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Offline fecked_tt

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Re: I have an ED30, do I buy a GTD or a GTI?
« Reply #20 on: 31 July 2011, 01:12 »
Quote from: am1w on 29 July 2011, 20:08
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''Funny you should think of this today of all days.
I drove my neighbour's Silver 4 door GTD yesterday for around 20 mins. He has bought a used sample with approx 4k on the clock. It has the Kenwood Sat Nav which I think sounds much better than the RNS 510 but does not compare in looks. Car in immaculate condition.

Impressions:

Colour: Quite fabulous in silver. Rather like the silver bars on the front grille. They look classy.

Wheels: 18" Charleys. They look very good but nowhere as nice as the Monza Shadows which look more OEM to these eyes.

Interior: Very similar to the GTI but the plaid seats look less distinctive than those in the GTI.

Handling: A bit nose heavy and not as fleet of foot as the GTI.

Ride: Not quite as good as the GTI. Could be due to tyre pressures and lack of ACC.

Engine: Noiser than the GTI especially from the outside, excellent mid-range pull, simply amazing mpg.

Road noise at 60 mph: I think very slightly less than mine due to GTD's Continental Tyres

Overall: A very, very good car but not as refined as the GTI. For me the GTI has that extra je nes se qua.

All the above IMO''.

a bit ott?
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Re: I have an ED30, do I buy a GTD or a GTI?
« Reply #21 on: 31 July 2011, 10:00 »
Quote from: fecked_tt on 31 July 2011, 01:12
Quote from: am1w on 29 July 2011, 20:08
From:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=199634.0

''Funny you should think of this today of all days.
I drove my neighbour's Silver 4 door GTD yesterday for around 20 mins. He has bought a used sample with approx 4k on the clock. It has the Kenwood Sat Nav which I think sounds much better than the RNS 510 but does not compare in looks. Car in immaculate condition.

Impressions:

Colour: Quite fabulous in silver. Rather like the silver bars on the front grille. They look classy.

Wheels: 18" Charleys. They look very good but nowhere as nice as the Monza Shadows which look more OEM to these eyes.

Interior: Very similar to the GTI but the plaid seats look less distinctive than those in the GTI.

Handling: A bit nose heavy and not as fleet of foot as the GTI.

Ride: Not quite as good as the GTI. Could be due to tyre pressures and lack of ACC.

Engine: Noiser than the GTI especially from the outside, excellent mid-range pull, simply amazing mpg.

Road noise at 60 mph: I think very slightly less than mine due to GTD's Continental Tyres

Overall: A very, very good car but not as refined as the GTI. For me the GTI has that extra je nes se qua.

All the above IMO''.

a bit ott?

How do you make it out to be OTT? It's a guy giving a well rounded opinion on a ride in a GTD compared to a GTI which is the question that was asked is it not? doh  :rolleyes:
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Re: I have an ED30, do I buy a GTD or a GTI?
« Reply #22 on: 31 July 2011, 10:41 »
And it was quite a nice well rounder opinion from Asker too.  :smiley:
A lot more rounded than the opinion he originally gave me which led to the start of a thread a week or two ago!! That opinion was far more amusing!!  :lipsrsealed:
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Re: I have an ED30, do I buy a GTD or a GTI?
« Reply #23 on: 01 August 2011, 21:01 »
Quote from: R32UK on 30 July 2011, 19:14
Keep the ED30 I would say and spend the savings on mods and petrol  :evil:

Nail on the head right there :smiley:
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