I put some photos of my car on flickr a while back & it just so happens that yesterday was my six month anniversary with my pride & joy, so it's time to at least mention it. Kinda hard to believe so much time has passed. Feels like I picked it up only a few weeks ago & heck, everyone still comments about the new car smell!



Ownership has gone pretty smoothly despite stories on various Volkswagen forums about niggling warranty issues. The only problem encountered was discovered before the car was delivered & involved the electronic display in the dash with a line of dead pixels. When it went in to be fixed, it took a full week & the dealer never contacted me once to discuss it. I wasn't too impressed by their attitude, but it caused them a fair deal of stress. Apparently, this particular display is attached to the controller of all the car's electronics & so a small issue led to a much big problem. Eventually all was fixed & more importantly, everything works!



Fuel economy has been something I've watched carefully & over the time it's averaging a touch over 8l/100km, which isn't too far off the figure of 7.7l in the brochure, which are known for being impossible to achieve. However, the brochure seems to be more accurate than the Golf's trip computer which says I'm averaging 7.3l.



Performance of the GT was never going to match it's brother, the GTI, but it doesn't really matter when you hear the supercharger kick in and you get a bit of wheel spin in second gear. I had a mate come for a drive the other night who owns a Subaru GT Forester with a 2.0l turbo & he was pretty impressed, to the point he is desperate to have a drive.



I think the photo below shows the attention to detail Volkswagen put into their cars these days, with the logo hidden in the middle of the headlights! Actually, I have managed to find a fault with the inside of the centre console. It's only out by the barest of margins, but the lid won't close when using a standard CD cover. It seemed like the logical place to store them! Apparently not!



Now in the six months since the Volkswagen Golf GT was released, it's been superseded. The new version is the Golf GT Sport & the list of changes is substantial. Around the front grill is now black like the GTI instead of the body colour & the stereo now plays MP3 files. That's it! A full model change based on those two differences! Not quite sure where the "Sport" part comes in!



As far as I'm aware, mine is the only white GT in the state & I know of six GT's in Adelaide out of the 420 which came to Australia. Thankfully, that means it easy to find in any car park.

A few more artsy photos are over at flickr, so just click any of the above to head there!