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A metallic red Mk7....
« on: May 14, 2013, 05:15:35 pm »
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Not the Mk7 GTI yet but I snapped this Mk7 Golf 2.0TDI at the traffic lights on Saturday while chatting to a mate on his market stall (it's a perfect place to perv on the ladies too - Which of course neither of us ever do!).

I approached the elderly occupants (as I'm never shy of approaching total strangers) and they told me it was hired and they loved it. I refrained from asking them what I should wear to dinner at their house.





My thoughts are that as it approached it looked like a much bigger car and also far more luxurious than any previous generation of Golf - it's no longer a funky hot hatch. I think that this metallic red colour particularly suits the car.

It's definitely a Mk7 and not a Mk6.5, or would that be a Mk5.75?
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2013, 05:18:23 pm »
New chassis... so defo MK7
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2013, 05:19:16 pm »
So the polo is taking over as the fun hot hatch while the golf grows older and into retirement...
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2013, 05:24:50 pm »
Are you gonna sell the old one to get a new one?
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2013, 05:28:36 pm »
Quote from: E30Dom on May 14, 2013, 05:19:16 pm
So the polo is taking over as the fun hot hatch while the golf grows older and into retirement...

My thoughts too , Polo is quite big and probably similar in size to the MK3
My brief views of the Golf make it more of a Sensible Sporty Car for the over 50's
Also its getting too big which is spoiling it i think and too expensive
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2013, 05:45:22 pm »
Even if i could afford it... i wouldnt swap my mk5 for a mk7GTI... no way!  :smiley:
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2013, 06:53:14 pm »
Quote from: garrardrj on May 14, 2013, 05:28:36 pm

My brief views of the Golf make it more of a Sensible Sporty Car for the over 50's


....I was 58yo when I bought my Mk5 GTI in 2005 and there's no way that I'm becoming a more 'sensible' person  :laugh:

The Mk7 is doubtless a good car but seems to lack that special ingredient. In other words, it lacks sex appeal. We'll see how the Mk7 GTI shapes up in the flesh.
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2013, 07:25:19 pm »
^^^^ I must say, the one you snapped looks particularly underwhelming.

IMO all the VW Golf's of the past have always had an appeal across all age groups but this one, I don't see it. Maybe that's intentional, as mentioned there's the Polo for fun nowadays.

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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2013, 09:29:36 pm »
Quote from: richwig83 on May 14, 2013, 05:45:22 pm
Even if i could afford it... i wouldnt swap my mk5 for a mk7GTI... no way!  :smiley:

If it didn't cost me any money i would  :happy2:
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2013, 10:09:58 pm »
At first glance I thought it was Sunset Red. After a quick look on VW's site, yeah it is. It is a lovely colour. My TR MK5 needs a respray and I have been considering it.

The new MK7 is growing on me...slowly.
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2013, 11:23:17 pm »
On my drive into work today I saw about 8 of these.

It looks okkkkay, however I hope the gti has something a little more standoutish on the road.

Pretty plain I think, and yep every driver I saw was 60+!
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2013, 11:35:01 pm »
Thats a great colour. Shame the GTI doesnt get any decent colours apart from White and Red , wish you could get Viper Green or Rising Blue on the GTI , or the Lime Green and Orange that the Leon comes in , I despise the modern trend from Grey Silver Black monotony
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2013, 11:37:19 pm »
Totally agree the plain jane mk7's don't do it for me either, but there's some good pic's of the gti in this months vw driver magazine and that I do like!!

http://www.volkswagendrivermag.co.uk/

Red 3 door with that roof  :drool:
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2013, 08:51:25 am »
I'm sure the new GTI is available in Lazer blue again, now that should be nice...
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Re: A metallic red Mk7....
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2013, 09:45:46 am »
Quote from: RedRobin on May 14, 2013, 05:15:35 pm




Looks like the Sunset Red Color (just like mine)  :driver:
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