VW GTI, anyone have one?

[SlipknotX556]

I was looking into getting a VW GTI, I just wanted to know if anyone here has one, what you think of it. I need a small car, because we have almost no room in my driveway and its only going to get more crowded, because my brother will be coming home from college to visit sometimes, we need to fit 3 more cars in the driveway, cant use the garage, because no room. My mom had a 69 bug as her first car, she said the thing was built like a tank, never died on her, even when it blew a cylinder, it kept on going. Only thing as a drawback to getting a GTI is, that I dont know how to drive stick , so I wont be able to have a 6 speed, it will have to be automatic.

Well, whats all your opinions on the GTI's? Anything I need to know about?


Thanks

[Python14]

Why don't you just learn to drive stick there chief?

Btw, I don't know what your budget is here, but try looking at the TDI. Those suckers get insane fuel economy on pump diesel.

[SlipknotX556]

Why don't you just learn to drive stick there chief?

I dont have access to a stick, so I will never be able to try and drive one.

[Python14]

If you buy a 6-speed, you will have a car to learn on, and best part? You get to keep it.

[SlipknotX556]

If you buy a 6-speed, you will have a car to learn on, and best part? You get to keep it.

I thought of that, but when I get my car, I want to just be able to go, not have to learn to drive it, I am trying to get one of my friends, to let me try out one of their cars, but so far the only one, that has a stick has a sky blue 67 bug and wont let anyone near it, lol.

[ShooterJM]

See if you can rent a stick shift car for a day or two....

[ShaftyMcGee]

i have an 84 volkswagen rabbit GTI, convertible. Currently in pieces getting ready for paint. Awesome little car. I love it.

[Chris42050]

You should really make an effort to learn standard. You will probably like it better. You have a lot more control of the car. I was just like you when I started to drive. It took me no time at all to learn on the company truck. 4 bangers are really easy to learn on. Give it a try it's very easy. Just get a few pointers and go out by yourself. It's alot easier than someone screamin at you.

[SlipknotX556]

See if you can rent a stick shift car for a day or two....

Already looked into it, no car rental place around me has sticks, they are all automatic.

[AcemanPB]

You should learn to drive stick, you never know when it might come in handy. On a small car like that it will take you no time. You'll have it down in a week at the most. And you will get slightly better fuel economy on a stick too (if you drive mildly that is )

[Maksimus54]

I had to beg my parents to get a car with a stick and you are complaining about learning how to drive one. Get the damn stick and learn how to drive. It's not that freaken hard. I have only got to drive a stick a few times and all i want to do is drive one.

[SlipknotX556]

I had to beg my parents to get a car with a stick and you are complaining about learning how to drive one. Get the damn stick and learn how to drive. It's not that freaken hard. I have only got to drive a stick a few times and all i want to do is drive one.

I am not complaining about driving a stick, I would love to get the GTI in stick, but you see its kind of hard to learn how to drive a stick, when you dont have access to one. Few car rental places have stick anymore, besides, if I was driving it, something happened, I would get in trouble, because I am not over 18, the car was not rented to me.

[FooTemps]

All my friends learned on the fly...

For example, one of my friends had to take his friend's car out to a car shop and he had to learn to drive stick while driving to the shop.

[Maksimus54]

Thats cool, but once you recieved the car it would not take long to learn, maybe a while to get good at it. Ive driven a stick for an extremely limited time and I feel I could drive most cars with a little practice and some room for error.

[Python14]

Yea dude, learning to drive stick ain't hard. I did it in a few hours one afternoon at a parkinglot
Granted, I wasn't a master, but I had the principals that I needed to drive and learn for myself.