Is The Golf GTI A Family Hatch Or Not ?

[sambo]

From men if it's an MGF 

[Rolfe]

It costs you a fortune in either front spoilers (catching them on speedbumps) ir in jeans, as you wear the kneed out getting down to see if you are about to loose your front spoiler...

Now there's a point I was about to raise.  Why the very low bodywork of what's really supposed to be a workhorse car?

I have relations who live on an island.  Last Sunday I was visiting my cousin, and he started talking about cars catching their undersides on the ferry ramp.  I mentioned once seeing a towing caravan being absolutely trashed by its owner trying to get it on the ferry, but I knew they'd reduced the gradient of the ramp since then.  My cousin said that it was common for cars to catch the underside of the front bodywork on the ramp, and went to look at my Peugeot.  He informed me that it was undoubtedly catching, and he could feel some roughness from the contact.


Well, I hadn't noticed and what the eye doesn't see the heart doesn't grieve over.  However, I have a bad feeling that the Golf Mk VI is even lower than the GTi-6.  Am I condemned to park the thing on the mainland and travel as a foot passenger from now on?

Why the hell is ot so cool to have such a low-slung front spoiler, when it's downright in the way?

Rolfe.

[sambo]

Incorrect!

People assume you have either some form of micro-thingy and are trying to compensate...

Or that you are some sort of fat, balding, middle-aged, business man who is going through a mid life crisis...
(Well, 3 out of 4 isn't bad I guess...of the second comment!)

Sorry to hear it, how long have you been unemployed? 

[Ess_Three]

Sorry to hear it, how have you been unemployed? 

Funny man!

[MDSS MK6]

I don't know about anyone else, but in my case of course its a "hot" hatch! For the budget of a GTI you could very well buy some alternative rides; new renault megane r26 r (the rollcage job) - dimissed as too impractical no matter how fast, a porsche boxster s/h, again, not much boot space....a lotus elise.....but the whole point of the golf is you get *most* of the fun of any of the above, a ride yer misses won't object too, room for junior & his mates, or room to take your bike out to the country for a spin. I think a lot of us here are long term fans ( this will be my 3rd gti), but like I say, I personally have never found a car that does all the things I'd ask of it so well

As an aside thou, isnt that megane thing hideous!!!

[herbie911]

Im not going to be popular here!
The Golf GTI is not hot or spicy enough to compete with the Focus RS, Megane or Cupra R!
Its more sporty than most family hatch!

WARM HATCH?

Strange that I still bought the GTI!

[sambo]

Not marketed to be any competition for those cars either though, thats what the golf R is for! Which is why all these reviews mean diddly squat in my opinion!

[R32UK]

It is what it is 

[Gazdebaz]

Hi all,
Recently ordered a Mk6, looking end of October for possible delivery. I have enjoyed reading the posts on this forum, so have taken the plunge and joined.

For me the GTI is what you want it to be. Although it may be grouped in what the industry calls a “hot hatch” the design, performance and practicallity of it means it is different things to different people.
For myself and my wife (whos car it’s going to be, if she can find where I hid the keys) its going to be a mix of practicallity, comfort with a little bit of fun thrown in. For me its fun, performance, fun, koudus, fun bye the way did I mention fun.

Did look at the Focus RS but after driving a second hand Mk5 (we were going to buy, but decided against it due to being an import with too much wrong with it.) we took the plunge on the MK6 for the reasons above. Also got a reasonable discount, plus scrappage.

[MDSS MK6]

It is what it is 

Deep man