Following the talk - the GTI has now gone

[simonpolly]

Before it ends in a slanging match again please cut it out

[am1w]

Before it ends in a slanging match again please cut it out

Not from me as I am going to be terribly nice as always.

[Disco]

@Ess_Three

People try to convince themselves you can run certain Porsches as daily drivers...but it's a struggle.
Perfect to commute to work in
The reliability isn't all it's cracked up to be - and the warranty costs just stupid.
Not sure i'm with you on this one. It's German. But yes warranty etc.. costs more than standard cars
You daren't leave it anywhere for fear of vandalism...
True. But i felt the same with the GTI
Nobody lets you out of junctions...
Rubbish. Of the last 2 weeks i find people want to look at the car, so let me out.
You can't get into some car parks due to long overhangs and low splitters...
No problem as yet
You can't tip the seats down and throw rubbish in the back for the tip run...
And you'd throw rubbish in your GTI..... That's what the wife's car is for!
You can barely get the weeks food shopping in them...
Shopping?! I don't understand. I get my food from the fridge and cupboards in the kitchen

Other drivers seem to find coffee beans to shake in their left hand as you overtake them too, I noticed.
I'm not quite with you on this one as well. Maybe it's how you drive?

Sublime as a driving tool. I concurJust not perfect as an everyday car for most.Maybe, but no worse than any other 2 seater, TT etc.

[Ess_Three]

@Ess_Three

Perfect to commute to work in

Yeah...but they get a little hot in standing traffic.
And deliver better fuel economy when being ragged round the 'ring, than sitting in commuting traffic!

Not sure i'm with you on this one. It's German. But yes warranty etc.. costs more than standard cars

German, yes. Reliable? No.
3 x RMS, 2 x leaking radiators, 4 x cam tensioner washers, 1 x exhaust box and 2 x coil packs that left me stranded. In 5 years. From new.
Reliable?
I think not...
It should have been better. My Mk3 doesn't drip anything and it's 14 years old.

True. But i felt the same with the GTI

People don't tend to look at Golfs and thing 'rich pr1ck' though...thankfully.
I wouldn't be comfortable leaving a new GTI either...but I just wouldn't have left the 911, ever.

Rubbish. Of the last 2 weeks i find people want to look at the car, so let me out.

Lucky you. Not so round here...

And you'd throw rubbish in your GTI..... That's what the wife's car is for!

Yeah, that's what it's for...everyday use.

Shopping?! I don't understand. I get my food from the fridge and cupboards in the kitchen

 

I'm not quite with you on this one as well. Maybe it's how you drive?

Maybe...
But then you don't buy one to drive it like you are taking your Gran to church, do you?

But, it's something everyone who likes driving cars should do....as when you want to really drive, there is nothing close.