MK5 Golf GTI
General => Photography Section => Topic started by: Matto on December 23, 2011, 02:41:02 pm
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Was parked up waiting collection from my local dealer when I went to collect a few bits earlier today. Lovely looking car I thought. Liking the wheels.
Excuse the crappy phone pic. Doesn't help with it hammering it down and having to time it with the wipers lol.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FMatt.H%2FInternet%2FIMAG0488.jpg&hash=a1ac36f83e08988baa4c569e75d2ac43e61abdb1)
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will look even better in carbon grey :party:
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LOOKS NICE , JUST NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH FOR THE MONEY :santa:
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LOOKS NICE , JUST NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH FOR THE MONEY :santa:
hence why i like it :wink:
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Looks great. liking the wheels. :notworthy:
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LOOKS NICE , JUST NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH FOR THE MONEY :santa:
What can you buy brand new for the same money that offers the same practicalities?
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I'm sure I'm not alone when I say seeing these in the flesh will contribute to taking to the MK6 progressively more and more :smiley:
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LOOKS NICE , JUST NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH FOR THE MONEY :santa:
hence why i like it :wink:
+ 1 :happy2:
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They have one in Listers in town and I must admit I was disappointed there is no cloth seats, I quite liked them. Looked great in red but the 19" wheels just look odd with the piddly brakes behind them.
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that looks like TL Darby? Also my local dealer :happy2:
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Yes mate that's TL. You from Burton?
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They have one in Listers in town and I must admit I was disappointed there is no cloth seats, I quite liked them. Looked great in red but the 19" wheels just look odd with the piddly brakes behind them.
I saw that one. Was having a chat with Jack in services because Steve was away. Looked okay but nothing special.
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What makes a car "special"?
Are there any sub-30k hot hatches that are "special"?
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They have one in Listers in town and I must admit I was disappointed there is no cloth seats, I quite liked them. Looked great in red but the 19" wheels just look odd with the piddly brakes behind them.
I saw that one. Was having a chat with Jack in services because Steve was away. Looked okay but nothing special.
That's funny as I was talking with Jack about it, I think he must be working on his sales patter as he was pointing out all of its features! He's a good lad Jack, nice to have someone back in service who is passionate about cars! :happy2:
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Definitely. Just wished they used 5W-30 in the service :fighting:
I should be paid commission too. There was a guy looking at an ed30 and i basically convinced him to buy it and use listersfor any work!
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Now there is something about the mk6 i dont like , and the ed35 is no exception. I dont like the wheels for a start.
Put the ed30 and the ed35 side by side and ask me to choose , i'd go for the ed30 everytime :popcornsoda:
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I work for VW and we have a candy white one at Worcester, nothing special at all, doesn't shout 35 years if you ask me, for the price to I'd rather have the normal mk6 GTi, doesn't drive anywhere as near as nice as my Eddie but that may just be me being negative to the car! Certainly 100% not worth 30k
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Im still trying to find a real photo of an Ed35 in Shadow blue as that would be my colour choice.
I always found it a shame they restricted the Ed30 colour range, at least with the Pirelli they offered it in graphite blue.
The Ed35 18" graphite wheels have grown on me with time, not sure of the silver versions and im still not a fan of them with the optional 19" black ones.
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Have people not seen how much new cars are nowadays?
For example I got a "special offer" through from VW yesterday advertising their stock of the Golf 2.0TDI Match 5dr, at £22k each. So a fairly basic spec diesel Golf for £8k less than an Edition 35. As far as I'm concerned it's inline with the pricing of other models, and as many have pointed out, the additional standard equipment on an Edition 35 is worth more than the premium it costs over a standard GTI.
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Im still trying to find a real photo of an Ed35 in Shadow blue as that would be my colour choice.
I always found it a shame they restricted the Ed30 colour range, at least with the Pirelli they offered it in graphite blue.
The Ed35 18" graphite wheels have grown on me with time, not sure of the silver versions and im still not a fan of them with the optional 19" black ones.
(https://p.twimg.com/AhHmfgACQAAbrG_.jpg)
From Chris Harris's review, not sure where it's due to be published. By all accounts it sounds like he loved it.
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What makes a car "special"?
Are there any sub-30k hot hatches that are "special"?
Renaultsport 265 Trophy Limited Edition: RRP £27820.00
What Car? Car of the Year 2011 - Best Hot Hatch
Also featured in EVO COTY 2011.
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There shouldn't be an option of 19" wheels in my opinion. The wheels should be the same on all the ED35's. This is what defines the anniversary model for me.
Becomes just another car when you can spec it to look different.
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The Edition 30 had option wheels too though...
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Did it ? On uk model?
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Did it ? On uk model?
Perhaps it was just European ones, or were the Pescaras just for the UK market? Either way you could buy them in Europe with two different alloy wheels.
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But in europe you could order 20 odd colours for the Gti but uk only got a few choices
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I can see what your saying but its upto VWuk if they want to offer the option or not. They sort of got slated in the press with the ed30 for not offering the black monzas so i guess this time they gave the option.
