changing order....maybe...

[p3asa]

I agree with Rolfe.
5 door is so much more practical if you have kids.
If you haven't got kids (although I know you have) the occasional person getting in and out the back is ok but when it is constant it is a right pain. Its all subjective whether 3 or 5 door looks better.
I used to think 3 door cars looked more sportier but with the Golf I think that look still remains with the 5 door.

[James Gould]

Rolfe - I'd have to be a sad, sad person to waste time 'lying' to you about this subject - it's so unimportant in the scheme of things....why?!
....and I know what 'procrastinating' means but, subject to my checking, I think my use of the verb 'to prevaricate' is also correct.... but will check...

[James Gould]

ok, Rolfe and av1w (and others if you suggested the 3 to 5 door change)

I'll ask the question of the dealer  -  how will a change from 3 to 5 dr affect my BW (haven't got one yet)?

I would add the side rear airbags.

That leaves the matter of the colour.....I chose the carb grey with the 3 dr  -  is the colour ok with the 5 dr? Could chage to red  -  claws back some of the extra spend but does choosing a non-met/pearl paint affect resale value or are the whites and reds ok in the case of the Golf? No disrespect but I like the red on the 3 dr but not sure with the 5 dr  -  good to have a colour which brings out the red 'stripes' on the front grill  -  get a bit lost on a red car.

....and bear in mind, you guys...I'm only responding to the huge amount of comments telling me that I should be going the 5 dr route!

[Ess_Three]

....and bear in mind, you guys...I'm only responding to the huge amount of comments telling me that I should be going the 5 dr route!

Why don't you buy what YOU want, in the colour YOU want?
Any thoughts of colours effecting resale should put you firmly in the camp of never buying a new car...as it's financial suicide.

Just buy the car YOU want, in the colour YOU want and with the options YOU want, and enjoy it.
Who really gives a toss what others think?

[James Gould]

you're 100% right but the change from 3 to 5 dr does make sense and it's only by 'hearing' what forum contributors think that I am making the change  -  colour, of course, is far, far more subjective....just interested to see the opinion  -  though you are totally right...

[VmW]

....and bear in mind, you guys...I'm only responding to the huge amount of comments telling me that I should be going the 5 dr route!

Why don't you buy what YOU want, in the colour YOU want?
Any thoughts of colours effecting resale should put you firmly in the camp of never buying a new car...as it's financial suicide.

Just buy the car YOU want, in the colour YOU want and with the options YOU want, and enjoy it.
Who really gives a toss what others think?

James Gould, apparently..

[James Gould]

there'd be no Golf forum if we weren't interested in what others have to say....

[Ess_Three]

you're 100% right but the change from 3 to 5 dr does make sense and it's only by 'hearing' what forum contributors think that I am making the change 

If it makes sense...then go for 5 door.
I don't get all this crap about 3drs looking more sporty than 5 drs...it's a Golf. Not a Zonda. They all look the same...if 5 doors make sense, get them...
I've had 5 door cars for years...and wouldn't go back to a 3 door purely because I'm too used to the practicality...no matter how some seem to think a 3 door looks 'sportier' (ha!)

-  colour, of course, is far, far more subjective....just interested to see the opinion  -  though you are totally right...

Colour is entirely personal...just get what YOU like. You will have to live with it for years...not somebody on the internet who is 'guiding' you. 

[James Gould]

you make a lot of sense  -  thnx!

[VWKev]

Jesus James, pick your spec, buy the car and leave it at that.