Following my recent accident, the insurance company promised they'd be sending me a hire car, they also said it'd be 'like-for-like', still when your car is smashed up just having wheels is a good start, but still half expected something us petrolheads would at best refer to as a 'shitbox'. So it was a nice surprise when the rental company rang the next day to say we're delivery a Golf, a GTi no less. As an ex mk2 Golf GTi owner, and the mk6 reputed to be a return to form from VW, I was half looking forward to seeing what this was like. Read the rest of this entry »