@ Kane1210, cracking photo, thanks. I'd seen white silver before but in that shot it looks great. One for a sunny day I think.
@ SRGTD, never though about VW used, been checking auto trader but there 0 mark 7.5 GTI's listed ATM.
@kalimon, tungsten seems a safe choice. And white (my fall back option) seems to suit the GTI well but I've had lots of silver cars before and my current Octavia is white so wondering if I should be more adventurous