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Golf GTI: the good, the bad, the weird...and appreciation thread
Had a weird event today. Driving along, changed lanes to the right on a left-hand bend and the rear door appeared as open suddenly. I'm assuming, unless it happens again, that it was just that I hadn't closed the door properly when it was last closed.
OR....you accidentally hit the hatch unlock button on your key remote when unlocking the doors?
I did this one time, and after a dip in the road my rear door open lit up on the MFD.....oops
Had a weird event today. Driving along, changed lanes to the right on a left-hand bend and the rear door appeared as open suddenly. I'm assuming, unless it happens again, that it was just that I hadn't closed the door properly when it was last closed.
Some excellent observations here -- I'm glad I started the thread! Overall it seems the GTI is certainly justified in its postion as one of the world's great driving cars. No doubt there'll be improvements in the next model, but for now I reckon they've got it pretty much spot-on.
Oh, and for the record, mine's carbon steel too. I haven't seen any others in Tassie yet, but it's just a matter of time...
CS or GM looks good on some cars (e.g. my bro have a gunmetal accord euro (previous shape) and it looks nicer than white or black ones).
I found on MK6 Golf there's a bit of a love/hate polarity around CS colour... white I was told is the popular so I can't find white and had to settle for black just for the fact that my wife doesn't like the type of bright red hue offered in GTI, and I was a bit bored with silver after having owned 2 silver cars before (and wife's previous car was also silver, and her bro's Alfa 147 also silver) over the past 13 years in Melbourne - we had gone through so many silver cars in the household...
GOOD:
The sound of the exhaust..Not as roarty as the Mk V I'm told, but I find myself turning off the radio and just enjoying it.
The quality of the interior.
Seats
The motor..understated when you want it to be..but full of zip if you give it some.
BAD:
Automatic wipers - bit random aren't they?
No light around ignition.
Water dripping in through window and doors sometimes when you open them.
..and to be really picky..the fact it needs to run on 98 ron.
Otherwise I'm enjoying it. No regrets with my purchase at all...apart from the fact there's too many CS ones around!
I've found the exhaust sounds better inside the car in the MkVI but better outside the car in the MkV.
And I apologise for being another owner of a CS coloured one, though sounds like not as many here in NSW
It was much easier for holden to engineer a stalk switch with CANBUS apparently.
Holden are talking out of their rear end, the same connections are used if the stalk location is on the left or right hand side, no changes are needed to the vehicles systems and CAN bus has nothing to do with it.
pick up my car on Friday so should be able to contribute to this thread a bit more.... after the long wait ive built it up so much i hope it wont disappoint me!!
I think he's referring to the colour 'Carbon Steel'
pick up my car on Friday so should be able to contribute to this thread a bit more.... after the long wait ive built it up so much i hope it wont disappoint me!!
GOOD:
The sound of the exhaust..Not as roarty as the Mk V I'm told, but I find myself turning off the radio and just enjoying it.
The quality of the interior.
Seats
The motor..understated when you want it to be..but full of zip if you give it some.
BAD:
Automatic wipers - bit random aren't they?
No light around ignition.
Water dripping in through window and doors sometimes when you open them.
..and to be really picky..the fact it needs to run on 98 ron.
Otherwise I'm enjoying it. No regrets with my purchase at all...apart from the fact there's too many CS ones around!
good:
The engine. Smooth and silky. Naughtily revs past it's red line. Great power delivery and sounds great.
DSG. Best "auto" transmission I've had, but still prefer a manual.
Bad:
Brakes. They stop the car fine, but I hate the brake pedal feel! Much too soft. Too much movement and not enough resistance. Actually thought there was something wrong, but the dealer says they are normal.
Stereo. Features are good but the interface is clunky and too slow.
Automatic wipers are rubbish.
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