Images of items I have purchased.

Yas786 · 5 Jul 2014 at 22:41

novaenough said:
Nice looking car Yas786 and sounds like you got a good deal too!
Good luck with the interviews.

Thanks mate

, yep was quite surprised at how well i was treated by the dealership but they owed me big time as originally the car i wanted to buy, a golf GT TDI...they cocked up and gave it to another dealership. But soon as they showed me this one, it was a no brainer as originally i wanted to buy a GTD but not at £30k lol.

kaptainmarc said:
think the GTD is one of the only golfs id own, really like them and still sensible

Yep i loved the car as soon as i saw it and took it out for a drive. Quite lucky to get one fully specced up as there is a 2-3 mth waiting list for them from the factory.

Eames said:
Grr I hate German cars! You should drive a allied car

Lol

Yas786 · 5 Jul 2014 at 22:42

opstrat said:
did you get that horrible tartan cloth or upgrade to the leather?

Full leather inside...thats what the car came with. Couldnt bear having the horrible tartan cloth.

MrMoonX · 6 Jul 2014 at 01:14

£32k list price on a golf wtf

[TW]Sponge · 6 Jul 2014 at 02:33

MrMoonX said:
£32k list price on a golf wtf

Nice car, but I don't understand the pricing either. Then again I don't drive so I don't really understand.

But surely there are better cars out there for that kind of money? I'm not hating by the way.

Are there better cars out there for that kind of money these days?

crinkleshoes · 6 Jul 2014 at 02:50

[TW]Sponge;26564052 said:
Nice car, but I don't understand the pricing either. Then again I don't drive so I don't really understand.

But surely there are better cars out there for that kind of money? I'm not hating by the way.

Are there better cars out there for that kind of money these days?

Yes... BMW 1-series & 2-series

Yas786 · 6 Jul 2014 at 03:06

MrMoonX said:
£32k list price on a golf wtf

Yep believe it or not but i didnt pay anywhere close to the list price

crinkleshoes said:
Yes... BMW 1-series & 2-series

Which i did look at and test drove before i decided on the Golf GTD. Not a huge fan of them anymore especially with the new shapes they keep coming out with. To me they look bland on the outside and bland on the inside...nothing exciting about them and sure i could get one for the same price as the GTD but at a basic spec. This particular GTD that i bought came with a few extra options ie leather seats, sat nav, uprated sound system which took the price to £32k but i only paid £26k for it.

Ill probably keep this for a couple of yrs then sell it or trade it towards a new Golf R.

Hyburnate · 6 Jul 2014 at 03:14

Is that radar in the lower grille?

Although with that money I'd be opting for something more like this

chief barker · 6 Jul 2014 at 04:18

Hyburnate said:
Is that radar in the lower grille?

Although with that money I'd be opting for something more like this

Those wheels :eek:

Hyburnate · 6 Jul 2014 at 04:21

chief barker said:
Those wheels

Aren't they horrific?

Couldn't find the right ones nor the spec I'd get but still.

Cosimo · 6 Jul 2014 at 08:27

Yas786 said:
Cannot wait till Tues to pick it up

And to the haters, heres a special one for you

That's a nice deal, enjoy the car and good luck with the interviews.

The haters deserve something a little more stronger than that.

[TW]Fox · 6 Jul 2014 at 08:38

Yas786 said:
Yep believe it or not but i didnt pay anywhere close to the list price

Which i did look at and test drove before i decided on the Golf GTD. Not a huge fan of them anymore especially with the new shapes they keep coming out with. To me they look bland on the outside and bland on the inside...nothing exciting about them and sure i could get one for the same price as the GTD but at a basic spec. This particular GTD that i bought came with a few extra options ie leather seats, sat nav, uprated sound system which took the price to £32k but i only paid £26k for it.

Ill probably keep this for a couple of yrs then sell it or trade it towards a new Golf R.

