Picking Up New Car Today

[FroGTI]

Nice quote 

Sorry, there was some kind of server glitch. What I wanted to say was that yes, carbon grey does look black until you actually see it next to a black GTI

[FroGTI]

v nice.

dont mean to be awkward or anything but what appeals people to the colour grey?? tad boring for a gti? 

I agree with you in a way, but I chose carbon grey for the following reasons (FYI, I have lived in France for the past 25 years and have therefore acquired a Continental taste )

- black looks best on expensive saloons, is horrid to keep clean and shows all the swirl marks
- white makes it look like a (French) ambulance
- silver is a TDI-driving rep's choice
- the other greys are a bit weird
- red is too flash for me
- shadow blue was the colour I had on my Golf Plus TDI (and even on that I didn't like it very much)

Some of the exotic colours available in Germany may have tempted me, but they're not available her.

So I suppose I chose carbon grey almost by elimination. That plus the fact that it's a unique-to-the-GTI colour and I've never had dark grey before

[Rhyso]

sweet looking car 

[andykram]

Mine's a carbon grey too - due on September 1st and like everyone else these are the first proper pictures of one. I have to say I'm even more excited about it now as it looks stunning. However, I agree it does look a bit black so will have to see it next to a proper black one in real life to tell the difference.

[Jay]

Gorgeous    Looks like the best colour for the GTI I've seen so far.

I saw a MK6 GTD in white today and it looked awesome. Popping down to VW in Oxford tomorrow for some things on my lunch, I'll probably have a proper look at the MK6 as the wife ain't there nagging me to stop looking at cars 

[p3eps]

v nice.

dont mean to be awkward or anything but what appeals people to the colour grey?? tad boring for a gti? 

I bought a grey one as it was subtle and blended in!  I like the fact you can park a Golf in a car park and not worry about it because it looks like most other Golfs!  Black is the best looking car, but as soon as you've finished cleaning it, it gets dirty from dust!  White looks stunning, but I can see it being a phase colour - where it goes out of date soon.

If I wanted something that screams 'fast car' I'd have bought a bright green Focus or something!!

[Matt_Mk4]

Tis lovely mate!

[koop22]

i now retrack my statement of grey a bit boring cos this one here looks stunning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFC1wY_qi4&feature=related

[jaydubveedub]

Lovely. I would go for either that colour, or Candy white.

Despite the cost, I would have to have the Xenon's though as they look awesome and make the front end much more aggressive.

[SoVW]

V nice pics. I have a black mk5 and won't get a black car again, although I do like it anyway.