HOT-HATCH ROADTRIP!!! Kinda. Sorta. Meh.

[jw0n]

Picked up a Mk7 Golf R early last week, and decided to head up north of Kuala Lumpur for a 400km roadtrip. Went to drive through mountain passes with a friend.

From sort of the same family, all-wheel drive as well, except double the horsepower! But through tight mountain roads, I prefer the Mk7R; its smaller, much more nimble, and fun to power out of tiht hairpins.


A few days later, on a spirited drive on a long stretch of highway, I spotted a silhouette of a 911 from afar. Worth a chase, I thought... especially if it was a 996 Carrera. Gave chase, caught up... and crap! It was a 991 Turbo S. After a brief chase, we went out separate ways... and my phone rang. It was a friend who had literally just picked up his new car earlier that morning!

Of course, we met up over the weekend to swap cars for a couple of hours...


Again, the Porsche has twice the horsepower and torque of the Golf, but from every great drive, as soon as I went back into the Golf, planted my foot into the throttle... still put a smile on my face.

Mmm... reality sucks. Kinda