Peter here, from The Netherlands (living in Germany). And I recently bought myself a black 07 GTI.
Before this car I had a 2001 1.4 VW Polo. So its a big update from me. To be honest my experiences with the Polo weren't all that great. Lots of electrical problems and other expensive repair jobs. So when it was time for another car (Polo had 200.000 km) my first thoughts didn't go to VW. And I was almost sure I was going to buy a Honda Civic Type R. (I loved that car back when I was little) But they were really hard to get around here. I did however managed to get a test drive in a '03 version (pre facelift) but that was a big disappointment the car was used like an old Toyota pickup truck. And also the ride itself wasn't all that great. Too sporty for me. And so the search continued and got me to look for some other cars and eventually back to the VAG to check out a Seat Ibiza Cupra and a VW Polo 9n2 GTI.
The long search for a new car had one positive side: The longer I waited the more money I had to spend :smile: And so I also started looking for a bigger cars. And so a couple weeks ago I had my first test drive with the GTI. And basically I was sold after the first meters. So at the end of the day I made the deal. I bought it at an official VW dealer so it had to be made drive ready first. Which ended up to be one of the longest weeks in my life...
Seeing that I live just across the border in Germany and have the Autobahn a couple km from my home it had to be done. And on a sunny sunday afternoon I ended doing 240 km/u on the A31 :biggrin:
Seeing my English isn't my native language I hope it's readable
Before this car I had a 2001 1.4 VW Polo. So its a big update from me. To be honest my experiences with the Polo weren't all that great. Lots of electrical problems and other expensive repair jobs. So when it was time for another car (Polo had 200.000 km) my first thoughts didn't go to VW. And I was almost sure I was going to buy a Honda Civic Type R. (I loved that car back when I was little) But they were really hard to get around here. I did however managed to get a test drive in a '03 version (pre facelift) but that was a big disappointment the car was used like an old Toyota pickup truck. And also the ride itself wasn't all that great. Too sporty for me. And so the search continued and got me to look for some other cars and eventually back to the VAG to check out a Seat Ibiza Cupra and a VW Polo 9n2 GTI.
The long search for a new car had one positive side: The longer I waited the more money I had to spend :smile: And so I also started looking for a bigger cars. And so a couple weeks ago I had my first test drive with the GTI. And basically I was sold after the first meters. So at the end of the day I made the deal. I bought it at an official VW dealer so it had to be made drive ready first. Which ended up to be one of the longest weeks in my life...
Seeing that I live just across the border in Germany and have the Autobahn a couple km from my home it had to be done. And on a sunny sunday afternoon I ended doing 240 km/u on the A31 :biggrin:
Seeing my English isn't my native language I hope it's readable
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