hi from deepest darkest essex

[eltel]

hi to everyone
love the site been lurking around on here for a couple of weeks now reason being i want a mk5 gti, i have had numerous golf gti's over the years
when i was 19 i bought my first mk1 from then on no other car could compare, ive had my mk4 1.8t for 12yrs now poor old girls got 195000 on the clock and still going strong but the time has come for a change,i dont know which to go for a gti or an edition 30, manual or dsg any input would be greatly welcome.
many thanks

[MC71]

Welcome along! 

You've had the same car for 12 years  . This Mk5 could be a long termer then? 

Get yourself in a couple of GTI's (and ED30's), give them a try and decide for yourself, with DSG and manual. Everyone has there on preference on spec etc, so do yourself your own "wish list" and go from there. Hold out for the right one and you will be made up.  I waited 6 months to find my ideal car, but was worth it. If you do get one with a few things missing from your "wish list", just about everything can be retrofitted.


Cheers.   

[Rachael]

Welcome along 

195000 miles! That fills me with confidence!

And I agree with MC71. Go test drive loafd and dont rush into it 

Good luck

[brookesb32]

Welcome - from another Esse member 

Like the others say just buy the one (and type) that suits you most (budget, colour, spec etc) beacuse so long as you buy a decent one you will loooooove it!

And as most things can be retrofitted you will end up spending more time and money on here - and end up retrofitting even more things than you thought you wnated or needed 

[eltel]

thanks for the replies
my wish list is quite long i really fancy an ed30 5dr .xenons, dsg or man(still not sure) about 50,000 on the clock and not black im on my 4th black gti so fancy a change of colour ,i think it may take some time to find the right one,let the search begin
cheers

[mdmay]

hi and welcome to the forum. I am also from the essex backwaters where in essex are you?

[spacewalker]

Hi.
 

[eltel]

Braintree 

[mdmay]

I live in wanstead so 20mins away.

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[markfive]

Chelmsford 

Good luck with the hunt for a new car. Patience is a virtue 

[brookesb32]

Near great Dunmow so quite a few of us around 

[JigBake]

Basildon.

More from Essex then I thought!

Hang in there, it took me 2-3months and was worth the wait. I had to travel 250 miles to get it as well. If your not to bothered about colour (apart from black) then you should have loads to choose from!! Therefore be really picky!

Cheers.

[eltel]

bigjake what do you have a gti or ed30 what colour did you go for? i've seen a red ed30 on ebay looks nice but its in yorkshire long way to go if it turns out
to be a pos

[JigBake]

I bought a Candy White Edition 30 and wanted one from the start. I stuck by my guns and got exactly what i wanted. Mine to came from near Yorkshire (darlington). Red looks very nice, red being my 2nd favourite.

My personal opinion is a good car is worth travelling for but everyone is different. Before i looked at the car i phoned the bloke up and asked for every little detail and warned him that if the car wasnt as described then i simply wouldnt buy it. This will 'hopefully' prevent anybodies time and money being wasted.

[eltel]

i would love a white one but they command such a premium i like the grey,my mk1 was mars red (back in the day) just remember the colour fade and having to t cut it all the time i went from a beige mk4 cortina to the gti never looked back,by the way is yours a man or dsg?