Tire Rack Hot Lap: 2019 Volkswagen Golf GTI 

Randy: ✌😅

Mine came with them from the factory, horrible grip for summer tires, replaced them with much cheaper nitto invos, while significantly louder, I can take corners much faster with those! Will replace them with something else once they wear out tho, couldn't see myself living with the tire noise...

Tariq I put PS4’s on mine and it’s still the best thing I’ve done to the car, significantly less noise and grip everywhere. Bridgestone should be ashamed

pendulum1824 Similar tire on my abarth 124, I have 245 RE71 now

@@pendulum1997 I did the same went to 235/40 18 ps4 on lighter wheels, that and JB4 map6 on E30 completely transformed the GTI.

@@Ficon facts

Ugh, slower than a Miata? And guaranteed to be less fun to drive. And you get to put up with German manufacturing bullshit. Pass.

@@aluisious Horses for courses. Good luck putting three passengers in a Miata, plus their luggage. Or doing any of the other things many Golf buyers might need to do. These two cars are chalk and cheese.

@@aluisious Comparing a GTI to a Miata?? haha that's a first. See you put 5 people in a Miata with their luggage haha Its a Hatchback folks, not a frickin Lancer Evo.

Yeah the S001 suck.

Yes, that’s true, I’m a GTI owner, the tire sucks, but the car is awesome!

@@jialinyan2346 235/40 18 PS4s with lighter wheels is by far the best mod I have done on my GTI

@@chrisjay7736 Them tires ain't cheap... but them tires are good! :-P

Katanamast Sim Racing they use whatever comes from factory

Because, actually, there are tires just as good and not nearly as expensive as Michelin... all-season performance and full summer! Not slamming Michelin at all... great tires. Just saying that's probably why most choose NOT to buy Michelins. Hey, for the money saved by NOT going Michelin, one can purchase another MOD, possibly two, for their ride! :-P

GTI_CHHA I believe it’s the Rabbit Edition which I have that comes with the Performance Package.

The performance pack was made standard equipment for 2018 and 2019, you literally can't get a car that doesn't have it.

For the 2019 USA GTI model...(a) the perf pkg no longer exists and therefore (b) they all have the Golf-R brakes and (c) they all have VAQ LSD. Any more pointers?

@@jerryg.3080 No, it's clear :-) But Randy mentioned that the car understeers under power, which definitely should not be the case with this VAQ. I know, I have one.

@@GTIMAN2010 Thanks. Yes, euro models are named differently than NA

Miguel Rodriguez agreed

GTI will take it. Less weight better great ratios on the DSG at least. People think they are exactly the same underneath but there are subtle differences and that's what keeps the GTI on top imo.

@@eppyz Agreed. Love my GLI but the GTI is the better performance car

It’s just the tires

This was a base model can tell by the plaid interior. Hope it at least had the limited slip dif in the front on this particular car that was an option or could be a mid model with the cloth seats it's difficult to know for sure. The Autobahn version has the digital cockpit i believe.

@@eppyz For all 2019 cars the performance pack with the VAQ LSD is standard equipment on all trim levels. Plaid seats are available on S and Rabbit edition cars.

@@eppyz GTI AB model does not have digital dash. Golf-R does. And as mentioned above, it's not difficult to know about the LSD because that comes std on the 2019, as well as the Golf-R brakes. So, all those excuses don't apply to the 2019 model. Crappy tires could.

@@jerryg.3080 I'm not sure what model has it and don't really care to be honest. Was just guessing. I'm not a fan of these new tire displays personally think the whole display being digital is a bad idea. I can imagine the stories already "officer it's not my fault, the sun washed out my display and i couldn't tell how fast i was going" haha not everything has to be digital.

Sounds amazing. My 7.5 has a pretty impressive stock sound

It's the diverter valve. They aren't anywhere close to that loud in person, this car must have had a mic in the engine bay.

Sounds terrible definably not stock. My GTI never made that noise. My Evo 9 MR did back in the day but it was due to the short ram intake and other mods. I hated the sound then and still do. Makes the car sound cheap.

Nah but you can defentilty add one onto it. Forge motorsport makes a good one I hear. Pair that with a cts turbo intake and you will be a wind storm in the front and DSG imploding noises in the back. Very awesome.

I think they added an aftermarket intake. Stock GTI's dont have that much inhaling noises.

@@nikogeorgiafentis7450 Yeah that noise actually gets really annoying. Like it better stock.😎

Unfortunately, the Sportcontact 6 is not available to fit with the OEM wheels. I may go with the Continental ExtremeContact Sport instead

Did u have any issues with using 245? Mine stock came with 225 on the 19s, or did u change the rims as well?

That BS. They would give away a car worth 50% more. The stalling problem was the fuel pumps and its been fixed for months. Nobody on VWvortex had their cars replaced from what I saw. They simply did the diagnostic, found the issue and fixed it.

They ate the cost this guy is a comedian haha right 🤣😭🤣

Wtf

Only applies to manual cars, not DSG.

I am gonna second @ice44567 The stalling issue only happens with manual cars, not DSG. And wow very nice of VW. +1 for them

Niklas Schnee euro only. It’s a GTI with a R engine. And a few other goodies.

We don't get it 😭

It my bad

It’s WAY faster than the manual. And I own a manual

6 year warranty to back that up. Based on forums engine faliures never happen unless modified. This is VW's most realiable car in its 2019 lineup.

It isn’t slow