Golf R Estate

Gambisk · 27 Apr 2015 at 16:19

Looks nice and pulls the 4 exhausts off better than the hatch IMO, but that price tag is a lot to swallow.

SDK^ · 27 Apr 2015 at 18:04

panthro said:
They're way too expensive.

Dolph said:
The idea of this car is great, but as others have mentioned, it is just so expensive.

Rossi~ said:
I think it looks great (except the usual VAG 4 exhaust thing going on). Rather expensive though.

EdGey said:
I didn't know this car existed. I think it's quite nice but when you put it beside it's competition it's surely not the greatest purchase. There are nicer looking more affordable cars which are available tomorrow.

Gambisk said:
Looks nice and pulls the 4 exhausts off better than the hatch IMO, but that price tag is a lot to swallow.

There are so many comments about the price being high.
Is there another equivalent new car (Space, spec, power and drive) on the market which is cheaper? This is costing me £4.2k a year to own.

The only car which comes close is a used S4 Avant. The facelift (May 2012) starts from £29k

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 18:11

The only thing that gets close is an M135i bought from a broker - very low depreciation and easily under the £4.2k a year but of course it falls flat on its face with the space argument.

SDK^ · 27 Apr 2015 at 18:14

^..and I've owned the same car with a less powerful engine for 3 years already.

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 18:18

Golf is going to feel like a bit of a downgrade though in some respects, the infotainment for example is fairly low rent compared to your 118i and will feel more dated. They still use basic greyscale screens for the DIS in the instrument cluster, too.

It is a shame that BMW don't offer anything like a Golf Estate unless you count the bizarre and not really the same thing 2 Series Active Tourer.

Joe T · 27 Apr 2015 at 18:20

This might sound a little cheeky, but since when did a 2.0 four-pot need four exhausts?

What's next, three each side?

SDK^ · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:03

I agree 4 exhausts are unnecessary on this but people moan when the styling is dull and no different from the SE models.

No pleasing everyone

commited · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:22

SDK^ said:
The only car which comes close is a used S4 Avant. The facelift (May 2012) starts from £29k

Are these the ones that map to RS4 power for next to nothing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KfMY96v_Gc
I'd be looking at this!

xs2man · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:44

Yep. That'll be the ones.

SDK^ · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:45

[TW]Fox;27966783 said:
Golf is going to feel like a bit of a downgrade though in some respects, the infotainment for example is fairly low rent compared to your 118i and will feel more dated. They still use basic greyscale screens for the DIS in the instrument cluster, too.

It's only 2 years though - just in time for the new 5 Series launch

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:48

I just can't imagine how that S4 got so trashed. He really plays up the 'yea its juts an old beater' line but that was an early 2013 video and it was a mid 2009 car, it's hardly old.

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:49

SDK^ said:
It's only 2 years though - just in time for the new 5 Series launch

If my calculations are right it'll go back the same month deliveries start for the new 5 Series Touring

Dangerous Dave · 27 Apr 2015 at 19:58

[TW]Fox;27966783 said:
Golf is going to feel like a bit of a downgrade though in some respects, the infotainment for example is fairly low rent compared to your 118i and will feel more dated. They still use basic greyscale screens for the DIS in the instrument cluster, too.

The standard DIS is colour with the GTI and Golf R, his Golf will get the new MIB II headunit that is very good supporting Apple Car Play and Android Auto so you can use any Nav app you want and also direct access to all the streaming music apps etc. Shame he is not spec'ing the Pro Nav as this is the only way to get the large screen.

http://cars.reviewed.com/content/volkswagen-mib-ii-infotainment-system-first-impressions-review

xs2man · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:01

[TW]Fox;27967327 said:
If my calculations are right it'll go back the same month deliveries start for the new 5 Series Touring

I can't wait to see what this is like. Although I will probably go for a 4x4 next time anyway, if the new 5 looks good enough, and has xdrive, I might be tempted to stick with another 5 series.

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:03

Crikey that actually looks like it might be pretty good - shame about the screen size as you say but the phone streaming thing looks cool.

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:04

xs2man said:
I can't wait to see what this is like. Although I will probably go for a 4x4 next time anyway, if the new 5 looks good enough, and has xdrive, I might be tempted to stick with another 5 series.

I can't imagine it not having xDrive available.

My main worry is that the screw the interior up by moving away from the perfectly integrated navigation display towards randomly slapping a tablet on the dashboard. Which seems all-but guaranteed, because you know, that's cool these days.

Blackhawk47 · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:12

[TW]Fox;27967321 said:
I just can't imagine how that S4 got so trashed. He really plays up the 'yea its juts an old beater' line but that was an early 2013 video and it was a mid 2009 car, it's hardly old.

It doesn't look 'trashed'. Just looks like it has never seen a Hoover or car wash, he says in the video it was a family members who didn't look after it (or probably care).

[TW]Fox · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:18

Blackhawk47 said:
It doesn't look 'trashed'. Just looks like it has never seen a Hoover or car wash, he says in the video it was a family members who didn't look after it (or probably care).

You've not seen the bits with the dents and scrapes then

Kenai · 27 Apr 2015 at 20:28

Blackhawk47 said:
It doesn't look 'trashed'. Just looks like it has never seen a Hoover or car wash, he says in the video it was a family members who didn't look after it (or probably care).

Not trashed? Half the bumper has paint missing!

SDK^ · 30 Apr 2015 at 15:48

So my lease order for this car is confirmed.

I'm being asked if I want to take GAP Insurance. My initial thoughts are no based on the strong residual value on this car. i.e. it's unlikely my Insurance will value the car lower than the outstanding amount left to cover the full cost.

Any other thoughts?