I am now the proud owner of a 2006 Candy white GTI with loads of extra's:
drove from east sussex to west yorkshire to pick it up (then drove back with it the same day)
first thoughts of the car (bearing in mind when i put the deposit on the car i had never driven the Golf or a car with DSG)
Ride: firm but comortable - would definetly not want it to be any softer, handles great! loads of grip, responsive steering (has the 18' wheels) ride doesnt feel too firm at all and through the corners is just great
Performance:
it has had the WALD conversion similar to being chipped by bluefin or ST3 except it keeps the VW warranty
was extremely responsive and has only done 15k miles so as the drive went on the car became more and more responsive and just powers through each gear, was really supprised just how much torque there is - have part exchange a 172 cup and that was a pretty quick car but just didnt have the low down power
DSG: as i expected - GREAT!! auto when you want it - manual when you dont - great for saving fuel on the motorway just keep it in 6th and you dont drain the tank. i did 340 miles on a full tank with a mix of traffic, motorway cruising and driving on country lanes, keep at around 70 on the motorway and gave it some on some of the quieter roads when the traffic died down - was pleased with the economy for how good the performance is.
Extra's / cabin:
i think the cabin is great, arguments over whether it is better than the a3 im sure still remain but am really pleased with it and dont find it lacking in any way.
Stereo - is ok, a little disapointed in sound quality but nice to have a 6 cd changer in the arm rest, may consider replacing some of the stock speakers
also would like to get a bluetooth kit maybe parot not sure yet
otherwise fantastic car - am really really over the moon with it
Cheers
Duncan
ps pictures to follow tomorrow
