MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Gman30 on September 10, 2013, 03:54:38 pm
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Hi All,
How many of you own editions and use them daily?
I'm currently using my new toy for work and am seriously considering keeping it locked up in the garage as a weekend shiner only.
Thoughts and opinions please!
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I use it daily. I dont see the point in locking up at 10k+ car. Drive it!! :jumping:
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Just bought mine to use as a daily, why not?
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I only have one car but I don't use it for work (I'm withing walking distance so no need) so its not worth it for me to buy another car as a daily but many peeps do, all depends on the amount of mileage your doing, as in cost per mile?
You can get a fair few small Eco cars for less than £150 a month brand new. A friend of mine has just bought a Suzuki Splash 1.0, £20 road tax, 60 mpg etc etc. it does what it says on the tin, saves him driving his big, petrol guzzling Audi each day and overall it saves him money, even running the 2 cars.
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I use mine as a daily.... not necessarily every day, but in the sense it my only car. Almost 70K now... no regrets! :driver:
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Only use mine if we are going more than 20 miles or so , around town use the Mini Cooper Diesel . Go alot of places on my bike too . When i do drive the ED30 it still gives me a buzz driving it as it really is something special i think . It is the best car i have owned and never put a foot wrong , but then it has only done 21300 miles :rolleye:
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When I had my ed30,I used it daily & done 20k in one & a half years ownership...no probs during ownership except two parking dents
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It's a Golf hatchback, use it daily like VW intended :happy2:
May as well get your money's worth :smiley:
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I used both my GTI's as Dailys, make the most out of it
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I find myself using a sub £2k mx5 as a daily drive and my Pirelli lives in a garage. Didn't plan it this way just found myself doing it as the 5 drives superbly and is a real laugh as well as being cheap. Stone chips and parking dings don't matter so I don't have to seek out the best parking spaces at work or worry about all the debris that seems to collect on the A27!
Can't recommend an MX5 highly enough as a second car! :party:
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Daily driver. Can't see the point spending hard earned money on a car for it to sit in a garage. The Golf is fast, comfortable, reliable and practical. A good all-rounder ideal as a daily driver.
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Daily driver. Can't see the point spending hard earned money on a car for it to sit in a garage. The Golf is fast, comfortable, reliable and practical. A good all-rounder ideal as a daily driver.
Can't agree more...
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I use mine daily. Would probably try to use it as a weekend car if I could afford to. But lots more fun using it everyday !! Only had it a week too :laugh:
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Daily :pomppomp:
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Mines a daily, although it pains me to see the mileage creep up, but wha the hell. Another 50,000 and new, bigger engine time :surprised:
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I don't commute in mine as have a works van.
But last month I was driving most mornings home in it, and found it to be so nice to commute in with having dsg kinda wish I did commute in it haha! :grin:
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I don't commute in mine as have a works van.
But last month I was driving most mornings home in it, and found it to be so nice to commute in with having dsg kinda wish I did commute in it haha! :grin:
atm, I can't boost as I don't want to mess my engine internals as I have the wrong map, but before and no doubt after, the desire to just floor it is great. I succumb most of it the time :innocent:
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Mine's a daily driver - feel slightly bad about subjecting it to the M4 everyday, but I bought it to be used!
If you can find a nice low mileage one, and have the financial luxury of being able to keep it pampered in a garage, then why not?
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Had mine for a week now and used it everyday! Done like 400 miles already woops haha :driver:
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Thanks for the input all!
Like so many of you said it's just not nice watching the mileage creep up!
Gonna carry on using mine daily for the time being and see if I can get myself a little smoker in the future.
I agree it's an awesome all rounder!
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I love my ED30 however don't lambast me for this, but it's just a Golf.
Use it and enjoy it for the awesome 'ticks all boxes' car it is.
I had a GT TDI before and it is no fun sitting in traffic in one of them either.
My wife takes it to work when I am away and she loves commuting in it!
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daily driver, these cars were built to be driven,
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Mine isnt and Eddy but , yeah , use the bloody thing!! :laugh: :happy2:
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Daily driver for me too. 320bhp daily, and a fairly cheap one to run compared to most. And it's good fun :happy2: