I drive 120 miles or more everyday for work and I just wanted to post my experience with my gti. I purchased it new in dec 2017. It's a 2017 gti se pp with the 6mt model. The car is dealer serviced (oil changes only) every 10k miles. I installed a cheap injen (i think its injen) short intake around 20k miles. At 60k, I added the Cobb tuner and purchased an ots map from MAPerformance which I have been on since then. The MAP tune is ridiculously nice. The cobb stage one dropped my mpg into the 20s and didnt have the kick I was looking for. The MAP tune not only brought my mileage back up, but it runs so much better. At 60k I also switched to the rs6 coils and plugs not because I felt mine were bad but because I wanted to see if it made a little more difference. Anyways, I am at 80k now and still on the factory clutch (a tad bit of slip around 5th but no slip when launching and doing hard pulls to 130+), factory pads and rotors, and all the factory suspension and steering components. I've seen a lot of belly aching about the clutches and brakes on the forums and just wanted to clarify that 90% of these people's problems are driver related and have nothing to do with the quality of the car itself. The factory tires are obviously crap so that I will verify. I switched to general G-MAX RS (235/45ZR17 W) and MR131 TRAKLITE Satin Black Wheels by MOTEGI RACING®. 17" x 8", 5x112 Bolt Pattern, 72.6mm Hub and that has been such an amazing improvement and I will never been using anything different. Okay thats my two cents and hopefully helps sway people towards purchasing a gti. (My previous vehicles was mazda 3 and 6, subaru sti, mercedes c300, audi tt, etc etc... This is the first car I have not gotten sick of and traded in prematurely.)
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