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No didn't but I doubt its necessary unless you take it on track frequently.

Mixed driving. Have gone out on 300km return trips to holIDAY AREAS about 5-7 times. Done 13,000km so far.

Camberwell VW (VIC), 13,000km.

OK just got my MkVI GTI full serviced at the 1 yr mark. All's well. Brakes in excellent condition, wheel balance, all computer diagnostics good to go. Price, circa $300. That's incredible value (my...

4 months was all i could manage till yesterday when walking back to car in shopping centre car park and saw a 5 cent size ding in the rear right door. Obviously some careless car next to mine just...

If you need to carry two prams (even small ones), its game over in a Golf. For one thing, you need to remove the parcel shelf if you want to put a weekend bag, portacot or weekly shopping. Not to...

my max was 650k and lowest was 400k (i have a scenic windy route to work when i feel like it). I tend to fill the tank till the till clicks and drive till there's 20k worth of petrol left. I know its...

I used to have a Accord Euro and we have an SUV now with the GTI.

The GTI is great for dropping my kids off at school, both are v young so still need to park and walk them in but my great smile is...

The Good:

1. Brilliant dynamics, absolute JOY to drive everyday to and from work. I actually look forward to that 20-30 minutes of solitude enjoyment!
2. RNS-510 is probably the best system out...

How come mine doesn't dip (talking about the passenger side view mirror when in reverse)? How do you activate it?

I know in summer, it releases some fume / chemical which gets on the inner windscreen which is hard to clean. It also has that cheap shine to it. I dont use it anymore. Meguiars has this citrus...

I've scraped the bottom front lip once on one of those concrete barriers at the front of the car space, most cars front ends have lots of room over it but the GTI scrapes it and that means the R will...

Have a look at this comparison which says it all about the GTI compared to boy-racer cars. I like the last category where they asked people at the pub which car they liked best based on STYLE!!!
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Correct, they legally can't order them for you but I did get them to throw them in when I negotiated. I got it in writing first from them then ordered the $695 custom black euro plates and got them...

Nice black car. Presumably you might be youngish so they are just checking if you may have stolen it. Don't take it personally. I was once pulled over by cop car in residential area. They said its a...

I reckon the R should have a more GTI-like front as it does look very ho-hum, almost overly discrete with the R logo and grey expanse. The GTI looks more flamboyant up front.
The back of the R wins...

Thats crap. I also had to delay picking my car up by 2 weeks because I went oseas but the great thing was that it was during the hailstorms and they put it in the showroom. I too was worried about...

I brought my car in for midnight express (which I had on a previous car and was happy) but the guy had no current stock of it so he agreed to do Formula 1 for the same price as midnight express.
It...

The 3 and 5 door GTIs look so similar that you might as well have the 5 drs. More practical, easier to sell, easier to open doors in small car parks (the 3 dr door is longer/bigger), able to expand...

Maybe they are attracted to live there because of the number of Golfs ??!

+1 well said. The "man bag" never caught on despite it being more functional for carrying wallet, phone etc. No matter what some posters say, at the end of the day we do "care about what people...

That's true. Italian men love scooters (not motorbikes) which in Oz is definitely girly. They also carry "man-bags".

Yes unfortunately as I've said before, its the basic shape of the Golf which feminises it, bright colours don't help either. Do you get uncomfortable silence when you declare its actually your car...

A glove box which you can't keep anything resembling a pen in (doesn't matter if its in the area for the book), it should be under warranty. Hope you win this one.

Ha ha ha!!! I find the people who get upset most and shout out how they can't give a damn about what people think etc are probably the ones most conscious about the girlie cars they drive (not...