well who ever said that gti can handle better then a wrx is dreaming. the GTi has become such a main stream luxury car, that it handled the worse out of Sport Compact Car's comparision. even the lowly Civic Si outhandled it, makin the GTi rank dead last. you sit in any modern VolksWagon car, even the GTi with suspension package, the suspension is still too soft. and you think the WRX's tranny has problems? well the GTi's Diff is extremely weak. if you burn out with that car, the rivits will come loose by the centrifigal force, and the rivits that are now sticking out will rip a whole right in your transaxle. really cool huh? this has been demonstrated many times.