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Offline Watts

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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #10 on: 14 April 2020, 14:40 »
I've got 20 come up on Autotrader, up to 10k miles but there's only 3 over 6k miles with the highest on 7. Mostly red and white as you say.
2019 Oryx White 5dr TCR.

Was - 2015 Tornado Red 3dr GTI PP, manual, Santiagos, Audi short shifter.

Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #11 on: 14 April 2020, 15:10 »
I've got 20 come up on Autotrader, up to 10k miles but there's only 3 over 6k miles with the highest on 7. Mostly red and white as you say.

Nowt wrong with a red or white GTI. Red or White R on Cadiz wheels on the other hand... :sick:
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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #12 on: 14 April 2020, 15:15 »
I've got 20 come up on Autotrader, up to 10k miles but there's only 3 over 6k miles with the highest on 7. Mostly red and white as you say.

Nowt wrong with a red or white GTI. Red or White R on Cadiz wheels on the other hand... :sick:

I'm never going to knock a 3dr manual TR GTI :laugh: White isn't too bad :whistle:
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Was - 2015 Tornado Red 3dr GTI PP, manual, Santiagos, Audi short shifter.

Offline Toeman

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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #13 on: 14 April 2020, 16:01 »
Hard to beat indium grey in them imo


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2019 Oryx White 5dr TCR.

Was - 2015 Tornado Red 3dr GTI PP, manual, Santiagos, Audi short shifter.

Offline Jim_mk7.5

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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #16 on: 15 April 2020, 10:53 »
Jim,personally I think a 3 door looks better,but that is only my opinion and with what’s available out there,i’m In a minority.


I do think the Golf looks really good in a 3dr. However, to use as a daily car,  for most people it's just not practical whereas the 5dr is.
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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #17 on: 15 April 2020, 12:18 »
Yes,I should’ve said that-5 doors are far more practical and suppose the shift to Dsg reflects modern driving especially in town/city traffic,crawling along 1st/2nd gear.
I’m old school because everyone I talk to who has moved to Dsg and other modern automatics loves them.
Just not for me at the moment.

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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #18 on: 15 April 2020, 12:24 »
Yes,I should’ve said that-5 doors are far more practical and suppose the shift to Dsg reflects modern driving especially in town/city traffic,crawling along 1st/2nd gear.
I’m old school because everyone I talk to who has moved to Dsg and other modern automatics loves them.
Just not for me at the moment.

It's just they make a lot of sense for an everyday car. I run mine as a company car, so it gets used for commutes (normally!), trips to clients, nursery runs, pottering about and a fair few blasts out on the roads near me in the Peak District. Wouldn't have a manual as an everyday car again as the DSG/autos are so good now. But everyone has different situations and requirements.
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Re: Any colour you want as long as it’s white.
« Reply #19 on: 15 April 2020, 13:21 »
Yes,I should’ve said that-5 doors are far more practical and suppose the shift to Dsg reflects modern driving especially in town/city traffic,crawling along 1st/2nd gear.
I’m old school because everyone I talk to who has moved to Dsg and other modern automatics loves them.
Just not for me at the moment.

I think that the 5 door being more practical depends on the person.  I don't have children and rarely have rear seat passengers in my car so don't regret going down the 3 door route at all.  I've always personally preferred the look of a 3 door over a 5 having lusted after a 3 door mk2 16v in my youth and with the option being dropped in the mk8 (as well as the looks) I can see myself sticking with this one for quite some time.  I am one of the rare 3 doors which isn't white or red  :wink:

Before ruling out the DSG, I would suggest test driving one.  Before this car if you had ever said to me that I would have been driving an auto I wouldn't believe you... but having done a fair few miles in mine, 45000ish over 3 years which is even more impressive having been out of the country for about a year of that, I wouldn't go back to a manual now.  I've had the TCU remapped on mine to give the car less control over changes when I put it into 'manual' mode but most of the time the full auto is just fine for me...  having said that, I do have a 70 mile round trip motorway commute half of which is average speed check zones.
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