I haven't posted on here in a long time, but thought I'd post a picture of our new 2011 VW GTI. My wife traded in her G35 earlier this month. She wanted something "fun and zippy" - of course the first thing out of my mouth was "GTI!". We test drove a 2011 Mazda Speed 3 but ultimately ended up with the VW.

Also in the background is my 68 Impala (which I hate to say I really haven't been keeping up with) and the trusty 08 Vue.

New more photos of both! Congrats.

Very nice, Mr. Bob.

thumbs up! congrats!

Fantastic...Love it...and as Mazda guy...I would take the GTI over the speed three...

cool wife! Nice car! Best of luck with it.

I approve.

Great car, great color, great wheels. Sweet choice. I fall for them every year even just at the auto show, not moving.

Fun.

I like!

Thanks for all the good comments!

We both really like it.

She drives it mainly, but on the weekends I've been driving it a lot when we both go somewhere. Lots of fun - and to my pleasant surprise she actually wanted the manual - so even better.

As a side note, I'm getting excited about the 255 HP Buick GS (with a manual)...I could picture that sitting along side the GTI in a year or so.

Nice ride. Please let us know your experiences with it as time goes by. From time to time I've thought about getting one as a fun ride.

There's one just like yours parked outside the office here in Lisbon. Too bad it costs some 40K Euros here =/

We're in Houston so it really isn't very cold here, but we've had some unusually cold weather the last couple of weeks sprinkled in with a couple of nicer, warmer days, which gives us a flavor for how the car behaves based on the outside temp.

That being said, 0ne thing that both my wife and I have noticed, is that when it's cold outside (in the 30s or lower) the car takes a while to start running what I would consider normal. It seems kind of sluggish and not overly responsive on real cold mornings. But after a few minutes, it runs great.

This is my first adventure with a turbo car (believe it or not) - I'm wondering if that may have something to do with it ?