2 days with the Gti and I am smiling more today. The ride comfort is brilliant firm but not intrusive into the cabin even with 18s on you can't really notice a difference from 17s(Yes Wish worth the extra). It is so comfortable on the motorway cruise the seats are brilliant, I have had a lot of comments on them from people. The steering and gearbox are great the gear change is just right for me direct but not clunky and the steering is weighted just right i don't like really light power ateering. It's funny I thought the not having the rear valance colour coded would bug me but it does not in the slightest. I may change my mind if I see one.
There is only one thing I can fault the car on and it is when you add base on the stereo you get some vibration from the speakers, but I think dynomat and a better set of front speakers will cure this, but it is something I will not be bothering with anytime soon.
I know this is fairly long but hopefully you get the point(Well Happy)
here are some better pictures.