 I owned three different vehicles since my last VW which was a 2000 Jetta VR6 and I'm glad to be back in a V Dub.  My family (me, wife, two little girls) use this as our daily transportation and love it.  This car corners and stops very well.  Its acceleration is very good too.  I was concerned about its fuel efficiency, but I'm not anymore.  My wife and I took the GTI on a trip soon after we purchased it and got 29 MPG.