2017 Volkswagen Golf GTI: Regular Car Reviews

VW Golf GTI, the only automatic I ever loved.
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[@thigbreezy]

Yellow is just neon *B R O W N*

[@Christian---]

Mr. Thig I see Alex Jones, I click like.

[@joseignaciohileradorna5122]

Fuck

[@penumbragsm6276]

Mr. Thig E Z R A P O U N D

[@theevermind]

Brown is just *POO ORANGE*

[@laowhy86]

Chinese made speakers. I can confirm those cost about $3 at the electronics market in Shenzhen. The exact ones.

[@Hubscharber]

Well, they made by Philips in China - like virtually any other automotive speaker supplier.

[@dec-vt100]

o hi thar other person i'm subscribed to, and watch regularly

[@aperson300]

Damn, he's everywhere. Chinese spies everywhere!

[@Ask125]

You, again. First on Doug Demuro and now RegularCars to.You're simply a big car enthusiast, I thought you just enjoyed motorcycles. Anyway stay awesome Cmilk.

[@chuckinchina6926]

I sometimes forget you're a car enthusiast too, also conquering northern China is awesome, keep up the good work!

[@Tavplash]

My favorite option for the 2017 GTI is how its able to morph its appearance slightly as it drives.

[@double-you3409]

Yeah, I was wondering if was me being on the verge of collapsing into a sleep deprived induced coma or actually edited in.

[@yammmit]

it’s* Props for knowing that “morph its appearance” is correct though.

[@squanto6876]

Its the window from the film car distorting the shot

[@cherrypepsi2815]

@@yammmit grammar nazi alert

[@yammmit]

@@squanto6876 It’s

[@cjzani]

Always hated that my state of Massachusetts demands you have a rear and front license plate. This guy is making me happy we have that regulation.

[@pedroair28]

I am writing from Texas. Same regulation. Same happiness

[@1338-c9s]

Just get a front plate holder you screw into where the tow hook goes

[@almatsailaukhan9181]

Chris James why

[@LavenderBluz]

Almat Sailaukhan ruins the look mostly. Looks bad

[@dylandajhharwood5566]

@Rabbi Stealinshekels Goldshekels GOOD OLD UK DOES REQUIRE IT £85 FINE IF IT'S IN THE WINDOW yes, please take more of my money for SPEED CAMERAS. Everyone drives a Civic or a Fiesta, NO ONE IS GOING OVER 110 on a motorway JUST DITCH THE CAMERAS AND BRING IN THE AUTOMBAHN ON THE M4. CARDIFF TO LONDON IN 2 HOURS AT 165 MILES AN HOUR.

[@lukerascher7803]

My grandmother has a GTI. Know why? Cause she likes the plaid seats. Didn't know what the car was when she bought it, just 1) it's a VW, and 2) it has plaid seats.

[@Jiuwrong]

I like you gamgam then. Lady who knows what she wants and takes it.

[@newfoundrooski]

Luke Rascher all-black leather seats are an option for this car, but I’d still go for plaid.

[@cargogh]

Luke, my 81 year old mother, who has great-grandchildren, had an shiny '98 LeSabre for 19 years, but it died last week. She bought a Buick Lacrosse. I asked her if she liked the 18" wheels and 300 hp. "I just liked the color."

[@weedmastersr]

OMG, this entire comment thread is hilarious! My parents are also old and I have to explain to them every single week how cell phones work. They have the ones with physical large buttons that were popular in the early 2000s too. I'd be scared to have them drive anything remotely modern or powerful.

[@Soyblackpower]

Another cool thing about the plaid seats is even though they are cloth they still have a heated seat feature. I don't know what other cloth seat is also heated, so it's pretty unique.

[@MilsurpMikeChannel]

This car and license plate rank high on the douchebaggitry scale.

[@therwfer]

For some weird reason I find the license plate offensive.

[@fkerpants]

It's up there with that stupid goddamn Transformers badge you see on Camaros. Really? You're going to infantilize yourself by putting a toy emblem on a real car?

[@OhMyKMPR]

People who put Ä, Ö, or Ü in words where they don't belong are fucking dumb. Same goes for the backwards E because apparently it's a German letter?! Also there is no German flag on a real license plate, only the European Flag with the corresponding country code. TL;DR GET A REAL FUCKING GERMAN LICENSE PLATE IF YOU WANT ONE SO BAD, YOU FUCKS!

[@therwfer]

Nah, backwards E isnt a german letter. You can only use that when you're R3411Y 1337. We've got the ß though. Never miss out on that one. Especially when you write only capital letters. Which is the one case we never use it. Because there is no capital ß. Russians have sort of a backwards E, but it more resembles an actual 3.

