Hey guys, great forum you've got here.

It was time for my my 400,000 km old Commodore to go so I started a <$20,000 car hunt a couple of weeks ago.

I'm young and live in a slightly dodgy suburb (insurance is an issue) so I started off looking at the Subaru Impreza RS 2.5 - not a bad car but pretty crap quality and waaaay too much NVH considering the (not that great) performance available.

I moved on to (manual, base model) Liberty and Mazda6, which were nice except that I felt that buying one would be like taking dancing lessons from my dad. No thanks.

This is when my old man (who drives a rather tasty black on black Jetta 2.0T DSG) suggested I look at the MKIV Golf GTI. It only took me 200 metres behind the wheel of one to realise it was an excellent car.

I drove a few (including chipped examples) and eventually bought a silver GTI owned by one mature lady. It has cloth/Recaro trim with no fading or blemishes on the inside, looks and feels like a new car (has done 60,000kms) with new Potenzas, FSH and zero mods.

I feel like a kid on Christmas eve, I pick her up tomorrow night and can't wait!

Anyway, I hope you don't mind another car nut around here, particularly one that's new to MKIV loveliness.

P.S here are some pics from the advert. I'll do proper ones later.