Just Purchased ED35 today,couple of Q's

[ttdan]

Here's my two. The 30 is now for sale

[Arena8]

ttdan nice motas

I still think IMO that the Mk5 shape is the more aesthetically pleasing. Yes there is always moving forward in dynamics, engines, efficiency but the Mk 5 is the one that has the best shape. The Mk 6 is nice but not better and the Mk 7 has grown uber fat. 
 

[Snoopy]

The mk5 to me was too round to be a golf and had an audi nose.  It was too euro bubble and trying to hard like a micra was.. If you see the mk5 in a line of gti marks its the one that looks wrong. It even looked wrong next to my mk1 in my garage unlike the mk6. It was designed to attract bmw customers and it worked. It was a very good car but just lacked the golf family look.

[Poached]

It is a bit round and the lack of a colour coded rear bumper on the GTI didn't help, although that is easy enough to get painted.

[GS WAX]

I still like the MK5 shape,dated now but still pretty.  the 6 has much more continuity, what I could never understand with the 5 is why on earth did VW remove the rear side window rubbers from 07 MY onwards and the rear quarter panel swage line looks all wrong because of it,well it does on 3 door, 5 door isn't so bad, to me it should have feathered out before it got to the door handle.
And those side skirts,what model did they have those left over from, coz they certainly were not meant for a golf.
 Well atleast they have addressed that issue for me on the 6

[ttdan]

I like the rear end on the 5 and the front end on the 6....i'm just really pleased that i can have my cake and eat it with the ed30 engine in the mk6.

Jumping between the two is interesting as i really think the build quality is not the step up on the mk5 that i thought it would be.  Its really marginal but the little things show. The parcel shelf is thinner, the plastics, all apart from the main dash which is vastly improved are no better than the 5. Its quieter but still has that exhaust note in the cabin when you give it some beans. The later RNS510 is good and the stereo is improved, love the BT audio but my ipod doesn't wake up without unplugging and re plugging...The bi xenons are a step up and mine has bendy lights which i didn't know about!

Now all it needs is another 60 bhp and lowering a bit 

[Arena8]

I've got the bendy light thing too, garage I got mines from specced all the toys. Most toyed car I've ever owned.

I leave the dynamic lightning on all the time. Most noticeable now in the darker nights of course. You could defo live without it but you can see the difference quite clearly IMO in cornering....

Enjoy ya mota Sir