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  1. Hi All, Many thanks for the brilliant feedback. Particularly to The Penguin for his insightful points! Typo on my part, I have a VI Golf GTD, not a Mk.4 (don't think there was one my Mk.4, my error). I understand the question why? When I was a kid we had brilliant simple cars, but they rotted through in five years. The first car I owned with galvanised metal and wax injection was a 1981 Mk.1 Golf GTI. (I have fond memories of that car). Now cars were still simple, but they lasted!... Come to my Golf Mk. 6 GTD and trust me it is brilliant, and I've no intention to sell it. However this car had a 20% manufacture saving over the Mk.5, and the amount of electronics has gone through the roof! Electrical contacts corrode, sensors fail, lights take in condensation. The basic car is brilliantly made, and even though it is low milage, and fully serviced, the cost of ownership is rising through replacement electrical parts. £500+ on this service alone for these cheap plastic ancillaries. That is the reason for wanting a simpler car, that does what it says on the tin... "Special" because they bothered to use lighter steal in the body, and use aluminium panels to cut kerb weight. Disc brakes all around, and funky dials. You feel the road through the steering rather than fly by wire, and a great honest engine noise rather than an artificial noise maker. I think the well made cars of the mid eighties to the mid noughties will rise in price because they last, and can be cost effectively maintained without eye watering computer difficulties... And special, means special, not just a different chip in the CPU, flashy badges and a change of dash light colour... I hope that makes sense, and hope I have not trodden on too many toes!? Good news is, following your advice I have bought a pristine black 2005 Lupo GTI this morning, and can't wait to get it on the drive!
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