VIC Hello from melbourne!

[tooch]

Hey all,
My name's Simon and I'm looking at buying a Mk5 GTi. Had plenty of years of old Japanese sports cars and it's time to move onto something much newer

Have been lurking around here and reading lots of stuff and found some great info.

I'm sure you'll see me around here a bit

Simon

[Tim]

welcome aboard!

What spec GTI are you after?

[tooch]

Thanks Tim

I'm after a manual GTi, would love leather and sunroof if I can fit it into my (rather low!) budget
I'm not too fussed on the options really, as long as it's manual and has low km's and a good service history.

There's a very well priced '05 with leather and sat nav and 41000km for sale in NSW at the moment, tempted to go over there for a look!

I've already stretched my budget from wanting something around $20k, to closer to $30k as I've always wanted a GTi!

[Tim]

there are plenty of earlier GTIs selling under 30k now.. Not many manual ones about though!

[tooch]

Yeah have noticed lots of DSG's around but I'm not too keen on them to be honest. Have driven a couple and while they are nice around town, I think I'm a manual man at heart

Also a little bit concerned about the reliability of the DSG especially as they are getting to 4-5 years old now.

I've read a lot on the USA forums about cam follower wear, is this as much of an issue as it's cracked up to be? And does it affect certain years worse than others?

[C.T_07]

Welcome to the forum bud, i have also made the move from jap (r33) to euro & what a difference it is !

[tooch]

Well as I mentioned in the General Discussion section, I got a great deal today on a brand new Polo GTI
$23,888, was the same price as a demo model, and $4k cheaper than the other dealers I spoke to!

Considering most MK5 GTI's I was looking at were going to cost me close to $30k with plenty of km and no warranty, I decided the Polo was a decent compromise, leaves enough in the budget for a nice set of wheels and some window tinting.