THE 50K CHALLENGE: NEW MUSTANG ON THE WAY, BUT WOULD 50K BE BETTER SPENT ON ANOTHER MARQUE?

wedrum said:
you lost any money on the golf ?
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Sold it to a mate at 20k. What it owes me pretty much with what I had done mods/service wise to it. :)
Happy for my mate to have it, he works here too so the car will still be here and it has to be one of the best cars I've owned, huge credit goes to VW on making them, proper fun, seriously quick and extremely capable road car. My only complaint on the car, DSG could do with 7 gears, not 6 and on MK7.5 they added the 7th, definitely required for cruising. I'd advice anyone to drive one, if you like it, then just imagine how it feels with the ECU&DSG mapped and its in another league of performance.
 
Hard ball them wave around the OcUK slong they will buckle on the SVR

Gibbo said:
Sold it to a mate at 20k. What it owes me pretty much with what I had done mods/service wise to it. :)
Happy for my mate to have it, he works here too so the car will still be here and it has to be one of the best cars I've owned, huge credit goes to VW on making them, proper fun, seriously quick and extremely capable road car. My only complaint on the car, DSG could do with 7 gears, not 6 and on MK7.5 they added the 7th, definitely required for cruising. I'd advice anyone to drive one, if you like it, then just imagine how it feels with the ECU&DSG mapped and its in another league of performance.
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So much car for 20k
 
Gibbo said:
Sold it to a mate at 20k. What it owes me pretty much with what I had done mods/service wise to it. :)
Happy for my mate to have it, he works here too so the car will still be here and it has to be one of the best cars I've owned, huge credit goes to VW on making them, proper fun, seriously quick and extremely capable road car. My only complaint on the car, DSG could do with 7 gears, not 6 and on MK7.5 they added the 7th, definitely required for cruising. I'd advice anyone to drive one, if you like it, then just imagine how it feels with the ECU&DSG mapped and its in another league of performance.
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Man, I can pick up one of these for 21k new. I need to stop looking, it's stupidly tempting.
 
Gibbo said:
Can I retrofit PDK?

I am serious because it is freaking stunning and probably won't depreciate.
But then I engage brain and I do have my M3 which is a similar ethos.
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I'm sure you can retro fit, but surely that would cost a huge fortune and likely cost more than it would to buy a PDK car and wrap it yourself?
 
hilly said:
I'm sure you can retro fit, but surely that would cost a huge fortune and likely cost more than it would to buy a PDK car and wrap it yourself?
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Just like the Jag, if I get one, it has to be the real deal, SVR and same with Cayman, real deal proper GT4. There is far more done to the underpinnings that transform the drive and performance, plus make them feel so much special.

The moment I drove the SVR it felt super special by the way it went, steered and rode. :)
 
Stay strong, they will come back and deal when they get to end of year/quarter. Did well getting shot of the Golf so quick. I actually thought about selling the Polo the other week and had 562389 offers via email within 12 seconds of finishing the thought.
 
Lustral said:
Sorry that looks like tax free and special rates for armed forces etc etc , not really applicable for mere morals like myself. Good find if you fit in the various sectors mentioned on the website.
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I do. Only suitable for us abroad, but still tempting.
 
Gibbo said:
Just like the Jag, if I get one, it has to be the real deal, SVR and same with Cayman, real deal proper GT4. There is far more done to the underpinnings that transform the drive and performance, plus make them feel so much special.

The moment I drove the SVR it felt super special by the way it went, steered and rode. :)
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That's the key to the right car isn't it - the way it makes you feel, whilst you drive it. Everything else is relative to you.

I don't think buying a none pdk version, then adding pdk into it is practical. Especially when the manuals are relatively rare and therefore have a premium attached to them
 
Begbie said:
I do. Only suitable for us abroad, but still tempting.
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Do it mate, I've got guys in the forces who do this, buy brand new cars to enjoy and then sell them once the contract is over as you do have to keep it for a minimum of 12-18 months I think, but even still at that age your gonna get around 23-25k for the Golf R, so you'd make a profit from the deal. Well worth it, get it done, awesome cars!
 
hilly said:
That's the key to the right car isn't it - the way it makes you feel, whilst you drive it. Everything else is relative to you.

I don't think buying a none pdk version, then adding pdk into it is practical. Especially when the manuals are relatively rare and therefore have a premium attached to them
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Yep I was not being serious anyway, because it would be huge money and not easy to do, though the only PDK GT4 in the UK would probably make it worth more anyway, as I cannot be the only person who wished GT4 had came in PDK too. :)
 
Gibbo said:
Do it mate, I've got guys in the forces who do this, buy brand new cars to enjoy and then sell them once the contract is over as you do have to keep it for a minimum of 12-18 months I think, but even still at that age your gonna get around 23-25k for the Golf R, so you'd make a profit from the deal. Well worth it, get it done, awesome cars!
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6 months IIRC, because of VAT reasons. But I have 18 months left abroad anyway. I was tempted with a VRS245, but the residuals on the R are now very very tempting.
 
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