[@djkenny1202]

That is saved for lifted trucks with a pipe on top and ricer civics with stickers.

[@nemo5335]

once i saw the deadpool plate i instantly hated the owner of this car

[@henrykincaid6821]

*DEADPÖÖL, or, inadvertently, deadpourrl

[@lptomtom]

He even looks like the perfect incarnation of a neckbeard

[@Mgoblagulkablong]

once i saw it was a VW i instantly hated the owner of this car you ameriacns have can't even begin to imagine how arrogant and hateful vw owners in europe are, they act as if every car owner of another brand is inferior trash

[@roddydykes7053]

hulk hogan same lol

[@CodyUnderstorms]

Mgoblagulkablong buddy its the same here

[@hackneo64]

From an engineering perspective the plastic oil pan makes sense because it will not get rusted out from salt on the roads. I've had my gti for over 3 years and never had an issue with it. Great car.

[@playful1510]

Tore-ex? I think most people just pronounce it Torks, like forks.

[@CodyUnderstorms]

Catman Twerk screws

[@johnmcvay4403]

It's torx. You should already have these in your toolbox.

[@Gazdatronik]

Mr. Regular has this thing where he has no trouble with many complex words, but when attempting to pronounce certain trade names and proper nouns he butchers them. I find it endearing, and also confusing.

[@Osprey1994]

Catman yes that is the correct way to pronounce it... He also prounces soundaktor wrong...

[@JohnSmith-wx9wj]

I'm pretty sure he is mispronouncing them on purpose.

[@joshcorvette]

I sold VWs for almost a year after I moved across country so here's some input. 1. The DSG is more fun to drive than the 6spd. Obviously this is subjective, but I don't like short shifters and so I didn't enjoy the manual gearbox as much as I should have. Also, I dunno why, something about flicking the paddle and having it instantly downshift is fun, there's also slight burbles from the exhaust when you upshift which is also kinda nice. The DSG is also similar in design to the Porsche PDK gearbox. 2. The speaker is so fucking tiny, it's job is really just to amplify the sound of the engine. If nobody mentioned it was there to you, you'd just think the engine was noisier than normal. If you don't like it, like Regular said, just snip it. 3. The Performance and Autobahn Edition's power increase is a lie. On a dyno, all trims of the GTI make about 230-235hp. 4. People buy GTIs not because they are the fastest or most powerful, but because they are generally more refined and more comfortable daily drivers then say a Focus ST or Civic Si. 5. The Mk.7 Golf in general is a damn near perfect car. A manual TDI Sportswagen is pretty much the perfect daily runabout.

[@stephenbrown2358]

Deter Pinklage As an owner I’d agree. I wish I’d been able to afford an R, but apart from being FWD it’s the perfectly balanced car imo

[@bliglum]

"Golf in general is a damn near perfect car".. Haha, biased much?? Don't get me wrong, Golf's a nice enough compact car.. Nice drive and ride, probably class leading interior.. But VW's reliability track record leaves much to be desired. Enough to strike it down from being "damn near perfect" anyways.

[@eggbirdtherooster]

Stop talking bullshit like so much other people on YT.. all of our fleetcars are from the vw group, most of them with dsg and a lot of miles on the clock.. never had real big problems besides normal maintenance..

[@bliglum]

No, it's not "talking bullshit" it's the truth. Pretty common knowledge that VW's reliability record is a bit dubious. Always love the Euroguys and American car guys defending their unreliable cars with the old "maintenance" line. Ultimately guys, yes, you can keep a car running forever if you keep replacing part after part after part on it... But just remember, one man's "maintenance" is another's "car is in and out of the shop!"

[@eggbirdtherooster]

bliglum if a brand has huge succes.. the negative stories always gets blown up dude.. FACT! Remember when the Prius has had that gaspadel problem in the states..? People were like; “yeah.. Toyota isnt that reliable brand anymore.. bla bla” same story..

[@TheChimbleySweep]

Thing is.. 99.999% of GTI's spray Hollister cologne at you the second you open the door. Or Sour Watermelon vape clouds... Usually both.

[@freedom24v86]

TheChimbleySweep hey ... its not my fault that i buy sour watermelon vape juice 😂 it tastes good through my recoil rebal.

[@intruative]

Paul Morris that juice actually sounds so good

[@feasttree]

I'm more of dessert flavor juice kinda guy.

