Mk5 Appreciation Thread

[piper26]

I love the pirelli edition seats. Look amazing and are still very comfortable on long drives.

Pirelli tread patterned microfiber seats are pure gold. Especially given that they seat you in 230+HP of K04 blown action

[Bankai]

Im new here and own a MKV R32 loving the DSG box and the exhaust note of a flapper mod and res delete overall nice car first euro for myself

[Bankai]

Also got the optional .:R recaro seats one of my favorite options

[pokiou]

reason why i bought mine:

DSG noise when shifting.

[BennyTheJet]

I love the look of MKVs... they are the best looking model when sitting next to both their older and younger siblings.

In particular I love the performance of my GT Sport coupled with the fuel efficiency. I could have only dreamed of getting 650km out of a tank for $65-70 back when I was driving a Mitsubishi Magna.

There is a huge amount of boot space, especially when the rear seats are down.. I can pack in my full 4x12" guitar cab, head, two guitars, massive amounts of pedals and two PA speakers with plenty of room still to spare.

[golfmeup]

Finally bought a mkv gti after lusting after one for nearly 10 years!

Love the refinement.
Quality up there with the best.
Awesome power and silky smooth DSG.
I bought a 9 year old car that feels as tight as a 2 year old car! Testament to a well built car.

Only a couple of issues to fix.
Interior light switch is dead and stitching on drivers seat starting to come apart (3 cm long tear)

[greengti89]

I'm looking at buying an my08 3 door mk5 Gti, anyone know what I should look out for? The one I'm looking at is dsg, has full books, and only 82xxxkms...

That keen to upgrade from my just sold mk4!


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[golfmeup]

Hey greengti, I'd be checking dsg service has been down according to books.
You will be up for timing belts soon, otherwise if good condition sounds good.

[phillip1978]

Check these things

HPFP Cam Follower
CV boots (both boots on mine went at about 100,000kms and at 7 years)

See if you can get a VCDS cable and run a scan via the OBD2.

I'm looking at buying an my08 3 door mk5 Gti, anyone know what I should look out for? The one I'm looking at is dsg, has full books, and only 82xxxkms...

That keen to upgrade from my just sold mk4!


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[xssive]

I love the DSG !! .. I bought my Mk5 GTI a few months ago as a weekend track toy.

Always been a manual box man but cause the wifey needs to drive it sometimes, and wont learn manual, I went DSG.

Let me just say, on the track it was so much better than I would have ever expected, I had read every DSG v Manual debate on every VW forum, almost put me off..

The only real issue was the DSG did overheat a few times. I was running a Stg 1 Tune & going hard at Sandown.. I just need to learn to do a few more cool down laps in between