Well, cool - all I needed was evidence that you all are talking amonst yourselves. THAT is a good sign and I interpreted earlier comments as indicating the opposite.
The Golf is IT legal. (Well, was.) The new one is too, without any seam welding or cage mounting points beyond the 8 allowed in IT. Lots more at
http://www.it2.evaluand.com/gti
EDIT - this isn't the place to go into it but, as a previous PS3 entrant, the PT thing does nothing for me. "Bring anything you want" doesn't seem to make for meaningful classes, to my way of thinking.