[@freedom24v86]

f3asttree im into fruity flavors and custerds mainly. I do like hazelnut coffee while drinkin hazel nut coffee oh and a few other flavors

[@freedom24v86]

Intruative it actually is lol. Btw yes im a total volkswagen guy hahah

[@BrettsGarage]

I come from a family of GTI lovers... from driving the OG, the special edition mark IV, V, VI and VII... the GTI has only improved in tech. The original GTI was purely analog and I recall stories from my dad about how he used to beat V8 trans-ams at the track. At it's foundation, it's still the sport option of a base car, and as it's aged, the speakers have improved and the rims have enlarged. It's only downfall is that other cars caught onto the formula of the GTI and now it's a competitive market.

[@BruceTheSpruce97]

Volkswagen: the car equivalent of the kid who gets caught and blamed for cheating on a test, even though everyone else did the same thing.

[@jonasf1275]

so true

[@BrateTebra123]

True!

[@texboyporsche944]

The Lance Armstrong of auto manufactures

[@afcgeo882]

Not everyone cheated. Also, did they cheat or not? If yes, then what’s the issue?

[@asksmeq3883]

George L I think he’s referring to the diesel fiasco

[@XxDEMONxDONUTxX]

Oh i love watching Mr. Regular's reviews on anything volkswagen. He cant hide his hatred for the brand

[@samvimes1083]

XxDEMONxDONUTxX I don't think it was that unkind, he was also pretty kind to the Audi S4, which also has a soundaktor, I know because I own one and used software to shut it off. Lol

[@KFCGAMING55]

Specially on the jetta

[@airplane6417]

Phaeton seemed to get his seal of approval though.

[@kusahopper]

The way Mr. Regular articulates his feelings is a gift to humanity.

[@morganb.3430]

It is a bit odd NO ONE mentions simple chip tunes when looking at GTIs. I completely understand not taking tuning into account when reviewing cars generally, but VW turbos are aching to be cranked. Doing so is a central tenet of their following. Chips and refinement are the most compelling reasons to buy a GTI over anything in its class. APR claims "381 ft-lbs of torque and 316 horsepower with 93 AKI octane fuel" on this motor. I've not driven a MKVII but I had a MKIV 1.8t with an APR chip and gained 55hp and 65ftlbs in 2002 and it ran with zero problems for 10 years and 80k miles. I replaced the clutch once. The motor can deal.

[@klasseact6663]

Owner looks like he walked off the set of a Subaru commercial.

[@t436]

Minus the cloud of vape LOL!

[@fluffytoaster427]

SUBAWUHH IMPOSSIBRUHHHH

[@splewy]

Soundaktor=“sound-decor”? Torx= “tour-ex”? Where did you learn to read?

[@joey69d]

Ho ho! A cybermorph reference! Man I hated that game.

[@colinl2515]

Yikes heard that too

[@onlyifusayplz5407]

Tor-X I'm not sure on the Soundaktor though

[@quilope]

¡Torqués! Tørk$. Törrcs.

[@davedixon2167]

@ on a horrible Atari Jaguar game, of course!

[@kern417]

I feel like Mr. Regular is the ghost writer for How To Basic.

[@manbearpigonabike]

I think this guy just doesn't get VWs, or hatchbacks for that matter, but glad he finally brought a GTI onto the channel.

[@xzst]

What a stupid front plate. They dont even look like that in Germany. Just remove it, please.

[@FunkatronicDingus]

It's an SPQR flag either the owner is too lost in the ironic /pol/ memes and takes them seriously or is just an absolute edgelord.

[@pn8024]

It's a usdm thing, learn to like it

[@chaserv5240]

Its the German Coat of Arms on top of a German flag. I know its stylistic choice, but if he wanted it to be more German then he should have had the image be the twelve European Union stars with the D below it for Deutschland.

[@mahinahmed2316]

Xzstnce I wish I could get that front plate where I live

[@FrackaLacka]

Xzstnce I see GTIs around Houston all the time with mock German plates but they actually look like the real ones vs this shit

[@TheTrueURDED]

You missed the most important part of the performance pack: The brilliant LSD

[@ilpatongi]

Which basically every hot hatch has.

[@samosaarts]

Yep... LSD enhances every experience, they say...

[@ilpatongi]

@@samosaarts Can confirm

[@Rowsdow3r]

Am I alone, but did Mr. Regular get a tiny bit more intense on this one? Either way he did his usual great job of making me have a small existential crisis about cars I'll never drive.

[@deruebersau]

He always gets intense about VW

[@jlopez54]

He HATES vw

[@InvictvsNox]

In a recent podcast, he was criticized for not negging cars hilariously like he used to. He agreed. And this was a fantastic return to that form.

