Hi everyone - newbee here.
Having just taken delivery (yesterday) of a brand spanker GTI, for She Who Must Be Obeyed, I was curious to know what others were considering replacing the MK6 with. Having had 4 previous GTI's (1 Mk2 [brilliant!) 2 Mk 3's (why???) and 1 Mk 4) I was anxious the wife had one so I could play with it
We considered the A3 2.0TFSI S Line and various incarnations of the BMW 1, but settled on the GTI. Okay, nostalgia played a part, but in all honesty it was simply the best all round option - especially when we got £2K of the list. It's an amazing car and I expect we'll have various niggles (can you believe I've already had to have the rims changed, 'cause she didn't like them
!!) but I really would not have bought anything else for the money right now. I have a MY11 TTS myself, which is more practical than many might think, but the versatility of the Golf, coupled with the performance, is a winner.