So, after a very short fling with an extremely loud and excitable Abarth 500, the ride comfort had shattered my back and my tolerance for 'non car people' thinking I drove a Fiat 500 had worn thin. It was time for a change.
Usually when new cars come out, they take a year or so to grow on me. Not the MK6 GTI. This is a car I loved the look of from day one. It was one those "I'll have one some day, I will" kind of cars. And so I did.
My criteria was simple. Low miles, DSG gear box, FVWSH, not black, 5 door and of course excellent condition. Spec after this was an added bonus. I searched for months for the right one, throughout NI and even across the water. I couldn't believe how hard this was to find! So I emailed the head of VW sales for NI, and he very kindly made contact with all his sales managers. Luckily, a GTI was due to be traded into Agnew's a couple of days later. I went to see it and it was absolutely stunning.
My search was over! A 2011, VW Gold GTI DSG, 5 Door, Candy White with every optional extra available including sunroof and the all important shadow Monza alloys. It had the right story behind it too, formally belonging to a VW sales manager.
I absolutely love it. It is the perfect package, with huge capability, german practicality and of course build quality. No big plans, less is more. It has the LED lights front and rear as standard. I've fitted H&R springs (-30mm) which I'm so impressed with. They've closed the wheel gap and I can hardly notice any difference whatsoever in ride comfort. Handling has improved slightly as expected.
At the minute I have some gun metal grey Monza's on for the winter, which look great against the candy white. I swapped my BBS CH's from my last Golf onto this towards the end of summer to see how they looked... the picture below shows the car with the H&R's fitted too.
Usually when new cars come out, they take a year or so to grow on me. Not the MK6 GTI. This is a car I loved the look of from day one. It was one those "I'll have one some day, I will" kind of cars. And so I did.
My criteria was simple. Low miles, DSG gear box, FVWSH, not black, 5 door and of course excellent condition. Spec after this was an added bonus. I searched for months for the right one, throughout NI and even across the water. I couldn't believe how hard this was to find! So I emailed the head of VW sales for NI, and he very kindly made contact with all his sales managers. Luckily, a GTI was due to be traded into Agnew's a couple of days later. I went to see it and it was absolutely stunning.
My search was over! A 2011, VW Gold GTI DSG, 5 Door, Candy White with every optional extra available including sunroof and the all important shadow Monza alloys. It had the right story behind it too, formally belonging to a VW sales manager.
I absolutely love it. It is the perfect package, with huge capability, german practicality and of course build quality. No big plans, less is more. It has the LED lights front and rear as standard. I've fitted H&R springs (-30mm) which I'm so impressed with. They've closed the wheel gap and I can hardly notice any difference whatsoever in ride comfort. Handling has improved slightly as expected.
At the minute I have some gun metal grey Monza's on for the winter, which look great against the candy white. I swapped my BBS CH's from my last Golf onto this towards the end of summer to see how they looked... the picture below shows the car with the H&R's fitted too.
