This Golf is my cup of tee!

Advantages: Gorgeous exterior, good interior space, affordable and very quick.
Disadvantages: Haphazard reliability and common on the road

...A large part of my job involves having meetings with clients at their premises, hence my company has a decent selection of cars for the consultants to use for travelling. Amongst this fleet is a silver diesel-fuelled 1.9L VW Golf Mk5 TDI. As I drive a Ford Mondeo, I am used to a silky smooth and straightforward ride, however the Golf is a very different animal. Historically, the VW Golf has had a stigma attached to it that it is a boy racer's car. I remember back in the mid-90's that a few of my older brother's chavvy friends were incredibly proud owners of the Golf. Since then it has been accepted by the professional world as a sales rep/company car, meaning that it can be perceived more credibly by those at the sophisticated end of the market. The Mk5 was produced in 2003 *Exterior* The Golf Mk5 was produced in 2003 and boasts...

oxonian 03.11.2008 · Read review
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Golf GT Sport. You know you want one!

Advantages: Understated style for those with taste.
Disadvantages: Too understated for some tastes.

...About our car Our car has just arrived and looks stunning in silver, the colour is optional metallic paint at an additional cost of £365.00 and a front centre arm rest at £120.00. The centre arm rest is really essential in our mind as it gives additional air vents to rear seat passengers and also provides a storage compartment lid and an ashtray lid Not that we smoke but it tidies the console massively. We have chosen the 140bhp tdi as it offers the best compromise of driveability, fuel consumption and practicality in our mind at least. About Golf Mk 5 If you are using your own money to buy one it is a very safe bet. The Mk5 has very compliant handling and is extremely comfortable. It has addressed the shortfall of the MK 4 Golf by adding extra leg room for rear seat passengers. There are lots of cars competing in this segment but...

jonb3 25.08.2007 (13.01.2009) · Read review
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Ping G5 Hybrid Golf Club

Advantages: Easy to strike, good ball control, flexible
Disadvantages: Cost

...roughly the same price as each golf shop varies. One point to note is that the G5 range will be replaced by the G10 range very shortly (Sept '07), so anybody thinking of buying the G5 model should either wait or ask for a bigger discount. As for me I bought the Ping G5 purely because I knew it was the right club for me, and I'll be trying out a Ping hybrid 21 degree club soon to replace my old 3 iron....

ccundall 04.09.2007 (03.10.2007) · Read review
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Golf has aged and has gone senile

Advantages: Residual market value
Disadvantages: Expensive - has become too clever for itself

...I have a 2007 MK5.5 golf hatch 1.9TDi - all I can say is that it is appalling compared with a MK4 golf I have (MK5.5 due to the new type engine with 132g/km CO2 emission). First a simple stupid design: fitting a chrome rim to a coin tray on the dashboard! It causes reflection in windscreen and distracts driver - a safety hazard. The fuel economy of the 1.9TDi engine has worsened a lot. With my MK4 Golf, I get 52mpg the usual way I drive. With the MK5.5 only 45-47mpg! The high-gearing of the 3/4/5th gears is murder! They are supposed to save fuel but they force me to drive in lower gears, costing more fuel. Thumbs down to VW! BTW: don't buy from Western VW Edinburgh - a bunch of crooks - you are warned!...

Gus2008 11.02.2009 · Read review
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The new improved VW Golf! It's fab!

Advantages: Sleek, stylish and well designed
Disadvantages: Can't think of one!Get

...Hooray, I've been promoted!!......I was lucky enough to be able to choose a VW Golf as my new company car!!. Seeing as I've already had it 2 weeks, I felt that that was plenty of time to give it a bit of a mention on ciao! I'll concentrate the majority of this op on the model that I have, rather than VW Golf as a whole make of car, as I know next to nothing about the other models in the range! I have a 1.4 FSI (5 door) Now....a little background for you..... This all new, sparkly, newer, better, Golf is the fifth generation from VW. From what I can see, it is the most radical change that VW have made with the Golf over the years. It's dimensions are increased everywhere compared to it's predecessors. It is indeed taller, wider and has a longer wheel base. The boot is larger as is the rear leg room. The front...

