Thanks for the appreciative comments, and I’m relieved that you share my thoughts around what I had started to consider being a bit of an odd choice but which has turned out well.
Previous daily was a 2016 3 door DSG PP in Pure white which I had decided to keep for a good few years as it really did everything I wanted in terms of all round ability. That changed when VW announced there would be no more 3 door GTI’s and the idea of having a combination of TCR spec with the last of a long, long line was too much to resist.
Courtesy of our regular weekend trips from the Midlands to Norfolk the TCR is now at just over 800 miles so it has been gently(!) extended and the best way I can describe the car is like the PP but turned up to 11. The performance is effortless in comparison and mid-range I’d say is on a par with the C63 coupe I changed for the PP (lovely car but with my commute it averaged 13 mpg which was frankly silly). The interior is a wonderful place to be and, as has been said by many far more qualified than I am to write about cars, it just does everything so well. Sitting at a steady cruise on the A14/A11 the TCR is comfortable and quiet, get to an empty stretch (new Elveden bypass works well late in the evening…) and it becomes every bit the performance car, not just a hot hatch. A comment much earlier in this thread “there will always be a GTI in my garage” sums it up perfectly – I really cannot think of another car I’ve owned or driven that is such a complete package.
It will be well worth the wait Hertsman!
Phil