If the Golf R is ultimately what.You want why not just buy it in the first place? Your budget would have got you one.

G|mp · 6 Jul 2014 at 09:35

Sorry to hear about the job Spawn.

Also, you should have bought a Scirocco, that's what the cool kids drive

norm · 6 Jul 2014 at 10:09

Yas786 said:

Sweet car, but I couldn't bring myself to buy new, driving it down the motorway be too concerned about getting stonechips in the immaculate paintwork.

Yas786 · 6 Jul 2014 at 11:48

Cosimo said:
That's a nice deal, enjoy the car and good luck with the interviews.

The haters deserve something a little more stronger than that.

Thanks Cosimo, i did think a few times whether it was worth it but in the end i thought it was...as they you only live once.

And thanks again for the luck on the interviews, pretty sure ill nail them and have a job soon enough...13 yrs of IT experience must count for something lol.

Hyburnate said:
Is that radar in the lower grille?

Although with that money I'd be opting for something more like this

Thats the ACC aka adaptive cruise control which is pretty damn sweet when activated.
As for that Skoda?? im not a fan of saloons and neither am i a fan of Skoda's either.

norm said:
Sweet car, but I couldn't bring myself to buy new, driving it down the motorway be too concerned about getting stonechips in the immaculate paintwork.

Meh even on a used car there is always the danger of stonechips...if it happens, it happens. Sometimes it just cant be avoided.

Yas786 · 6 Jul 2014 at 11:53

G|mp said:
Sorry to hear about the job Spawn.

Also, you should have bought a Scirocco, that's what the cool kids drive

LOL im not cool enough to be driving a Scirocco as much as i like them lol. Plus the one i looked at, i couldnt get it in the spec i wanted or price.

Only got this GTD at the price that i bought it for because of the dealer cocking up the original car i was going to get.

cyber69 · 6 Jul 2014 at 12:28

Medicom Hit Girl figure

MagicBoy · 6 Jul 2014 at 14:51

Yas786 said:
As for that Skoda?? im not a fan of saloons and neither am i a fan of Skoda's either.

1. It's a Hatchback.
2. It shares a platform and most of the major mechanical parts with the Golf (and Audi A3, Seat Leon etc).

I guess Skoda snobbery didn't die out 10 years ago.

Hyburnate · 6 Jul 2014 at 15:13

Yas786 said:
Thanks Cosimo, i did think a few times whether it was worth it but in the end i thought it was...as they you only live once.

And thanks again for the luck on the interviews, pretty sure ill nail them and have a job soon enough...13 yrs of IT experience must count for something lol.

Thats the ACC aka adaptive cruise control which is pretty damn sweet when activated.
As for that Skoda?? im not a fan of saloons and neither am i a fan of Skoda's either.

Meh even on a used car there is always the danger of stonechips...if it happens, it happens. Sometimes it just cant be avoided.

It's the same car :rolleyes:

MagicBoy · 6 Jul 2014 at 15:16

Hyburnate said:
It's the same car

But cheaper, assembled with more care and with nicer dealers.

I'm not taking a pop at the Golf, they're a very nice car. I owned two of the earlier models myself. Aside from a lottery win I couldn't justify spending the extra cash on the VW version now.

crinkleshoes · 6 Jul 2014 at 16:44

MagicBoy said:
1. It's a Hatchback.
2. It shares a platform and most of the major mechanical parts with the Golf (and Audi A3, Seat Leon etc).

I guess Skoda snobbery didn't die out 10 years ago.

Have you actually driven one?

Seats (as in things you sit in, not company Seat) are not shared with the Golf range, that's for sure... Golfs are a heck of a lot more comfortable than even the paradoxically named "Superb"... horrible cars.

Nothing to do with the name... they are cheap, tacky and incredibly uncomfortable to spend any time in.

Just because they may be mechanically similar, does not mean they are anywhere near the same... I never want to get in one again... and that was a well specced one earlier this year... the Golfs are much more comfortable