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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Steve30 on 28 December 2010, 13:56
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The Mk6 is a £25K and up car, they are essentially a £15K mass-produced car with some fancy trimmings and a souped up engine.This is not a rant just a reality check ??
This was pointed out to me the other day and it got me thinking?? :undecided:
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To be fair it's just a mk5 in drag :grin:
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You could apply same argument about the M3.
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The Mk6 is a £25K and up car, they are essentially a £15K mass-produced car with some fancy trimmings and a souped up engine.This is not a rant just a reality check ??
This was pointed out to me the other day and it got me thinking?? :undecided:
Bloody Hell Steve, you really are on a roll with contentious posts. Excellent.
Yep: I think you have made a very good point. GTI/GTD and others have really become very expensive cars and beyond the reach of many. Pity. It was not meant to be so when the Golf was first released. Was it?
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To be fair it's just a mk5 in drag :grin:
Chuff dearest, there's drag and DRAG. The Mk6 is DRAG, German style! :grin:
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
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I'd say more than 15k steve, it's got to be worth at least what the mk5 was at the end of it's run? It's mainly the stupid inflation of prices since it came out that have made it questionable value imo.
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
I'll sell you my Golf GTI when I get my new Kia.
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
I'll sell you my Golf GTI when I get my new Kia.
Thanks for the offer. I'd rather have the Kia.
*runs away very fast*
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:grin: :grin:
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
I'll sell you my Golf GTI when I get my new Kia.
Thanks for the offer. I'd rather have the Kia.
*runs away very fast*
Good. Will suit you. :wink:
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Which is exactly the reason i didnt buy a Gti :grin: :lipsrsealed:
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Which is exactly the reason i didnt buy a Gti :grin: :lipsrsealed:
You neither bought nor leased a GTi. :grin:
But you did lease a GTI? :wink:
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You could apply same argument about the M3.
Ermm no. The M3 is not a fancy 3 series if that's what your implying.
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This is the reason I bought my Golf when it was 3 years old, some other mug has loaded all the extras on and I get it at a lot more reasonable price , would never pay what they wanted new for one, unless it was company car.
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
I'll sell you my Golf GTI when I get my new Kia.
Thanks for the offer. I'd rather have the Kia.
*runs away very fast*
Good. Will suit you. :wink:
Brill :grin:
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In my eyes a golf MK6 is a safe car that looks good and is built well versus it's rivals.
The price reflects the quality and strength of the car although they aint that expensive IMHO
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Its just a golf. :evil:
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Its just a golf. :evil:
Yes but is it just a golf though ? :undecided:
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Yes. :smiley:
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Yes. :smiley:
:laugh: :laugh: you didn't say that last year waiting list ??
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In my eyes a golf MK6 is a safe car that looks good and is built well versus it's rivals.
The price reflects the quality and strength of the car although they aint that expensive IMHO
just not painted that well :laugh:
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This is the reason I bought my Golf when it was 3 years old, some other mug has loaded all the extras on and I get it at a lot more reasonable price , would never pay what they wanted new for one, unless it was company car.
How do you know the so called mug is just making lots of money and doesn't really care how much he loses ? If the original owner has the same attitude as you maybe then he would then see you as a mug as not being able to afford a brand new one.
P.s this is not my view.
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This is the reason I bought my Golf when it was 3 years old, some other mug has loaded all the extras on and I get it at a lot more reasonable price , would never pay what they wanted new for one, unless it was company car.
How do you know the so called mug is just making lots of money and doesn't really care how much he loses ? If the original owner has the same attitude as you maybe then he would then see you as a mug as not being able to afford a brand new one.
P.s this is not my view.
And if its anything like the mk5 more than halfway to rusting though the wings by then :grin:
Depreciation
I don't look on that as an issue as i personally keep cars a very along time. I have had the mk1 since 1989 for example. It is also why i spent so much time on prepping the mk6 for its long stay with me.
Yes. :smiley:
:laugh: :laugh: you didn't say that last year waiting list ??
Not sure what you meen. :undecided:
I bought it as unlike alot of modern cars it had decent visability, had nice steering weight (a must for me), decent low down power and i liked the looks. It was also a change from my previous TDI daily driver...
Im not a speed freak like most on here.
Its still just a golf. :wink:
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
Depreciation...the word most used by those who can't afford to buy new and suffer it (generally...not specifically at the OP)
Personally, I couldn't give a toss...that's why I get off my arse and earn it in the first place.
If it wasn't getting spent on a car, i'd waste it on something else.
So says the man who lost £55k on his last car.
Would I do it again?
Hell yeah...
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A golf GTI is still a Golf...still a shopping car at heart.
An M3 is still a 3 series.
Nothing to get wound up about...they are what they are....and it doesn't make them any worse for it.
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Completely agree with the above two posts - well said Ess_Three!
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I read they're bringing out the MK7 within the next 2 years. :rolleyes:
Depreciation, thats a bummer!
Depreciation...the word most used by those who can't afford to buy new and suffer it (generally...not specifically at the OP)
Personally, I couldn't give a toss...that's why I get off my arse and earn it in the first place.
If it wasn't getting spent on a car, i'd waste it on something else.
So says the man who lost £55k on his last car.
Would I do it again?
Hell yeah...
Glen, out of interest, what was your last car?
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Glen, out of interest, what was your last car?
Technically it was a Fabia vRS that lost next to nothing over 3 years....but that was just a runabout.
The last 'good' car was a factory order Porsche 996 C4S with many options. (Speed Yellow, Aerokit, Lowered Chassis, GT3 wheels, Sports Exhaust, blah, blah..)
That bad boy cost me about £5 per mile over 5 years, all things considered.
