Well my Ed30 was in at VW today for service and while there I spotted the Edition 35 outside (White, DSG), yeah not bad i thought, then mr sales slides over and says "Like it", mmm not bad but think my Ed30 is better looking, cut a long story short i went for a spin in it and it was ok, but no special feeling in it (Or as James May would say "no fizz in my thingy"). Certainly wont be entertaining one of those at 29K, my next car will be the Golf R in around 4 years (when prices are sensible!)
I dont mind lugging round the extra 200kg as 4wd will help put stage 2+ power down, rather than spinning front wheels massively on all but the 5 perfect days a year we get in the uk.
, plus it hellps when im back up north where if it aint raining its probably snowing