Post #125. OP decided on a GT. Smart man.People buy the ecoboost with less horsepower?. I guess thats the first I’ve heard of people not wanting the more powerful version. I didn’t know that. Either way, buy whatever you like better… it’s going to be the OP’s car not any of ours.
the HP benefits of the HPP are very marginal. The $6000 ask is also preposterous.
so a better way better brakes, block, head, cams, suspension, wheels, tires, abs tune. 155mph top speed, and gears isn't worth anything? I agree that brakes and a top speed limiter removal would be super cheap and go a long way... but that ain't the option.
no.
The warranty is worth something
And honestly old news Donald. EB vs. GT threads have been going on for eight years now. Same arguments, same conclusions.
Yeah, mine was a 2017. I've heard MK8 adds a bit of the fun back, but it's almost irrelevant until there's actually stock at dealers without absurd markups. I guess that's par for the course for any lower production fun cars right now.You are not wrong. I am guessing your GTI was 2010 or newer. VW had a lot of quality issues to deal with, especially electrical. The prioritized making improvements across the board. The difference between a MK4 and 5 are impressive. they continued to do this year over year. The upside was a signifcant improvement in overall quality and refinement. The downside was the refinement was so extreme, it almost eliminated the rawness and bite that was evident in eariler versions. They added a lot of that back into the MK8. Also, not sure what you may have modded on your GTI, but depending on what year yours was, a tune and some suspension tweaks, you could eliminate a lot of the numbness.
As for the Mustang, the S550 also provided some refinement that some will say added numbess and less fun compared to previous models. The end result though, in both the current Mustang and the R is that they are superior in general to previous models. Comparing the Mustang and R is really hard to do as they are quite differnt in what they are meant for. The Mustang is much more meant to be a sports car and the R is meant more for utility. In the end, performance wise they are pretty darn close especially in stock form. Which one you like is up to you though. In my case I like both but for differnt reasons. I don't and would never want to daily my Mustang. Fortunately I don't need a daily driver, but if I did I would choose the R over it as it is in my opinion just better in too many ways for that duty. Also if it were my only car it would magnifiy my choice more. Just my thoughts and I'm sure on this site I would be in the minority and that is ok.
I was purely talking highway which is what several members make sound like it wins lol I was like what the fuck are you talking about. im not disagreeing boost can eat fuel mileage. but stomping the car everywhere will still net high 20s and low 30s. it'll still 90% have higher mpg
actually there is 1 thing I like about the base model ecoboost over GT.
complete rubbish. Sorry, I don't know what the hell is wrong with your throttle-body but I was lucky to break into 20 when driving the EB "properly".
I get what your saying but sacrificing the entire power plant of the car simply cause of some fender badging seems a bit dramatic.