[@ParanaSlim52]

Mr Regular should get a day job, car reviewing, and a night job comedienne, and realize he's not very good at either. Maybe lose his wire snippers and get a life!

[@flacjacket]

The soundaktor isn't because exhaust baffles are expensive, the Golf R has both, it's because the cars have become so well sound dampened that in order to make the exhaust loud enough to be satisfying on the inside it becomes obnoxious on the outside.

[@colinreisser4568]

God that fake German license plate is lame.

[@pn8024]

Colin Reisser USDM as fuck!

[@matthewkoch6937]

Pretension is so much worse, and sadly easier, than having class. The license plate is proof of that.

[@designator7402]

There is so many things wrong with it. Plates like that would be illegal in Germany and the ö doesn't fucking work that way. It infuriates me.

[@koraegi]

D3adpool

[@mklinger23]

I love living by him and understanding all the road references he makes

[@buraksamsa8904]

I swear if you dropped a wrench into that engine bay it wouldnt come out the bottom.

[@lego4virgo]

Yeah, it looks pretty crowded in there.

[@roddydykes7053]

BangBang Doby that’s true of plenty of cars

[@SwingAxleLover]

I can confirm it won't. You have to bang around the undertray until whatever you dropped is in reach.

[@MicroSprint22]

On my ST we had to just drop the undertray when a socket fell down there. There's enough room to get your arm to the bottom, but if whatever you've dropped rolls too far backwards, you are pretty much required to take the undertray off.

[@WAFFELTIME]

Been there done that in my mk7 tiny heart attack but then you just gotta knock it down the hole in the bottom pan

[@charlesdu9941]

Fun fact. Most of these cars dyno'd at 220-230 whp stock. With the stages 1 ecu remap (which at the dealer doesn't void the warranty even on stock clutch) it's kicking out over 300whp

[@FuzzyCholo]

but you gotta get stickier tires or else you're gonna spin away all that power

[@deepbludreams]

And it's front wheel drive in a car that weighs nothing, more horses you put to your front wheels the worse your steering gets, plus the tires on these cars are not wide enough to really put that sort of power to the road anyways, they are based off economy cars FFS. I bet if you take the stock tune and the stage one tune around a normal track you'd see little to no difference and the higher horsepower one could infact have a worse track time. Hell at the price of the GTI you can get a couple year old Taurus SHO that's only has a few thousand miles on it and that car will kick the shit out of the GTI and ST. That car is pushing V8 levels of power.

[@charlesdu9941]

FuzzyCholo yea tbf that's quite a good point. Golf r would put down the power much better and the standard pirelli p7 are pretty crap. But imo the extra power is still Hella fun

[@deepbludreams]

+Charles Du the Golf GTI is only 25ish grand fairly well loaded, it's cheap, thats only five grand more then a *BASE* Civic EX. a *new* Taurus SHO starts at 42.

[@charlesdu9941]

Redneck Fury I don't get your point. You just said a Taurus sho that's lightly used is the same price as a golf gti.....

[@pn8024]

6:07 if you don't have torx set in your toolbox, you've never owned a European car before.

[@drwatson32bit]

He probably also doesn't know how much better they are than phillips screws.

[@ZspotMotorsport]

Don't you mean tor-ecks?

[@KurNorock]

My ultra American 98 jeep grand Cherokee has torx all over it. Lots of jeeps do. All jeeps do.

[@fofalooza]

Hearing Mr. Regular pronounce torx as "tore-ex" is a bit like hearing a longtime friend pronounce gif as jif...except more wrongerer. Just when you think you know someone...

[@bubbledoubletrouble]

fofalooza If you pronounce gif in a way that sounds like give because the g stands for graphical, then you need to start pronouncing laser as “lay-sir” because the s stands for stimulating, not ztimulating.

[@samc6974]

I know it like those people say wronger instead of worse.

[@criznitty]

Or Memes as Me-Mes

[@KurNorock]

Well, the guy who invented the .gif file says it is pronounced "jif" so get over it.

[@joshjlmgproductions3313]

Gif is pronounced jif....

[@beholderlt]

custom euro plates are stupid

[@duffelbag5682]

Custom plates are stupid

[@benanderson89]

Its not even a Euro plate. German plates don't look like that at all. The backward E is from the Cyrillic (Russian) alphabet and the double umlaut ( ö ) makes it read like "Deadpoeoel". It's just a train wreck.

[@beholderlt]

that's why it's stupid. The backwards E is not from the cyrillic either, because that one looks like this: Э

[@benanderson89]

The E is the limitation of the German plate font, I'd wager (that bit they got correct, at least).

