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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: Jimmymature on 06 December 2010, 21:57
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Hi all, getting out of my company car and going for a GTI of some description. Looking at a nice 57 plate GTI, 18k miles vwfsh, DSG with nice spec.
Also looking at an ED30 but it's £2.5k more, impartial views please guys, is it worth the extra cash?
Thanks in advance.
Jim
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I would say that the only choice is the ED30...but then i have just bought one and gone through the same situation.
The ED30 is highly tunable and will retain more value second hand as it will be nore sought after. It also depends how long you intend to keep it for. The other matter is to most people the Ed30 is just a Golf GTI anyway , but its perhaps like saying an RS4 Audi is just an Audi A4 , they don't know what they are on about , but they have got a point!
If you intend to keep the car in the same state as when you buy it then get the GTI if you intened to fiddle with the original and add your own mark then it has to be the ED30.......just £3-500 more on the ED30 gets you 300bhp approx. A Great practical all round car.
Any questions about my choice ? I will answer..........I am a bit old aswell which may give a slightly different view to other son here!
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I sold my Edition 30 just over a year ago .... and it is easily the worst thing I did .... the car was an 08 dsg model remapped by Superchips to 300bhp. The car was brilliant.
Because I am stupid I bought a Z4M Roadster - nothing wrong with it at all - but I always regretted selling the Golf ... which in remapped Edition 30 guise was quicker too !!
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I sold my ED30 in March , and yes I miss it very much got to say its awsome car with all the little touches side skirts coulor coded, half leather, massaging seats just brilliant motor.
Get the Ed30 now :smug:
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I own a GTI but am considering an Ed30 next. As said above a little bit spent will give you a lot more power. All depends on what your plans are though. If you don't plan any engine mods I would say save the difference and go for the GTI.
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ed30 every time if you have the choice. You could throw the extra 2.5k at the GTI in modifications and it still wouldn't be as good as the '30.
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ed30 every time if you have the choice. You could throw the extra 2.5k at the GTI in modifications and it still wouldn't be as good as the '30.
.........not quite.2.5grand spent on a standard GTI would make a very nice car.
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ed30 every time if you have the choice. You could throw the extra 2.5k at the GTI in modifications and it still wouldn't be as good as the '30.
.........not quite.2.5grand spent on a standard GTI would make a very nice car.
yes agree to some extent, but would you actuly get all the trim, seats and all the other extra's, also you dont get k04 ether ?? :undecided:
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If it's for power, ED30. If it's for general niceness and being the best all rounder ever, regular GTI. 200-240 bhp is more than enough for many people.
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I say GTI, can play around with it more without it losing too much value, I have the GTI, and have modded it quite a bit since owning it, If I did that with an ED30 then it would more than likely lose a lot of its value as long as you can put it back to how it was, (also dont' like the ED30 rear bumper... :grin:)
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I say GTI, can play around with it more without it losing too much value, I have the GTI, and have modded it quite a bit since owning it, If I did that with an ED30 then it would more than likely lose a lot of its value as long as you can put it back to how it was, (also dont' like the ED30 rear bumper... :grin:)
+1
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Make that +3 :wink:
The ED30 is a great car but will only keep it's value in the future if it is as close to standard as possible. If your thinking of keeping it standard, then go for the ED30 as it will be a great asset in the future.
If you are thinking of modding, stay with the GTI as I think the resale value won't be affected as much. Try getting getting a really high spec GTI and you'll have a great complete car. Anyway £2.5k gets you a complete K04 upgrade from awesome anyway.
Just my 2 pence opinion... :smug:
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If you afford it the ED30 clearly the better of the 2. Depends if you budget streches that extra £2.5k, if it does then get. I wouldn't recommend you getting yourself in debt over it. The GTI is still a bloody class act.
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If you afford it the ED30 clearly the better of the 2. Depends if you budget streches that extra £2.5k, if it does then get. I wouldn't recommend you getting yourself in debt over it. The GTI is still a bloody class act.
Thanks for all the advice guys, money isnt a problem I had intended on buying a used Mk6 but didnt like the idea of £24k on a second hand Golf!
ED30 it is then.
Found a few nice low mile 08 plate DSG ED30's with sat nav etc for about £17k, sounds about right to me, but you guys know better than me so views are again appreciated.
Jim
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If you afford it the ED30 clearly the better of the 2. Depends if you budget streches that extra £2.5k, if it does then get. I wouldn't recommend you getting yourself in debt over it. The GTI is still a bloody class act.
Thanks for all the advice guys, money isnt a problem I had intended on buying a used Mk6 but didnt like the idea of £24k on a second hand Golf!
ED30 it is then.
Found a few nice low mile 08 plate DSG ED30's with sat nav etc for about £17k, sounds about right to me, but you guys know better than me so views are again appreciated.
Jim
Can't go wrong with a Mk5, Mk6 should be avoided prices are still too high and the Mk7 is on the horizon.
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ED 30! :)
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ED 30! :)
X2
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Standard every day.
Halfords looks do not suit the ED30.
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I know it's just Egbutt Wash and everything he says should be taken with a grain of salt and shot of gin, but colour coded bumpers is hardly Halfords spec :grin:
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Will let you know on wednesday (if snow stays away) when i pick up my 08 3dr Edition 30. :smug:
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Ed30 is miles better than than standard by far :smug:. Who gives a flying toss about marketing its a great car simple.
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Will let you know on wednesday (if snow stays away) when i pick up my 08 3dr Edition 30. :smug:
Keep us informed Gene, here or T'other site :cool:
You wont regret it :wink:
Edit.........
Found your thread on t'other site :smiley:
Very nice indeed :cool:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22914.0.html
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ED30 and a map all day long.
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Will let you know on wednesday (if snow stays away) when i pick up my 08 3dr Edition 30. :smug:
Keep us informed Gene, here or T'other site :cool:
You wont regret it :wink:
Edit.........
Found your thread on t'other site :smiley:
Very nice indeed :cool:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22914.0.html
........thanks Steve,will do.Not long now :smiley: :grin:
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I'm excited for you :wink:
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Don't forget the winter tyres. :sick:
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Don't forget the winter tyres. :sick:
.........ther like rocking horse s**t now & to be fair the Vredestein Ultrac Sessanta on mine are fine.Just drive to the conditions.
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Will let you know on wednesday (if snow stays away) when i pick up my 08 3dr Edition 30. :smug:
Keep us informed Gene, here or T'other site :cool:
You wont regret it :wink:
Edit.........
Found your thread on t'other site :smiley:
Very nice indeed :cool:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,22914.0.html
........thanks Steve,will do.Not long now :smiley: :grin:
..........well picked up yeasterday & have only driven home from the garage 14 miles & then back in to work today 7 miles. But just in those few miles i love it. Heated seats are great as is the sat nav & the looks with the factory privacy glass look great. :smiley:
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So Gene, now you have moved over to the dark side, what do you prefere? Ed30 or Gti? :wink:
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For a minute there you scared me and I thought he had bought a diesel with that dark side comment, dont ever scare me like that again.
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For a minute there you scared me and I thought he had bought a diesel with that dark side comment, dont ever scare me like that again.
:grin: That isn't the dark side. That is the dirty side :grin:
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So Gene, now you have moved over to the dark side, what do you prefere? Ed30 or Gti? :wink:
........even tho i've only done a few miles it's got to be the ED30. Standard GTI is a great car but love the ED30.
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For a minute there you scared me and I thought he had bought a diesel with that dark side comment, dont ever scare me like that again.
:grin: That isn't the dark side. That is the dirty side :grin:
They like to think of themselves as the dark side because of their black pump, I often refer to them as the scum side.