Golf GTI: the good, the bad, the weird...and appreciation thread

**Johnson4** · 20-08-2010, 01:08 PM

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...

**flappa** · 20-08-2010, 01:25 PM

CS here as well. I've seen 2 others here in the ACT.

I saw a heap of GTI's on my recent QLD , no CS one's. Mainly Red & Whte.

**elephino** · 20-08-2010, 02:14 PM

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.

**GTI mk6** · 20-08-2010, 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by elephino

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

**Maverick** · 20-08-2010, 04:55 PM

Originally Posted by GTI mk6

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

How do you accidentally hit the button when it needs to be held down for a few seconds? And it doens't unlatch the hatch, all it does is "unlock" the rear handle to allow you to open the hatch (unless you've made changes in Vagcom/VCDS for the auto hatch pop). Sounds like you didn't close the rear hatch correctly.

**elephino** · 20-08-2010, 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by Maverick

How do you accidentally hit the button when it needs to be held down for a few seconds? And it doens't unlatch the hatch, all it does is "unlock" the rear handle to allow you to open the hatch (unless you've made changes in Vagcom/VCDS for the auto hatch pop). Sounds like you didn't close the rear hatch correctly.

A single press unlocks the boot on mine, and a 2s hold unlatches it (not that it moves).

And to clarify, it was the drivers side rear door not the boot/hatch.

**GTI mk6** · 20-08-2010, 05:37 PM

Originally Posted by elephino

A single press unlocks the boot on mine, and a 2s hold unlatches it (not that it moves).

And to clarify, it was the drivers side rear door not the boot/hatch.

Was just after I got my car, whatever I did it was when I was "unlocking the car"
when returning home in it. Thats the beauty of the MFD display, showed me the
error of my ways hehe
Edit, sorry mate, you did say rear door too, my mistake in thinking hatch..mine was the hatch though

**blanch0b** · 23-08-2010, 01:29 PM

i have to say i agree with most of the comments here on the good, the bad and the wierd...

One thing that really annoys me though is the small gap/wedge between the windows and the door frame. I have a huge jacaranda above my car which constantly drops incredbily small leaves which obviosuly find there way into this area between the windows and the door..... they get wedged in there i cant even blow them out which, for a new car, is heart breaking

Im also finding lots of little areas where mess/leaves can accumulate pretty quickly, and the back of the car gets dirty very quickly (whilst leaving the front pristine)

easy solved but i wish they designed the car so that the window sat flush at least

**picard2bridge** · 24-08-2010, 06:51 PM

flappa said:

"Seems to be getting slower, or , maybe its just me. Coming from a 3000 kg 4wd to a Golf GTI , the first week was plain scary. Now, not so much. No increase in anything, temps, fuel etc, so I'm guessing its just me."

I've had exactly the same thought, and for a while there I was worried that there was something wrong with my GTI. First week or so, my head was repeatedly jerking backwards against the headrest, but now no more. And I miss it.

But I'm sure there's not a change in the actual performance, it's just that I am used to it now, and probably a little more controlled with the right foot as well.

Has anyone else experienced this?