OK this is very tongue in cheek but with slight overtones of truth attached. As many of you know I have a May 2018 MK7.5 GTI (non PP model), with a long list of options (see Sig below). I got wowed by the sales patter from my local dealer earlier this year to change out of the GTI to a Tiguan R-Line, and to be honest, that order has been an unmitigated disaster, so much so that the Tiguan order was cancelled.
This left me in a bit of a dilemma. Do I just keep the GTI and run it for another few years (at 3 years old and just 17k miles, it's hardly "old"), or do I trade it in for something different. To be honest, I'm wondering if I have dodged a bullet with the Tiguan, as just like the MK8's it seems the facelift Tiguan's are currently having their own fair share of technical and software gremlins. Also, I've just finished checking my mileage, and in the last year (since June 2020) I've done the grand total of 3,000 miles. Whilst I can see that creeping back up (to my usual circa 7-8k miles per year), whenever this bloody pandemic ends and I go back to working from the office (at least a few days a week) rather than at home as I have been all this year, I still in 2 years time will only have around 30-32k miles on the GTI.
So when I have my sensible head on, it's telling me to forget about a new car, the GTI is totally paid for and is still a damn fine car in it's own right, with plenty of toys to keep me happy. But then the Devil on my other shoulder is telling me I should change as I'm being left behind and I can afford something much newer with more shiny toys and the part ex prices I've been offered on the car (as I have been looking at some new motors) is very surprising and very tempting.
When I say left behind, what I mean is that a lot of the virtual friends I made on this very forum have either moved on to different brands or now have a MK8, whereas I'm still on my MK7.5. Another factor is that my Facebook feed seems to be filled with endless posts of young guys modding their GTI's and R's and talking about slamming them, bigger turbos, remapping etc, and I'm starting to wonder if the MK7 (7.5) has now become the Astra's and Nova's of years gone by and are now cheap enough to be bought by the Max Power brigade (for anyone that's old enough to remember), and at my age, that's not really a demographic I really want to be part of.
As I say, this is all a bit tongue in cheek, but I was wondering if anyone else had the 2 voices in each ear too
It's not really about the money as like I say the GTI is paid for, and I'm in a well paid job with no mortgage, no kids, don't smoke or drink, so cars' (and Photography) are really my only 2 vices, so could afford something newer.
Decisions, decisions.