u/LordRevan5252

I’m a car enthusiast in his early 20s living in southern Canada and I drive a 9th Gen Honda Accord with 300,000 kilometers on it and a CVT. I share this car with my brother. Most days for me are movement. Driving between school, my family's business or picking up friends.

In spring of next year, I intend to buy my first real enthusiast car and I have narrowed it down to two that I'm seriously considering. The Mk7.5 Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Hyundai Veloster N. As of right now I am not interested in any other car aside from these two, and having a manual transmission is non-negotiable since I'd like to learn.

Just a snippet of what my life looks like and what I want out of a car throughout any given month. I'm always a designated driver for my drunk friends on a Saturday night where they're getting all obnoxious (and gropey with me). I will often find myself hauling boxes of other miscellaneous horsecrap for my family's business, and I mean loading up my Honda till the rear tires are rubbing on the inside of the wheel well. I'll be driving myself to school as well, and everything I mentioned I would also be doing in Canadian winter.

That being said, I'm also frothing at the mouth for an actual driver's car of some sort. I want a car that makes the commute fun, and that gives me an actual desire to go for a drive for no reason. I'm also wanting something I can make my own and learn to tinker with it.

I like the GTI because it's the quintessential "do it all" enthusiast hot hatch. I'm concerned that it might be a little too tied down and muted. That being said, I like that the EA888 is an S tier modding platform, but money is money and modding the car costs money if I find the powertrain is getting old in terms of stock power.

I like the Veloster because it's got the old school hot hatch vibe, I also like that it can hang with the Type R. But I'm concerned the lesser practicality would suck. Also I understand that there's just less to do with a Veloster in terms of modding and general tinkering.

I’m a car enthusiast in his early 20s living in southern Canada and I drive a 9th Gen Honda Accord with 300,000 kilometers on it and a CVT. I share this car with my brother. Most days for me are movement. Driving between school, my family's business or picking up friends.

In spring of next year, I intend to buy my first real enthusiast car and I have narrowed it down to two that I'm seriously considering. The Mk7.5 Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Hyundai Veloster N. As of right now I am not interested in any other car aside from these two, and having a manual transmission is non-negotiable since I'd like to learn.

Just a snippet of what my life looks like and what I want out of a car throughout any given month. I'm always a designated driver for my drunk friends on a Saturday night where they're getting all obnoxious (and gropey with me). I will often find myself hauling boxes of other miscellaneous horsecrap for my family's business, and I mean loading up my Honda till the rear tires are rubbing on the inside of the wheel well. I'll be driving myself to school as well, and everything I mentioned I would also be doing in Canadian winter.

That being said, I'm also frothing at the mouth for an actual driver's car of some sort. I want a car that makes the commute fun, and that gives me an actual desire to go for a drive for no reason. I'm also wanting something I can make my own and learn to tinker with it.

I like the GTI because it's the quintessential "do it all" enthusiast hot hatch. I'm concerned that it might be a little too tied down and muted. That being said, I like that the EA888 is an S tier modding platform, but money is money and modding the car costs money if I find the powertrain is getting old in terms of stock power.

I like the Veloster because it's got the old school hot hatch vibe, I also like that it can hang with the Type R. But I'm concerned the lesser practicality would suck. Also I understand that there's just less to do with a Veloster in terms of modding and general tinkering.

I’m a car enthusiast in his early 20s living in southern Canada and I drive a 9th Gen Honda Accord with 300,000 kilometers on it and a CVT. I share this car with my brother. Most days for me are movement. Driving between school, my family's business or picking up friends.

In spring of next year, I intend to buy my first real enthusiast car and I have narrowed it down to two that I'm seriously considering. The Mk7.5 Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Hyundai Veloster N. As of right now I am not interested in any other car aside from these two, and having a manual transmission is non-negotiable since I'd like to learn.

Just a snippet of what my life looks like and what I want out of a car throughout any given month. I'm always a designated driver for my drunk friends on a Saturday night where they're getting all obnoxious (and gropey with me). I will often find myself hauling boxes of other miscellaneous horsecrap for my family's business, and I mean loading up my Honda till the rear tires are rubbing on the inside of the wheel well. I'll be driving myself to school as well, and everything I mentioned I would also be doing in Canadian winter.

That being said, I'm also frothing at the mouth for an actual driver's car of some sort. I want a car that makes the commute fun, and that gives me an actual desire to go for a drive for no reason. I'm also wanting something I can make my own and learn to tinker with it.

I like the GTI because it's the quintessential "do it all" enthusiast hot hatch. I'm concerned that it might be a little too tied down and muted. That being said, I like that the EA888 is an S tier modding platform, but money is money and modding the car costs money if I find the powertrain is getting old in terms of stock power.

I like the Veloster because it's got the old school hot hatch vibe, I also like that it can hang with the Type R. But I'm concerned the lesser practicality would suck. Also I understand that there's just less to do with a Veloster in terms of modding and general tinkering.