Admiring Glances.

[R32UK]

How does having a new car make you shallow ?If no one buys a new car then there will be no future classics ,so not only are you poor but your also stupid.

funny because its true

Dont kid yourself shcockooh.. you cant afford a new car! so will probably never know what i feels like to get one

[Neil gti]

Gilly i bet you get a lot more admiring them nice new shiny 18s, they certainly transform the look

[orca]

Glances may not always be admiring.  Could be "look at that t0sser in his new ??" 

[Snoopy]

I stopped using the mk1 GTI as my daily because i got nothing but looks and people coming upto me in petrol stations etc. I hate been rude but theres only so many hours in the day i cannot talk to you all! It also gets unnerving when groups of hoodies or chavs do it. Were as our mk5 GTI gets little to no looks in comparison and hasn't done since day one (late 05). Yes you get the golf nuts but thats about it. Maybe part of thats down to the dark colour and people just think it just another golf. Infact thats one of the reasons i went for this colour again.

[Gazdebaz]

Today had a few people looking at the car; one was a R32 owner and another, a brand new GTD owner. IMO it is all relative, no matter what the new car is, you look at other cars of the same brand wither it be a GTi or a Citroen C2.

It’s not because you have a new car rather than “Does his car look better than mine”?

As per Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs its all down to esteem, where it’s a need for acheivement and respect by others.

[howlingmoon]

ha ha ha I am laughing at reading Denyason's post... perhaps the blokes are looking at you coz you exuberate certain pheromones that attracts only men and pushes away women instead. Lately, I have had equal amount of guys and gals who come admire my car when I stop by at the supermarket. They feel the dual exhausts are very nice and asked how much I paid for the car etc etc.

[R32UK]

Gilly i bet you get a lot more admiring them nice new shiny 18s, they certainly transform the look

Alot more notice!! they really do catch the light in the evening (esp when they are clean )

definately make a huge difference to the looks.

[p3eps]

I stare into Smart cars.
They look just like the old handicapped cars.
Try to see just who would buy them.

My mates missus has one!  Its currently on loan to me while shes in Norway for the forseeable future until my R comes!  I've been driving it for the last 3 months, and likely will be for the next 4 months - and you should see the funny looks I get!  6ft 2" tall sitting in this weird looking car, tearing away from the lights 

[mac7]

Smart to Golf R. That'll be a bit of a step change in performance...

[howlingmoon]

A Volvo 240 will already be a step up from a Smart... unless its the Smart Brabus... then you might be getting less performance than a R...