My New Car

MooMoo444 said:
It's a nice car, but you should have shopped around...so many nice vehicles out there for 30k. Definitely better than a Golf anyway.
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I don't get this with people.

This is what the OP wanted to spend his money on. You may or may not agree (well it seems clear you don't :p) but why do you just assume he's ignorant? :confused:
 
I have a mk7 gti...cant see me need to upgrade to an R when the time comes though

its as fast I would ever conceivably need on a public road its not bad on the fuel, its reasonable to tax and its laughably cheap to insure (208 quid for the year ahead!...bear in mind I am an ancient 44 year old with an impeccable history)

as nice as the R looks..it would have to be a blue one for me, I will see if I can get a drive in my dealers when mine goes in for its service! they have had to take some of the boot space though havent they to make room for 4 wheel drive stuff.

the gti is as good an all rounder as I have ever had in my many years of driving
 
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chanjy said:
I don't get this with people.

This is what the OP wanted to spend his money on. You may or may not agree (well it seems clear you don't :p) but why do you just assume he's ignorant? :confused:
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Cheers Chanjy, I have always wanted a Golf...and well I am lucky enough to work hard and not waste my money on Drinking or Smoking. Yes it might be a lot of money, but I only live once and I could die tomorrow...so live life while you can I say.

And now I have the car, if I decide to PX or sell its still going to hold its money. These aren't common cars only seen 3 or 4 and I live in MK and Central London.
 
It's a bit of jealously on my part, I can't afford to spend that much on a car so it pains me to see it 'wasted' on a Golf. My opinion of course, but still, it doesn't appear to the minority opinion in this topic.
 
MooMoo444 said:
It's a nice car, but you should have shopped around...so many nice vehicles out there for 30k. Definitely better than a Golf anyway.
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Such as? Tried a few and nothing comes close in that size and 300bhp from 2ltr AWD hot hatch wipes most the competition out. The R and the GTI I test drove were a much better build quality than the S3 as it had rattles and creaks the ride quality was better in the VW as well. Can understand why N00bie picked the R as it a great car and if you like a car it is worth every penny IMO.

MooMoo444 said:
It's a bit of jealously on my part, I can't afford to spend that much on a car so it pains me to see it 'wasted' on a Golf. My opinion of course, but still, it doesn't appear to the minority opinion in this topic.
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Fair play, think most the negative remarks if honest would be jealousy. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
 
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Nice car dude, I like these a lot. Don't think the colour quite does it justice, but thats a personal preference. Enjoy!!
 
MooMoo444 said:
It's a bit of jealously on my part, I can't afford to spend that much on a car so it pains me to see it 'wasted' on a Golf. My opinion of course, but still, it doesn't appear to the minority opinion in this topic.
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I kinda get this point of view, but at the same time, the same could be said about any purchase.

£10k buys a diesel Focus, but is that wasted as that could have also bought an E46 M3? (I'd wager yes, but only because my situation dicates that the M3 would be a better buy).
 
I do like these unlike previous Rs it is winning many group tests and regarded as the better car over a GTI. I took a demo car up to Glencoe and took in some great roads handling/performance/ride quality are excellent. The speed you can maintain down a country road is immense and can induce laughter at points.

I do think it is getting silly when a well spec'd Golf R is closer to 40k than 30k but new cars are expensive a top of range diesel Focus is 24k before options (well aware you can get a discount on this) compared to 30.5k for a stock Golf R doesn't make it seem that bad compared to the rest of the market as it will hold its value well.
 
Cars are silly expensive, but damn I can say for the money I spent the car is well worth it, handling fantastic and the ability to tune the driving experience is so fun.
 
Cars are silly expensive, but damn I can say for the money I spent the car is well worth it, handling fantastic and the ability to tune the driving experience is so fun.
 
radar19 said:
How long did it take after you placed the order?
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It wasn't a brand new order.

N00bie said:
No one traded anything in mate, it was first owned by VW and I am the first real owner. The Branch Manager had my car as a lease since March. It was £39,995 with the extras, brought down to £33,885 I think and I picked it up for what I mentioned above :)

And mate, these go like stink! some Golf was behind me after flashing to let me out. And I stuck in race and I was gone!
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