Mk5 Appreciation Thread

[mikinoz]

Here is a thread that allows you to spell out why you like your MKV, why you are hanging out to buy a MKV or share something neat that you have learnt that is cool about your MKV.

I spose I should start and for me, the best thing so far about our MKV is that there is more rear seat room than the MKIV.

[acdcfan]

Fuel (diesel) consumption for me, comfort and acceleration

[VWGTi]

FUN FUN FUN

with added luxury with the leathers

[briseos]

Love this car for many reasons
1. Fuel economy despite heavy footed driving
2. Amazing performance and bonus smoke-screen if you need it to bamboozle the young dude in the jap-crap turbo that thinks he can whip your *rse
3. Leather sport seats in the sportline - perfect combo of comfort and support for 24h plus drives
4. Heated seats - even in 'cold' Qld winter mornings, keep air cool but body warm
5. Torque!!! combined with DSG - the purrfect combination - eats hills for breakfast
6. understated design - no attention drawn until you need to
7. Continues to get better every day - 45,000kms now and still improving - when will it end??
8. Will turn into a TDi Eos in a few months - what more could you want!
9. If I get bored, I'll just spend a couple of grand and chip it for even more torquey love!! Twisted!

[Lima]

Our 2001 Mk4 GTI didn't have any of these things, nor could they be optioned at the time...

1. powerful engine that loves to be "driven"
2. dual zone climate control
3. trip computer
4. ESP
5. GTI specific interior/exterior
6. leather seats
7. good-excellent handling from factory

Our Mk5 GTI has all these things, the only thing it doesn't have is 5 doors.

[gtimk5]

I love the performance. My last golf was a 1.6 Mk 4 GL.
To jump out of my old Mk1 competition car(Gunter) and drive the Mk5 GTi I reckon that it runs rings around Gunter in power and definately handling. Throw some shocks and springs and tyres on it and you would have a rapid car. Oh, and a diff!
The finish on it is excellent and the panel fit is faultless. No, nothing I dont love about it,

[jethro41]

Where does one start;

Gretel (for that is her name) is a TR MK5 GTI.

Compared to her previous iterations (00 MK4 1.6 and 03 Mk4 2.0)... well there is no comparison.

As nice as those two wee beasties were, and they were very,very nice, Gretel is an absolute bombshell.

She is SA built, so was my previous 2.0, but she is a whole world of difference in build quality.

Yes, she has her build foibles, but so did the Wolfsburg 1.6

She is a delight to drive and returns a very decent fuel economy without an aweful lot of effort on my part

Looks, to die for.

Engine, sheer delight.

Steering, Superb.

tracks like a slot car.

Interior, a delight to sit in.

I can tell you now that Gretel will be the first car that I've owned that I will have trouble parting with.... Never thought I'd say that about a car.

[whplash]

2006 GTI DSG

I love turbos, the woosh is cool.

But I bought this car for the wife (but I do drive it sometimes). DSG is the reason. Most sports cars are manual only. At least this car has the best of both worlds, and paddle shift!

The GTI 's fuel economy is way better than my subaru turbo forester - it's a 2.5L.

[dtrinh]

Hello everyone, first time poster here. Now has anybody noticed how the wipers always comes to rest on a different side of the blade to where it started? I think that it is extremely unoticed clever thinking.

[schoona]

Hey guys....

Im a mk3 boy obviously, but I went on a MkV cruise on saturday.
I do appreciate this is a cross-post, but tohught you guys had to see this. The man that owns this beast is a gentleman and has had a string of dubs. I hope he doesn't mind me showing you guys this.




See thread here:
http://www.golfmkv.com/forums/showth...ight=turbo+R32