I can see it if I lived a bit out in the boonies. Which I don't. I live in in the boonies. What are boonies anyway?
I think the GTI is a near ideal "city car". It has decent room, it's maneuverable, it's fairly small, it has good acceleration, it handles well, the doors don't come off (easily) not would I want them to (normally).
I keep noting that none of "us" generally can drive a C8 Corvette et al, at anything like its capabilities, so why have them?
Get a fun car, one with no doors maybe.