I got one too
OK, I admit, I own a 2 month old, 6000 km (4500 mi) 1.9 tdi 105hp PD Refrerence, metallic bronze.
Things I like:
The huge boot (took out the false floor on the first day, never put it back...who needs it anyway ?
The loads of headroom, the loads of footroom, the big square doors
Things I hate:
Pretty all of the knight rider 'improvements' which achieve nothing except annoyance from everyone, eg:
automatic anti-hijack locking, with a stupidly placed 'open' button
goddam annoying beeper to tell you you didnt put your seatbelt on yet ( I hate law enforcing cars...what next...will it complain i am speeding??)
Poor MPG .....45 mpg average...maybe the engine is still too new and stiff ??
Poor rear visibility when parallel parking
but above all else....the most useless, futile, idiot-designed reversing lamp ever fitted to a car !!!! What the hell was the designer thinking ? Has he ever reversed a car in the dark ?
Does he know why you want a reversing lamp in the first place ?
Does he realise that is has a function other than looking sweet placed on one side 6" above the ground right behind the NS rear wheel so taht it is always covered in spray and mud ??? AAAArrrgggHHH !!!!
Other than the above, and about 99 othe rminor gripes, it does what it says on the tin for a bargain price....and with a boot that could swallow a horse (without the false floor). Thats why I bought it.....its no Ferarri, and the rear end did fall straight off the ugly tree, but its a big cheap Golf that drags the kids, prams, suitcases, shopping etc round the suburban working class jungle in a reliable and efficient manner...so who cares ?
ps: I did experience the same shuddering / labouring from the engine when picking up power in 5th gear from about 1500rpm....but it seems to be improving as the weeks go by....but its a much less frisky engine than the old non-PD TDI engine that was in my MK II Toledo. Ithasnt the same pulling power or acceleration...but maybe it will free out in time ??