If it was me i would go with the 18s as the 19s are also an option on the standard GTI
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What makes a car "special"?
Are there any sub-30k hot hatches that are "special"?
Renaultsport 265 Trophy Limited Edition: RRP £27820.00
What Car? Car of the Year 2011 - Best Hot Hatch
Also featured in EVO COTY 2011. But it's a renault, and will fall to bits. Horrible plastics, terrible service, and REALLY expensive when things go wrong.
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Got a great review in Autocar. But 30k? Not on your nelly. I reckon this'll be my next Golf, but not until they're down to 15k used, in about 3 years time.
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According to Chris Harris' Twitter he loved it, calling it the only car you'll ever need. He did also say he'd save the cash and get a normal MK6 GTI.
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Them wheels look like Monty II's off a mk4 GTI!! Does look nice though
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Its a shame we only get the full leather and not the half leather in the uk.
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i've had a drive in one of these as a friend of mine had one for a week as a demonstrator, the park assist was very impressive but tbh the car its self felt a bit to big and was a bit of a let down, it made all the right noises but thats about it. I think the whole design looks gorgeous but i do agree with the "monty look" wheels.
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Have people not seen how much new cars are nowadays?
For example I got a "special offer" through from VW yesterday advertising their stock of the Golf 2.0TDI Match 5dr, at £22k each. So a fairly basic spec diesel Golf for £8k less than an Edition 35. As far as I'm concerned it's inline with the pricing of other models, and as many have pointed out, the additional standard equipment on an Edition 35 is worth more than the premium it costs over a standard GTI.
this is exactly what im saying the ed 35 has not much over the 2.0tdi match , slightly different seat , petrol engine and 15 mm shorter springs , thats about it any thing that makes it a performance car is nt there , brakes , traction aid (lsd), decent seats , suspension set up etc etc it wont even be limited no s if the ed30 was anything to go by
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But I think everyone knows the GTI isn't a wholly performance orientated car. It's objective is to be every car you ever need, something I think it fulfills pretty well.
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This thread is a very interesting read indeed. Some very valid points too. I think you buy a Golf because you like the Golf. It is a very common model amongst other cars because of it's versatility and general all round package and to be fair VW have been kings at providing such a package for some time now. The Ed35, on face value, looks nice and does feature very subtle touches that differentiate it from standard/GTI models, which essentially every anniversary Golf has always done to justify it's production. I will say the £29,405 starting price tag for the 5dr DSG is expensive, yes, but VW know that people will buy it because of it's exclusivity amongst the other Golf ranges. I think given time the Edition 35 will become a sort after car especially if VW cap the production run like they should of with the Edition 30.
However.....
For an extra £340 you could buy a Scirocco R!
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You're kind of contradicting yourself because the Sirocco doesn't have close to the versatility the Golf offers.
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You're kind of contradicting yourself because the Sirocco doesn't have close to the versatility the Golf offers.
I do realise this! But it was just to emphasise what other car you could buy for similar money if you weren't to fussed about all round practicality and the Scirocco is better looking. I use to have a Scirocco, TDI none the less, but besides the big heavy doors and 4 seats it was very versatile, well I thought anyway, big boot & spacious inside. Not an obvious choice as a family car though!
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You're kind of contradicting yourself because the Sirocco doesn't have close to the versatility the Golf offers.
Explain ?
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You're kind of contradicting yourself because the Sirocco doesn't have close to the versatility the Golf offers.
Explain ?
5 doors...
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Other than that you've a smaller load capacity, but more importantly access to the boot, because of the high lip and smaller opening is worse. It's just a less practical car because of its shape.
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Plus the rearward vision in a Rocco is poor at best...............
Would still have an .:R in a heartbeat though! :wink:
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Saw one when they first came out, I dont think they have the same impact as the ED30 did, well it didnt to me.
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Red one at GTi International last year looked stunning
Just a shame it's so many £££££££££££s :sad1:
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My dealer has a red one for sale it's the demo car I think
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The one at VW Huddersfield is lovely. £26k too.
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That's the one it a little bland I think ie no badges on the back the leather I don't like as they lost the ed35 seats
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http://www.sytner.co.uk/volkswagen/harrogate/used-cars/recently-reduced/volkswagen-golf-hatchback-special-eds-huddersfield-volkswagen-270761-974943.aspx?st=Vehicle&vhl=-270761
I was curious so dug it out :happy2:
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That's the one it a little bland I think ie no badges on the back the leather I don't like as they lost the ed35 seats
I think you would be lucky to find any Edition 35s around without leather since the started including it for free on all GTI models. You cant even down spec it. Kind of ruins the appeal of an Ed35 for me. :(
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Nice Motor Its Due A SLAMMMM! tho
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loveeee the rims!!!!!!!!!!!
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Theres an unregistered one at my local dealers. Only £31000!!!