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      04-14-2009, 10:14 AM   #1
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New Golf GTi vi - worth changing to?

The new Gti is calling me....in Black, DSG with those 18"s (Problem is to match the spec on my 330d, the GTi is coming in over £28k )

http://http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/#...plore/gallery/

Thoughts or am I going to be disappointed?
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It had a superb review in the Telegraph on Saturday, so must be worth consideration.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...TI-review.html
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Had the previous version - was a very competent vehicle - def a jack of all trades, great all-round vehicle.

But i lost loads on resale after 14 months - prob cos i ordered one in white!
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It had a superb review in the Telegraph on Saturday, so must be worth consideration.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/...TI-review.html
Wow - what a review!

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Had the previous version - was a very competent vehicle - def a jack of all trades, great all-round vehicle.

But i lost loads on resale after 14 months - prob cos i ordered one in white!
Why did you change out of interest? How does the handling compare to the RWD?

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To be honest i changed cos i wasnt using the car at all so swapped it for a polo diesel!

It was a great car though - hit 130 a few times when not paying attention - and it was eager for more!
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To be honest i changed cos i wasnt using the car at all so swapped it for a polo diesel!

It was a great car though - hit 130 a few times when not paying attention - and it was eager for more!

That's a quick polo diesel.
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erm.. the polo diesel couldnt hit 130 km ph .. not without a serious tailwind!
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Golf is nice, well in fact, VERY nice

but for me it's gotta be a new Scirroco - drove past Autovogue last week and saw this beauty!!

http://www.autovogue.com/sale-detail...o/ref-13221919

It looks even better in the metal
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To be honest i changed cos i wasnt using the car at all so swapped it for a polo diesel!

It was a great car though - hit 130 a few times when not paying attention - and it was eager for more!
Sounds good but please dont say anthing else so tempting

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Golf is nice, well in fact, VERY nice

but for me it's gotta be a new Scirroco - drove past Autovogue last week and saw this beauty!!

http://www.autovogue.com/sale-detail...o/ref-13221919

It looks even better in the metal
Hmm, not sure about that Scirocco!

I do like it as a car (see my post Scirocco vs 330d), but I would still buy the Gti over it - just an all round more useful car IMO.

However, I think the cost to change would be nuts at the moment (Gti beeing so new), and does'nt really warrant a change over a 330d AKA I dont need it, but do want
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