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Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« on: October 28, 2015, 10:38:24 pm »
 As the title says.... I decided after 4 1/2 brilliant years and constant smiles that the 'old girl' needed to go. So today was the day to chuck her in p/x against 2010 steel grey Mk6 R. Spotted it at a dealer in Leicester. Put the deposit down on Friday and made the 200mile round trip today to pick it up. I must say that it absolutely blows the GTI outa the water. I went from manual to DSG. Wow! What an awesome piece of technology. The car feels insanely quick, even standard (for now :wink:) and im thoroughly please with my purchase. Thought id share it with everyone. Im beaming from ear to ear 

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2015, 10:51:00 pm »
I agree, I drove my pals mk6 r dsg the other day (standard) and it's feel much quicker than my standard mk5 gti. Wasn't expecting much with the extra weight. Was wet greasy roads so I pulled over and hammered it to 60, no wheel spin no fuss just power and grip (in the sticks, no traffic). Still not keen on dsg pretty boring for me  :indifferent:

So guess what I've started saving for?  :laugh:

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2015, 10:56:15 pm »
As the title says.... I decided after 4 1/2 brilliant years and constant smiles that the 'old girl' needed to go. So today was the day to chuck her in p/x against 2010 steel grey Mk6 R. Spotted it at a dealer in Leicester. Put the deposit down on Friday and made the 200mile round trip today to pick it up. I must say that it absolutely blows the GTI outa the water. I went from manual to DSG. Wow! What an awesome piece of technology. The car feels insanely quick, even standard (for now :wink:) and im thoroughly please with my purchase. Thought id share it with everyone. Im beaming from ear to ear

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2015, 10:58:42 pm »
The DSG is a breath of fresh air for me. The 'old girl' was at stage 2 and the original clutch. So was always thinking in the back of my mind that itd just let go at some point. It didnt... Luckily.

Good on ya. Ive been eyeing one up for 2 years. I decided to pull the trigger early last week. My Mrs is absolutely in love with it and she doesnt understand all the fuss us lot make over VAG cars. Let her have a little go and shes already on the trader looking for s tronic Q3's

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2015, 11:48:21 pm »
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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2015, 01:01:09 pm »
Hahaha i know... I knowwww... Hence my inbox to you last night! Il get some up later. Been on this forum years and still dont know how to add photos

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2015, 06:03:54 pm »
Here you go.... Just a few quick snaps ive taken. Hope this works  :happy2:







And here's the 'old girl'

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2015, 10:16:44 pm »
Need to paste the img code

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2015, 10:35:09 pm »
Stunning Baz, Steel Grey or Tornado Red on the MK6 R works a bladdy' treat  :happy2: :drool:

Enjoy it  :driver: :driver: :driver: :driver: :drinking:
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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2015, 11:18:56 pm »
So can you see the pics or not?

Thanks Pete. I have to agree. I wanted the blue initially. Saw mine... And fell in look straight away. The pics dont do the car justice. Its a stunning thing  :love:

Does anyone have any info on the ACC suspension? I have it and ive been flicking between comfort and sport.

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2015, 01:39:55 am »
I sorted the top 2 pics out for you so you can see them..The bottom 2 pics are links to the pics

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2015, 07:28:25 am »
Thanks maxitrol. Il have another bash at it later  :happy2:

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2015, 08:28:39 am »
Nice choice!  :happy2:

You need to click on the 'insert image' icon which will put 'img' in square brackets before your link and '/img' in square brackets after it.

Enjoy!

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Re: Sooooo.... I picked up my new car today
« Reply #14 on: October 30, 2015, 09:58:32 am »
Lovely car, though I had one for 6 months and it was annoyingly laggy compared to my previous mk5 GTI. To this day I think it had way more lag than it should have. Ended up selling for a lag-free R32  :grin:

One thing that was a big plus on the mk6 was the 4-motion seemed a lot quicker to kick in than on the mk5.. but that's progression for you!
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