Like I've said elsewhere on here I love the shape of the Mark 6, more so than the Scirocco. However, because it's so steep I've been brutal with myself when coming to tick the options boxes. So mine is a carbon grey one with the 18 inch alloys (scandalous that I have to pay an extra £400 for these when the car is that much anyway), lux pack (that's only £130 or so) and cruise control (again, scandalous that it's not standard). Total £1100 or so.
Got a discount too so, yes, it's still expensive, but not quite the £26k upwards that others on here have been quoting. The cloth seats were very comfy anyway. Sat nav would be nice but is unjustifiable at £1200 or so. Never had xenons so will survive without those. I considered the 510 radio at £300 plus but ultimately it only gives me a colour touch scren and a CD autochanger which I don't need cos I can plug the iPod in anyway.
I can see why people go for the other extras but I would agree that at £26k plus you're well into Audi/BMW territory and no matter how much I like this GTi it's still only a VW.