[@dakburn]

Adds 5hp bro

[@arthurmorgan7729]

9:37 - 9:40 Is that car made of jelly?

[@NickleJ]

That must be an artifact of progressive scan camera

[@z-trip5457]

It's a Adobe Premiere thing, when you drop an auto shake stabilizer over your footage

[@jessicah3450]

A cherry flavored blob like the jello in the cafeteria line 🤤

[@HamishW96]

tore-EX

[@CasperInkyMagoo]

what. is. torex?

[@workingguy-OU812]

It's Torx (torques/'torks') with a fucked-up accent, or with the ignorance that this channel all too often passes on as knowledge, from what I can tell. Maybe it's some new form of Torx head though?

[@pn8024]

Mambo Dave look up the definition of satire. And sense of humor while you're at it.

[@jponcelo]

It's the VW SUV thing... the Touarex

[@His_Stigness]

It's not, it's just a torx head. Also, god forbid you have to have the right tools to change the air filter.

[@ryantornai945]

These cars are underrated from the factory. They actually dyno at 240whp+ depending on dyno

[@brynclarke1746]

All the Americans crying "sleep schedule" and here I am with some nice Monday morning viewing. Mr Regular clearly left his heart in England

[@shadowreaver752]

Bryn Clarke I work overnight so he has great timing for me.

[@neonufos5297]

Bryn Clarke idk why they even complain. I love waking up to a new regular review

[@Bonno95]

I haven’t seen any yanks crying sleep schedule though

[@knightrides6034]

Bryn Clarke or china , comes out in the afternoon/evening

[@Toastmaster_5000]

Why not both? I'm at work (in the US) right now watching this video.

[@pppupu936]

I love mine. Went steel oil pan, 1.5 inch low, rpf1s, catless turbo back, stage 2 jb4 stacked, indy 500s, engine breaker mods, is38. 366hp, 378tq. Stock 227hp, 266tq.

[@shadofist]

I'm guessing that black Camaro behind you is next week's car

[@PartialS]

You're the DSG of KZbin reviews. Smooth, never knew how much I needed in my life untl I had it, and sealed for life with low maintentance but with a slight risk of it exploding in your face and killing you. Ish. Thanks for your work dude. Love every minute.

[@TIrizarry14]

I am all for manuals all day, if a manual is offered, that's what I'm getting, but, I have to agree, that DSG in the VW is amazing!

[@contentcharleston4066]

One of the best car ever. GTI has evolved to a beautiful machine. I had a 1986 GTI and this 2016 is very, very good and great mpg.

[@RoadStarJP]

Plastic oil pan? Jesus Christ

[@poot111111]

Hmm, oil gets hot. And plastic degrades over time...hmmm...

[@BryanGullickson]

all i can see in the future is $$$$$ for either a replacement or a new motor

[@ootdega]

Plastic gas tank too!

[@pn8024]

Bryan Gullickson smart move by VW. They need money right now.

[@nickrustyson8124]

How to be worse with plastic than 2000's GM, make everything plastic.

[@RallyX26]

1. It's "Sound Actor" - soundaktor 2. It's "Torques" - Torx 3. I love how the image stabilization makes it look like the car is squishy.

[@WolframOctavia]

PLAID. SEATS.

[@lego4virgo]

Gotta admit, I kinda like 'em.

[@MrMcTavishOBS]

My wife wanted a gti but I told her only if we could get the plaid seats....she said no

[@GetsugaTensho85]

Misael Jimenez Your profile pic says it all! I've heard that one of these earned the most gayest cars of the year!

[@spessarterlandei]

its GTI-Heritage. remember your roots ;)

[@freedom24v86]

Tim Riener cannnot get a moderen gti without plaid 😮😮

[@Ruggedjellyfishing]

Got my Jetta GLI 2 weeks ago and I can’t get enough of it. Even with the fake engine sounds the car feels amazing.

[@DeadReckon]

Sometime down the line, that Sounddakor is going to go wrong, it's going to rattle and buzz, and someone is going to think there is something seriously wrong with their car, and probably get bent over by a dealership.

[@chinchy111]

Dead Reckon yeah they will say your exhaust is broken. And youll have to ask which one the real one or the fake one

[@porthos1000000]

Dead Reckon and to the unaware owner, VW dealerships are the kings of bending you over lmao

[@bassandtrebleclef]

Why would you say that? VW electronics are solid.

[@jmccann6735]

You think the Deutsch didn't bank on that? ;) Mo money heh heh

[@kain0m]

Nah, not an issue. It's not a speaker actually; it's just a vibrator for the windshield. I like that thing for a very good reason: I don't have to hear it, unlike the lame "race" exhausts some idiots put on to feel better about themselves. Noise inside, silence outside.

