Time to say goodbye

[Napster]

After 3 glorious years of motoring in my 2007 1.8EX Sport I bid her farewell 2 weeks ago. It was time for a change and with the new emmission based tax system in Ireland I considered changing to a 2.2L diesel model but a) I heard that they were going to discontinue the sale of that model in Irealnd, b) The spec level was poor compared to that of the Ex I had, c) The garage I spoke to were giving me 12k for my own and looking for an additional 15k to trade up.

So I started looking around and to cut a long story short I bought a 2009 VW Scirocco 1.4 TSi. She's only 8 months old with 6000 KM on the clock so barely run in and set me back less than 10k as the VW dealer gave me 12k for the civic.

I don't find the scirocco to be down on power even the figures indicate that it is. Have to admit that I feel the VW is a bit better put together, has a more solid feel and handles noticable better through the turns. But I've gone from having a steering wheel with 15 buttons to one with none (unless you count the horn) and I do miss that, dual climate replaced with AC, no GPS, no voice controls (which I rarely used unless trying to impress people by asking the car 'what time is it', to which is often responded, 'medium wave 107.3' and I'd spend 2 mins trying to get my radio station back), no auto wipers, no auto lights, I now have these stupid day running lights which don't go off (I know .. it's by design), oh and the two rear doors which were particularly usefull for my 2 kids under 2!

So I'm off to find a Scirocco forum but will continue to check in here. I expect I'll return to being a Civic owner some day, now that I've convinced the missus that we can manage with my car only having 3 doors ... I'll be looking to the Type R.

Been a pleasure ...
Napster (Niall O'Grady)

[Ed_Shek]

Goodbye Mate....all the best with the new car....It's still a nice car afterall

[Kremmen]

Originally Posted by Napster

After 3 glorious years of motoring in my 2007 1.8EX Sport I bid her farewell 2 weeks ago. It was time for a change and with the new emmission based tax system in Ireland I considered changing to a 2.2L diesel model but a) I heard that they were going to discontinue the sale of that model in Irealnd, b) The spec level was poor compared to that of the Ex I had, c) The garage I spoke to were giving me 12k for my own and looking for an additional 15k to trade up.

So I started looking around and to cut a long story short I bought a 2009 VW Scirocco 1.4 TSi. She's only 8 months old with 6000 KM on the clock so barely run in and set me back less than 10k as the VW dealer gave me 12k for the civic.

I don't find the scirocco to be down on power even the figures indicate that it is. Have to admit that I feel the VW is a bit better put together, has a more solid feel and handles noticable better through the turns. But I've gone from having a steering wheel with 15 buttons to one with none (unless you count the horn) and I do miss that, dual climate replaced with AC, no GPS, no voice controls (which I rarely used unless trying to impress people by asking the car 'what time is it', to which is often responded, 'medium wave 107.3' and I'd spend 2 mins trying to get my radio station back), no auto wipers, no auto lights, I now have these stupid day running lights which don't go off (I know .. it's by design), oh and the two rear doors which were particularly usefull for my 2 kids under 2!

So I'm off to find a Scirocco forum but will continue to check in here. I expect I'll return to being a Civic owner some day, now that I've convinced the missus that we can manage with my car only having 3 doors ... I'll be looking to the Type R.

Been a pleasure ...
Napster (Niall O'Grady)

I know exactly where your coming from

[Glepor]

Good luck with the Scirocco. Lovely looking motor. The day time running lights can be turned off when connected to VAG.Com. Ask your dealer or find someone local with a copy.

[HappyMan]

Goodbye and good luck and tell us how you get on with the new Scirocco

Any photo's?