it doesn't bother me. the car vibrates a bit more at certain rpms (1800 and 2200 in particular) but volvo did a really good job of insulating and soundproofing the cabin.
i almost always listen to music when I drive anyway. at least now I can choose to listen to my exhaust instead :)
>not tapping on the brakes to shift the car's weight onto the front wheels for a faster corner exit pleb
Kayden Wright
Sounds good. I'm considering a muffler delete too but the car will end up too loud.
Oliver Walker
I was having my gti detailed this weekend and one of the dudes started making small talk with me about it. He drives a 2014 golf tdi so I felt a bit of a bond it was really warm and fuzzy bros. os there something about hatches that inspires a certain kind of driver?
Elijah Hughes
is a Honda Civic Hatchback a good car to buy? or is it too rice. turbo worth it?
Justin Cooper
My 02 EP3. I love it too death.
Hudson Clark
Hello hatchbros and hatchhoes. '16 GTI reporting in. May have pics up later. Can confirm hatchmeets are comfy af, even velosters are welcome because it's the kimchi mobile we all love to hate.
Jaxson Martin
i've been considering getting one of these as a DD/winter car. how do they stack up?
Connor Allen
> (You) >i've been considering getting one of these as a DD/winter car. how do they stack up? I guess we'll see how it works this winter. Haven't had mine through the snow yet. In all other times they're extremely fun to drive. A better rear sway bar Ande some sticky tires can make it a handling God though.
Nathaniel Mitchell
R's don't really fly under the radar unless it's a wagon either tbqh
Blake Martinez
But they just look like regular Golfs unless you get it in red
Charles Hernandez
Mine was fine last winter even with fairly bald all seasons on there. With good tires I'm sure it would be awesome
Nolan Cruz
Love mine too, the dash mount shifter is super fun and natural feeling.
Elijah Powell
I know, right? I was lucky and got mine with only 85,000 miles. It's the most fun shitbox I've ever driven.
Dylan Carter
The turbo is only kind of worth it, the k20a3 in the ep3 is really a wimpy engine, it does have a pretty high Rev range but it's vtec is shit compared to other engines, really any civic hatch engine swapped is awesome and even a turbo can make a big difference. As for rice it's pretty simple to not make it look rice
Connor Butler
As long as you take care of it, the thing will last, I'm creeping up on 250,000 miles and i haven't had to do any major repairs, probably a clutch change wouldn't hurt but other then that the engine is solid
Ian Wright
If you get it in red doesn't it look like a regular golf but in red?
Liam Brooks
Living that MkV life I have the FSI engine but I've put on bilsteins, a short throw shifter, and it's got APR's stage two software so I like to fuck with last gen camaros/mustangs
Kevin Cruz
My hatchbro buddy sniped me while I was stuck in traffic.
Levi Morgan
muh dick dude erry day
Christopher Thomas
Pt cruisers need not apply.
Zachary Gomez
Postin my 2016 GTI.
Love the thing, planning on getting it tuned by next summer.
Chase Parker
PTGT is faster than most shit out there today. Mine runs an 11.4 second 1/4.
Eli Ross
Ptgts run the quarter in 15 sec. so I don’t really know what’s more sad: either you’re lying about your Shit box or you actually put money into your worthless shit box. Actually never mind the second one is definitely more sad.
Thomas Baker
You the user that has like 380hp/380lb/ft with his PT?
Clean ass PT. don't listen to other anons, it's bad ass asf.
Carson Watson
What's up hatch bros. Here's my shitbox
Sebastian Clark
Yup that’s me. Fuck anyone who doesn’t like it.
Xavier Morales
>implying I’m the one that put the money into it >implying SRT4 Stage 3 shit is soooo expensive anyway
Isaac Turner
burger here, what cars are these?
