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Cool looking car, being looking at these myself...but yours seems to have a major flaw...VW installed the steering wheel on the passenger side!!! 
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One of the greatest cars still in production.
Although personally I prefer the Denver wheels 
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Very nice! 
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5 
One of the greatest cars still in production.
Although personally I prefer the Denver wheels
Denver wheels? The telephone dial ones? Yeah they are cool, but this GTI is the Edition 30 so it gets BBS wheels instead!
Thanks for the nice comments...
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Welcome to the club! Mine...
I rarely take it out of Sport mode, but as the police officer who pulled me over yesterday said, it's really easy to get carried away driving cars like this.
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Awesome car! Still the original pocket rocket!
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We have one of these as a work car. Super fast guy! Good choice.
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Originally Posted by richwig83
Denver wheels? The telephone dial ones? Yeah they are cool.
Nooo, they just don't belong, such an Alfa Romeo rip-off. Yours look cooler.
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Nice car face ache! I find S mode a bit aggressive for everyday 'pootleling' around town... But it certainly is fun joining a motorway in S mode... :-)
I'll hopefully get it remapped next year so it should be running approx. 300BHP!
Angel... Im with you, the BBS do look better! :-)
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Love the 5-door GTI. I've always wanted it to be my next car purchase (I've done without one for years, and now live about 300 feet from the office, but it's definitely my next big outlay).
On the other hand, it's about 35 grand once you add in a couple basic options. That's a shitload of money for a Golf. Sure I could buy a used Phaeton for that
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They are expensive cars to buy.... which wasn't great for me buying second hand as the prices are high!
Yes you could buy a LOT of different cars for the money! But... once this is remapped to 300bhp, it will do 0-60 in 5.5 seconds... which is faster than even the W12 Phaeton (and most ofter non-sports cars), and it will go around corners much better! ;-)
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"alot" isn't a word. 
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Nice. I hear they're great cars, but I think the styling on the previous gen is better. Those just look too over the top.
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Originally Posted by downinflames68
Nice. I hear they're great cars, but I think the styling on the previous gen is better. Those just look too over the top.
So two generations ago? the mark 4?
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
One of the greatest cars still in production.
puh-leeseâĤ isolate your sentence and tell us how many people was going to think you're talking about a VW. Good average car for mere mortals at most.
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He's talking about the GTi.
Deal with it.
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"puh - leeseâ isnât a word.
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Originally Posted by d4nth3m4n
So two generations ago? the mark 4?
Whatever this is:
I think the "gaping maw" of the new ones is just kind of tacky, it reminds me of the bodykits for civics and crap in the late 90s.
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What's with the stupid skirt and the hideous rims on that one, though?
Plus, that's not a GTi, is it?
Edit: Yes, it is - they chose to lose the trademark red rim around the intake for that series. They came to their senses, later.
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It's a stock GTI. Some special edition, 337 or something. Not sure how you can even tell what the rims look like, since they're spinning at 70mph.
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I think I was referring to their diameter and the paper-thin tires stuck around their edges.
I could be wrong, though, and imagined looking at them at standstill. Silly me.
This is stock.
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Originally Posted by parsley
puh-leeseâĤ isolate your sentence and tell us how many people was going to think you're talking about a VW. Good average car for mere mortals at most.
Well, I'm glad your immortal and can afford to buy anything you want, except maybe grammar know-how.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
I think I was referring to their diameter and the paper-thin tires stuck around their edges.
I could be wrong, though, and imagined looking at them at standstill. Silly me.
This is stock.
That is a stock regular GTI. The one I put up has the subtle bodykit, stock. The wheels are aftermarket. Running more wheel with smaller sidewall is a common performance modification for basically every car in history.
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Originally Posted by richwig83
Pick this up only last week.... great car to drive handles like a dream!
Drakkar Noir Edition. I like it.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot
What's with the stupid skirt and the hideous rims on that one, though?
The rainbow is a clue.
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Originally Posted by The Final Dakar
Drakkar Noir Edition. I like it.
Looks to me like an Edition 30 in Diamond Black. heh
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Whoa. How'd you know, Doof?
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
Whoa. How'd you know, Doof?
I have magic powers. And I just Googled it to see if Rich could out-drag me down the M6
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All Mk V GTIs are either 6-speed manual or 6- speed dual-clutch auto.
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Originally Posted by downinflames68
Whatever this is:
I think the "gaping maw" of the new ones is just kind of tacky, it reminds me of the bodykits for civics and crap in the late 90s.
I think that particular generation looks plain and, I know that it is heavy and underpowered compared to the ones that came before or since.
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
All Mk V GTIs are either 6-speed manual or 6- speed dual-clutch auto.
Sweet. I've seen a few on the road the last few weeks and love the way they look. Having a manual makes me want one that much more.
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Originally Posted by iLikebeer
Sweet. I've seen a few on the road the last few weeks and love the way they look. Having a manual makes me want one that much more.
It's a very good gearbox. Not the metal-on-metal precise feel of a BMW or Honda, but smooth and liquid motion. I like it.
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Originally Posted by macaddict0001
I think that particular generation looks plain and, I know that it is heavy and underpowered compared to the ones that came before or since.
Yeah, that gen was pretty heavy. The 1.8T wasn't great, and the 2.8L V6 was simply okay, but I think the Mk IV R32 is pretty cool.
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It's still my fav of the "hot hatchbacks", good buy.
Edit: Well, next to the JCW MINI, that is.
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I went for the DSG gearbox, so easy to drive, but not lazy like most other auto boxes!
The MK4 R32 is one o my favourites, but the edition 30 is better in every way except the 4 wheel drive and the engine noise.
And please dont compare a golf to a civic, you might just end up in a lot of trouble! ;-)
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Originally Posted by macaddict0001
I think that particular generation looks plain and, I know that it is heavy and underpowered compared to the ones that came before or since.
>shrug< they're all slow and FWD. I was talking about the styling. You call it plain, I call it "restrained" and classic.
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Except for the wagon wheels and skirt, of course.
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Originally Posted by downinflames68
That is a stock regular GTI. The one I put up has the subtle bodykit, stock. The wheels are aftermarket. Running more wheel with smaller sidewall is a common performance modification for basically every car in history.
And stretching tires that aren't wide enough for your oversize rims is a common visual modification for retards.
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Originally Posted by richwig83
I went for the DSG gearbox, so easy to drive, but not lazy like most other auto boxes!
dsg problems - Google Search
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