Autocar: New Golf GTI versus GTI Legends

[LRWmotorsport]

The MK5 GTI is an awesome car and so much potential to play with.
On track its very smooth and balanced, can achieve good pace without ringing its neck.
Can't wait to get an MLP one built and have a proper play.

[fredgroves]

Never liked dark metallic green of any sorts. I had a Ford Escort in it and even someone like me who cares little about a dirty car thought that it became an utter mess of muck and scratches in 5 minutes.

[CHB100]

What CBH100 really means is that the best one among them is the R 

It's the only way to get Lapis mate

What came top Mk1 1800 with modified brakes!

[scanesare]

It's the only way to get Lapis mate

Lapis? Is that similar to herpes? Wouldn't want to get that one 

[dubber36]

Oak green really is a marmite colour for the Mk2. I would have never considered it as a GTI colour when they were new, but now I think it's a colour that really works well (which is why I have one) I think it fits with the Golfs conservative styling.

[Snoopy]

On the subject of colour and green. When I was looking for a mk1 in 1990 lhasa green was the colour I wanted. When originally launched the mk1 GTI was only available in two colours. Diamond silver and mars red. It would have being nice if VW had offered them on a new special edition.

[LRWmotorsport]

A friend of mine has Mars Red Type 19, an immaculate road car he converted into a race car (and took the front corner off promptly in its  2nd meeting). I'd not seen the colour in the flesh before and freshly sprayed it looks amazing.

He thought the same and painted all his companies coaches in Mars Red. He's sick of it now.

If you live in Norfolk and think you have seen a VW Mars Red coach around the coast you have.

Back to the point: I agree with the previous post and think the Edition 40 would have looked amazing in either colour.

[wigit]

I think emotion comes into this but for me

I think the Mk1 has aged so well and a Helios Blue Campaign for my is the holly grail on that

On the Mk2 whilst not my favourite colour a 16v Oak Green three door defines that model as it should not work but just is such a classy combination, however, I have a soft spot for a monza blue 16v small bumper model or a G60 Edition 1 in aubergine

I had a Mk3 GTI in dragon green as a company car which I ran for about 5 years (as I refused to have a Toyota) when I passed my professional exams, not the best but way better than the bubble style Rover 216Sli (which it outlived as the fleet of these grenades engines due to the head gaskets)

Mk5/6 for me is the Ed30/Pirelli/Ed35, my biggest VW car regret was not buying a three door graphite blue Pirelli and going for a Scirocco (wife ordered a black one), the 35 is a bit unloved but was a superb car and I wished i had kept it for another year

I remember boring a Mk7 GTI for a weekend and drove it back to back with the Mk6 and dynamically it just gave so much more feedback than the 5/6 which one me over. Pick of that bunch would be a CS 3 door in white or red on 19s (my second car regret) rather than the CCSpeculator edition

[fredgroves]

I think its easy to get sentimental about old cars and think "classic".

Sure, magazines might talk about them like this and maybe if you are someone who can afford to collect cars and keep them warm, dry and polished ready for showing a couple of times a year...

But if you are talking about running a car as transport... old cars are bother. Also in terms of driving normally on the road, they very quickly age compared to modern cars which are quiet, economical and quite frankly, faster.

As much as my daughter keeps trying to persuade me to buy a VW Camper for her, I resist because I've had younger years of trying to run old cars as a daily... its not pleasant. If I had a tenner for every hour I spent waiting for the AA, I'd be a rich old man.

[Arnold_Lane]

I think its easy to get sentimental about old cars and think "classic".

Same with old girl friends!!