# New VW R32 **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [February 13, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536 "2007-02-13T21:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/21 "2007-02-14T07:16:05Z")
[quote=“sureshot007,post:19,topic:24536"”] How does the DSG hold up to 500whp? [/quote] just fine from what ive read, its a manual gearbox that has been computer controlled, it just uses two clutches to allow you to flatshift in 8 ms ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/22 "2007-02-14T07:18:23Z")
3600 lbs in a car that small. Is it made of lead? And it still comes with ugly rims stock. ---
**Author:** ![Zong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zong/32/7580_2.png) [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/23 "2007-02-14T07:20:56Z")
I think it’s all the VW sound/vibration proofing. It’ll feel solid as a rock, but will also drive like one. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/24 "2007-02-14T07:26:04Z")
[quote=“Viper966,post:18,topic:24536"”] you guys do realize that DSG is teh fastest shifting trans available right now? [/quote] Thats all well and good but I like to row my gears. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/25 "2007-02-14T07:30:49Z")
[quote=“JaysGreenLX,post:24,topic:24536"”] Thats all well and good but I like to row my gears. [/quote] +1 Since I don’t win any money racing, I couldn’t care less about .05 seconds I’m saving per shift. If I wanted to drive a car that shifts by pushing buttons I’d stay home and play Gran Turismo. I beat on my boss’s loaner M3 with DSG for about 20 minutes and came away very unimpressed. Clutch pedal FTW. ---
**Author:** ![POOPRA](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/poopra/32/7188_2.png) [@POOPRA](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/POOPRA)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/26 "2007-02-14T08:19:45Z")
meh doesnt do much for me ---
**Author:** ![Jam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jam/32/7235_2.png) [@Jam](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/27 "2007-02-14T08:22:19Z")
wait wait wait that must be a typo… a v-6 with one head? cmon now, someone screwed up… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Xander](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/xander/32/7597_2.png) [@Xander](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Xander)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/28 "2007-02-14T08:24:00Z")
:tif: R36 and I might think of it as sporty. X… ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/29 "2007-02-14T08:41:28Z")
[quote=“JayS,post:25,topic:24536"”] +1 Since I don’t win any money racing, I couldn’t care less about .05 seconds I’m saving per shift. If I wanted to drive a car that shifts by pushing buttons I’d stay home and play Gran Turismo. I beat on my boss’s loaner M3 with DSG for about 20 minutes and came away very unimpressed. Clutch pedal FTW. [/quote] ill let you drive mine @ autoX this year perhaps, and u let me know after u push it the way it was meant to be… (that is aslong as u figured out how to quit drifting so much @ autoX, havnt seen u drive in a while)😃 ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/30 "2007-02-14T08:55:07Z")
[quote=“Viper966,post:29,topic:24536"”] ill let you drive mine @ autoX this year perhaps, and u let me know after u push it the way it was meant to be… (that is aslong as u figured out how to quit drifting so much @ autoX, havnt seen u drive in a while)😃 [/quote] Ha ha… Yeah, my dorifto had calmed down a lot with the Fiero. Then I sold it and ran the GTO at an event on real shitty street tires and I went back to lots of sideways action. Trust me though, I pushed that M3 smg pretty damn hard on the back roads between Williamsville and Lancaster. Doesn’t mean I won’t take you up on that offer to autocross it though 😉 From an engineering standpoint, and even a pure racing standpoint, I simply can’t find a fault in it. But I’m not a pro race driver and never will be. At no point in my life will giving up a few seconds around a track, or few 10ths on an autocross course, cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars. So knowing that to me it’s all about which is more fun, and to me that’s working 3 pedals and a shifter is more fun that flipping a lever. That’s just me though. ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 9:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/31 "2007-02-14T09:59:36Z")
[quote=“Viper966,post:21,topic:24536"”] just fine from what ive read, its a manual gearbox that has been computer controlled, it just uses two clutches to allow you to flatshift in 8 ms [/quote] If that is the case, then I have no problems with it. If it was based on an auto box, then I’d give it the :bloated: . Still, 3600 lbs. :eyebrow: ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/32 "2007-02-14T13:50:18Z")
.:R32’s are the most over rated cars. and overpriced. ---
**Author:** ![focusinprogress](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/focusinprogress/32/7227_2.png) [@focusinprogress](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/focusinprogress)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/33 "2007-02-14T13:52:24Z")
im diggin it. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_T](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mr_t/32/7454_2.png) [@Mr\_T](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mr_T)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/34 "2007-02-14T13:57:03Z")
awd R32\> GTI any day , there not a ton more than the gti’s , just more rare i guess. ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/35 "2007-02-14T20:45:12Z")
This is interesting too: [http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first\_official\_picture.php?sid=295&page=1](http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/first_official_picture.php?sid=295&page=1) ---
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/36 "2007-02-15T05:50:39Z")
[quote=“neurokinetik,post:31,topic:24536"”] If that is the case, then I have no problems with it. If it was based on an auto box, then I’d give it the :bloated: . Still, 3600 lbs. :eyebrow: [/quote] SMG is a getrag 6 speed trans (same one for the MT cars) that has a computer controlled clutch actuator and shifting mechanism DSG uses dual clutches that seperate from eachotehr which allows the trans to shift while the engine is wide open ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/37 "2007-02-15T05:56:39Z")
[quote=“95mx6,post:2,topic:24536"”] …and i can see why they’ve always been kinda rare. [/quote] because they didn’t make/sell a lot of them? ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 5:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/38 "2007-02-15T05:58:05Z")
not saying 3,600 pounds is wrong…but it may be inflated by VW a bit… they claimed 3,300 on the new gti…but many people on vortex have weighed them…(wet)… 1/4 tank of gas…spare…all fluids and they are just over 3,100. I bet that car will be about 3,300. ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/39 "2007-02-15T06:03:57Z")
the DSG id pretty cool…wasn’t it on the Audi TT at one point? it has a clutch for 1-3-5 and one for 2-4-6…holding the next gear waiting for you to shift pretty much? somewhat along those lines? impressive but \ **Author:** ![sureshot007](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot007/32/7345_2.png) [@sureshot007](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot007)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536/40 "2007-02-15T06:22:23Z") [quote=“sedlmeier101,post:38,topic:24536"”] I bet that car will be about 3,300. [/quote] 3300lbs is still to heavy for a hatchback. Something like that _should_ weigh around 2600lbs, and then we’d be talking. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-vw-r32/24536.md?page=3)