http://www.autoblog.com/2006/12/30/five-do...und-for-the-us/


Um, yay?

I would have the 5 door over the 3

It's already here. I saw one a month ago.

I was driving one over thanksgiving

I've never seen one. In fact I rarely see the new GTI's.

so now people can buy a even heavier piece of blob.

They aint the lightest cars in their category ...

So?
It's a really nice car

Drove it. Without any prejudice i might add, didnt like it.

Well, I drove it without any prejudice as well and I really liked it

So there!

I'm a total GTI nut and I strongly dislike the MkV. It's too big, too isolated, and they ruined the steering.

I'm a total GTI nut and I strongly like the MkV. It didn't feel much bigger than the MkIV, the interior was decent quality, the ergonomics were good, the seats were comfortable as fuck. The steering sucked at low speed however because of the electroassist but I hear that can be disabled with a VAG-COM (read: m4dh4x0rz)

Despite being down a fair bit on power, the GTI will be the discerning driver's performance Golf of choice. The R32 is so damn heavy and only available with DSG.

There is not such thing as the discerning driver's Golf of choice in the MkV generation, and I don't think there will be. The GTI's closest but it's still pretty lame compared to its competitors.

I've driven most, if not all, of it's competitors and it most certainly is the car of choice for the discerning driver (in that price range)

Perhaps you have to be over 30 to appreciate it