EVO Magazine now has a GTi PP long-termer on its Fast Fleet. Tornado Red with quite a few options:
"Keeping the six-speed manual ’box instead of opting for DSG also ‘saved’ me £1415 by my man-maths reckoning, justifying a bit of a splurge. So I went for the winter pack (£355 for heated front seats, heated washer jets and a ‘low washer fluid’ warning light), the electrically heated windscreen (£295), rear side airbags (£270), adaptive dampers (£815) and ‘advanced telephone preparation’, which uses an extra aerial to boost phone reception (£315). Finally, I caved in to temptation and specced the Pro nav and audio upgrade (£1765) and the Dynaudio speakers (£530). Total cost: £32,120."
Interesting to hear what they think over the six months or so that they'll run the car.