Polo GTI Road Test (2000) - Interesting
I've found it difficult to come across reviews of the GTi so every time someone finds one I jump at the chance to read it. I think I can agree with everything the reviewer said, pretty much. Some interesting comments on the action of the gearbox though... 
and I sympathise with the bit about it "looking like a small Golf". 8 out of 10 people ask me if its a Golf!! 
Thanks morrismen!
PS. Yup, it is pretty rare - but there seems to a concentration of GTis in and around the Sheffield area... must be about a dozen by now..?
and I sympathise with the bit about it "looking like a small Golf". 8 out of 10 people ask me if its a Golf!! Thanks morrismen!
PS. Yup, it is pretty rare - but there seems to a concentration of GTis in and around the Sheffield area... must be about a dozen by now..?
Saxos... Novas... Corsas... AXs... 106s... 206s... fiestas... I think thats about the lot of 'em! Polo always comes out on top for me, every time. When I'm driving about I only tend to notice VWs, the rest are just anonymousM@Turner wrote:i'd prefer to see a polo rather than a saxo.
I'll love my little baby.
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CalvinGTI
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haha Si_GTi
Spoken like a true King
I think ive only ever seen 1 black polo gti (standard) in my area, let alone raced another one !!!
i dont think ANYONE has actually correctly identified my car as a polo yet even if there looking at it from behind where it clearly says 'POLO' haha
they always say, "is that a golf?" Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr lol
Anywayz like you say Si_GTi, i dont really notice other cars, they bore me, the amount of banged up fiestas and escorts in essex is unreal hah and Saxo's . . . . jeez . . They have to be the worst 'supposed' hot hatch ive ever seen. . .
There ugly, boring and mostly driven by 'class A' twats who think by having a 50 Foot 'fish-tail' on the back of there car it will somehow perform better . . HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM i think not
I just make it all better by overtaking them .. .ahhhhhhhh who needs drugz when u have an accelerator pedal
haha
Calâ„¢
Spoken like a true King
I think ive only ever seen 1 black polo gti (standard) in my area, let alone raced another one !!!
i dont think ANYONE has actually correctly identified my car as a polo yet even if there looking at it from behind where it clearly says 'POLO' haha
they always say, "is that a golf?" Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr lol
Anywayz like you say Si_GTi, i dont really notice other cars, they bore me, the amount of banged up fiestas and escorts in essex is unreal hah and Saxo's . . . . jeez . . They have to be the worst 'supposed' hot hatch ive ever seen. . .
There ugly, boring and mostly driven by 'class A' twats who think by having a 50 Foot 'fish-tail' on the back of there car it will somehow perform better . . HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM i think not
I just make it all better by overtaking them .. .ahhhhhhhh who needs drugz when u have an accelerator pedal
haha
Calâ„¢
Yeah, there seems to be a helluva lot of Polo GTIs in Sheffield...I do spot a new one every so often that I've not notice before...once was at Meadowhell and saw two others excluding mine!
Yeah, mine gets mistaken for a Golf alot...I was once asked by a petrol station attendant if it was a GTI and he thought I'd gotten a 1 litre jobbie and stuck some badges on it...so I wheelspun out of the forecourt and chucked a ignited match out of the window...ha ha ha!
Yeah, mine gets mistaken for a Golf alot...I was once asked by a petrol station attendant if it was a GTI and he thought I'd gotten a 1 litre jobbie and stuck some badges on it...so I wheelspun out of the forecourt and chucked a ignited match out of the window...ha ha ha!
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Just going back to the original post................
There's a pretty good review of the Polo GTi in issue 1 of Volkswagen Driver magazine. There's also an article in an issue from last year, Can't remember which one off hand, That follows up on the GTi a couple of years after release and asks what present owners think of the car. the same issue also has a bloody good article on Xenon lights too.
Both pretty good articles. I actually bought the 1st issue as a back issue from VW Driver themselves just for the GTi review.
Cheers
Dave.
There's a pretty good review of the Polo GTi in issue 1 of Volkswagen Driver magazine. There's also an article in an issue from last year, Can't remember which one off hand, That follows up on the GTi a couple of years after release and asks what present owners think of the car. the same issue also has a bloody good article on Xenon lights too.
Both pretty good articles. I actually bought the 1st issue as a back issue from VW Driver themselves just for the GTi review.
Cheers
Dave.
Both me and Josh were featured in last years VW Driver magazine, I cannot remember how on earth I found out that they were looking for Polo GTI owners but I wrote in and managed to get published!
About the above link, I totally agree with the comment about the rear window being the dirtiest and attracting the most grime!
About the above link, I totally agree with the comment about the rear window being the dirtiest and attracting the most grime!
BUMP!
Found another road test from back in the day, this one from Channel 4!
http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-tests ... 00-02.html
Its pretty concise, and includes some views posted by Polo owners - most of whom wanted to see the Lupo's 6-speed 'box in their Polos!
Enjoy.
Found another road test from back in the day, this one from Channel 4!
http://www.channel4.com/4car/road-tests ... 00-02.html
Its pretty concise, and includes some views posted by Polo owners - most of whom wanted to see the Lupo's 6-speed 'box in their Polos!
Enjoy.