Newbie: Possibly buying a Polo GTI

[ryan_GTI]

Dude the polo just gets better n better the longer u own it - definately no regrets! except being made in spain you *may* find some quality issues (judging by mine - don't wanna generalise all polos)

Plus with the chip from either GIAC or APR, it can surprise ALOTTA drivers - and totally drives like a different car! it never fails to impress.. you'll have to get used to ppl giving you thumbs up when you give turbo 6's a run for their money lol

If you wanna get some good deals, refer to what timbo said - try to get in contact with as much dealerships you can as it's the way to bargain these days.. !

best of luck dude

[REDMKVGTI]

Went for a hoon in a polo GTI today, gotta say I was really impressed, in fact thinking I may save my self some money on the golf GTI.

[VWindahouse]

Welcome to the forum carazy, I personaly drove suzuki swift sport, misub colt ralliart, have also drive a sportivo. Personally none compared. Sportivo is a car you constantly have to rev the crap out of to get it going, nothing really below 5000rpm, suzuki swift felt plasticy and didnt feel as good to me and sam,e as colt, it wasnt bad but the shape (mini mpv) . for looks polo wins outright for performance, well thats up in the air but it definitely is better than corolla and swift, its better in just about every way imo. and as for price id be trying for dealer charges etc to be taken off not sure if youll get to much more than that.

Your'e on the money shaneth! I had one of the facelift sportivios and had to heavily modify it to get really awesome results and at a huge financial cost. Unfortunately had to sell it to go to canada for 12months. The first thing I was totally impressed with with the GTI was the gear box. Short positive throws with no knotchiness or missing gears under more spirited driving conditions. As shaneth said you really have to hit lift just after 6000rpm and try to stay in lift with your next couple of gear changes to get good results off the lights. Unfortunately the sportivo is made in South Africa and build quality is very average. There have been many warranty issues with these cars and Toyota are less than helpful. The best thing about the car is the 2ZZGE engine which is the same one they use in the Lotus Exige. I belive Lotus have released the new Exige S which is a supercharged version and has a 0-100 speed of 4.1 seconds. Only after owning my GTi for 1 week I can tell you that it is a fantastic package with endless possiblities. My 2 cents

[FL00DY]

Every time i see one on the road i dream/think about buying one. Wont buy new tho, seen a couple with about 12000ks in the classifieds already, asking around 26k. I could spend the saving on a chip and suspension upgrade. 1..2..3..and back to reality. No money

If your serious, there is a guy on VWVortex looking to sell his. Think he's over on the west coast though.

The Sportivo needs to disappear from your list straight away. It's a piece of crap I don't care what engine is in it. For a so-called Hot Hatch the thing handles like a boat. A mate has one, and the first time he came for a sin in mine he cried over how much money he wasted on the Sportivo. well OK he didn't but he should have.

He came with a mate and I (mate owns a Cooper S JCW) to Macq Pass. My fav stretch of twisties. He couldn't keep up, I was keeping up with the JCW, but everytime we'd get to traffic we'd look behind us to find Geoff and it'd take him 5 minutes to get there. [COMIC BOOK GUY]Worst hot hatch ever[/COMIC BOOK GUY]