My GTi has a hold on me!

[Scott F]

I've been thinking of selling up for about 6 months now and buying a civic type R but i just cant bring myself to do it!

I have wanted a type R for around a year now and just know the gearbox or clutch on the polo is going to go at some point (nearly on 64k now) but I still wont sell up!

Am I losing the plot? or have others had this 'problem'

cheers
scott

[tomo87]

i sold my old one to get a TT then i ended up buying one again and doing a 20v conversion!

[Josh_polo]

Am I losing the plot?

For wanting to sell up "NO"

For wanting to get a civic type R "YESSSSSSSSSSS!"

[Tom W]

I have even managed to have mine advertised and then as soon as anyone wanted to take her i just couldn't let her go!! When i am driving about and i am thinking its a bumpy unreliable hard ride and the gearbox is going to melt next time i change gear i hate it but still for some reason at the same time i love it, somthing comes over me that says if it breaks i will fix it so while its still working enjoy it. I think owning a GTI is a way of life

[Mouse_GTI]

I want another car but don't want to sell my GTI either

[Scott F]

I like the fact that you dont see many polo GTi's on the road either.

I like the type R as a machine but its image and the fact that they are so common is crap.

Not only that, but from what I can gather from their forums they aren't half as friendly or as helpful as us VW lot (especially the members on here.)

[Scott F]

For wanting to get a civic type R "YESSSSSSSSSSS!"

LOL! I knew someone would point that out.

[Josh_polo]

For wanting to get a civic type R "YESSSSSSSSSSS!"

LOL! I knew someone would point that out.

If you knew that why not mention getting something dub you know it makes sense

[stani540]

buy a ibiza cupra and dont look back i didn;t mine wasn a gti though

and plus i absolutely roasted a type r the other day vag are just better cars!!!

[tomo87]

hmmm the issue is the cupra just doesnt have that quality of the polo...

i love james ibiza, but it weighs the same as the polo but being such a bigger car it shows its not made quite as well!

but the 1.8t motor is cool.....

imagine a cupra engined polo.....

[ModifiedMadness]

I loved mine and didn't wanna let it go, but something newer, more reliable and more powerful had to be bought!

I knew that I'd never use the Polo once I had the .:R so I let it go.

[Scott F]

Would love an R32 or a mk5 GTi but even the old R32's are still fetching £12-£15k!

Having something reliable would be nice. I think most of us get the 'oh no my gearbox is going to melt the next time I take the car out' syndrome

[chrischap2003]

Stay VAG, they are many that could dance all over a type r with a little tunning...

I feel in the same boat, i love my polo but fancy something else, but i'll know ill miss my polo lol

[shantybeater]

Both great cars imo,

the polo is rarer & probably better looking...

but the type R is a proper performance car, has the looks (especially in black) & love the seats. Problem with the type R is they are quite common, i'd say mostly dicks drive them but every one i've met has given me the thumbs up after a good trancing in my cupra...one even stopped and took me for a spin (he'd just sold his ibiza cupra to get it & was devastated when i 'whooosed' past him )

I tried racing a type R in the polo and there is only one possible outcome unless the driver is 80 years old and disabled from the waist down. On cornering & straight line the car is just plain better..it out handles the ibiza and is a track weapon...i'd have one

but you have all the time in the world, and if u let your polo go too soon you will regret it, they are fantastic little cars, i miss it big time but i wont look back, and the girls love them! when i got my cupra most of my female friends were horrified & couldnt believe it was gone!

[Tim_GTi]

At the end of the day, the type R is a fairly reasonable replacement. But if you really can't bring yourself to pat with the Polo then maybe it just isn't the time right now.