Well, I test drove the Mk6 R this morning and really liked it. Only 6500 miles so it felt brand new. But at £25k on a March 12 plate I felt it was still way too expensive to justify a £14k or so cost to change.
For that £25k I could be looking at a new Mk7 GTi but I reckon I'm going to wait another or so and look at the Edition 40 or a nearly new Mk7 R.
They had all three Mk7s in the car park by the way (GTi, GTD and R) and I though the GTi in black was the nicest of the three. The R was too subtle and didn't remotely look like the £38k car the salesman said it was. And I also seem to remember having the discussion on here about price when the Mk6 came out but £38k for a Golf is just too much. Completely unjustifiable.
I've set myself a limit of £25k next year and intend to stick to it. No Golf is worth more than that in my opinion, especially when you can pick up 135s starting at that price.