Bronze224 20.08.2004 · Read review
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The 5th Greatest golf movie ever made

Advantages: Ok sports biopic
Disadvantages: True storyish..

...If you want someone to make a sports movie then let it be Disney, by far the best at this genre. They are tricky movies to make and America are the only ones to really achieve in the field, so to speak. The less said about British sports movies the better. The real sports events themselves are a far better idea for drama here so we leave well alone. Films like Goal and When Saturday Comes are wasting everyone's time. Outside of team sports like Gridiron, Basketball and Baseball that have enjoyed hundreds of cool movies between them in America golf has faired the best to make entertaining movies,' The Greatest Game Ever Played' another good effort. The thing with golf is that you can make a comedy too, Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore to name but two. They even made a chick flick out of the sport that women name as the most boring...

thedevilinme 22.09.2009 · Read review
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Golf MkV 1.6FSI SE

Advantages: Very roomy
Disadvantages: Engine a little flat

...On the whole, the VW Golf, even though one of the newest models released onto the market is probably not as radical as some of it's competitors such as Renaults Megane or Vauxhalls Astra, but never the less it is still a VW, and when people purchase one of these German marques there are certain things that people expect. These requirements in my opinion have been more or less fulfilled. I have worked in the automotive industry for some 10 years and have a little experience of what is good quality and what is bad quality. As soon as I opened and shut the door I could tell that this was a good quality car, the door shut with a reassuring heavy thump. Looking around the cabin I found the layout of the cockpit and the controls very easy to see and reach and very tactile. The plastics used are of good quality, although some...

priory 21.08.2004 · Read review
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For Golf Nuts Everywhere

Advantages: Superbly edited and written. Full of interesting features.
Disadvantages: Blasted throw away adverts.

...leaflets about everything from credit cards to medical insurance are simply a blasted nuisance. Advertisers seem to ?target? golfers these days, as they seem to think we have loads of loose dosh lying about the place! (I?m saying nothing!!) ~ ~ Golf World is published on a monthly basis, and is available at most newsagents at ?5.92. (Or £3.30 in the UK) You can also take out an online subscription to have it delivered direct to your door by post for only £19.80 for six issues, (http://www.greatmagazines.co.uk) and you receive a free gift worth £25 (supposedly) if you opt to use this method. Cheap at the price, and one of the mad cabbies favourite golfing magazines. Highly recommended, but only if you are a golfing fanatic like myself. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Copyright KenJ February 2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~...

the_mad_cabbie 22.02.2004 · Read review
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VW Golf Mk V - 3dr 1.9TDI

Advantages: Spacious 3dr, drives like a dream
Disadvantages: A few electronic teething problems

...I have had my golf for about 2 months and done around 2500 miles in it. I purchased the Golf as an ex-demo car. The first thing you will notice when you compare the Golf to equivilent 3 doors (Astra Sport Hatch, Citroen C4 Coupe, Renault Megane) is the sheer space. In all the others cars I struggled to get in the back (I am 6ft 3in) and getting out was even harder! In the Golf I can hop in and out with ease and with plenty of head room. The boot is also a good size - I have used the Golf to move out of my student house and was amazed at how much you can get in in one go when the seats are down. I also use the car for sailing and find I can get all my gear in the car easily. The Golf TDI drives superbly, corners are fun again! The acceleration you can get is very impressive, with no noticable flat spots in the gears. If you...

StedicUK 19.08.2005 · Read review
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Top Golf, Watford

Advantages: Suitable for everyone, fun and interactive
Disadvantages: There are only a few in the country

...membership. You can also opt for either Leisure membership or executive membership. These are more expensive £15.00 and £30.00 for an adult. You do get more free games included in the price, can book bays much further in advance and get money off local golf courses etc. How much do games cost after I have played my free one? It is not as simple as how much is one or two games. It is based on credits. You buy credits to play and at different times of the day it is a different amount of credits to play. However, to make it a bit easier to understand if you play top golf at the weekend or during the evening then you are going to pay just under £5.00 per person per game. There are ways to get cheaper games. Frequently top golf will run special offers where you can buy a large amount of credits for say £50.00 or £100.00, this may...

Lisab3410 26.03.2008 · Read review
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