Thomas Peterson
205 gti maybe? not sure
Xavier Sullivan
>tfw sudden lift-off oversteer
Alexander Powell
and the other yellow and the white one next to it? they look hilariously tiny
Michael Martinez
yellow one is peugeot 106 1.6 burger bro. Around 120 hp and less than 1000 kg, second one is fiat punto and white one is vw up(škoda citigo) . Not the pic poster but hope I helped
Andrew Rivera
Still don't know why people give that car shitty rep. Always found it different and 30's looking but always made me sad for being fwd. If only it was V8 and rwd to be more in line with cars it looks like. Still happy to see someone made an effort and made it quick. Hope it serves you well bro
Matthew Martinez
so which one is the best?
Christopher Cook
peugeot 106 is around 20 years old, but it is the fastest and hard to find unmolested. It was quick for euro standards for the time and is most fun to drive. Fiat, well their reliability is generally shit but they are cheap (atleast here) and can be made to go quick (dude here has a sleeper with diesel engine with huge tarbo and nitrous shot) as engine parts cost like toys. VW UP! , or Škoda CITIGO are the smallest cars you can buy from the VW, they are practical city cars which use very little fuel and can fit enough for city driving but some people use them for long trips. TL;dr: three city cars which are small and under powered for american ideas, they are practically a thing one of your full size cars pooped out
Jackson Robinson
Fiat punto and panda I think. They're pretty ok size-wise, unless you're really fat
Brayden Sanders
>hilariously tiny >tfw when normal sized where I'm from
Christian White
>eurolets
Brody Scott
I fucking wish. latin america
Cameron Nelson
Go back to bongland. Theres no passing lane here, only my lane.
Thomas Hall
It’s been good to me. I actually have 3 PT cruisers. The black one is a 2008 base-model auto for city traffic and winter, the silver is a 2003 GT that’s heavily upgraded, and I have a purple 2006 convertible Touring edition with wood paneling. All told I have less than $4k invested for all three. The vert is getting the roof hydraulics fixed right now, but I can’t wait to get it back and actually drive it.
I also have a purple Plymouth Prowler. That is one I really wish was a V8.
Samuel Gray
>be me >try to accelerate like a mad cunt on a slightly curved road >never heard of no shit like oversteer or torque vectoring >just got my new gti a few weeks before >notice the car pulling towards the guardrail >asshole becomes a perfectly sealed vault of terror as I correct my line
Real terror boys
Brayden Bailey
>trucks think they're fast and don't know what three red letters on a golf mean
Or better yet, the single silver.
Jason Richardson
Is the R that much faster than the GTI? I know it’s AWD, but I’m not too knowledgeable about VW stuff.
Adam Clark
Am I invited too?
Drove about 3000 miles in 6 days last year in this. Sometimes you just gotta pack your life in a hatch and Go
Dylan Roberts
It's a Golf GTI SE with a better suspension, DCC, AWD, and a better engine.
Michael Green
are french relevant anymore? they used to be kangs of hot hatches
Nathan Allen
how do y'all feel about the mazda 3 hatch?
was thinking of getting a cpo as my first car, year 2014+
Blake Murphy
nice, i must say I am jelly on prowler, any pics to share? I know it's a hatch thread but, hey, if it's next to one of these no one will judge haha
Lincoln Russell
M A D M A N
Christopher Morgan
she's clean(er), boys
Dylan Lee
So did you understeer or oversteer? I can't tell form the story. How did you learn to manage? is it really that bad or does it only bite you if you drive carelessly?
The GTI has 230hp, the R has almost 300hp, sure the AWD system is heavy but if I'm not wrong the R is still faster and also has other performance mods:
Benjamin Jones
Also interested in this. Car market is really expensive where I'm from but the Mazda 3 is a good option and apparently it drives well. Check this thread for some other info.
Also what do you guys think about the Mazda 2?? pic related Could it be a cheaper and lighter alternative to the Mazda 3 or do you think it's a tiny underpowered econoshitbox?
