dude i totally agree on some points there, We have an 08 S3 stage 1 with 310 bhp essentially the same car but the golf is suposedly more aggressive handling wise, The S3 is ballistic and the turbo makes it feel faster than it is the tuning potential in these cars is great but like you say compared to the clio they just cant change direction fast enough, Also many of these engines get mapped as they can see big bhp and thats what everyone wants but they are still a 2l and they do get laggy,
As a daily id take the Audi / golf any day as the 4wd system can be fixed like you say with a haldex upgrade i had one in my mk4 R and loved it and in the snow which seems to be getting more frequent in this country can mean the diffference betweeen making it to maccy d's or not. :-p
But for fun or leasure would be the clio every time!
Cars these days are getting are too fat and even a freind on here who knows his motors chose the clio after driving the megane 250 because he said it felt heavy,
As a daily id take the Audi / golf any day as the 4wd system can be fixed like you say with a haldex upgrade i had one in my mk4 R and loved it and in the snow which seems to be getting more frequent in this country can mean the diffference betweeen making it to maccy d's or not. :-p
But for fun or leasure would be the clio every time!
Cars these days are getting are too fat and even a freind on here who knows his motors chose the clio after driving the megane 250 because he said it felt heavy,
