I was disagreeing with the statement that FWD is more practical for daily driving. It's not. Your comment suggests that for daily driving there isn't really a difference, which is much different than saying FWD is better. I"d agree that for the most part it makes no difference, but I can't think of a single reason why FWD would be superior. There have been plenty of times in the GTI where I needed to go swiftly, but not full throttle, in a FWD car you lose grip immediately, in an AWD car that's not any trouble.. Applying power with the steering wheel turned almost always results in wheel spin in the GTI. I stand by my opinion that I'd prefer AWD on the daily.
I really do appreciate the loyalty you all have to your GTI (remember, I've only had mine 6 months, I could have bought a WRX, but I didn't). I really do love mine, but I'll be the first to admit that it has it's drawbacks.
Think about it this way: You get to design a sports/race car from the ground up. Do you start with RWD, AWD, or FWD? Given the option, nobody would choose FWD, pound for pound FWD can't hang with AWD.