Jordan Flores
I wrote oversteer but I meant understeer. My gti has a LSD so it wasn't severe but it only happens when you gun it into a turn (which I've learned is the worst shit you can do in any car). Managing it is easy enough, just slow in and fast out of a corner like any other car. You may get some torque steer anyways but that's in situations where you're driving like a mad cunt
Jonathan Rivera
Handling wise they're still top tier. But best ones is subjective. I personnaly find their engines really boring and rather outdated.
Asher King
>in any car
Try rwd lmao
Ef civic hatch here
James Thompson
>Also what do you guys think about the Mazda 2?? Feels like a mini Mazda 3, which is already a mini Mazda 6. So quite a good little city car, but if you don't care about being able to park easily, just buy a used 3 or 6.
Mason Bennett
Chav.
Hope you get a "contra ordenacao muito grave" for driving such a shitbox.
Gavin Lewis
She’s in winter storage now, but i’ll See if I can dig up a pic from when I bought her. Yup, i’m Insane and hate myself.
Brandon Butler
Anyone driven the 2017 or 2018 Impreza Sport hatch? Is it any good? Aside of course from glacial acceleration (why they dropped the WRX hatch I'll never understand)
Leo Ramirez
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Jayden Roberts
also own a C30, what did you do to yours, user? I really want to start modding mine
Jason Kelly
what engine u got bithc??
this is a T5 M66 6-speed at roughly 270hp, 305ftlbs torque so far: DDM 5K HIDs, low beam and fogs shark stage 1 tune front volvo bbk, front calipers from a V50 AWD EBC sport rotors ebc red stuff brake pads elevate rear motor mount eibach springs koni FSDs in the front pierburg TCV muffler delete
Mason Ross
T5 too, but mine is bone stock I have an AT one because manuals are fucking unicorns in my country and not worth the price people ask them
I mainly want more power and better handling without lowering the car because pot holes here are gigantic and I already cracked the oil pan twice because of them Dont want a drag monster, just a nice bump, 270hp would be the sweet spot for these motors when you dont want to go crazy, right?
Ian Baker
Hi all, here's my MK7 GTI, bought it about 2 months ago. Should be getting an APR stage 2 tune by the end of the month.
Lincoln Mitchell
get a tune (hilton, shark, elevate) that removes the torque limiter
Landon Rodriguez
thats looks best, ill give them that
Liam Ward
thnx user, color is epic, i still remember it from nfs 2 as a kid
Christopher Mitchell
My GTI Edition 30 running 300 bhp and 335 ftlbs.
Henry Sanders
anybody drives one of these?
Carter Russell
2005 Mazda 3 SP23 BK1 worth a buy as a DD?
Evan Perez
I had one for about 2 months while my WRX was being repaired from an accident. It's probably more because of the fact I hooned the shit out of it, since I wasn't going to keep it, but it was honestly more fun to drive than my WRX is. Great little cars.
Also way more comfy than my WRX was, since I had an SE trim. Heated seats, mmm
Austin Gonzalez
Also a C30 owner here.
...it's a fucking diesel :(((( (and not even the D5, but the 2.0D ford/psa one.
Matthew Perez
theres literally 8 turn signals up front what the fuck?
also, why some focuses have turn signals in grille? is this exclusive for USDM focuses? or just higher trim?
Blake White
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>literally 8 turn signals up front what the fuck? it's photoshopped
>turn signals in grille exclusive for USDM focuses i think so, at least one of the mk1 trims got them
Ryder Flores
why the hell US always gets better trims, bumpers?
Carter Moore
compensating for type-r i suppose
Logan Rivera
Clean!
Logan Harris
noice fucking love the c30
Blake Baker
C-Can I join with a Skoda Octavia Hatchback?
Landon Miller
Mk7 is bae. Much nicer looking than the mk6. Did you do the performance pack? Looking at your wheels I’m tempted to believe you didn’t but all it gives you are big brakes and 10 extra hp