Recently picked this up!
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Nice find.
My old co-worker Ben had a Blue R32 and it completely changed my mind of what a Volkswagen was.
He took a long desolate 120 degree sweeper outside our job at 50 miles and the car was dead flat, handled like it was on rails and accelerated with the voracity more in keeping with something developed by Porsche.
My old co-worker Ben had a Blue R32 and it completely changed my mind of what a Volkswagen was.
He took a long desolate 120 degree sweeper outside our job at 50 miles and the car was dead flat, handled like it was on rails and accelerated with the voracity more in keeping with something developed by Porsche.
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^^^ Yeah I felt the same way I took the 337 on a Saturday run with our local enthusiasts here in DC/MD/VA and we hit the back roads and this little car impressed me...it handled quite well albeit slight push on entry and a bit floaty mid corner at the limit but still I would consider it predicatable and very good handling...and it braked very well and if kept in the powerband axcellerated nicely for the power it makes!
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Sunir asked me to post these because he's a noob and doesn't know how to work the internet. I'm his resident photographer/driver 
He posted the link at the end of his first post if you want to see more pictures.
He posted the link at the end of his first post if you want to see more pictures.
Nice !!
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997TT SilverSpool - 210.8 mph 1/2 Mile WR Apr 2019, 9.2 @ 168 mph 1/4 Mile Manual World Record , 3.15 60-130 mph , 2.72 100-150 mph , 1400whp E85
996TT SpoolBus - 204.6 mph 1/2 Mile 996TT WR Aug 2018, 9.5 @ 154 mph, 3.23 60-130 mph, 2.5 100-150 mph Manual Porsche World Record, 1400whp E85
997TT SlowBerry - 205.0 mph 1/2 Mile WR Nov 2018, 9.7 @ 170 mph 1/4 Mile , 3.2 60-130 mph , 2.4 100-150 mph , 1420whp E85
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That car is simply unreal! There was one on Ebay over the summer with 2k miles in CT. Too bad the owner wanted $25k for it and was not flexible. I was at Waterfest this year at Englishtown. We were looking for some Turbo Twist for the wife's Cabrio
Love the GTI classics and any S Audi!
Good luck with it!
Love the GTI classics and any S Audi!Good luck with it!
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^^^ thanks man...yeah I got it at a good price for what it was and the condtion and number of miles. Seems like these cars really hold their value quite well and people drive them, it's not uncommon to see over 100k miles on these cars in the classifieds... I was lucky to find a 337 for sure as they are the lowest build numbers.
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^^^ yeah with the turbo on the 1.8 T figure tuning would be easier and the engine more responsive to tune, plus turbo upgrade would be something that would take well to tuning also if someone wanted to mod their GTI...
