Hello fellow members. I've joined the forum to gain an insight into Mk5 ownership, buying tips, tuning advice any anything else that will help inform my future potential purchase of a MK5 GTI. As I'm currently on a lease deal I won't be moving to purchase until the turn of next year - well I like to research throughly
Whilst its early days I'm starting to set my sights on an Edition 30, probably one on the cusp of going out of warranty but that can give me the option of extending it. I've test drove a manual variant at Bristol VW, impressed but felt the gear change was a tad notchy therefore looking to assess a DSG equpped vehicle in time. I'm getting my head around the options available so I can firm up on a preferred specification. I'm also crossing my fingers that the MK6 GTI will attract many of the MK5 brigade thereby increasing the market place,...
The Golf has been a car I've always discounted in my previous buying history, I ruled it out as too safe simply because writers raved about its ability to address both fun and family, I kept thinking it couldn't really have an exciting edge - yes I now realise that was a flawed assumption. The fact it can do both is what actually gives it a strong attraction to me now!
My car history has comprised of the following;
- Nissan Pulsar GTiR (everyone has to own an ugly car at some point, 40k miles in it without failure - driving Miss Daisy was how my local mechanic (Simon Norris) referred to me as the only GTiR with the original clutch and 70k miles under its drive train)
- Honda Integra Type R (DC2 CW Variant - I still miss it, sublime handling!)
- Subaru Impreza Bug Eye (engine note I loved, but did I mention about ugly car ownership,...)
- Honda Civic Type R (55 plate - the best gearchange!)
- BMW 118d MSport (07 version - well fuel was getting silly at point of purchase, oh and yeah the ugly car thing,....)
So, I'll probably lurk for the majority of the time as not owning puts me somewhat at a disadvantage. You may well see similar posts on other related MkV forums, don't think of me as a tart (my wife would laugh) but only as casting my net wide and far.
Old Git (Kevin).
