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Thread: Mk5 Appreciation Thread

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    Mk5 Appreciation Thread

    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.
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    Fuel (diesel) consumption for me, comfort and acceleration
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    FUN FUN FUN

    with added luxury with the leathers

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    Golf V 2.0TDi Sportline with Black Leather

    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!
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    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.


    MY10 S3 3dr

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    Thumbs up

    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,
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    The steering wheel!


    MY10 S3 3dr

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    FYI the outer door skins can be replaced in the event of dent accidents without the cost of replacing of an entire door
    - Ben

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    Quote Originally Posted by phaeton View Post
    FYI the outer door skins can be replaced in the event of dent accidents without the cost of replacing of an entire door
    Hope you haven't had to do that...
    Sep 09 PassatWagon|SilverLeaf|2.0 TDi 125Kw|DSG|17" Rims|Leather Heated Seats|Soon to be RNS-510, MDI, Skoda BT, Reverse Camera, Viper Alarm, Bluefin

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    (puts his hand up)

    ... yup, that's me - twice, amongst other incidents...

    My local body shop loves working on the MkV, seeing as they have had so much practice on mine

    So:

    1. I love the way the little beastie can be repaired so easily (due to a run af bad luck which is over - hopefully)
    2. Our particular baby seat/capsule fits easily into the back seat (unlike a mate of mine who had to sell his SP23 - should have taken my advice and bought the MkV in the first place, silly bugger)
    3. When I load up the roof pod (80kg capacity), it hardly effects the performance and handling - especially on the Brown Mountain
    4. Most of all, the MkV 2TDi is a 'sleeper' - a wolf in sheeps clothing (hehehe...)
    Last edited by JP_Aircooled_TDi; 07-07-2007 at 08:45 AM.
    2007 Elegance Wagon 2TDI
    2005 Multivan
    1976 White MkI Golf

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