[@yutub561]

I love my '16. First sporty car I've owned. Plastic intake manifold, plastic oil pan, and a couple other small annoying things but still love it.

[@tevinstewart5317]

"Torx the official fastener of JAMMIN' AN ALLEN KEY IN THERE" hahaha

[@nelandquinten]

"It's the chicken alfredo of cars" Oh my god that is a flawless metaphor.

[@kohul_sol5105]

The options sheet said 10 horsepower.

[@clutchthepearls3062]

MarkOne No one buys the performance pack for 10hp. They buy it for the really good LSD and upgraded brakes.

[@neelparmar6690]

I feel like this RCR review is a return to the RCR reviews of a few years ago. I love it!

[@bbrashere06]

TOREQS?

[@Ranar14]

IT'S PRONOUNCED TORQUE! That killed me.

[@criznitty]

Kurics?

[@SpaceMissile]

Would love a revisit of a stage-III tuned mk7 GTI with the 6mt. you really get a different experience in that.

[@SpaceMissile]

mister regular pls

[@ketaminefanatic7755]

@@SpaceMissile I don’t think he’ll do it

[@VerboseSlayer]

People have crashed so many of these in the UK you've got to be a 40 year old church pastor before the insurance gods will even think of insuring you.

[@deruebersau]

when I brought a Mk2 from Germany to the US, the insurance gave me serious sticker shock

[@MegaAMPENERGY88]

I'm 21 and owned VWs my entire life. I would take one of these in a heartbeat loved all of my gti's.

[@makidiaz3894]

All your life? Right

[@ClayChapman0]

Is anyone else bothered by the fact that he gave him the keys to a car that uses push to start, even when he was sitting right next to him, and he immediately put the keys into the cup holder?? Like, why...

[@michaelw6277]

The nice thing about the GTI is that the aftermarket is so healthy that you can easily make it as obnoxious to be in as you want. The refined feeling comes by way of Volkswagen using rubber bushings in interesting and creative ways, like the rubber bushings around the caliper slides, or in the case of the manual clutch equipped models the rubber and plastic pieces throughout the shift assembly. IMO the best bang-for-buck upgrade for these cars is to replace the rear position lower control arm bushings with a pair from the Audi TT, which costs around $50 and a couple hours in the garage.

[@NiteshKumar-tn8xt]

Lowkey roasted the owner.

[@n0ti5]

Nitesh Kumar, that is part of the whole "shtick" of the show, the car either floors mr. Reg by how incredible it is or the owner gets compared to whatever shortcomings the car has.

[@DZEMAG]

The fact that several people in the comments don't like it makes it a perfect performance vehicle to buy and not have anxiety of where you park it. It gives you, the owner, the thrills and everyone else minds their business.

[@philips.5563]

The worst thing about this is the front plate.

[@mitchellblu3]

Bought a 17 Carbon Steel Metallic GTI as my first real car that I bought myself. Basically everything he says is true about this car. Yes the soundaktor is cheesy but i will admit that it does surprisingly sound good. Another thing noteworthy is that VW sandbagged the HP numbers of the GTI and it's not uncommon for them to see 220-225hp to the wheels straight from the factory. Something that the ST boys are a bit upset about. Either way I love this car and can see why people say it's the only car you need.

[@Addison0526]

Sound-decor? Tour-ex?

[@Viscerok]

I have this same car except white with 6 speed. To clarify, if you choose “custom” option you can select steering, throttle response, and sound on/off to your liking. I keep it turned off. Once warmed up, on downshifts and idle this has a great deep exhaust note.

[@roboticvenom1935]

1 simple tune offers 300 whp, this is where the car starts, no other car gains this much power like this, best in class.

[@papimiami1938]

So they build solid motors ( all Germans do ) rest of the car is too expensive to own for what it is . Not durable or very reliable

[@Calgar_Gaming]

Not if you live Germany Parts are cheaper here!

[@StoweGarage]

papi miami what is unreliable with these cars?

[@MrMcTavishOBS]

Mr regular mad about the torq bits you need. Just wait, you’ll also need triple square. Then you find out that to even put new lowering springs on you’ll need to replace a bolt because it’s “torque to yield”

[@willferland]

Pretty much all MK7 & MK7.5 GTis regardless of the sport package make about 220whp

[@DocAwesum]

You know, I liked this video. I had just bought this car. Then I didn't. The Soundaktor made great sense. Now I do. Cut it. This car should be quiet, lovely. This car is very fast, very fun, VERY efficient, very cheap to own. I have a sprinter with BT 4A-GE: harmonious. Soundaktor: Vomit. Get yourself an open element intake for some psh and just love the AMAZING calm that this car brings to speed.

