MK5 Golf GTI
General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: bondbill2k2 on August 19, 2013, 03:38:53 pm
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Hey I'm a newbie here but not new to VW's having owned some pretty boring ones a 1.4 mk2, mk3 and mk4 (which ended up with piston ring failure 200 miles after purchase) Since then I ended up getting Ford diesels and for 5 months early this year a R56 Cooper-S however back in April I sold the mini due to reliability issues and purchased a Fiesta ST.
Having had the cooper-s I'm missing the boost and power from the cooper-s, a mate of mine just purchased a MK5 R32, wow :laugh: what a great car and Ive decided to go back to the VAG side and ge a MK5. I find my ST is fairly thirsty for a car with just 150bhp, I tend to get 32mpg daily commute in mixed traffic about 12 miles each way and motorway driving high 30's so from what I've read on here I can expect very similar figures in a GTI? I'd heard bad things about the GTIs economy and began looking at GT TDI 140's and 170's but at heart I'd always of prefered the GTI.
Anyway heres a photo taken at the Tatton VW show a few weeks back of my current car (up fo sale next week if anyone wants)
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fv207%2FBondbill2k2%2F2013-08-05122952_zps2a91ec3c.png&hash=3369b9a4c30641405e2db197e983bd844af31975)
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Welcome!
I like the fiesta st's, however my brother had one, and compared to the golf, well there's just no comparison!
I drive 14 miles to work, dual carrigeways and the dreaded hagley road, I get averagely 28-30mpg.
Get a stage one remap and youre away!
Good luck on the hunt :smiley:
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I have a similar commute to you. And on stage one i get on average 32-34 mpg. Usually drive sensible on the commute to work. But when running late im lucky to see 16 mpg. But its all part of having a GTi. You wont regret it.