I've seen about 15-20 GTis on the roads - that's all. They're quite rare over here as most people pick up Japanese or US cars. We don't get to pick our options but get pretty much everything thrown in for 107,000AED (14,300GBP) for the 3 door or 110,000AED (14,700GBP) for the 5 door. The colours seen on the roads are mainly silver, black, red, ink blue and I've seen one in white.
There are only a few 3 doors about, mainly because for some stupid reason a 3 door GTi is considered a sports car by the insurers but a 5 door is considered a family hatchback! One friend of mine picked up a second hand standard 2.0L Beetle for 6000GBP, only to find the insurance was about 2000GBP a year because it was considered a 'sports car'!
Black over here is a common colour but is a serious pain to keep clean, especially if you park outside in the sand. Whenever you park at work or when you're shopping you can get your car washed for a pound, but I'm not trusting the Golf with them!
Two days and counting until delivery - can't wait! I'm off to Jebel Hafeet as soon as i get it to try it out on the mountain roads - try the youtube link here for a clip of a poser in a Boxster S driving down the mountain, not nearly sideways enough though!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWsC0mFMNh8
Great stretch of road that.