[@Snocone333]

that deadpool plate gives me cancer

[@dBsdecibels]

This is why I love having a MK7 GTI and a near-stock NB Miata. It's just shy of my perfect two-car garage. Both can be a daily; sunny + hot = Miata; anything else = GTI. If I need to haul cargo/people, then GTI. Both offer enjoyable, but very different driving experiences. What I probably like most though is that if I'm going to Skyline Drive or Blue Ridge Parkway, both cars are the right answer. One day I may add an Exocet Miata, 996, or C5 Z06, but that'll be a while from now.

[@MalcolmCir]

I'm loving the Car and Driver voice. Exactly the voice in my head when I used to read the fancy-typefaced print version in the '80s...

[@kevinjudedeloria5648]

Bought a used mk7 GTI a couple months back and it's the perfect daily. A lot of enthusiasts here in NZ prefer the mk6 as it's cheaper, leaving more money to tune. Also I don't get the "manual is for real men" sentiment being thrown around car communities. People are too nostalgic in my opinion.

[@LysergicCasserole95]

Oh my god. Fuck fake engine sounds

[@LysergicCasserole95]

twotailedavenger yeah that's the best idea. It shouldn't be there anyway though

[@1CoLoRz2]

Driven one, sounds like ass with it off or on haha

[@ootdega]

If I wanted fake car noises, I could do it myself. NEEEOOOORRRRRRMMMM VROOOOOWWWWWMMM BRAAHHHHHHWWWWWWWW *SKRRRRRRT* BROWWWWWWWW

[@Iliac2112]

1CoLoRz2 Which really is a shame, the inline 5cyl it used to come with has to be one of the most soulful sounding engines of the last decade.

[@sylvainpaquette6132]

Then it sound bad and loud. Not a solution.

[@SpyderRios]

The VW GTi is like the hat of a magician. Even though it's not a hat you would want by the looks of it, you still buy it. you buy it because you know that deep inside this hat has lays a really cool and fun rabbit waiting to come out .

[@drakeorion94]

I find your udder hatred of VWS hilarious. I could never figure it out and as I drove up to Pottsville more and more I realized why. Vws are to your area as hondas are to the suburbs of Philadelphia.

[@RecklessFables]

I've had a DSG for 120K miles now on my '08 and there have been zero problems. That is with the additional abuse of 14 track-hours and a dozen or so autocross events. I honestly thought the thing would disintegrate at some point, but it has been fine.

[@AlanDampog]

hahaha nice review of the car i love... cant quite tell if you liked it or not... but funny as usual!

[@thatguy3428]

Yeah, I'm going to disagree with the engine sound fiddling being equal. The ST has a tube which allows induction noise to be heard in the cabin. This is noise which would otherwise be heard if there was less soundproofing of the cabin. The GTI has a freaking speaker which plays a false engine noise. True they can both be disabled easily but they are worlds apart in intent and level of deception.

[@Riley8425]

Drive a tuned one with a down pipe and exhaust it’s a lot more fun

[@coejbee]

I'm a VW fanboy, but that has nothing to do with why I love this video. This video was fantastically written. So good.

[@simpsonfan13]

Gotta love everyone raging about the front plate: "WAAAAAAAAAHHHH! STOP DOING SOMETHING *I* DON'T LIKE WITH *YOUR* PROPERTY! WAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! (Assorted car-nerd-internet-rage-noises)"

[@steamhackman]

You can also create a custom drive mode setting wherein you can disable the sound amplification but leave steering and handling in sport mode, or any other combination. -Mk7 GTI owner

[@zahar027]

Mr Regular need an unlimited access to Jay Leno's garage and review every single car Jay has stored. Or any guy with many car like Salomondrin and Shmee

[@pn8024]

az zahar it would get boring. Part of the RCR fun is that it's like a scavenger hunt for cars.

[@ferdinand12390]

He would have daily videos for like 2 years and a half

[@areitu]

And his thing is more about social commentary around a car, rather than the car itself

[@paulbell56]

The fake speaker thing is pronounced "Sound ACTOR" and it's just that. You mention how the GTI is a canvas, and that's certainly true. One of the easiest ways to open up and begin customizing a GTI is with the excellent OBDEleven Android app and OBD dongle. You can change the volume on the speaker, and tweak hundreds of settings to your heart's desire. So far I have tweaked the turn signals, muted the Soundaktor (see? no snipping!), enabled remote window control, and a bunch of other stuff. I definitely agree the Ford ST twins are more fun than my GTI out of the box (I have a 2017 Sport like this one but with a manual). The GTI can be customized and tuned....but the Fords are sort of "pre-tuned" or "factory tuner" cars which is fun too. But I look forward to continuing to make the GTI my own. Thanks for the video! Maybe at some point you can find one that's got, say, a Stage 1 or even Stage 2 tune and some suspension work to get an idea of where folks take these cars with very easy mods.

