New member 1st GTI

[TornadoGTI]

Owned many cars over the years (I'm old), but just bought my first GTI 

[BillSan]

Hi Tornado,  Can you post up some pics? We'd love a few more details.  We just love GTi's !

[TornadoGTI]

Hi Bill, I haven’t taken any pics myself yet so just have the screen grabs from autotrader, not the best as I couldn’t save the images so had to screenshot and crop them.

[BillSan]

Very nice - and it'll be even better when you've cleaned and set it up the way you want. 

I had a 7.5 and still think it's a fabulous dash and cluster from a driver's PoV.  We're you specifically after a manual g/box or was this just the best car for you overall?

[TornadoGTI]

I’d love a DSG but at my max budget I’d have been looking at a MK7 and I really wanted the more modern dash etc, that and lots of reviewers saying get the manual it’s more engaging, also I don’t have to worry so much about an expensive repair bill.  With all that said if money was no object I’d have got one with DSG.

[Ceefeesh]

Nice car. To me it looks like a 7.5 with the digital dash. Is it a pre OPF car? Regardless of the small details, it ha many details to like, a great car. Enjoy.

[TornadoGTI]

Nice car. To me it looks like a 7.5 with the digital dash. Is it a pre OPF car? Regardless of the small details, it ha many details to like, a great car. Enjoy.

It’s a 7.5 yeah, what’s pre OPF? (It’s a 2018 67 plate)

[Ceefeesh]

It is before particulate filters were fitted to the GTIs which reduced the emissions. Some say made them sound less well. Yours, I think is in around that time. The exhaust tips on the pre OPF tend to get a bit sooty quickly. Someone more knowledgable than me can probably tell you by the date when the changes occurred. If it was a DSG you would know by the sound changing gear but I don’t know how manuals sound, I haven’t had a manual GTI, sadly.

[TornadoGTI]

I have to say the gear change is the best I’ve felt it’s a pleasure to use.

[Watts]

Lovely! I added an Audi short shift to mine, gives a great mechanical feel to the lever, bargain at about £50 and easy to fit. Well worth considering.