So your mate cant drive then lol.
Amongst other things, i've had 2 x 106 gti's, a 306 Rallye, a 182, a 172 cup & drive a TT 225 a couple of times a week (girlfriends). The TT is faster point to point. Fact.
If you havent driven a TT yourself, imho you are unable to form a rational & informed decision on one
I used to absolutely hate the things, Evo said they were pants, all my friends/people on here said they were gay, etc. Now id quite happily own one, in fact i would buy one, but im not allowed...
I will caveat this post by saying that anything other than the 225/240/V6 is pure driving shite though lol