Still love the golf 5 gti. Timeless design and so many options to upgrade👌

That was such a fun and eye opening lap. Thank you Misha. Can't wait to be back in 2023. Some upgrades are planned to make the car more suited for the track.

I barely make it through a month and bought a red Mk5 GTI like this one last year on impulse that had a chip tune (about 250 hp). I love to drive and I thank Volkswagen for creating such a nice car for the masses. I wanted a sportscar but this is plenty fun and you can go on roadtrips with friends and family. Actually brought home my first child in it from the hospital. It has rust and paint is peeling off but I'm so happy. It also have coilovers so it's very flat in the corners. I will have it until it doesn't work anymore. Whenever I have free spare time and half a full tank I just go and drive! Love you my fellow car friends, it's not about what you drive it's about if you enjoy driving it and cherishing it

The way you’ve been pushing it tells me you where pretty comfortable despite the understear

An 8:23 BTG in a car you’ve never been in before. For me owning one of these myself that is bloody impressive.

Beautiful, I’ve got a manual Ko4 365bhp mk5 myself. Absolute machines!

Nice car & hell of a ride in the second half. 👌🏼 I Like the sound of GTI with DSG (arguably ok). And prefer seeing the rev counter as well; but understand if it‘s not showable at a time. 👌🏼

Great driving as always! Have a mk6 dsg with just a remap on e30 and it's such a fun car to drive. The dsg is done surprisingly well by vw and really keeps the car in boost.

I drove a GTI from time to time and I ended up buying a base model. Still a lovely car for a daily. Thank you guys for this video. 👍🏻

Great lap. The GTI is so competent and modifiable.

amazing second half, I could watch that all day long!

Nice ! i have a fully forged mk5 450bhp, manual, Quaife lsd , R8 brakes etc would be good to let you loose in it

I have an 8P with the BWA motor so I quite enjoyed this! Great drive this thing was hustling through there.

Some better LCAs and rear sway bar helps the under steer a lot, plus a Wavetrac LSD and you’ve got a big improvement here. After that might consider even more power and 265 tires.

love to see that! Still have my MK5 2.0 TDI with ECU tune that we lapped in 2020. Very tempted to go MK7 GTI or even this one next year - just a tune is almost 300hp as well.

Another awesome video with one of my favorite cars! Really impressed with the vogtlands😂 I passed on these coils but they seem to do very well, very capable setup for the price.

Hello, i m still loving my 2008 Golf 5 GTI Edition 30. With 308 PS, 470 NM and now still running since 245000km very nice and well. Thanks Björn from NET Tuning and Hasan from HG for the support. This is the best car i ever have. Everyday so much fun with the best Golf GTI

i love my mk5 gti it handles so well as stock , but now i thinking about a tune :D.........its also the best car i ever owned :) Mine is 16 years old runs like a dream and surprisingly nice in snow lol

I still own my MK5 GTI with the K03 turbo with all the modifications as yours, but I am also running water Meth, upgraded inter cooler, and some other bits. Also, I do have a LSD , and power flex bushings throughout the whole suspension, along with KW coil overs. For the brakes I am running stock size 2 piece rotors with Porsche 986 calipers.

Mooi rondje!

Yeah man. Solid lap. Really enjoyed that. ✌

increase my attention in this chanel when i stop to hear what misha explain for cars owners after lap, so humble!!!!

Still hustling it through the corners, ignoring the understeer! Driven like you know the car perfectly!

16:40 anybody notice the action around - the guy cleaning the beauty and the 230i driving around the apex parking area. Great driving, these are speed from a stock m3 e90/92

Had one for 3 years. Mine isnt the edition 30 but has a stage 1 tune. 250bhp still a capable car with the DSG.

I have waited a long time, but finally it's here 🥰 Thank you for testing a golf 5 gti! i myself own one and I am more than happy with that car

Did some research into these as was considering buying one in the last few months, more so a manual and not going for tons of power as stock power or stage 1 would be more than enough for me at the moment. Anti lift kit and anti roll bars are the two main things people recommend, as well as good set of coilovers, but the anti lift kit is the main thing

love the sound of that motor

LSD will help, front camber is your issue sweet spot for track work is -3 👌🏻 Great video 👌🏻👊🏻🔥

Many things to improve in this one . We have loads of These in Greece with amazing mods . Nice video we need more of these ( ordinary cars )

Can’t wait to get the golf 6 up and compare!

