at no point did i say you thought the MPS WASNT a quicker car.

i merely pointed out that your method in evaluating the easier to drive on the limit motor vehicle in your day in day out drive was flawed.

you think people are saying something they are not.

what i have read about the MPS is that it is different to drive from a performance perspective.
many journos have said it was difficult to drive at first, and then taken back their comments once they understood the car.

you are always going to find your own vehicle easier to drive than one you have just been plonked into for a session.

i picked up my new FG XR6 on monday Arvo, and i reckon i would put the one i traded around a track quicker than the newbie even though the FG is quicker on paper and has better suspension, better brakes etc.
familarity plays a big part in being comfortable in putting a vehicle on its limit

fck sake…

Richo,
you cant honestly expect to jump in the mazda for a session and know the cars limit, and be able to achieve its maximum.
the VRX is a car i assume you have driven every single day for quite a while. one would hope you felt more at home in it, and were able to drive it on the limit easier.

Benito – i think i clearly stated on a number of occasions that on a racetrack the 3 MPS is the far superior tool, i stated this a number of times mate! But fact is most people buy a car for how it goes on the road, not the race track, and on the road, the GTI is superior. If you want to buy a car for the 1 or 2 times a month you get on the track then thats great for you, but most people will buy a car for how it drives the other 98% of the time

They can’t read, are blind to what they don’t want to see. Can’t accept compliments when they are given to their choice of car, and pour crap on everything else. Pity their choice of car can’t compete with the same size engine, though, they have to go much bigger, and their Ford brethren need to go bigger again and add another cyl.

Thank god they don’t drive GTIs, they’d reduce the VW driver average IQ quite a bit.

Level the playing field – let them compete against a chipped Golf with 190Kw and 400nm (which is a stage 1 flash), and their precious car will get wiped by the superior GTI chassis.

FFS, go out onto a RACETRACK…..yes, you know – the black squiggly things they put lots of pretty pictures of in those magazines you love so much???…Honestly, go and actually drive both of these cars around some corners instead of forming your opinion on an what $8.95 worth of glossy print says.

I help develop and have raced production series variants of both of these vehicles and the GTi is nowhere near the MPS. Not even close. Spunky shopping hauler with a bit of pepper for the wife to play with? Yes, the GTi fits this bill well, but a hot hatch it aint.

The fastest car is not always the best car. Do you understand now?

And are you incapable of comprehending english? I said on a number of occasions that the 3 MPS’s peformance is far superior then the GTI or any other car in that price bracket. I AM AGREEING WITH YOU YOU SPAZ!

All i said was that the Golf GTI is a more fun car to drive on the road (there is a difference between how a car drives on a race track and on the road btw), is more comfortable and is more refined. As a result not just me but most motoring observers view it as a better car then the 3 MPS.

NOW WHAT ABOUT THAT CAN YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!!!

I dont give a shit about your opinion. Performance is not based on opinion. Is that too hard for you to understand. 1+1 = 2. That is fact. If your opinion is that 1+1 = 3, your entitled to that. That is your opinion.

This is what im pointing out to you, but i dont think you have the mental capacity sort opinion from fact. FACT is MPS 3 is a superior PERFORMANCE HATCH than the GTI.

Now, for being known as wankers, have you heard of tall poppy syndrome? If you cant beat them, bag them.

NOW, Reckless1, +300cc, +43KW, +100Nm= a lot more bang for your buck. You just kicked your own ass lol

I have already stated that i think the 3MPS is an astonishing car, incredibly fast and generally a very good peice of kit, I just do not think its the best hot hatch you can buy for the price, an opinion that is shared by wheels, motor, top gear, most internet journo’s and most newspapaer journo’s.

You need to accept that other people have different opinions to yours, and in this case, the MAJORITY have a different opinion then yours.

As for it being difficult to drive, let me put that into perspective, its not that its difficult to drive around, its just difficult to drive at the limit IN COMPARISON to other hot hatches such as the GTI.

Can you handle all of that? or is it a little beyond your capacity?

But Australians have this stigma deep-down that a Golf is some sort of prestige car (because the brand name is European and the indicators are on the left) and therefore a better car (they’re built in S’Africa).

I believe it has this reputation with the international press because of it’s heritage as the previous hot-hatch benchmark (something the Mazda unfortunately doesn’t really have).

So stick to that belief if you will about the Golf but it’s reign is over and a new king presides.
Long live the MPS3…the only hot-hatch!