MK5 Golf GTI

General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: whytie on July 14, 2014, 08:18:01 pm

Title: Newbie from Scotland - about to buy my first gti
Post by: whytie on July 14, 2014, 08:18:01 pm

Hello all,

Have recently sold my evo x, am I'm in the process of replacing it with a golf gti for a year or 2 to save some money,

I'm traveling a long way on Wednesday to see a DSG model with 88k on the clock, is there any weird noises or things I should look out for other than the usual? Also any recent recalls that should have been done? I've never driven a semi auto before so is there any combo of gears I should check when driving? My evo x was a manual and didn't even try the sst,

Cheers  :happy2:

Title: Re: Newbie from Scotland - about to buy my first gti
Post by: whytie on July 18, 2014, 12:59:27 am

So thanks for all your help  :signLOL:

Anyway I bought it and it was an almost 400 mile drive home, very pleased by the mpg on the way home, cruised mostly at 80 with a couple of blasts,

Stopped at the petrol station almost home:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi875.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fab311%2Fwhytievxr%2F78D5E086-2F4A-4F07-9B1F-999B55B0665E_zpsoyxbpqms.jpg&hash=6353497f0df1b92d71c5830fb06217e218f709ec) (http://s875.photobucket.com/user/whytievxr/media/78D5E086-2F4A-4F07-9B1F-999B55B0665E_zpsoyxbpqms.jpg.html)

Will start a progress thread soon once I clean it up,

Title: Re: Newbie from Scotland - about to buy my first gti
Post by: julian_ramos on July 19, 2014, 06:10:24 pm

You won't regret it! I just went from a scoobie to a gti dsg, there great cars

Title: Re: Newbie from Scotland - about to buy my first gti
Post by: whytie on July 20, 2014, 02:03:15 pm

Cheers mate, yeah although I miss the speed and handling of the evo, the gti just feels a nicer place to be,

Title: Re: Newbie from Scotland - about to buy my first gti
Post by: Wooosh on July 22, 2014, 01:45:15 am

Welcome mate, the GTI is a nice place to be & get more pictures up. :happy2:

Title: Re: Newbie from Scotland - about to buy my first gti
Post by: whytie on July 22, 2014, 08:56:54 pm

Quote from: Wooosh on July 22, 2014, 01:45:15 am

Welcome mate, the GTI is a nice place to be & get more pictures up. :happy2:

Will do, as I'm unsure what little extras it has, just by browsing the forum I've noticed I have highline display, and I have gti inserts on the seat adjuster, also a sort of shark fin aerial that others don't seem to have, I don't even know what's meant to be standard or not on them lol,