Clubsport 40 value

[245PS]

245PS, are you a member of the Clubsport Facebook group?
A wanted ad on there would yield results I’m sure.

Last year Clubsports weren’t fetching great money and I saw a few change hands for around £21K. These cars are about.
Conversely I had a mad moment and part exchanged mine for a TCR last October, mine was a fairly basic spec manual 5 door with Pretorias and the dealership sold mine within a very short space of time advertised at £28k (albeit it was very low mileage and absolutely mint condition).

There is/was one up for sale privately fairly local to me (a member on here) But it’s quite highly modified and manual. I’m assuming you’re after a high spec standard car?

Yes I'd only buy a standard car, thanks I'll check the FB group out.

[245PS]

Regarding buckets with 3 door or 5 door. 3 door is a pain in the arse if I am being honest and that’s with two teenagers. Basically the seat position does not slide automatically when Tilting the front seat back to access the back seats and you have to manually slide the seat and the angle of tilt is also small. If you have young children with car seats that you need to change get a 5 door and if you have toddlers the shiny black reads of the seats will not look good unless you take their shoes off. But I love the seats but you lose practicality.

My boys are 5 and nearly 7, so get themselves in/out. 5 door I have no doubt will be best, but if 3 door I could leave the passenger seat slid forward, so when I tilt it there is room for them to get in/out?

[barrym381]

Regarding buckets with 3 door or 5 door. 3 door is a pain in the arse if I am being honest and that’s with two teenagers. Basically the seat position does not slide automatically when Tilting the front seat back to access the back seats and you have to manually slide the seat and the angle of tilt is also small. If you have young children with car seats that you need to change get a 5 door and if you have toddlers the shiny black reads of the seats will not look good unless you take their shoes off. But I love the seats but you lose practicality.

My boys are 5 and nearly 7, so get themselves in/out. 5 door I have no doubt will be best, but if 3 door I could leave the passenger seat slid forward, so when I tilt it there is room for them to get in/out?

The bucket seats in our mk5 r32 requires the front seat to be quite far back so the seat clears the roof

[Paul70]

Regarding buckets with 3 door or 5 door. 3 door is a pain in the arse if I am being honest and that’s with two teenagers. Basically the seat position does not slide automatically when Tilting the front seat back to access the back seats and you have to manually slide the seat and the angle of tilt is also small. If you have young children with car seats that you need to change get a 5 door and if you have toddlers the shiny black reads of the seats will not look good unless you take their shoes off. But I love the seats but you lose practicality.

My boys are 5 and nearly 7, so get themselves in/out. 5 door I have no doubt will be best, but if 3 door I could leave the passenger seat slid forward, so when I tilt it there is room for them to get in/out?

The bucket seats in our mk5 r32 requires the front seat to be quite far back so the seat clears the roof

That’s not the case in the MK7 guys, the bucket seat will still clear the headliner even in its highest and furthest forward position.

[245PS]

Conversely I had a mad moment and part exchanged mine for a TCR last October

How does it compare?

[Paul70]

I would search Exonian’s previous posts, he’s written several excellent comparison reviews but his view may be different to yours. Based on the specification you want my advice is go for the TCR; for only a few thousand more you’ll get a more recent car, perhaps close to 3 years newer, more equipment some of which was not standard or even available on the ED40. All the benefits of the Facelift model, perhaps even Akrapovic exhaust.

If you want a car to mollycoddle, pamper and you only do a few miles buy the ED40. If you do average mileage and your car will be a workhorse buy a TCR. There’s plenty of choice at the moment. Plus you’ll get a manufacturers warranty.

Each to their own.

[SRGTD]

@245PS; bear in mind that many TCR’s had a list price in excess of £40k when new, so those cars will attract the additional annual VED levy of (currently) £325 per year for five years from the end of the first year’s registration, in addition to the standard VED rate of (currently) £150.

[245PS]

Crikey I wouldn’t want to pay £475/year to tax a Golf.

It will be my daily driver, but I don’t do huge miles, and I do like to mollycoddle my cars, hence I like them to be a bit special in the first place.

[Carbon VW]

My golf GTi is €570 to tax in Ireland every year and our roads are shocking !

[Al1040]

Wow that is not good at all!!!