Is The Golf GTI A Family Hatch Or Not ?

[sambo]

what have VW done to the GTI which makes it unsuitable for a family wagon which is exactly what a golf is designed to be? (example: shopping bag hooks in boot)

[VWKev]

what have VW done to the GTI which makes it unsuitable for a family wagon which is exactly what a golf is designed to be? (example: shopping bag hooks in boot)

Good question.

What have Audi done to the R8 that you cant go shopping with it, what about the Zonda, could get some bags in that 2nd seat or a small child as part of your family. What about the Veyron, exactly the same ? All nice fun family cars.

[sambo]

Try getting a buggy in the 'boot' also try putting a baby seat in (bet you can't turn the passenger airbag off )

[Ess_Three]

What have Audi done to the R8 that you cant go shopping with it, what about the Zonda, could get some bags in that 2nd seat or a small child as part of your family. What about the Veyron, exactly the same ? All nice fun family cars.

Well, lets see...
It's too wide to open the doors in car parks...
It's too low to go into multi-story car parks...
There is little room for anything more than a couple of soft bags...
The suspension tries to shake your fillings out on all but the best roads in the UK...
You can't put the other half and 2.4 kids in it (unlike your average family car)...
You need to be fit and flexible to get in and out on a regular basis...
You need a left leg like Arnie to drive one in traffic (less so the R8 ammittedly)...

Honestly, if you'd tried living with something that qualifies as a proper Sports Car, you'd appreciate how good a Golf GTI is at being an everyday, family, shopping car.

[VWKev]

What have Audi done to the R8 that you cant go shopping with it, what about the Zonda, could get some bags in that 2nd seat or a small child as part of your family. What about the Veyron, exactly the same ? All nice fun family cars.

Well, lets see...
It's too wide to open the doors in car parks...
It's too low to go into multi-story car parks...
There is little room for anything more than a couple of soft bags...
The suspension tries to shake your fillings out on all but the best roads in the UK...
You can't put the other half and 2.4 kids in it (unlike your average family car)...
You need to be fit and flexible to get in and out on a regular basis...
You need a left leg like Arnie to drive one in traffic (less so the R8 ammittedly)...

Honestly, if you'd tried living with something that qualifies as a proper Sports Car, you'd appreciate how good a Golf GTI is at being an everyday, family, shopping car.

See, now were talking, proper replies rather than no its not, yes it is no its not 

[Rolfe]

Since the main question was whether it is a "sports car" or a "hot hatch", this poll is a bit unclear.

I therefore have no choice but to vote for the Planet X option.

Sorry Kev....   

Rolfe.

[Ess_Three]

See, now were talking, proper replies rather than no its not, yes it is no its not 

More examples:
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...
Nobody will let you out of a junction...
Kids with camera phones take photos - not a problem in its self, but when the parent ends up 'tailgating' you in thier Picasso (or similar) and driving like a tool just to get the kid close enough to get a pic...it's worrying...
Every time you drive a Sports Car properly, people you have overtaken seem to want to test their headlights...or wave their fists...
Hitting potholes can be uber expensive!

[VWKev]

Since the main question was whether it is a "sports car" or a "hot hatch", this poll is a bit unclear.

I therefore have no choice but to vote for the Planet X option.

Sorry Kev....   

Rolfe.

Love you too. 

[VWKev]

See, now were talking, proper replies rather than no its not, yes it is no its not 

More examples:
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...
Nobody will let you out of a junction...
Kids with camera phones take photos - not a problem in its self, but when the parent ends up 'tailgating' you in thier Picasso (or similar) and driving like a tool just to get the kid close enough to get a pic...it's worrying...
Every time you drive a Sports Car properly, people you have overtaken seem to want to test their headlights...or wave their fists...
Hitting potholes can be uber expensive!

One other example but this times its a positive, you will infintely get more sex. I think.

[Ess_Three]

One other example but this times its a positive, you will infintely get more sex. I think.

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!)