"Bland and characterless..."

"Oh yeah, like a Golf"

Bet that advert cost more than others due to the name of the agency who created it despite it being no better quality.


Like a golf.

Why the hatred for the Golf?

Just think the advert is BOOORING.


Like a Golf.

Ah fair one!

is that purple car at 0:14 a tipo? a car which in side by side tests outclassed completely the golf of the same era.

Aparently it's a modified Fiesta - which in that generation was a crap car.


Like a Golf.

priced

Like a Golf, ie overpriced....

its more than the C30 im looking at for less kit stupid german thing...

i do have a soft spot for mk1/2 GTI's though they were proper golfs...

I had a previous generation Seat Toledo. That really was just like a Golf, because it was one, for far less money with much more kit. Excellent car though, much better stuck together than a Fiat.

You could get something "just like a Golf" with Skoda, Seat or Audi badges on. The last time I looked, even the Audi A3 was better value than a Golf.

And the new model looks like a cartoon version of the previous one. I'd still have one for free though.

Pants car.

Had a 1.6 Petrol one for a week on a 09 plate. Despised every minute of it. Was fairly economical but completely gutless. Even though it was economical I resented every litre of petrol it used due to it being sooo boring.

I'd rather have used twice as much petrol and used the coupe and at least enjoyed the journey and get there on time.

And whats the crack with having to have the clutch pressed for it to fire the engine up...

Yes I know how to start a car I don't need some whizz German engineer to make a computer to tell me to push the clutch down.

i absolutely hate the rear end of the new golf... it looks so ugly :yuck:

JFL said:

i absolutely hate the rear end of the new golf... it looks so ugly :yuck:

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I liked the mk5, but agree with you about the above.

Unfortunatly they have styled the new Sirocco on the golf so I can't help but feel resentment towards it.



Like a golf.

Just so you realise I'm not alone....

https://www.fiatforum.com/non-fiat/200129-mk6-vw-golf-1-4-a.html



http://www.members.shaw.ca/tipoboy/tipo/articles/performancecar/april1992/article.html

ChrisUK said:

And whats the crack with having to have the clutch pressed for it to fire the engine up...

Yes I know how to start a car I don't need some whizz German engineer to make a computer to tell me to push the clutch down.

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The Fiat Croma at least demands the same. I think it disconnects some of the gearing that would otherwise be connected even in neutral, so it reduces the load on the starter motor. I did read elsewhere of someone having trouble starting with a weak starter, and pressing the clutch while starting sorted it.

Having said all that, the Croma also allows you to start it by pressing the foot brake instead. Kind of disproves my theory really!

The Croma was probably built with being an auto in mind - given the range topping 2.4 200bhp is available as auto-only. Pressing the footbrake to start an auto has been the standard for years afaik.

your accounts personnel... just like a golf... dull, boring, and expensive

Doofer said:

Having said all that, the Croma also allows you to start it by pressing the foot brake instead. Kind of disproves my theory really!

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Both are to stop it jumping forward if in gear.

Really don't understand what the grat hardship is with pressing clutch down to fire up the car....your gonna have to do it to select a gear anyway it just reduces the drag on the starter. I've done it for years on cars that don't need it.

im always a clutch pusher whenever i start any car... unless its auto... ive seen a few cars at work left in gear (companies... usually me that does it)... that jerk forward or do the non starting thing when someone goes to start it