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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: matchboy on 27 August 2009, 10:44

Title: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: matchboy on 27 August 2009, 10:44
i've noticed a lot of people saying 'its faster', 'better handling' etc etc - was just wondering is this because you have come from a slower car to the gti or did you have ed30 for eg?  basically, i would like a direct comparison ie from a mk5 to a mk6 gti; just out of interest as want to know before mine comes next week!  :cool:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: FroGTI on 27 August 2009, 11:15
Eos TDI. Bought new last summer, but hardly used (5000 miles on the clock when I sold it in May for only £500 less than I had paid for it ;)) Really dull to drive and the drop top is completely unusable above about 30mph cos of the wind noise. The GTI is so much nicer :)
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: adw555 on 27 August 2009, 12:09
Black metallic mk 5 GTI to a errr....a black metallic mk 6 GTI. The new one has 18s and leather so that makes it instantly nicer  :wink:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: gc76 on 27 August 2009, 12:34
mk5 gti to mk6 gti
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: hutch924 on 27 August 2009, 13:25
astra vxr nurburgring to mk6 gti
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: matchboy on 27 August 2009, 14:06
astra vxr nurburgring to mk6 gti

in this instance i think the gti may lose lol

so you chaps who have also had mk5 gti's, have you taken delivery?  comparisons?
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: R32UK on 27 August 2009, 15:29
See pic below :grin:

In all honesty I havent  driven the MK6 enough to really compare it to the MK5 R32 (yet)... but its going to be a very hard act to follow :lipsrsealed: :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: Ess_Three on 27 August 2009, 16:41
I can honestly say my Mk6 will be slower, worse handling, sound worse, and be less involving/exciting to drive than my last car.
But then again, that is/was a Porsche 996 C4S.

However, the Golf won't cost a small fortune to run/insure/warranty/tax/service...it won't break down nearly as much, it won't leak fluids as much and it will have a much better interior.
I will also be able to use it without fear of shunters reporting me for anything they can think of...
I may occasionally get let out at a junction...
I'll be able to park it in Hotel/Pub car parks with little fear of vandalism...
I'll actually be able to park it - as it it will actually get into car parks!

Swings and roundabouts...

Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: Rolfe on 27 August 2009, 16:58
I may have mentioned this before :wink:, but I'm changing from a Peugeot 306 GTi-6.

I bought the car at the beginning of 1998, with the Golf Mk III as the main rival in the choosing stakes.  I thought the Peugeot was better value for money at the time.

It's been a great car and it will break my heart to see it go for scrap :cry:, but it's done close to 120,000 miles and it has a few problems which are simply uneconomic to repair.  It also sounds like an old, clapped-out car when the engine is idling.  Mind you, it still starts first turn of the key, and its bodywork is so good a friend recently asked me if it had been resprayed.  (It had a new bonnet last year, which I might not have bothered with if I'd realised it was headed for the scrappage deal, but then I didn't know that last June.)  Its leather seats are also looking extremely good.  And it pulls like a train.

However, it's time to move on, and the scrappage deal made up my mind for me.  I always thought I'd sell it on to a boy racer who'd get some more fun out of it, but I can't see a boy racer giving me what the government are prepared to give me.  I doubt if I'd get £500 for it on the open market.

It's like having an elderly pet put down.   :cry:

But I'm really looking forward to comparing it to the Golf!  Soon!

Rolfe.
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: gossa on 27 August 2009, 18:20
Coming from a Scirocco 2.0TSI.

Golf is quicker, sharper, better built, easier to live with and more prestigious IMO.
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: GolfTi on 27 August 2009, 21:50
mk5 gti to mk6 gti

ditto
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: DonnieDarko on 27 August 2009, 22:21
Coming from a Scirocco 2.0TSI.

Golf is quicker, sharper, better built, easier to live with and more prestigious IMO.

isn't it near enough the same car?

My 4 year old subaru Impreza WRX is being sold tomorrow (to a dealer), took it out for a drive to use up the excess fuel earlier tonight- i thought hire cars were meant to be the fastest cars on the road- not this time- I can still smell the clutch on my clothes! did a fair few 0-60s and up and down a few nice local roads [all within the speed limit of course...]

i've got a couple of months of driving the wife's mini cooper before the gti arrives, so hopefully i'll forget how fast the subaru was.

looking forward to the little luxuries - mostly DSG and leather, but also the sunroof, xenons, ipod connection, and not having to parallel park myself anymore!
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: gossa on 27 August 2009, 22:56
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on 28 August 2009, 13:26
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: matchboy on 28 August 2009, 13:39
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:

but an audi is much better eh TT  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on 28 August 2009, 13:57
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:

but an audi is much better eh TT  :rolleyes:

What is your problem?  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: matchboy on 28 August 2009, 14:00
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:

but an audi is much better eh TT  :rolleyes:

What is your problem?  :rolleyes:

nowt, just having some friendly friday banter - chill!
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: Teutonic_Tamer on 28 August 2009, 14:05
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:

but an audi is much better eh TT  :rolleyes:

What is your problem?  :rolleyes:

nowt, just having some friendly friday banter - chill!

Oh, rite . . . well use the wink smilie -  :wink: then.  The rolleyes sorta means sarcastic, dunnit?  :undecided:


Anyway -  :tongue: :tongue:  :smiley: :smiley:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: matchboy on 28 August 2009, 14:11
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:

but an audi is much better eh TT  :rolleyes:

What is your problem?  :rolleyes:

nowt, just having some friendly friday banter - chill!

Oh, rite . . . well use the wink smilie -  :wink: then.  The rolleyes sorta means sarcastic, dunnit?  :undecided:


Anyway -  :tongue: :tongue:  :smiley: :smiley:

sorry, i forget to use them sometimes!  :laugh:
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: R32UK on 28 August 2009, 19:41
I have to agree that the rocco and mk6 are miles apart in terms of driving. I didnt like the rocco at all. Loved the mk6.
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: wolfbane1967 on 28 August 2009, 20:06
Audi S3 2,0 tfsi - 2007
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: GrantUK on 28 August 2009, 20:52
2004 1.6 Focus...just a slight upgrade!
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: gossa on 28 August 2009, 21:33
Scirocco and MKVI the same Donnie? No mate, very different cars indeed, both great in different ways too but the GTI does it for me more...

Huh, the new Scirocco and the Mk6 are IDENTICAL floorpans/chassis, running gear, electrics, brakes, steering . . . .  :huh:

That might be the case mate but they are totally different cars.  Doesn't a TT share the same running gear as an A3?
Title: Re: What car did you have before your mk 6 gti?
Post by: gizzywizzy on 29 August 2009, 12:23
2004 1.6 Focus...just a slight upgrade!

 :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: