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My Mk7 Golf Match Edition don't show speed cameras think that's an added package, it shows local permanent speed limits though....

Thanx, s'what I was looking for. I'm not obsessed with thrashing cars, BTY, but I sometimes do the odd trip to Scotland at max speed permitted and wouldn't want to highly rev a car for 100's of miles....

Thanks for both replies, so 'top' does seem fairly high geared on a 5-speed.... By that you mean the rpm is low at 60 mph? That would be good for fuel economy which suits me. Meant that top gear seems to be a high ratio for a 5-speed, whereas on a 6-speed you might expect a wider spread of ratios a...

Looking good....

As in all things: "yer likes what yer like, don't like what yer dont" then "yer pays yer money and makes yer choice". My, admittedly limited, experience of Seat & VW is I had a Seat Leon Mk2 and was quite happy with it save for the lowish gearing. It wasn't as refined as a th...

Thanks for both replies, so 'top' does seem fairly high geared on a 5-speed....

Yeah MPG also would be great. I'm more interested in the RPMs as, I posted somehere else, I once had a 5speed Seat Leon which spun (screamed) at 3800RPM whilst doing 70MPH, poor car. For comparison my Golf mk7 is revving approx 2400 RPM at 70MPH, I'm not into giving cars unnecessary 'grief'. Enjoy y...

Nice car, enjoy, good stuff. Could you please tell me what revs you are pulling at 60MPH and 70MPH, in 5th not 2nd (!), if you've taken it to that speed. I'm considering either a 1.0SE 95PS or a 115PS SEL, as I do 1-2 week 50mile motorway & A-road round trip + the odd very long motorway trip, i....

Gotta say, after my slightly sarcy ealier post, that's more like it....

Hi all, I have decided to cancel as I don’t want to wait u TIL September. My question is if I cancel what are the chances I will get deposit back? I haven’t signed anything and surely mr having to wait so long is a good enough reason? Cheers At the risk of turning the forum into my own (!): I can w...

Was that the a porter review? It was in my view misguided. Yes you can pay £3,000 more to get a Golf with similar performance, but why would you spend more, to get a bigger car that is harder to park, and a bit less fuel efficient, if you didn’t need more room inside? You can say the same about the...

I'd be looking at Reflex Silver, same as my Golf, for the reason above plus I still have a VW touch up kit, a tad dear at £15.50 (I think) but it IS a good match. Best to check out a car in the flesh and have a good walk round, the colours always look different to pics....

True ^^. The best defence is to anticipate potenial hazards and therefore buy more time to react, which comes with experience. Opening big mouth in 20ish years of driving the only things I've 'hit' are: clipped a kerb once (cracked wheel trim), slightly scraped a mirror on garage door (polished out)...

I find Audis to be over priced for what they are: not overly stylish in comparison to VWs & very expensive when specced up like for like. Also I find with VWs (I'm on my 3rd, all Golfs): after the 'new car honeymoon' period wears off and it's just 'the car', when taking a trip in another make yo...

I’ve given up and cancelled my Polo GTI order. Swapped to a Golf GTI, only added £40 per month to the PCP payments and expected to be built and with me in under 8 weeks. Time will tell... S'what I said and something defo worth considering, a review in The Times newspaper basically says "at the...