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Model specific boards => Golf mk8 => Topic started by: Exonian on 30 March 2022, 11:40
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Not my car or photo but sent to me by my good friend (and forum member) Simon who owns the mk5, thought I’d share it as I love this shot.
Much as I like the mk8’s wheels it’s the mk5 that still does it for me…
(https://i.postimg.cc/RZGq3Z65/9-ED2-A343-9-EC8-4255-AA20-0701-F9911049.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dhkJpvj4)
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The MK5 GTI is still a cracking looking car. A nice clean unmolested one (rare :angry: ) is still a proper head turner today imo.
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As good as the mk5 is I personally still feel the same way I did when new and I owned one. It was too rounded and had the Audi look rather than the evolution of the golf looks.
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As good as the mk5 is I personally still feel the same way I did when new and I owned one. It was too rounded and had the Audi look rather than the evolution of the golf looks.
I’m inclined to agree.
One aspect of the mk5 I always thought looked really odd was the rear bumper.
(https://i.postimg.cc/QNgmHzw9/A035-B427-54-B3-41-AA-98-D8-B87-C2-DF0475-A.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
IMHO the rear bumper didn’t match the rest of the car with that weird extra deep textured black plastic lower section extending halfway up the number plate recess. When viewed full on from the rear it highlighted the ‘rounded-ness’ of the rear end of the car and made it look rather ungainly. It was almost as if VW forgot to design a suitable rear bumper and had to cobble something together at the last minute. Not the most cohesive design feature of the car. The R32 did get get ‘proper’ rear bumper though.
I did own a mk5 Golf but chose to have a black one, which went some way towards ‘hiding’ that strange rear lower bumper section.
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I think the best looking Mk5 Golf was the Scirocco.
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I think the best looking Mk5 Golf was the Scirocco.
Agree. The Scirocco has aged well too, and IMHO it’s design still looks good compared to more modern cars on the road today.
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As good as the mk5 is I personally still feel the same way I did when new and I owned one. It was too rounded and had the Audi look rather than the evolution of the golf looks.
I’m inclined to agree.
One aspect of the mk5 I always thought looked really odd was the rear bumper.
(https://i.postimg.cc/QNgmHzw9/A035-B427-54-B3-41-AA-98-D8-B87-C2-DF0475-A.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
IMHO the rear bumper didn’t match the rest of the car with that weird extra deep textured black plastic lower section extending halfway up the number plate recess. When viewed full on from the rear it highlighted the ‘rounded-ness’ of the rear end of the car and made it look rather ungainly. It was almost as if VW forgot to design a suitable rear bumper and had to cobble something together at the last minute. Not the most cohesive design feature of the car. The R32 did get get ‘proper’ rear bumper though.
I did own a mk5 Golf but chose to have a black one, which went some way towards ‘hiding’ that strange rear lower bumper section.
Back in the day when I owned my MK5 GTI there was a trend here to repaint that black lower bumper section to body colour. This just made matters worse - the car then looked like it it had filled it's nappy to the brim! Suffice to say I left my GTI's black.
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That black rear valence was subtly different on the GTI though versus the standard MK5 in that photo. The GTI one was in 2 sections, a separate section around the exhaust and I think it looked less flabby than the standard car as a result. Some people used to paint the upper part of those 2 sections, leaving the exhaust valence black which looked well imo. The Edition30 also had the whole thing fully painted.
Also, on the GTI, the side skirts flicked up at the rear door and lined up with that rear bumper valence. You can see this in Exonian's photo. I think that worked well.
Personally I think its a design thats aged very well, certainly better than the MK6.
I'm not sure the MK8 will be remembered so fondly in 15+ years time.
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Friend of mine came over to change the oil on his mk5 recently and we had our own “ meet the grandad” photo shoot…
(https://i.postimg.cc/rwnXM0gJ/C7-F65390-4681-407-C-8-FB5-F07-B2-E376911.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
I find it difficult to be analyse the looks of a car. If you like the car, it looks good.
Mk7 is a beauty.
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Not my car or photo but sent to me by my good friend (and forum member) Simon who owns the mk5, thought I’d share it as I love this shot.
Much as I like the mk8’s wheels it’s the mk5 that still does it for me…
(https://i.postimg.cc/RZGq3Z65/9-ED2-A343-9-EC8-4255-AA20-0701-F9911049.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/dhkJpvj4)
That’s probably because only one of these cars has the correct number of doors. And it isn’t the mk8. I find this a real shame, but we’re stuck with it.
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I used be against the 5 doors golfs but after owning a 3 door R and having to watch people struggle to open the long heavy doors if I was parked on a slight camber in the road, the 5 door is a lot better. Or i'm getting older and more practical.
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Yeah I know what you mean about getting older. This will be the first non 3-door car I’ve had since 1990. I’ve always considered the 3 door to be lighter, stiffer, and more secure, as well as better looking and a bit cheaper.
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I loved my 3 door but I don't miss not being able to get out of it when parked close to another car/wall etc due to the length of the doors!
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A friend of mine picked up this Pirelli Edition recently, here is my car meeting her older sibling :cool:
(https://i.postimg.cc/ZY7hhrjX/34438215-472-A-47-EE-ADE5-EE4992-CC1-BE6.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NLHn623x)
(https://i.postimg.cc/85wgcWGJ/67-D75-A30-7605-441-A-BC74-E32245-B00-C28.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bDGBFZsp)
(https://i.postimg.cc/4NYR4mSy/D8992359-C99-E-4-DE9-8796-524-BD609-B65-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xcV4tTYV)
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A friend of mine picked up this Pirelli Edition recently, here is my car meeting her older sibling :cool:
(https://i.postimg.cc/85wgcWGJ/67-D75-A30-7605-441-A-BC74-E32245-B00-C28.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bDGBFZsp)
Yellow was a very rare colour for the mk5 GTI Pirelli Edition if I remember correctly. IMHO it looks very good in yellow :cool:
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That yellow looks fantastic!
If they did that for the Mk8 I'd jump at it. :drool:
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Wow! Awesome pair :cool:
Most Pirellis I’ve seen have been blue or silver, the signature yellow is super rare on an already super rare car.
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Wow! Awesome pair :cool:
Most Pirellis I’ve seen have been blue or silver, the signature yellow is super rare on an already super rare car.
I don’t think yellow was one of the available UK colours at the time. This particular example was imported from Japan late last year. It’s in incredibly mint condition all round. Not a spec of rust underneath, a testament to the un-salted smooth Japanese roads and jap cars tend to do very small mileage too. Only approx 45k miles on this car.
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The mk5 looks really good in the yellow. Getting decent underseal job including inner surfaces completed for a Japanese import is a pain judging by a neighbour who imported a low mileage 7 seat nissan elgrand.
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An import explains it!
I did wonder if it had been a grey import from Belgium or the Netherlands which had been a popular route around that point in history.
I knew of a mk4 R32 that had been imported from Japan some years ago, it was really surprising just how many parts differed to EU spec cars, from things like the windscreen and side glass safety etchings to the numberplate apertures being different, not just lack of wax and radios that didn’t have the right bandwidths.
There’s an importer not far from me that brings in JDM spec rarities direct from Japanese auctions, people pay a fortune for these things!