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General => New forum members => Topic started by: tanabe on 30 July 2022, 15:02
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Hi my name is john (Tanabe) I’m just about to start my VW journey :evil:
Having been into the Japanese side of cars for along time (I’m old) but i find the Jap cars don’t have DSG (i need auto box) and i don’t want a rubber band gearbox any more.
Wanting something fast and not to big i have settled for a GTI pp MK7.5 or 8, i think the R will be to much and possibly not be the best Daily Driver, my wife does the driving, because she gets travel sick if she does not. (am i the only person with that problem)
So I’m old 50 odd, my wife likes to drive, but I get to chose the car, OH I really do not like the tartan seats its got to be leather only
Hi :smiley:
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Welcome John :smiley:
An interesting dilemma.
Hopefully you’ll bond with a VW after a lifetime of Japanese cars. Sometimes these things are more than skin deep.
You might be lucky to find a 7.5 with the rare option of alcantara microfibre seats so you don’t have to limit your choice to the leather.
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Welcome John
I was in the same dilemma recently on whether to go for the R or the 7.5 gti PP, I chose the latter. My wife wasn't keen on the tartan seats either but luckily the one we got had the black Vienna leathers with red stitching.
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Nothing wrong with an R as a daily. It's very civil and easy to drive as you'd expect from a Golf... Its just if you boot it it goes and goes... But don't imagine it's a headbanger like a type R.