u/Haslerdesigns

Manual, oryx white, leather, black Pretorias and black mirror caps.

I’ve always had manual cars and wanted a manual but after 1,000 miles I do recognise that the DSG is better suited to this car.

Apart from it being manual, I bought it on condition rather than spec. I wouldn’t have picked leather seats, I wouldn’t have picked white and I wouldn’t have picked black wheels.

Overall I’m happy with the car. It does feel slower than I was expecting, coming from a GR Yaris I expected it to be worse handling but I thought it would feel as quick. I think that’s down to torque, the Yaris boosts quite hard at low revs but the Golf has its best power at high revs. But this was cheaper and is way more practical than the GR so it makes more sense for now.

Can’t really do a remap without upgrading the clutch, which I’d rather avoid for now since the stock clutch on this one is strong with a sharp bite so not particularly desperate to go down that road.

I know some people like the stormtrooper / panda look but If I keep it long term I would use any accidental wheel grazes as an excuse to get the Pretorias redone in a dark silver, and probably get silver mirror caps on to match

Nearly new maxxis all season tyres, I’m sure the car would be better on PS5s but might as well run these until they need replacing

Oh and it’s got the dynaudio system, been fiddling with settings and it’s great for upbeat/dance stuff with thumping bass but I don’t often listen to that kind of stuff and I find it is less impressive for the cheesy soft rock ballads and indie music I listen to : D

Illustrator telling me I’m working too fast! I just clicked remove background, thought I’d give it a try, apparently that is me going too fast???