Make you appreciate your own car.

[dubber36]

My Red Golf is in for service today, and they've given me a 1.4 80ps Golf S as a courtesy car. Apart from being dangerously slow, it really is nasty. Horrible plastic steering wheel with no buttons on it. Horrible plastic gear knob with not enough numbers on it. Boggy radio. Just nothing to justify it's (left face it) pretty high price tag.

Still at least it's reasonably economical. Its done 46mpg over the 270miles of sh1t splattered roads that I'd saved up for it to do today. It looks like it's done a few stages in the WRC now  Still, they'll have it cleaned in minutes when they get their big brushes out after I've taken it back.

[Jimble]

I traded a mk5 1.4s for my GTI! You can imagine how happy i was the day i collected it!!

[Raffe]

We traded my wife's '10 Fiesta Zetec S for our GTi and for a top spec Fiesta the difference was a night and day improvement

Ned the rough to appreciate the smooth...

[dubber36]

Mines only a GT with a lowly 140ps, but it was a pleasure to drive it back home this afternoon.

The service booking in man did seem a little bit confused this morning when I asked him to make doubly sure that my car wasn't washed, but when I picked it up, he said he'd seen the car and fully understood why. Despite me always been nervous about leaving my cars with dealers, everything seemed in order. The mileage and computer hadn't bee tripped, the seats and headrests were all as I left them, so as far as I can tell, they've looked after it ok.

[ErikGTI]

After my GTI has been stolen 9th aug I have been driving a Golf Plus.

Next week I am going to pick up a new MKVI one of the last ones rolling out of Autostadt and I tell you I am sick and tired of the Golf Plus...

The only simularity is the name " Golf ".............I do admit it is less than half my MKVI price 

[SRGTD]

Mines only a GT with a lowly 140ps, but it was a pleasure to drive it back home this afternoon.

The service booking in man did seem a little bit confused this morning when I asked him to make doubly sure that my car wasn't washed, but when I picked it up, he said he'd seen the car and fully understood why. Despite me always been nervous about leaving my cars with dealers, everything seemed in order. The mileage and computer hadn't bee tripped, the seats and headrests were all as I left them, so as far as I can tell, they've looked after it ok.

I usually get a lowly base model Polo when mine goes in for servicing and yes, you really do appreciate getting back in your own car.

I also tell them not to wash my car, and make sure they put a 'do not wash the car' tag on the keys. To try and make doubly sure, I also attach a similar note to the dashboard. I've seen the guy in action who washes customers cars, and no way do I want him anywhere near my car!

[Snoopy]

Ive had two VW Foxs and two Passat bluemotion 1.6TDI and i really wonder why people buy that rubbish, cheap and masty plastic crap.
Now i just get them to give me a lift back when i drop the car off.

[Mr_F]

I sit in their waiting area with a laptop, they only took about 1hr 30mins on the last service.  So wasn't worth me messing around going to work and back as its a 60  mile round trip from there.

Big Sign on the dash and drivers seat was the way I did it.

[RedHP]

At first they gave me a Fox, BIG difference to the GiT which I am used to.
But now give basic Polo's.

Once, however, they screwed up and over booked their courtesy cars and I would have been left stranded. Luckily, the very nice sales chap who we purchased the wifes specced-up Polo from lent me his company car for the day (plug for VW Kettering  )

Red

[denyason]

had my gti in the garage for a week fixing the done in turbo (apparently coursed by my high speeds which i did during a 1500mile trip). they gave me a golf mark 6 auto as a courtesy car.  the standard inside is so bad compared to the gti.  the seats are different, lots more plastic and just looks cheap.  to be fair the interior of the gti is no spring chicken but still..