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How Old Are MK7 GTI Owners
- Thread starter Rumrunner
- Start date
ryanbensminger
New member
- Location
- Dallas, TX
- Car(s)
- 2016 GTI Built E85
I bought my mk7 15 days after I turned 29.
5280 TDI
New member
- Location
- Denver, Colorado
59 here, but I distinctly remember 23 was a very good age, at least by 23 year old guy standards.
First GTI, 7th VDub.
ThirstyTurtle
New member
I'm 29 . I've wanted a GTI since I drove a MKIV when I was 15. Coming from a 2002 Golf TDI.
dgreger13
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Eagle Mountain, UT
- Car(s)
- 2015 GTI
I just turned 20, but had the car since I was 18.
If the car I am driving does not make me smile, I'd rather take a bus.
aprofoundhatredofjustin
Ready to race!
32. Came from a mk6 golf 2.5. Loving it.
Cptnjosh
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Kentuckiana
- Car(s)
- 2017 Sport
44 and recently got a 17 Sport DSG in Carbon Steel. This is my 4th VAG vehicle. 1980 scirocco S, 87 16v GTI, 90 corrado g60. The MK7 is my favorite of course, but I loved to drive the Scirocco and the 16v. The Corrado was ok but a money pit.
waynelowe1
New member
I just bought a 2017 golf GTI SE. 43 years and my 1st GTI.
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krayziejcs
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- FL
31 here, first VW. So far it's been great
kec7891
New member
- Location
- Winston Salem, NC
49 here. This weekend I traded in my 2010 GTI for a new 2017 SE. I looked at other cars but kept coming back to the GTI. This is my 3rd. There was a part of me that would think, "Is this too much of a younger guy's car? Shouldn't I be in an Audi or Mercedes?" Finally decided, who cares? This car makes me smile every time I drive it.
So,
First was an '85 GTI
Sold that for an '88 Jetta GLI 16v
Had kids, and not wanting my cars scraped to shit by bikes being yanked out of the garage drove other cars that I wouldn't cringe when that would happen.
Kids grew up, so I bought the 2010 GTI, drove it 4 ish years (bought it used with 22k on the odo) and the ONLY thing I had to fix was the intake manifold, which everyone had to fix. It was APR tuned as well with some other nice things added.
I simply stopped into the dealership just to drive a 2017 SE and 30 minutes later was signing paperwork. I had 4 grand in equity too which was nice.
Mine also has the lighting package and I have to admit, I never understood why so many guys recommended it. Now I do. Oh hell, and the Fender audio is SO much better sounding than the standard unit in my MKVI.
No need to add a boost gauge (yay!) Carplay is very cool, the MFI is 10 times nicer, the red striped lights on the doors are nice as well as the ones on the kick plate, or whatever you call it. The brakes, due to the PP, are fantastic, etc. etc. etc. No wonder I signed the papers that day.
So next I decide about the tune. I may go Cobb or JB4 this time due to ease of unwinding it and lower cost. Plus in all honesty, it took practice keeping the tires planted with the APR tune on my previous GTI.
Windows just got tinted so now I start deciding on the little things I want to do.
So,
First was an '85 GTI
Sold that for an '88 Jetta GLI 16v
Had kids, and not wanting my cars scraped to shit by bikes being yanked out of the garage drove other cars that I wouldn't cringe when that would happen.
Kids grew up, so I bought the 2010 GTI, drove it 4 ish years (bought it used with 22k on the odo) and the ONLY thing I had to fix was the intake manifold, which everyone had to fix. It was APR tuned as well with some other nice things added.
I simply stopped into the dealership just to drive a 2017 SE and 30 minutes later was signing paperwork. I had 4 grand in equity too which was nice.
Mine also has the lighting package and I have to admit, I never understood why so many guys recommended it. Now I do. Oh hell, and the Fender audio is SO much better sounding than the standard unit in my MKVI.
No need to add a boost gauge (yay!) Carplay is very cool, the MFI is 10 times nicer, the red striped lights on the doors are nice as well as the ones on the kick plate, or whatever you call it. The brakes, due to the PP, are fantastic, etc. etc. etc. No wonder I signed the papers that day.
So next I decide about the tune. I may go Cobb or JB4 this time due to ease of unwinding it and lower cost. Plus in all honesty, it took practice keeping the tires planted with the APR tune on my previous GTI.
Windows just got tinted so now I start deciding on the little things I want to do.
VWSlamSammich
Passed Driver's Ed
- Location
- Erie, Colorado
20, first car I've ever bought on my own.
CDN_MKV
Wakka Wakka
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
- Car(s)
- 07 UG GTI
@28 - 2002 GTI 337
@32 - 2005 GTI
@38 - 2010 GTI
@42 - 2016 Golf R
@32 - 2005 GTI
@38 - 2010 GTI
@42 - 2016 Golf R
timneedscoffee101
Ready to race!
- Location
- Concord, NH
36 here in a 2017 GTI SE.
Before this I was driving a 2011 MK6 GTI 2-door 6MT which I bought when I was 30, and prior to that a 2004 MK4 GTI VR6 2-door 6MT which I bought when I was (wait for ...) 24.
12 years and a full third of my life with a GTI.
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Before this I was driving a 2011 MK6 GTI 2-door 6MT which I bought when I was 30, and prior to that a 2004 MK4 GTI VR6 2-door 6MT which I bought when I was (wait for ...) 24.
12 years and a full third of my life with a GTI
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