210 ia respectable through the first compression. LSD would definitely help. The alignment seems a bit off. Very nice car! Thanks for sharing. You have a gem there.

Nice, AN = Ansbach in Franconia/Bavaria. There are some guys driving around with AN-AL or ANUS plates 😂

Spot on Misha rear H&R ARB really helps, and gives more steering feel. Decent alignment with a bit more front negative camber..🙂

MKV GTI is a legend. This was the best Golf generation. I think everything went down for VW after this.

I have a mk6 GTI which is nearly identical to this and if you find that it has an under-steer problem it’s all in the setup. Around higher speed corners on track I have to be back on the throttle fast after turn in to transfer load to the rear to keep it from rotating too much too fast and I’m running balanced anti-roll bars. But my car has XDS which works extremely well if your throttle application is smooth, I’m not sure if this car has that though. Also, visually it looks like this car is super bouncy mid corner like it’s hitting the bumpstops and then pogoing rapidly. The car needs more rebound in the dampers and probably fresh, stiffer suspension bushings in the rear position on the front control arms and fresh, stiffer rear trailing arm bushings. Either that or smooth out how you turn the car in so it can gently settle onto the bumpstops instead of crashing into them causing them to overcorrect with an abrupt shove into rebound.

love to see engines on cars you drive

I got the Quaife LSD in my manual ed30, and I have to say it is amazing, it adds a lot of of grip to the front end. I am also running 330ish HP and the car could handle more.

This lap time-wise is really close to the Gan-San Prototype S2000 lap! Worth watching side by side.

That looked like so much fun

I would love to see a cam showing your foot action. :D awesome driving.

As an R/C racer (used to FWD category), I can advise a stronger diff, a littre more camber at ftont, stronger antiroll bar at the rear and some weight shift from front to rear (battery in the rear would help for ex) Now, if it's only 'on power' understear, changes on the rear won't do much. From factory, mk4 and 5 golf are realy an all man's friend, really stable , no mather what you do behind the wheel. A 306 or 307 is the opposite, for whatever reason...

Man I wish here in NZ we got coupe GTI's. I got a mk5 and had it for 3 years. I have had APR stage 1 tune exhaust and Cold air intake, bigger brakes and running PS4 tyres. Makes 260hp

im definitely a jdm-bro and have had vws as well and these DSG boxes are hella good tbh with handling power.

I always loved the Golf 5 GTI but rumours of the DSG box always put me off from buying one…… this car’s acceleration from 60 - 150 is quick. Fast car👌🏽

Yup tfsi good engine to tune S3 is the best platform of this era you get quattro and option if dsg.

@Misha im coming to Nurburg next year with a MK5 R32, your welcome to take it for a lap

ed30 lovely ! ❤ i still miss mine !

Only LSD won't change much, it requires also equal length axle shafts (Tsr performance offers intermediate shaft kit).

@misha, the mk5 kills power when left foot brake too when stock so this one must have it coded out too. My GTI was really annoying on track when used do it. In terms of handling, roll center adjustable front control arms and the H&R anti roll bars with front on medium and rear on stiff made an amazing difference for mine so would definitely recommend them. For brakes I have Cayenne S fronts and R32 rears and TTRS master cylidner which works extremely well. Next thing for me is a lsd as even with K03 turbo. Slower corner exits are a waste of time! The mk6 GTI steering rack fits the Mk5 too which would be a nice upgrade and think it's a prety common retrofit given many early mk5 racks can give trouble.

What an amazing drive. Its always been my dream to drive the mk4 golf R32 on the nurburgring! But that Porsche at 9:03 must be doing atleast 160mph or 170mph 😮

Superb!

Beautiful car

Misha I will bring my mk5 gti build soon s3 engine stage 2 + 374bhp! Will be fun!

Would be cool to see an S3 8p in the ring!

