Some GTI Pics

[master_hayabusa]

So glad i ordered White, what a filthy looking b!tch

I wanted to take some 'everyday use' pictures. Not showroom shine ones. We can all see those in the marketing brochures.

[DougL]

Trust me. I know what white looks like, my last three cars have been white. What irritates me about white is that you can't see when it's really clean and well detailed. At least with red you can. I've only seen a few pics of tornado red that make it look the way it should and that's on a cookng mk 7.

Here's one which looks cool:



IN TRUTH, I really like the white, I just need a change!

[master_hayabusa]

Trust me. I know what white looks like, my last three cars have been white. What irritates me about white is that you can't see when it's really clean and well detailed.

I know what you mean. White is a colour that will never look as good as red or black after a detail. It's similar to silver in that respect. But if you're a lazy arse like me it's a practical choice. Although I may still go for black

[DougL]

Indeed, red is prone to swirling, but using a glaze that is full of fillers and designed for red makes upkeep of a perfect red finish easy for lazyarses like me. Prima Amigo does this.... Autoglym SRP is a good, easily obtainable alternative!

[Bill_the_Bear]

I really like the white... But there have been a few pics of the blue (night blue?) and I'm kinda tempted to switch.  Oh dammit, I had my mind made up on the white, most often when a car turns my head it is white, but that blue looks so good. Urgh.  Advice?

[master_hayabusa]

I really like the white... But there have been a few pics of the blue (night blue?) and I'm kinda tempted to switch.  Oh dammit, I had my mind made up on the white, most often when a car turns my head it is white, but that blue looks so good. Urgh.  Advice?

You need to see them in person. That's all I can advise. See all the colours that you're thinking about. However, most demos are in either red, white or night blue. Call around, just don't go by the pictures. So far I've seen a 3 door night blue and a 5 door pure white. Both looked fantastic.

[DougL]

Really? Just stick to your original decision! Dark metallic colours are a real pain to look after. I had a Golf Mk 4 GT TDI in black metallic that the supplying dealer had prepped with a cloth which had been dampened and dipped in sand. No matter what i did, it never looked any good after that!

[mcmaddy]

White is the best colour for gtd and gti's. red looked ok but you lose all the little details that really show up with the white. if white is detailed properly it looks fantastic.

[mk7gti]

VW use white in all the literature and ads say no more 

[Sootchucker]

Bear: if it helps, when I was looking at an A3 instead of the Golf, I was 100% sure it was going to be Scuba blue, as I see photos in the sun and it looked stunning.

However, when I eventually saw one at the dealers under a typical grey leaden UK sky, it looked just like a plain old dark blue, certainly nothing like the beautiful shimmering blue in the photos I'd seen. As the weather in the UK's normally crap, I just wonder if you would get the full advantage of it very often ?