« Reply #24 on: 29 January 2012, 10:21 »
My previous one, the silver 09 plate was one of the very first into the country. I got it at about 5 months old with a few thousand on the clock as an ex dealer launch demo car (so probably had an eventful first few months) and it was absolutely faultless with no rattles or even the slightest problem apart from a mysterious occasional noise from either the boot or rear suspension that cleared up on its own after a while. I kept that car for two years before vanity got the better of me (I just can't keep hold of cars for more than a year or two, no matter how hard I try) and I replaced it with another with better spec. This car was back in the dealer within two days of picking it up. So much for progress.
Having said that, unless I'm really unlucky with this present car, I don't plan on replacing it with a mk7. Before changing the silver mk6 I considered just about everything out there that was a similar sort of price including the 'just about to be released' ED35 and yet the standard GTI with added Xenons was the only car that I decided I wanted to part with my savings for. Obviously I've upgraded it slightly since picking it up but it really does have the perfect blend of talents.
So that mk7 would have to be much better value for money and/or a significant improvement for me to consider it, despite my car changing vanity. An up! GT is a more likely successor as it's probably the only performance VW I'll be able to afford by then.
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‘25 8.5R, ‘23 8R, ‘20 8CS, ‘19 135iX, ‘19 TCR, ‘17 Ed40, ‘17 GTD, ‘15 7R, ‘13 GTI PP, ‘11 GTI, ‘09 GTI, ‘98 Ibiza Cupra, ‘05 GTI, ‘06 Polo GTI, ‘04 GT TDI, ‘05 Fabia vRS, ‘02 GTI T, ‘03 Ibiza TDI 130, ‘01 Leon 180, ‘89 mk2 16v, ‘99 Ibiza TDI, ‘96 VR6, ‘98 Ibiza TDI, ‘92 VR6, ‘88 mk2 8v, ‘92 Polo G40, ‘91 mk2 8v, ‘89 mk2 8v, 205 GTI 1.9, ‘83 mk1 GTI, ‘80 Scirocco GTI, plus some others I’ve forgotten
