Hi,
New member here, just purchased a Mk5 GTI as my first step into the world of VW.
There is so much to learn and I have spent the last few evenings trawling through various forums to try and get up to speed on the common faults.
Like many I have come from a Honda EP3 Type R which is a fantastic motor, but just a little bit hardcore for daily use and I just wasn't getting the opportunity to use it as it was designed. Decided a Golf is a bit more mature and a bit more classy.
Before that I had a Peugeot 306 GTi-6, which was awesome fun. Engine wise it was completely standard but I spent a bit on some choice handling mods such as solid rear beam mounts, rose jointed droplinks and Bilstein dampers. Hands down a better drive over a rough B road than the Civic, it just used to eat up the bumps without missing a step. Never had a car inspire such confidence as that. Kind of miss it in case you can't tell!
I will get a project thread up this evening, currently aware of a few issues but hopefully they will be cheap(ish) fixes.