[@HowieCarson]

The GTI is better to modify than a FOST hands down. A GTI with a simple tune will make a tuned ST look stupid. ST has a tiny turbo and the EA888 gen 3 is a better engine too

[@deepbludreams]

Never quite got this, what is the point of tuning these stupid little hatches, the price point of both these cars bring you to get a two old Taurus SHO with 20K on it's clock, and that car makes mincemeat out of the hatches, that car pushes 435 HP with just an easy tune.

[@TheGreatestDaneEver]

Redneck Fury the SHO is a tank. Depending on which trim you get, the MK7 can weigh ~1400lbs less. With a downpipe and tune (>$1000) they make over 300whp. I’m sitting at 315whp and 360wtq on a mustang dyno on my e40 tune. Power to weight ratio is far superior on the MK7’s.

[@kylegrassel222]

The Performance Pack E-LSD in this GTI is the best diff you can get in any front wheel drive car. Focus ST gets an open diff with no option of LSD. Gti>focus st

[@tobyvision]

The LSD really seemed like the one big difference between the cars to me.

[@ShamonLaw]

@9:50 I had to pause to go make sure I hadn't quad dosed the cough medicine.

[@Affalterbach1967]

Turn on the video stabilization.

[@mnkrause]

Wow. So did you like the GTI or not? There is so much tongue-in-cheek in the video....but I feel like you liked the car. I have a 2016 GTI with the 6MT transmission and I love it.

[@Jeapify]

You only earn the right to complain about fasteners when you own Peugeot era Jeep. SAE, metric, and torx wrenches live in my trail toolbox.

[@FarginBastiges]

Or if you had a K car.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

I have an American built car, so I only have to use metric and torx.

[@KMakoENVtuber]

Holy fuck that’s a level of hell I never wanna get to

[@DersNoNem]

You can loosen the Torx 'torex' screw by jamming down a flat screwdriver in the hole. It works for me everytime!

[@1994CivicGLi]

hearing RCR say “Torex” instead of Torx made me commit drive Fiat Multipla.

[@Chasmodius]

6:15 As a hardware store employee, I can say without a doubt that Torx heads are vastly superior to Phillips heads. Except that no one has them, so we have to keep the bin of T25 bits close at hand. Even the contractors who use them regularly frequently buy new bits because they don't know where they all went!

[@senitnelav]

4:35 stare at the wheels to make car glitch

[@hotwheelsguy9898]

Each one of these videos are insanely funny and informative. I hope they pay you for this, its serious entertainment that has a gear head/learning part to it. Perfect. Keep making videos. Please.

[@WC3fanatic997]

"Once we find a legal way to make the air vents spray you with Holister Store scent . . . WE'RE DOING IT" That was the absolute best line delivery of this entire series

[@justinedse3314]

I can't get enough of this review!!

[@GOREilla.]

I'm loving your style of doing videos more and more! VW rly thinks we're all stupid lol

[@stephenbrown2358]

You can turn off the Soundaktor but keep all other sport mode options on by using the custom driving mode fyi

[@AlfaGTA156]

Are you fucking kidding me? Speaker for exhaust note, effect?

[@clutchthepearls3062]

JRP Romeo156GTA More for induction noise, but yeah. Lots of cars have something to that effect.

[@AlfaGTA156]

clutchthepearls very surprised vw done this. I prefer the real deal, my gta... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jarWm56Nl5qca6s

[@lawls12]

They are very common even the LFA has one.

[@TassieLorenzo]

and that's why Italian cars have soul, German cars not so much! Excellent taste you have JRP Romeo 156GTA. :)

[@Sunthaz]

TassieLorenzo But German cars still drive while Italian cars are already rusting on junkyards.

[@Dcc357]

The optional leather GTI seats are a different story. The bolsters are big enough to bear hug you around a hard corner.

[@jessaphillips2846]

VW Golf GTi: the official car of getting paid for a ride to the store with vape cartridges

[@DomDeVille]

My 2017 Golf Alltrack isn’t as fast, but has AWD and a 6MT with a 1.8 liter turbo.