My 2016 lease GTI was the first car my wife has actually liked - so much so that she actually said that said she was sorry to see it go.
It was a basic spec (as it was a lease). I got it in red as the cheapest colour available (otherwise I'd have never ordered red).
In the end - we both loved the red colour and both loved driving the car.
I previously had an Audi A5 coupe Black Edition, with nappa leather, 18 speaker B&O sound system, etc, etc... She hated it and only ever drove it once.
She used to complain every time we were driving fast because she used to slide from side to side in the passenger seat...
So having spent the last 20 years tootling around in Toyota Yarises, she's now enjoying driving our new 2019 GTI Performance and loves it...
She even loves the "much increased" exhaust noise that the new GTI PP makes compared to our old 2016 GTI.
I set the speed warning to 80 - but she came back the other day and asked me to increase it because it was so annoying....
Its a funny old world...