MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: RedRobin 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.
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FMk6_GTI%2Ffile.jpg&hash=9ea1bd570ae6aa085f569f748398f7b6d3f271f6)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FMk6_GTI%2Ffile-1.jpg&hash=fabeddc34d9be9ab1efb223c5e51913fd5413307)
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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New chassis... so defo MK7
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So the polo is taking over as the fun hot hatch while the golf grows older and into retirement...
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Are you gonna sell the old one to get a new one?
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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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Even if i could afford it... i wouldnt swap my mk5 for a mk7GTI... no way! :smiley:
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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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^^^^ 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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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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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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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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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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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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I'm sure the new GTI is available in Lazer blue again, now that should be nice...
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(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FMk6_GTI%2Ffile.jpg&hash=9ea1bd570ae6aa085f569f748398f7b6d3f271f6)
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Looks like the Sunset Red Color (just like mine) :driver:
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That color is lush, but even the GTi looks a bit staid. :/
It'll always be about the MKV to me.