What car did you have before your Mk7 Golf and how would you compare the two?

[SonicAaron]

Nice! I test drove the Ralliart when I was looking at buying my Polo about a year and a half ago. Nice and powerful, but the interior wasn't German enough for my liking . but you're right, we form connections with our cars that go way deeper than just being a mode of transport!




That is one smart looking Polo. Love the wheels. What type are they?

They're Fox Motorsport (MS006) ones, not really sure you'd get them in Australia. They're kind of budget and were £550 with tyres

i call my Polo Noel, after Noel Gallagher. I'm a big oasis fan lol

[anduril]

Bit of a far cry for me from this:



To my new child:

[Dutch77]

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Nice of them to acknowledge your ride with a "V" referenced park.

[veew]

haha you should add in a "W"

[finepics]

My new Golf coming on Monday will be my 35th car in almost 40 years of driving. Last car a 2002 Alfa Romeo 156 ("you can't call yourself a petrolhead until you've owned an Alfa" - Top Gear!!) - actually a pretty good car with a Selespeed gearbox (sort of similar to the DSG but single clutch) that actually worked!!

[Nauend]

2013 - downsized to a 2013 VW Golf Highline from a 2008 Falcon G6E - been almost a year!

2010 - a 2008 Falcon G6E

The Falcon and Golf are very different. Large rear wheel drive compared to small front wheel drive. 13-14 l/100 kms compared to ~6.5 l/100 kms in the Golf. The G6E - cream leather, sports tuning and suspension, iPhone integration, massive grunt - the Golf has get up and go and is more fun to drive. Every button in the G6E with a name or symbol worked, unlike the Golf. The golf's tendency to spin wheels from a standing start occasionally is nothing compared to the rear wheels on the G6E (says nothing about my driving style!). Did take a bit of getting used to the Golf's size (and still getting used to DSG) but better for my daughter on her L's to drive compared to the G6E - her driving style = ~4.9l/100 kms in the Golf. Loving the Golf, and would recommend a run up Clyde Mountain for anyone in the South Coast region as the Golf handles it soooo well.

Prior to that.....

2007 - a 2005 Mitsubishi Verada - won't buy black again
2002 - a 1999 Mitsubishi Magna
1999 - a 1997 Ford Falcon Futura - stolen in Sydney in 2001
1995 - a 1992 Ford Telstar
1990 - a 1988 Ford Falcon XF
1984 - a 1984 Toyota Carolla

[Lemonskin]

2013 - downsized to a 2013 VW Golf Highline from a 2008 Falcon G6E - been almost a year!

2010 - a 2008 Falcon G6E

The Falcon and Golf are very different. Large rear wheel drive compared to small front wheel drive. 13-14 l/100 kms compared to ~6.5 l/100 kms in the Golf. The G6E - cream leather, sports tuning and suspension, iPhone integration, massive grunt - the Golf has get up and go and is more fun to drive. Every button in the G6E with a name or symbol worked, unlike the Golf. The golf's tendency to spin wheels from a standing start occasionally is nothing compared to the rear wheels on the G6E (says nothing about my driving style!). Did take a bit of getting used to the Golf's size (and still getting used to DSG) but better for my daughter on her L's to drive compared to the G6E - her driving style = ~4.9l/100 kms in the Golf. Loving the Golf, and would recommend a run up Clyde Mountain for anyone in the South Coast region as the Golf handles it soooo well.

Prior to that.....

2007 - a 2005 Mitsubishi Verada - won't buy black again
2002 - a 1999 Mitsubishi Magna
1999 - a 1997 Ford Falcon Futura - stolen in Sydney in 2001
1995 - a 1992 Ford Telstar
1990 - a 1988 Ford Falcon XF
1984 - a 1984 Toyota Carolla

Looks like you've had a slew of big, dumb Aussie cars... You'll love the Golf in comparison. I had a 2007 Commodore VE and the Golf is literally 100,000 times better

[ZMan]

Previous car was a luxury euro accord. A great car that's comfortable and handled well for the size. The engine is also pretty sweet with a nice note as you get the revs up. Trouble free until it's 8th year (alternator) I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it. I believe it won wheels COTY 2007.

Our MK7 GTI is a different beast. I love the different personalities. Wife can do the school drop offs and shopping runs in comfort and I can have a bit of fun with it on weekends. Solid build. Impressive fuel economy.

Going further back:
Mitsubishi FTO - looked great, handled well enough. Got a bit rattly but that 2L V6 that redlined at 8k rpm was insane.

[Dutch77]

The Accord Euro still looks fresh today despite being a design that's 10+ years old, something that it funnily enough shares with its actual European cousins. Highlights how far Hondas styling has faded.

Interesting that quite a few of us have shared common drives over the last 15 odd years.

[AdamD]

Interesting that quite a few of us have shared common drives over the last 15 odd years.

Yes indeed. My last car before my Mk6 was a 2005 Accord Euro (CL9 - the first series). Fantastic car, but with a very different character to the GTI. I still miss it.

[Dutch77]

Yes indeed. My last car before my Mk6 was a 2005 Accord Euro (CL9 - the first series). Fantastic car, but with a very different character to the GTI. I still miss it.

Ditto, in fact mine happened to be a 2005 as well. Again funnily enough in the dark grey which is not pretty close to CSG - there's one parked one space down from me at work each day. I had the Luxury model which came with those nice OEM 17 inch wheels which they later decided to put on the cheaper 'Sports' model and went with a much more boring wheel on the Luxury. Was a very comfortable cruiser and didn't handle too bad either.

[AdamD]

I had the Luxury model which came with those nice OEM 17 inch wheels which they later decided to put on the cheaper 'Sports' model and went with a much more boring wheel on the Luxury. Was a very comfortable cruiser and didn't handle too bad either.

Those '05-only Lux rims were great. I had a base model manual, but retro-fitted fogs and a few other things. Tried to get my hands on a set of the 05 Lux/Sport rims, but no-one was willing to sell. Ended up picking up a set of the plainer style 17s from the '06 Luxury instead.

[Dutch77]

I see a red theme.

How does the company that creates that design come up with the Civic hatch today.

[AdamD]

I see a red theme.

How does the company that creates that design come up with the Civic hatch today.

I had an EK Civic in the same red before the Euro.

As for the new Civic hatch... Honda clearly have issues.

[ZMan]

I had an EK Civic in the same red before the Euro.

As for the new Civic hatch... Honda clearly have issues.

Yeah the current civic hatch does look strange but I kinda like the look of the Type R models.