My new GTI-6 P1

[Kane.]

Love it

[bennno2005]

Lovely car. Looks perfect as is IMO. Ill hopefully have another one day when we've got space for 2 cars.

[Luke]

Great buy mate, especially at the bargain you picked it up for.

I'm going to be contreversial though and say that IMO they look really dated - especially from the front, but I think that that's half the appeal.

[Gray]

Looking good!

[bennno2005]

Great buy mate, especially at the bargain you picked it up for.

I'm going to be contreversial though and say that IMO they look really dated - especially from the front, but I think that that's half the appeal.

I think this is true of the Phase 1's but the Phase 2's and 3's have aged really well (especially when you compare them to other cars the same age)

I agree though the phase 1's dated look is cool.

I'm going to be controversial and say that I think they are better looking than a 1*2

[DanielJames]

Absolutely love it Joey!!

Headunit looks half decent too, how much was it?

[JoeyD]

Cheers!

Great buy mate, especially at the bargain you picked it up for.

I'm going to be contreversial though and say that IMO they look really dated - especially from the front, but I think that that's half the appeal.

My thoughts exactly! I Love the way it looks, because it's so... 90's! lol

Absolutely love it Joey!!

Headunit looks half decent too, how much was it?

It was off eBay for around £100 IIRC, certainly does the job!

[alex-avfc]

Agree that they look slightly dated...the PH2 has aged well though as Benno said. Still a cool car.

I'd love a white Rallye personally. Let us know how you get on with the running costs compared to the 106, heard they like a drink.

Saw a grey one of these boot it away from the lights in Stafford the other day, sounded gorgeous.

[Naith]

i like that, looks well individual and funky!

where in salford are you?

[JoeyD]

Agree that they look slightly dated...the PH2 has aged well though as Benno said. Still a cool car.

I'd love a white Rallye personally. Let us know how you get on with the running costs compared to the 106, heard they like a drink.

Saw a grey one of these boot it away from the lights in Stafford the other day, sounded gorgeous.

Aye, I will do. Going to run it for the next couple of weeks hopefully. Will have a few long motorway runs and some B-road driving in there too, so it should give me a good idea and chance to give it a proper drive..
Not expecting to get over 30mpg though tbh! Thirsty.

[JoeyD]

i like that, looks well individual and funky!

where in salford are you?

Right near Salford Central Train station on Chapel street - so it's right on the edge of Salford.

In the 'Fresh Building'. Full of c**ts! lol

[Naith]

haha thats not salford you a student then? have to bring it over to eccles so i can have a nosey at it mate!

[JoeyD]

LOL It certainly feels like Salford, drug dealer neighbours y0.
Yeah, at Uni of Manchester doing Engineering currently, it's not easy though...
I'll be bringing it when I move to Warrington in March; I've already had one car pinched& torched in salford, shan't be making that mistake again haha

[bennno2005]

I'd love a white Rallye personally. Let us know how you get on with the running costs compared to the 106, heard they like a drink.

I was getting a pretty consistent 35mpg out of mine mixed driving really not that bad.

[alex-avfc]

Interesting to hear...thats about what I get out of my 106 GTI. Seems to be one of the main complains people have with these.

If that's true, no excuse not to own one now! Joey, did you say it was cheaper than your 106 to insure?

[zedx19]

You'll be lucky to get 35mpg average out one, most get 25mpg average, some 20mpg average. They are thirsty but its an old engine, no variable valve timing or owt, just an MI16 with some heavily changed internals!

[imprezaworks]

Bargain and lookis in great condition, bet your made up

[JoeyD]

Interesting to hear...thats about what I get out of my 106 GTI. Seems to be one of the main complains people have with these.

If that's true, no excuse not to own one now! Joey, did you say it was cheaper than your 106 to insure?

Not quite, it was about £100 more than the 106, but that's still about £100 less than a Saxo VTS for me!

Not expecting any sort of decent fuel consumption, but then that's not why I bought the thing!

[JoeyD]

Just had my first proper drive in it, initial impressions are that it feels like a bigger, slightly heavier 106 GTi; which it is tbh! The engine is an absolute peach! Very torquey above 3,000rpm and above 4,500/5,000 it comes alive. Sounds brilliant with the PiperX and Magnex, too. It's not OMG fast, but it's certainly a good step up from the 1600's that I've become used to. The steering is superb! Very well weighted and full of feel; if I had any criticism it would be that it's slightly too heavy at parking speeds, but that's a small sacrifice to make for proper steering feel at speed! You do sit slightly too high in the seat for my liking, and the steering wheel is a little too far away for me being 6foot. It's also a bit larger than I expected, but nothing compared to a Clio ship wheel! lol. Again though, these are things that I'd expect from a French hatch.
Overall I'm very impressed so far; can't comment on fuel consumption as I've not travelled far enough yet, but it hasn't drank too much on the 50 or so miles I've just driven. I'll be able to gauge that a bit better tomorrow when I do a motorway run.
Bargain for under £900!

[Marky_]

Nice one! Well looked after ones are hard to come by these days. Especially the ph1s.