P!ssed off

[Bflat]

Lol I'm not a hulk

[VW Central]

Fellas,
have been noticing lately that the only people I see out driving GTI's are old women! Anyone else notice this? Pulled up next to an identical one in Brunswick at the lights last night and thought, "great, a fellow enthusiast"
wrong.
Family of four.
This morning in North Melbourne - old woman who pedalled it off the line. I even stopped to listen to the exhaust note (which was a non event).
I'm praying i see someone DRIVING their GTI soon.
End rant.

I'm a male and 22 and own a GTI if that makes you feel any better

[hazrd]

theres 2 pogs in my area other than my own (that ive seen). one is driven by a dude my age, and the other one is driven by this chick that is an absolute STUNNER *drool*

[seangti]

Tooch, thanks for not being a PC warrior.
One of the few VW fans I knew before VWW also lives in Templestowe, older guy, drives a Caddy, loves it to bits. That tdi in his really shuffles.
Perhaps i'm being overly idealistic, but a colleague of mine drives a Nissan 300ZX (1990), now i'm not a big fan of these cars but one thing i'm extremely jealous of is that whenever one 300ZX passes another one the owners acknowledge each other. This is awesome. When ever I drive past/near/next to another GTI there's absolutely nothing, as if they don't even realise what they're driving.

I agree with your point. Coming from a modded GT Forester, when you saw another modded forester there was almost always an acknowledgement. Even with the WRX drivers there was typically a nod, or a traffic light grand prix The age group is much the same, but the "culture" of the groups are vastly different. Attending one of the meets, I do notice the VW crowd is more towards the "denim shorts and deck shoes", than it is the cap backward, surf board on the roof kind of person. All nice people, just different.

[kangfu]

This is the whole reason i bought the car, it doesn't get (unwanted) attention but is still fun to drive for those who want to explore some simple mods.

If you wanted a 'status symbol', a small VW hatch isn't exactly what you should have bought ...

[Corey_R]

Yeah...
I'm glad that there are so many middle-aged women driving Golf GTI's and Polo GTI's etc.

I'm really annoyed that Subaru's current crop of cars suck so much that there are so many WRX boys coming over and buying Golf's and Polo's now - it risks making us targets of unwelcomed attention (on numerous fronts).

Oh and just a to all you Subaru people who take offense to those comments hehe

[johnw]

Fellas,
have been noticing lately that the only people I see out driving GTI's are old women! Anyone else notice this? Pulled up next to an identical one in Brunswick at the lights last night and thought, "great, a fellow enthusiast"
wrong.
Family of four.
This morning in North Melbourne - old woman who pedalled it off the line. I even stopped to listen to the exhaust note (which was a non event).
I'm praying i see someone DRIVING their GTI soon.
End rant.

LOL welcome to Passat world mate!

[tooch]

On another note I also am a Dees supporter, may sticker up too as I've got a (relatively) stock appearing red gti, should suit. Heading in to the 'G on Sunday?

Just saw this reply, yeah I was there yesterday! What a motherf**er of a game, I hate draws!

Bflat. I have a red Polo Gti and i live down in Bulleen. There aren't actually that many Pogs around us but i do see 2 very similar silver pogs =P i try to give them a wave if i see them in time.

Do you live opposite the golf range or somewhere near there? I'm sure I see you around all the time, I think I saw you today
I'm probably one of the silver ones that you wave to, there are a couple of silver ones around Bulleen/Tempy, and a black one or 2 as well.

[Bflat]

Tooch, I'm near St. Helena shops, haven't seen any pogs today.
I often visit a mate (clio driver) who lives just near the silo's in Bulleen so i'm spot-able around those woods. Have you run that road down to fitzimmons lane past the massive blocked estate out there? single lane bridge and what not, great bit of road!
Perhaps to satisfy my need for recognition from other gti drivers we can co-ordinate a drive/wave-by one day

N.B. On the day of my original post (and it was bound to happen) I saw a couple of younger guys (and a girl) getting about in their gti's. I stand corrected

[Bflat]

Yeah...
I'm glad that there are so many middle-aged women driving Golf GTI's and Polo GTI's etc.

I'm really annoyed that Subaru's current crop of cars suck so much that there are so many WRX boys coming over and buying Golf's and Polo's now - it risks making us targets of unwelcomed attention (on numerous fronts).

Oh and just a to all you Subaru people who take offense to those comments hehe

Corey I'll agree with you on that one, the lack of attention from the constabulary is great (I had the same level of invisibility with my previous car.......Da**oo ).
I was also considering a Subie before the polo....old man has an outback and the Liberty really takes my fancy (in wagon form of course, gotta put the bikes somewhere).
The middle aged woman who previously owned mine was an ex VW employee so in my mind it maked perfect sense why she owned it, I guess I just haven't considered the back-story to all the other housewives i've seen driving them

[tooch]

Have you run that road down to fitzimmons lane past the massive blocked estate out there? single lane bridge and what not, great bit of road!

Do you mean the road that goes through to Viewbank? I.e. you turn left off Fitz. lane if heading in the Eltham direction? If that's the one you mean, yeah I've travelled it many times . My gf's sister lives in Viewbank so I go that way to their house.

[Bflat]

Do you mean the road that goes through to Viewbank? I.e. you turn left off Fitz. lane if heading in the Eltham direction? If that's the one you mean, yeah I've travelled it many times . My gf's sister lives in Viewbank so I go that way to their house.

that's the one - awesome fun!

[walkerchan]

Hey tooch, that's me. I live in that estate opposite the driving range haha. Drive about 750km a week so always going in and out.

To you and bflat, we should meet up sometime. Ive never driven down that area. always wanted to meet up with a few local polo boys to see if my cars 'little quirks' are what the car is supposed to actually be like haha

[Bflat]

Good idea. What day/time suits? I can do after 9 most evenings. Meet at the Heidelberg cricket club?

[kaanage]

Should a VIC 9N3 Polo group get organised?
I know 3 GTi owners and another TDi owner that I've cruised with.