nice old thread again. must suck for German enthusiast who own Golfs, like owning a civic in the 90's (if you had a civic it had to transform into an autobot for anybody to notice it from the other million civics or run 10s). I went to mitsubishi because everybody had honda's (1rst gen then 2nd generation eclipse), then the 2ng gen eclipse became the 3rd most popular sport compact to modify behind the civic and integra so I swtiched to VW in 2001. who knew thanks to the popularity in europe I get all the aftermarket support of a japanese car without seeing one on every street.