Im lucky enough to have both option available to me, I have the 2008 3dr Gti as only do around 50 miles a week in it and my wife has a 2008 5dr Gt140 Golf, which is an absolutely cracking car in every way, great for taking my 10 month old daughter in, amazing economy returning around 600 miles to a £70 tank and even for the 140 model it goes very very well and can be custom mapped to around 190 if required
avoided the 170 model due to vag specialist friend saying they suffer lots of common faults over the 140 model and the road tax is also nearly double too!
Still bloody love my Gti tho even with only returning 350ish miles to a tank its just great
