New GTi owner..ish
Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 10:10 am
hello everyone 
Picked up a GTi for the Mrs on saturday and just thought id say hi and review what i thought of it driving home. I have to say for the first time ever driving a VW I'm impressed, and so glad she didn't get a 106, i realised pretty quick how bad the build quality really is compared, and pretty much fell for it straight away.
Anyways, she has everything but leather (i think
), climate control, leather wheel and knob, red belts and door cards and looks tidy with a nice clean engine bay and was impressed when i drove it. the noise polos seem to make is awesome, but discreetly quiet at the same time, nice, and the handling made me want to throw it into turns. couldn't get used to the buttons to change the heaters etc tho, lol! So after playing with all the gadgets i could find (and the many many compartments here and there!) and listening to her purr i turned on the stereo, and wow 
i could not believe the standard of the stock system!
Smiling more and more as we were making our way home it started getting dark, so on came the trick lights and wicked dials, which is always good as you gotta stare at them alot, so i thought the polo was an excellent overall package.
I found that because the engine was quiet when accelerating it didn't seem long until hitting 80/90mph with boot down. I have a Civic and although not as quick as that in a straight line around corners I reckon it’d match it before I’d hit into VTEC.
No bad points really, gotta decide whether to refurb the wheels for her or just buy a new set, and what lowering setup to go for.
Any ideas/opinions appreciated, thanks
Damn that was a long post!
Picked up a GTi for the Mrs on saturday and just thought id say hi and review what i thought of it driving home. I have to say for the first time ever driving a VW I'm impressed, and so glad she didn't get a 106, i realised pretty quick how bad the build quality really is compared, and pretty much fell for it straight away.
Anyways, she has everything but leather (i think
), climate control, leather wheel and knob, red belts and door cards and looks tidy with a nice clean engine bay and was impressed when i drove it. the noise polos seem to make is awesome, but discreetly quiet at the same time, nice, and the handling made me want to throw it into turns. couldn't get used to the buttons to change the heaters etc tho, lol! So after playing with all the gadgets i could find (and the many many compartments here and there!) and listening to her purr i turned on the stereo, and wow i could not believe the standard of the stock system!Smiling more and more as we were making our way home it started getting dark, so on came the trick lights and wicked dials, which is always good as you gotta stare at them alot, so i thought the polo was an excellent overall package.
I found that because the engine was quiet when accelerating it didn't seem long until hitting 80/90mph with boot down. I have a Civic and although not as quick as that in a straight line around corners I reckon it’d match it before I’d hit into VTEC.
No bad points really, gotta decide whether to refurb the wheels for her or just buy a new set, and what lowering setup to go for.
Any ideas/opinions appreciated, thanks
Damn that was a long post!