That thing sounds amazing brother. V Dubs boys worldwide 😎

Thats not bad at all, I'm quite impressed

Good video

personally i think few more mods and it’s a beast, but i’m from usa and i never herd of this edition for the mk5, nice video bro.

Flush front swaybar , get a bigger rear swaybar, this car will pivot . Lsd is of course a must.

Stock GTI brakes 😮 surprised they aint had an easy upgrade to the 345mm setup from the S3/Cupra

It s seem so easy when you drive. Amazing.

Nice Mk5 did you do anything to the dsg? Cooling? Does it not overheat or slip when it's too hot? Tnx!

Little beast 👌

The owner can change the rack to the Audi TT rack, bigger brakes, superpro adjustable ball joints, roll bars, and it'll be a well setup car.

Не стареет душой старенький гольф. Любимый кузов.

Those OEM red calipers tho😂 still got 2 on my GTI

It looks fast ❕😲

Nice. What did you prefer. This, or that Polo GTI you drove recently?

Gearbox doesn’t sound too happy!

Long live the Golf 5 Gti

Would you ever consider a series where u buy a budget car do a few laps for a rough time estimate Then do a budget build and see what it inproves That would be very cool Noone shows that they all have cars over 20k € I wanna get into it but don't have that budget I have a budget off 5k and would wanna spend about 5 to 7.5k to improve Hope someone gonna do a series

Now i understand why my brake go smooth and sluggish sometimes

Dude throw those standard front brakes in the bin .. They are terrible, and with 330bhp levels uprated front brakes are a must. A much stiffer rear ARB will help with under steer too, plus the front diff as Misha mentioned. I love these cars I have an edition 30 myself. Enjoyed the vid, great to see a fellow owner on here. :-)

When is the e61 M5 video dropping?

I think the front is too low giving it roll centre issues. With some more height at the front, the grip may be better. I have run an Ibiza track car for years.... It definitely is faster when it's higher compared to low.

Nice video by the way do you have a video of a golf 6 Gti

Love the vid. Im listening to your advice & now thinking about installing an LSD on my car👌🏿🙂

LSD a must I've got i20n with LSD amazing turn in

My car is 2005 golf 5 gti and I love it too, I don't have a pass, luck, the video is good

Does anyone know when the 2023 tourist dates will be announced?

Sweet video. No manual?

I almost bought a gti tuned to 300hp and it was a fun car to test drive but it kept having reliability issues

After Fuchsröhre owner stopped smiling 🤪

A golf gti without ugly ass pops and bangs makes the car so much more mature

cool, what was better golf or lexus is

Someone knows if you can turn off traction control in VCDS? i mean mine doesnt have a button and I want to turn it off when on track. some say just pull the ABS relay and ur good but i rather set it up in VCDS.

Did golf 5 have DSG, or regular auto with paddle shift?

Witch DSG gearknob?😅💪🏽 Looking for new one

Hey this car is rapid !

The most timeless design Golf Gti is always the Mark V.

Wish it was a manual

my GTI not ED30 with k04 have a 345cv with 95 octane 355 with 100 ;)

Over pressured tires, stock small front anti-roll bar that looks disconnected, no cage strengthening. Still nice lap! About the moment out of foxhole, I don’t think it’s Abs. I get that aggressive oscillation around the limit of hard braking as well. No ABS and 6 piston Wilwoods. I have ran through a lot of T8’s so I know their sounds alright. Curious what their pressures were or if they were checked. I run them low 22-23psi cold.

hello tel us the whole mod list of this caritlooks very fast,,though

I'd love to see Misha taking a Mk4 Ford Focus ST for a lap, preferably an Edition or the new Track Pack!

lots of understeer/bit of fun jokes aside, good lap but the car imo needs some improvements to really have fun with it on the track

Was that bird poop? hahah Good lap I love watching these.

I hope you get a chance to do a lap with a VW polo 9n3 GTI, i have the same car but with the little 1.4 3 cylinder TDI but i'd love to see your reaction to that little pocket rocket

14:54 hey, why is there a concrete section on the road with reflectors on top. I am from asia, hence the curiosity.