Orient Express
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So here it is, the new GTI. I found it very interesting that there are really a lot of technology sharing between the Golf and the 911. The multi-media/navigation system is essentially the same one on the 911 (or Panamera since it has 4 doors!). the GTI had a DSG, which has a sport mode that does the same as the 911 (faster throttle response, holds the gears longer, "blips" on down shifts, etc.), it has launch control, etc, etc.
And I can buy 4 of them for the price of one 911!
Here is the stable:
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spider
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Which one gets parked outside?
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Orient Express
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Which one gets parked outside?
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the wife's Hybrid! 
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Which one gets parked outside?
spider
the wife's Hybrid!
Excellent. If you are lucky, someone will steal it! 
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Eric (Plug Guy)
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Cool! We had a Mazda 3 5-door hatch in the fleet for a few years (one of the kids), very similar styling.
How long will the state let you ride with that euro rear plate?
Drive safe.
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Rockinrosie
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Reged: 07/01/02
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Nice! Gotta love that German engineering; I'm feeling that your GTI is closer to the P-car ethos than P-car is....
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Orient Express
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How long will the state let you ride with that euro rear plate?
Until I get the real plates. Here in California, when you buy a car, you don't get a temp plate, just a little piece of paper from the registration form that gets taped to the front windshield, that is in effect the "plate". I had this euro plate laying around from another car, and thought that it would be fun to put it on. The wife thinks it is a Poser plate, and she is probably right, but I think it makes the car look interesting.
Surprisingly, there are next to no 2010 GTIs on the road out here, in fact I see more GT2s and lotuses then GTIs.
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SpeedGeek
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Great car. I drove the Scirocco a few months back and loved it.
In 1992 I bought a Corrado VR6 and drove it till 1998 when I sold it to my cousin who trucked it back to NY where he still has it. It's 18 years old now and he says he still loves driving it. I loved that car. The Scirocco I drove reminded me of it. They're great products.
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Grant
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I liked that VR6 Corrado too (good friend bought one new) - if only it was RWD, it would've been a classic.
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SpeedGeek
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if only it was RWD, it would've been a classic.
Indeed!
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GaryAZ
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My Scirocco 16V in Cleveland c.1988
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Joel
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I read that the original Scirocco was about 1800 pounds. Those days are long, long gone.
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"Some ideas are so ridiculous that only an intellectual could believe them."
- George Orwell
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Sandee
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VERY nice - I didn't realize you were getting the 4 door. I like those wheels better than the ones we got. Let's see some interior shots of the Jackie Cloth interior.
BTW, crazy time in SFO and SJC. Way busy with work - but made time to have a pix snapped in front of eBay! Sorry I missed my westcoast friends ... may be out again in May (Google IO).
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Sold:
74 914 2.0
97 C4S
00, 02 C4
02, 03 Boxster S
04, Cayenne
06, 06 Cayenne S Titanium
06 Cayman S
06 C4S Cab
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Orient Express
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Here is an interior shot. I am really liking this car!
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Grant
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I like that interior too.
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spider
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Do you drive the car with the seats tilted so far back, as there are in the photo? Gangsta style!
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Sandee
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LOVE LOVE LOVE that Jackie Cloth interior! THE reason we bought the car! Have fun! Really nice ...
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Sandee | G500
Sold:
74 914 2.0
97 C4S
00, 02 C4
02, 03 Boxster S
04, Cayenne
06, 06 Cayenne S Titanium
06 Cayman S
06 C4S Cab
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Dock (Atlanta)
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He could get a pair of these (assuming he doesn't already have a pair) and disappear into the seat while driving...
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spider
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I would go with these...
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Dock (Atlanta)
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Come to think about it, I wonder if the driver's lower half disappears, or if the seat disappears?
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SpeedGeek
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Besides the nice interior, that is some excellent photography!
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Here is an interior shot. I am really liking this car!
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Orient Express
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He could get a pair of these (assuming he doesn't already have a pair) and disappear into the seat while driving...
I am looking for a skirt (not for me but for the wife) in material to match the seats. I think I need to go to a school uniform place. Add to that knee socks and a white shirt, and I think I would have the ideal eye-candy accessory to go cruising. And while the seats were reclined for photographic effect, I might start driving it that way!
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Sandee
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... I miss that little GTI. 
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Sandee | G500
Sold:
74 914 2.0
97 C4S
00, 02 C4
02, 03 Boxster S
04, Cayenne
06, 06 Cayenne S Titanium
06 Cayman S
06 C4S Cab
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spider
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Don't forget the shoes...
http://www.sickathanaverage.com/.a/6a00e5504d1b2f88330120a5705e32970c-500wi
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spider
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Sandee, here is another woman wearing your identical skirt. Just don't show up at the same gunfight.
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Orient Express
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THAT is the look. Sandee where did you get that skirt?
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Orient Express
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