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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Toon on 31 July 2010, 22:05
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Just completed 20,000 miles in my Mk 6 in 7 months and thought I'd pass on some highlights/lowlights
Highlights
Fuel Consumption : 34.8MPG (using Optimax)
Running in : First 1000 miles as per advice on this forum - no problems
Oil Consumption : 1 litre in 20,000 miles
No rattles or bits falling off
1st Service this week - only car I have EVER owned without any addiitonal work to be completed at a service.
Tyres - front tyres replaced for the first time this week at 20,800 miles. Amazing for a FWD car these days. Dunlops from factory. Replaced with Goodyears
Tornado Red - paintwork perfect as new. Lifeshine with AutoGlym when new. Still beads.
Monza wheels - no kerbing so far (hope it stays that way)
DSG is amazing - worth the extra. I preferred this over leather seats (which I think are overpriced) and glad I did
Completed a 300 mile journey last night with an average speed of 78MPH and got 32.5MPG (Cruise Control set at 88MPH) - can't complain at that.
Lowlights
Dynaudio upgrade was not as good as I thought it would be
Rear wiper sweep area seems pitifully small
Summary
Best car I have ever owned in 35 years (and I say that after 3 years running a VW Phaeton before the GTI - which I thought was the best car in the world!)
So that can't be bad eh?
Anyone out there reading this still deliberatinghover buying a GTI - go for it - you won't regret it.
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Nice write up !! How have you done so much miles in 7 month's? Agree DSG is miles better than leather seats :cool:
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No stone chips? Must be a first.
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No stone chips? Must be a first.
Oh yeah - a couple but not so as you'd notice. Not enough to warrant a pencil touch up yet anyway.
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Nice write up !! How have you done so much miles in 7 month's
Job (what they used to call "a travelling salesman" in the old days :smiley:)
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Wish mine was rattle free and i was as happy :embarassed:
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Wish mine was rattle free and i was as happy :embarassed:
Red cars don't rattle! :evil:
They just turn pink with age! :evil: :evil: :laugh:
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I can't believe you are disappointed with dynaudio, I find it first class for sound and depth of clarity is awesome.
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I can't believe you are disappointed with dynaudio, I find it first class for sound and depth of clarity is awesome.
The standard set-up is excellent and has a slightly better tonal balance on classical music. The ugly duckling RCD310 with standard speakers sounds just as good as the RNS510 with Dynaudio IMHO.
RNS510 with standard speakers is also pretty damn good once one gets the right one! Where the Dynaudio scores is the very slightly cleaner mid range/treble, notiable with high quality Classical Music recordings.
But that's me and my humble opinion.
As I don't have Dynaudio, I need to be negative towards it. :evil: :laugh:
Oh, I'll soon have to start being negative towards Xenons as I don't have them either .... and the sunroof .... :kiss: :laugh:
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Imo Dynaudio like any better system shows up flaws in the recordings quality and how it was originally recorded more, therefore 99% of people think it sounds worse than a less revealing system. Especially in todays society of Iplops and earbuds
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Imo Dynaudio like any better system shows up flaws in the recordings quality and how it was originally recorded more, therefore 99% of people think it sounds worse than a less revealing system.
... I said that, did'nt I? :grin:
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I guess you did in a sort of way. I edited mine abit more too.
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I can't believe you are disappointed with dynaudio, I find it first class for sound and depth of clarity is awesome.
Probably because he was coming from a Phaeton which is in a different league audio wise.
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I can't believe you are disappointed with dynaudio, I find it first class for sound and depth of clarity is awesome.
Probably because he was coming from a Phaeton which is in a different league audio wise.
Frog your sig looks a GTD mate :laugh:
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Probably because he was coming from a Phaeton which is in a different league audio wise
You speak the truth. After 16 speakers of pure unadulterated audio excellence in a car just a little smaller than The Albert Hall, the return to a 4 door family hatchback and the commensurately smaller and less sonicaly beautiful sound stage has been a bit of a wrench. But, then again, having filled the 20Gb hard drive with enough AC/DC and Joe Satriani to blow any traffic light queue away I am quite happy with my lot. No stereo playing and a thumping engine exhaust note is a lot more satisfying than the hushed world of a Phaeton. I often thought the engine wasn't running in the Phaeton and only knew from the rev counter reading!