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Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:24 pm
by thorn
Ok Guys what would buy a GTI/GTD or Caddy? I know a lot of you guys have a Caddy because of your business but if you had a choice purely for social driving would you choose a Caddy over a GTI/GTD.

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:29 pm
by TobytheSpark
are you asking if i would buy a caddy if i had no use for a van???
if not, no id have a gtd i think.

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 4:32 pm
by thorn
Yeah thats exactly what I'm saying if you had no need for a van what would you have just for normal every day driving.

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 5:21 pm
by pappa smurf
well i'd have the GTI for every day driving so much more tunable than the GTD and the price of diesel now but in all honesty the wife has a touran 2.0tdi 6 speed chipped to 172 and it flies,drives a lot like the caddy i'd be happy to drive that all day long

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2012 6:21 pm
by cooktdi
ive got a golf 170 gt 2.0 tdi its a really nice car 57 plate and its done 115k witch most ive/weve done dsgs been abit on/off most of the time and i am just in the process of geting shut for a bmw 118d coupe m sport but the golf was really/ is nice and all so had a caddy for just drving not work was cool but if you like swap and change cars more than anything i am 18 and on to my 5 car lol

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:05 am
by danski
Well I`m as lucky as lucky can be in this (only) instance, as I have a GTD AND a Caddy Maxi Life.

Only because we have a Great Dane and she is now, at less than 8 months old, too big to go in the back of the Golf.
While the Caddy is a nice easy drive, I only got it last Saturday and drove nearly 300 miles home, I much prefer my Golf for a daily driver.

I`s a bit mad really, theres only me, the girlfriend and the dog, and we have a car each !
Dog needs to learn how to drive now. :mrgreen:

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:12 pm
by dubdad
i got mine just because i like them ,i dont use it for work :D

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 6:36 pm
by minibikepro31
dubdad wrote:i got mine just because i like them ,i dont use it for work :D
same hear! i must be off my head!

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:03 pm
by dubdad
its just a bit different ,everyone has cars.
my pickup will be on the rd in a couple of months too :D

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:58 pm
by keith
tough on as I owned a GTI. I like my caddy but the power of the GTI would win it.

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:57 am
by danjw
minibikepro31 wrote: same hear! i must be off my head!
Me three, use it as my daily through the week and just to cart my mountain bikes around on the weekend!! 8)

Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:42 am
by brycieboy
Me 4 just use it as a daily to and from work and its handy for the dog and my golf gear, towbar for the trailer if i need to dump stuff basically got one because i liked the look

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 2:43 pm
by thorn
I must admit I have a GTI as well, just use the van for daily running around and transporting my road bike to various events :D

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:58 am
by d2a2v2e
I again have both a caddy and the gtd 140 and despite loving my caddy I only have one to transport my bikes about on the weekend, it is my daily driver due to the golf really being the girlfriends.

Golf is more comfortable as its standard
Golf is a hell of a lot quieter
You would have to spend a lot of money on a caddy to get it like a car

Don't know why you would want a van with out intending to use it, may as well get a touran ;)

Re: Caddy or GTI/GTD

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:30 am
by swiftyfool
I have a van as my daily driver, I don't need a van, but it hasn't half come in useful, the only thing I would note is for some thing built for people to almost live in (i.e. people who work in them doing huge mileages) its not refined or comfortable enough, so i'm currently in the process of swapping out the seats for more comfy ones, but i do miss some of the nicer details to my old car.