But the memories are priceless...and I'd do it again.
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i just love blowing cash on a brand new car, great feeling.
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Memories are priceless and aspirations essential. Without these you might as well be dead.
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Glen, out of interest, what was your last car?
Technically it was a Fabia vRS that lost next to nothing over 3 years....but that was just a runabout.
The last 'good' car was a factory order Porsche 996 C4S with many options. (Speed Yellow, Aerokit, Lowered Chassis, GT3 wheels, Sports Exhaust, blah, blah..)
That bad boy cost me about £5 per mile over 5 years, all things considered.
But the memories are priceless...and I'd do it again.
If you can afford it then why the hell not! I'm pretty sure I would! :grin:
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In my eyes a golf MK6 is a safe car that looks good and is built well versus it's rivals.
The price reflects the quality and strength of the car although they aint that expensive IMHO
just not painted that well :laugh:
:wink:
My paints just fine ta love :grin:
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Memories are priceless and aspirations essential. Without these you might as well be dead.
Agreed for once :wink:
I didn't "aspire" to a golf I just needed a car that was good on fuel, automatic and safe for day to day running around :wink:
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This is why I like the car. To a lot of people, people I don't want thinking I'm some sort of mad tearaway, it's a Golf. To others, who understand these things, it's something else.
(On another forum, a MkIV owner described it as "that rocket sled Rolfe drives.")
I've been ferrying some friends around during the snow, thanks to the winter tyres, and it was "just a Golf". Then the daughter of one of the friends was visiting when I picked her up. Apparently my arrival caused major consternation, as in "Is that the person who's picking you up? That is an amazing car."
It's all good clean fun.
Rolfe.
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This is why I like the car. To a lot of people, people I don't want thinking I'm some sort of mad tearaway, it's a Golf. To others, who understand these things, it's something else.
(On another forum, a MkIV owner described it as "that rocket sled Rolfe drives.")
I've been ferrying some friends around during the snow, thanks to the winter tyres, and it was "just a Golf". Then the daughter of one of the friends was visiting when I picked her up. Apparently my arrival caused major consternation, as in "Is that the person who's picking you up? That is an amazing car."
It's all good clean fun.
Rolfe.
very nice Rolfe, I just took the Mrs for a drink in just a Golf :smug:
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Memories are priceless and aspirations essential. Without these you might as well be dead.
Agreed for once :wink:
I didn't "aspire" to a golf I just needed a car that was good on fuel, automatic and safe for day to day running around :wink:
I don't aspire wrt cars but wrt my profession. I think this makes us slightly different for the present. :tongue: :smiley:
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Memories are priceless and aspirations essential. Without these you might as well be dead.
Agreed for once :wink:
I didn't "aspire" to a golf I just needed a car that was good on fuel, automatic and safe for day to day running around :wink:
I don't aspire wrt to cars but wrt to my profession. I think this makes us slightly different. :smiley:
wrt ? :undecided:
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wrt = with respect to :smiley:
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Much obliged my good man :smiley:
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Memories are priceless and aspirations essential. Without these you might as well be dead.
Agreed for once :wink:
I didn't "aspire" to a golf I just needed a car that was good on fuel, automatic and safe for day to day running around :wink:
I don't aspire wrt to cars but wrt to my profession. I think this makes us slightly different for the present. :tongue: :smiley:
wrt ? :undecided:
Grammar and post corrected for you kind sir. :smiley:
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I didn't "aspire" to a golf
I have never wanted a supercars, Been in quite a few and to me there pointless.
The odd thing is you could say i did aspire to a golf. On my bedroom wall as a young lad were two cars. One a VW one an Audi. A BRM 2.0 16V converted mk1 GTI in silver. In ~1989 i bought a mk1 GTI in silver and still own it. The other car i ever really wanted after seeing one at the motorshow and in later life driving a few of them was an Audi ur-quattro, a car i will add to the current collection one day. I have owned most cars i have ever thought i wanted, the perks of a family who were in the motortrade in the 90s but very few have ever stayed in the collection as i changed my mind on them.
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Its cool you got what you wanted :-)
I was a cossie lover at school, bought my first RS500 at 21 :-)
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The Mk6 is a £25K and up car, they are essentially a £15K mass-produced car with some fancy trimmings and a souped up engine.
Which fool told you that Steve :wink:
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The Mk6 is a £25K and up car, they are essentially a £15K mass-produced car with some fancy trimmings and a souped up engine.
Which fool told you that Steve :wink:
You did of course Mac7 , but it got me thnking about buying another Golf , i'm not sure now?? :cool:
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^ Do tell? An R?
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The Mk6 GTI/GTD/R IS A FANCY CAR as many people 'fancy' or more accurately 'covet' it. :cool:
Yes of all the cars I could have, a mk6 is the one I really 'covet'. :rolleyes:
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Oh yes , very fancy car, guess thats why everyone wants one. :grin:
What is a 'real' car then ?
I think any car that just does it's job.
IMHO to cornerstone of the VW range is the bluemotion golf - it just does what it says on the bootlid :-)
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Ah, main roads finally clear of snow this morning. Was able to open up the GTi on the A702 in a way I'd almost forgotten about. I see an overtaking opportunity, I'm past. It's that simple. Just driving to work, but a lot of fun.
That's why I like this car.
Rolfe.
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I 'fancied' the GTI because I loved its classless image, its undoubted cache, its simple lines, its compact external dimensions, its spacious interior, its good sized boot, its high quality interior, its turn of speed, its good fuel economy, its reasonable purchase cost (IMO), the close proximity of the service department/dealership, need I say more.
I also sometimes drive a Mercedes C350 CDI Sport Auto. But I far prefer my GTI in every way.
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