jstrau8
Ready to race!
It does have a boy racer look.
I'll take a lot of shit for this, but it seems to me a lot of the older owners talk up the "refinement" of the GTI a lot more than it should be, to make them feel that it is a more luxurious car than what it is...a $23,000 hatchback.
1. Hardly a racer boy look when compared to other cars in the class. The wrx is the ultimate boy racer styling, and the lancer ralliart (do they even make this POS anymore), speed 3, and civic si (with its v-tec stickers) are all up there too. Compared to a Nissan Verso, ya its a bit boy racer, but for a hot hatch i think its definitely the most grown up looking.
2. You pretty much counter your own criticism, sure its not as refined as a "c63" or "s4", but how much more expensive are these cars? Find another car with the same refinement at this price and ill be surprised. Keep in mind im 20 and always brag about the refinement to my sister, who has a 2010 X3, which other than the seats, really lacks in refinement with all of its hard plastics and weird ass quirks