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Should I buy a Golf GTI Mk5 ?

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Moschops:

--- Quote from: Top Cat on July 20, 2010, 10:16:46 pm ---Welcome to the forum.

Remember it is a GTI, Moschops is an old man who drives with driving gloves, so you wont match his figures regulary you can expect somewhere between 25 and 30 MPG with the occasional blast.  :happy2:

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You forgot the flat cap too TC.... :signLOL: Don't drive too fast in case it blows off.... :driver:

EMK...go and book a test drive and see for yourself, like Beddie says, get a long one too. :happy2:

wigit:
reason why we went GTI was because it is a cracking all round car, the GTI has really impressed me over the the last 20 months and exceeded my expectations, pitty i never get to drive it that often

Dandan:
Few months back when I was on the look for a new car I had few models to choose from:

1. mk5 golf GTI
2. fn2 Civic Type R
3. Focus ST

Test drove em all and imo the golf was a clear winner. It's practical, fast, sporty and good looking. When I first sat in the golf it just felt like home and everything was in its right place and worked properly. There was no *sigh* *ugh* "How do you..." "Where's the..." "What the..." (Had not owned a VW before)

My current fuel consumption after some mixed driving: 9 liters/100 km = 31.3867707 miles/gallon(UK)
Drove to our summer cottage with : 8.1 liters/100 km = 34.8741897 miles/gallon(UK)

Keep in mind that I got the car not too long ago and like to push it alittle more  :laugh:

I have a manual and the gearbox feels perfect! Might have approved DSG also but just got an offer I could not refuse with this one. What I've heard DSG is a little more expensive service wise but you get a better 0-60 time with it and better fuel economy  :smiley:

Oh and my car is perfectly stock atm  :happy2:

Garth:
I have a GTI for sale....

They're a pretty good buy and by far the best hot hatch in my opinion. I was looking at either a focus st or the golf and after driving the focus, I went straight out and bought my Golf... it's miles better than the focus in my eyes.

I get between 32 and 37mpg on my daily commute from Leeds to Manchester although if you drive between 50 and 70 you can see 40mpg. My average ove the last 2000 miles is 32, which is not bad considering that includes town driving as well. For reference, my last car was a 330cd convertible (diesel) which gave me 30 mpg long term.

I've not had much experience of the dsg as mine is a manual but people do have goos things to say about it. I was never interested in auto/dsg until my knee was shot and now need one! I'd still prefer the manual in an ideal world though.

aidman:
I went DSG on my golf simply because of the stop start nature of my daily commute into london. Personally I think it would be hard to go back to a manual now, i absolutely love the DSG :)

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