VW Golf Mk6 GTD - opinions?

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Hi,

Does anyone have any experience of the Golf GTD (The one that seems to have just come out)? I've had a bit of a look and they seem quite nice, look reasonable, the torque figure is high and the mpg is good etc etc.

I currently drive a Focus ST (07 plate) and love it. However I've just landed a new job where I can have a 'needs' company car. This means that I can't take a cash alternative, but can have a car up to a certain value on a 3 year lease.

The choice isn't great - VW, Skoda, Seat or Toyota. Top of the VW list is a Golf GTD, the 170hp Diesil GTI wannabe type car (company policy is <160g/km CO2, so no big petrols, sadly). This will cost me £70 a month (as it's over the limit for the lease) and around £70 a month in BIK tax. I'll probably spec the 18" wheels and cruise control, so call the total spend ~£150/month.

I'll do around 20k a year - my ST currently has 30k on the clock and this would rise at an alarming rate if I kept it :( I love the ST, it's a car I've wanted for ages and it runs really well. I seem to have got an awesome deal as I paid £10,500 for it back in Feb and even 'webuyanycar.com' are offering me £10,300 to come and take it away tomorrow. However I'm 23 and it currently costs £1100 a year to insure, £240 tax, 28-30mpg, £110 a tyre, etc. etc. - it's not that cheap to run!

So, any opinions on the Golf? Anyone driven one? After views on this particular engine as well if possible (I believe the same one is used in the Octavia VRSesque oil burner). Or any ideas on what I should do? Keep the ST and watch its value drop like a stone as I pile the miles onto it? Get the GTD and miss the performance the ST has but at least save a load of dosh in the process :confused: Meh

Advice / Opinions welcome! :)
 
The 170bhp golf is a nice car to drive we had one as a courtyesy car for a month when my missus car was written off not long ago, she got a replacment Toyota Auris SR180 which is also a diesel which I would say is a nicer car to eat the miles up in, probably a little faster not much in it tho tbh, both are fairly decent on mpg well compared to ur focus anyway. I don't think you could go far wrong with either car if its a company leasing jobbie.
 
Its not great but then this sort of car generally isnt but I doubt you'll find much in its class thats appreciably better - I'd go for it.
 
Im generally fan of this sector car, but at the mo, they seem to be a bit meh,the golf is dull as hell to look at, but its a nice car inside, better place to be than the 1 series and A3 imo.

Engine has plenty of torque, but it doesnt feel all the refined for a modern derv (i could have drove a lemon tho).

If badge isnt an issue, go for the Octy VRS, for me I couldnt see past the badge, yes I am that shallow. I will say, ive done 30 odd k a year for the last 3 years in my ST and it been great, fantastic infact, but Ive recently been driving bigger cars, and its the next level in terms of refinement, and general peace of mind.Its something worth bearing in mind if you are gonna be doing loads of miles.
 
[TW]Fox;14594996 said:
Its not great but then this sort of car generally isnt
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I'm sorry, what? Firstly, the GTD is better than 'not great'. The reviews I've read have been very positive and most have given it 4/5. And why is 'this sort of car' not great? What's wrong with a family hatch? Unless of course you're comparing it to your E39? Your post just smacks of snobbishness.
 
Just not a fan of diesel hatchbacks really. But if thats whats on the company car list I cant think of many that are much better than the Golf, as I said.

So get the Golf.
 
Alex UK said:
Your post just smacks of snobbishness.
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No it doesnt really, unless you buy the absolute best car in this sector, its actually filled with very uninspiring cars at the mo, the GTD is just the standard GT with fancy bumpers, its the same old 170 ps engine from the old Golf. I might be wrong, but the GTD is not the GTI without the petrol engine.

Ste has an ST at the mo, which is one of the best hot hatches out there, its not great compared to that for example.
 
Exactly. The Golf GTI is a genuinelly brilliant car. The rest of the range are automotive equivilents of Miele dishwashers. Well built yet utterly bland and uninspiring. A tool to do a job and nothing more. But the problem is much of the class is the same, therefore if you like the Golf best there is nothing inherently wrong with it and arguably its one of the better cars in its class.
 
[TW]Fox;14595195 said:
The rest of the range are automotive equivilents of Miele dishwashers. Well built yet utterly bland and uninspiring.
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Just out of interest, whats an inspiring dishwasher brand then? ;):D
 
wohoo said:
its actually filled with very uninspiring cars at the mo,
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Well a diesel hatch is never going to be inspiring is it? That doesn't mean there aren't some very good cars out there, though.
wohoo said:
the GTD is just the standard GT with fancy bumpers,
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Well, no it isn't. The GTD has a more powerful engine and tweaked chassis for a kick off.
wohoo said:
I might be wrong, but the GTD is not the GTI without the petrol engine.
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The GTD is pretty close actually, certainly better to drive than a standard Golf.
wohoo said:
Ste has an ST at the mo, which is one of the best hot hatches out there, its not great compared to that for example.
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Of course it's not great compared to an ST, but then that's completely irrelevant because they're not trying to compete are they? It's like me saying an A6 2.0 TDI isn't as good as an M5 - no ****!
 
Alex UK said:
Of course it's not great compared to an ST, but then that's completely irrelevant because they're not trying to compete are they? It's like me saying an A6 2.0 TDI isn't as good as an M5 - no ****!
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Well no because an M5 costs twice what an A6 TDI does yet a Focus ST is about the same price as a Golf GTD.
 
Alex UK said:
The GTD has a more powerful engine and tweaked chassis for a kick off. The GTD is pretty close actually, certainly better to drive than a standard Golf.
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Go drive a std GT and then drive GTD, the difference isnt all that great,more torque yes, but the chassis isnt all that much better.That said the chassis in the MK6 is very good as std.
 
[TW]Fox;14595323 said:
Well no because an M5 costs twice what an A6 TDI does yet a Focus ST is about the same price as a Golf GTD.
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I think the GTD is dearer:p doesnt apply in this case as Ste can only have a diesel anyway.
 
Interesting point about refinement. A friend has the Mk.5 equivalent.

The GT Sport or whatever it was called. Anyway it has the same engine.

The first comment he made getting in my Clio 100bhp diesel was that it was more refined than his Golf.

Alex, as I think you have spotted. If the car in question isn't an E39 5 Series Fox isn't interested.
 
As an aside, Alex and Fox, you guys always seem to be bitching at each other in many threads, its getting quite tiresome now.
 
[TW]Fox;14595323 said:
Well no because an M5 costs twice what an A6 TDI does yet a Focus ST is about the same price as a Golf GTD.
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But they're still not in competition are they? They're both designed to do slightly different things.
 
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