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What hot hatch do you own?
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Golf GTI / R / R32 196 0.02%
Impreza WRX / STi 133 0.01%
Mazdaspeed 3 92 0.01%
Veloster Turbo 20 0.00%
Focus ST 149 0.01%
Other Hot Hatch 230 0.02%
Elantra GT 1000001 99.92%
Total: 1000821 votes
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haddedam
Feb 19, 2024

by Fluffdaddy

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grahm posted:

If you want to be more nervous then join some MK8 Facebook groups. I don't own one and the amount of people with weird problems on nearly-new cars is why. I'm hoping they fix things for the 8.5.

Only real issue I'm aware of from going to time attack events with a Golf R and RS3 is that the DSG overheats when doing cornering and goes into limp mode. Not even improved cooling mods help it. Overall it seems to be pretty fast and reliable as long as it's not a go kart track.

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haddedam
Feb 19, 2024

by Fluffdaddy

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grahm posted:

I did a track day with my '23 RS3 and the DSG was in the green the whole day. It actually takes forevvvvver for the DSG to come up to temp in normal driving. But maybe it depends on the track and ambient temps — my day was like 75 degrees F.

Also on how twisty and fast the track is, when you are engaging the haldex in corners, it puts heat in the box which cools down on straights. Locally only one track has a straight where you exceed 120kph for more than a second and it is considered the power = win track. But I guess it's just a Baltic grassroots motorsports thing.

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