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What hot hatch do you own? This poll is closed. |
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| Golf GTI / R / R32 |
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196 | 0.02% |
| Impreza WRX / STi |
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133 | 0.01% |
| Mazdaspeed 3 |
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92 | 0.01% |
| Veloster Turbo |
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20 | 0.00% |
| Focus ST |
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149 | 0.01% |
| Other Hot Hatch |
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230 | 0.02% |
| Elantra GT |
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1000001 | 99.92% |
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The internet is definitely mad about it having an AMG badge but it's nice to have a 305hp AWD car that I can fit a 12 foot skeleton in.  After a month or so of being shocked at market prices for 2-3 year old Golf R's in Canada I decided to spend less on this gently depreciated A35 hatch, so far really enjoying it. Now I just wait for the head to blow up. 
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Feb 12, 2024 18:42
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TehRedWheelbarrow posted:im only mad i cant get one A few American friends have expressed a similar sentiment. Sad that even up here the hatch is dead as of MY 2022 and we won't get the facelift.
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Feb 12, 2024 21:01
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Baby's first gross drive into work. The AWD isn't quite as fun and "steer with your right foot" as the torsen based one in my A4 was but it's still very fun. The weather this morning definitely validated my passing on getting a new GTI in favour of this. Side note: Anyone here who lives somewhere where actual snow happens enough to warrant dedicated winter tires, this is my second set of Kumho Wintercraft WP72's and I can't recommend them enough. So cheap, so predictable in the snow and come in all sorts of weird sizes. I put around 30k km on the set I had on the A4 and they still looked new. 
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Feb 15, 2024 13:45
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Well the A35 is in the hands of the dealer as they address my beautiful hand-written list of complaints. While I'm pretty horrified at the amount of little things going wrong with the car I can't really complain about the service, dealership is 150km away and includes a $50 bridge toll, so they sent a valet to pick up my car and left me with a loaner for however long it takes. I'm gonna be the rudest lady at the starbucks drive-thru in this thing. The proportions remind me of one of my old '98 Forrester. 
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Feb 21, 2024 13:21
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When I picked up the A35 the former owner's Mercedes me account was still logged in so I took note of his name. Noticed he had posted on some A35 facebook groups so I at least know that my car got a brand new head at 25k km. From what I've read they had revised part numbers for the replacements and no reports of failures with the new ones so that's one thing to stress less about inevitably leaving me stranded.
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Feb 28, 2024 17:21
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Midjack posted:I am glad to hear that you received fresh head from your car's previous owner. We don’t abide stale head in this house.
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Mar 2, 2024 03:44
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Ceramic coat + light rain + overnight freezing temps = free vortex generators
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Mar 16, 2024 14:07
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What if we kissed in the Walmart parking lot?  I gotta say, if used ST's around me weren't all dripping vape juice or rode hard put away wet I would be very termpted. Very rare Ford styling win, just a handsome little car.
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Apr 3, 2024 13:35
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I've put 4k km on since I bought the A35, so right on track for 15k miles a year. That said, the first couple months of a fun new car you tend to drive a bit more so it'll probably settle down to about 10-12k km. The absolute annihilation the value of my A4 took due to mileage has me being more stressed about depreciating this into the ground with high kms.
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Apr 11, 2024 19:26
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