Sam,
I see a few people talking about diesel etc on this thread. My friend has a Golf TDI and loves it, it is new and fast, only marginally slower than the GTI. I know that there are problems getting diesel on US but i read recently that its use is on the up due to the rising cost of petrol. The new diesel engines are great, clean, economical to the point of putting petrol to shame, and they no longer have the slowness that they were once renowned for. my friend who has the TDI had Golf before hand, the one below the GTI and loved that as well. as well as that all of the revieweres in europe love it, heralding it as the best since the true original, the mark1.
Slán
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>First since 1994, I'm in the market to buy a new car (acutally I've NEVER owned a new car. It's always been "pre_owned"). Anyways, I'm leaning towards the new 2006 Volkswagen GTI, when it comes to the states this fall.
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>Has anyone had the chance to test drive the new GTI?
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>But I'm open to any suggestions on any car model.
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>TIA