After a few months of umming and ahhhing, I went up to Chester on Thursday, stayed over night, and picked up my new car yesterday morning. I know it's not a GTi, but I managed to haggle a deal on a perfect R32 (which in all honesty is what I REALLY wanted) that was TOO good to turn down. In a nutshell I had to do what was financially best for me, and this R32 is perfect (I hope!).
The car is a '06, Deep Blue Pearl, Full Leather, Winter Pack, Convenience Pack (not a toilet!), and 6CD.
A 5 hour drive home last night and I really got to grips with it and it revealed its self to what a superb car it is. The engine is a peach and it is effortless to drive, pulling in every gear. And that noise, wow, it's gorgeous!!!! *)
I know the styling is not exactly perfect in places, but having now got one and examined it in the flesh close up, there are curves and styling bits that pictures simply do not show. It's quit a big beast, but very elegant, and a real head turner too in the colour that seems to change depending on the light! (i'm going to try and do some nighttime photos, because the blue really goes deep at night under artificial light!)
It got covered in motorway salt yesterday, so I gave her a quick clean this morning (but I packed it in ?cos it was so cold!). The sun is very low at the mo, meaning I can't very good pics. Here's an attempt anyway (before I dysoned and cleaned inside!).
A HUGE thanks to everybody who has helped out over the past few months!
Cheers
Kevin
The car is a '06, Deep Blue Pearl, Full Leather, Winter Pack, Convenience Pack (not a toilet!), and 6CD.
A 5 hour drive home last night and I really got to grips with it and it revealed its self to what a superb car it is. The engine is a peach and it is effortless to drive, pulling in every gear. And that noise, wow, it's gorgeous!!!! *)
I know the styling is not exactly perfect in places, but having now got one and examined it in the flesh close up, there are curves and styling bits that pictures simply do not show. It's quit a big beast, but very elegant, and a real head turner too in the colour that seems to change depending on the light! (i'm going to try and do some nighttime photos, because the blue really goes deep at night under artificial light!)
It got covered in motorway salt yesterday, so I gave her a quick clean this morning (but I packed it in ?cos it was so cold!). The sun is very low at the mo, meaning I can't very good pics. Here's an attempt anyway (before I dysoned and cleaned inside!).
A HUGE thanks to everybody who has helped out over the past few months!
Cheers
Kevin