Hey guys.

I've been a member for a couple of years but haven't been very involved for quite some time.

I've recently made the difficult decision to sell my MK5 R32 (see the advertisement here: http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/foru...nty-75332.html if you're interested).

I have just put a deposit on a new MY12.5 Golf GTI 5-door in Deep Black, with manual transmission and 18" Detroits. I am looking to save some money for other endeavours, hence my reluctance to go for a Golf R or Scirocco R -- though they are both great cars!

Whilst I am very sad to be selling my R32 and the GTI is a 'step down' in terms of performance (not to mention THAT sound), I am looking forward to the GTI as it is still a great car.

After driving the R32 for 3 1/2 years I was quite surprised and very impressed with the dyanmics of the GTI when I drove it at the Volkswagen Drive Experience at Phillip Island a few weeks ago. Whilst I don't plan to be doing 198km/h down a road any time soon (as I did down the front straight of the course), I do enjoy the different feel of the turbocharged engine vs. the linear response of the R32.

Anyway, hopefully I'll be getting more involved in the scene with my wife and kid's over the coming months. I look forward to meeting some of you.

Cheers,

Josh.