SPOTTED - Golf R 3-Door Blue, Tyne Bridge Newcastle Friday Night 5.15ish

[funkythumbs42]

Spotted a golf r going across the tyne bridge friday night, first time i have seen one in person and in comparison to the pictures ive seen it looked absolutely lush especially with those led rears, VERY NICE 

anybodys on here?  care to take me for a spin 

greg

[keelaw]

You mean to say you didn't get a pic?!  :p

[funkythumbs42]

i was walking across the bridge and in a flash it zoomed past me 

[Snoopy]

Out of curiosity in what direction was it going? Heading into Newcastle or Gateshead?
Zoomed on the tyne bridge that must be nearly as rare as seeing a Golf R 

[funkythumbs42]

going into newcastle haha, wudnt say zoomed but doing about 40 i just caught the front in a glance then had a nice stare at the rear

[Snoopy]

I will keep an eye out for it. Hopefully in March there will be a Blue GTI coming out of newcastle at about that time too  Feel free to wave like a nutter if you see me

That R maybe the demo(or whatever they want to call them, intro model etc) from Benfield Silverlink.

There are quite a few from the Newcastle area on here but most seem to be waiting for there GTI/GTDs to arrive.

[denyason]

fellows geordies in our midst!   

i've only ever seen one mrk6 gti and it was a black 5 door like mine. 
btw- i have never walked on the tyne  bridge in my life, only by car- which either means you dont drive so u aint a gti connoisuer.....or your gti broke down....

[funkythumbs42]

well you obviously have never heard of the age old method of transport called walking my friend which is a much more sensible option then driving my gti 1.5 mile into work and then paying £10 a day parking in the city centre, when its probably just as quick to work considering traffiv 

[Snoopy]

^ I had thought that the mk5 black 3 door 55 plate GTI i keep seeing at around 5ish coming under the flyover onto the bridge from the newcastle side may have been yours, i guess not.

[denyason]

^ I had thought that the mk5 black 3 door 55 plate GTI i keep seeing at around 5ish coming under the flyover onto the bridge from the newcastle side may have been yours, i guess not.

nah mate- mines a spanking new mark 6- though it dont look it- so bloody dirty, never been washed lately- weather not helping
anyways i only wonder north of the river aka gosforth.

on topic- the bumper of the r is huge- very aggressive lookin and way better than the gti's which i feel are very subtle- bit too subtle when you compare the focus rs, vauxhall "whatsitsname"....