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[AlanD]

How cool would it be if there was a RWD button

[Horney]

How cool would it be if there was a Drift button

Fixed that for ya!

nick

[nick30]

How cool would it be if there was a RWD button

thAt would be awesomeness  

just noticed your postcount nick is 6666 

[matchboy]

Are some of the Audi set at 60/40 ratio

my missus a4 3.0 quattro s-line has a 60/40 split if that's any help (its the new shape one too).

[Ess_Three]

Apples and oranges mate. With the Golf R you getting brand new car... associated peace of mind... etc... etc...

But, have to admit, £33-4K is ALOT for just a Golf.

I'm with you...

With the new Golf you are buying cheap running costs - often a fraction of what it'll cost you to run and maintain those mentioned above.
A car that cost £60-100k new still has £60-100k running costs, even if you only paid £30k for it.

What's a Golf going to cost over it's 3 warrantied years?
£250 for the service pack, a pair of front tyres and petrol at 30 MPG.

Try a similar deal in an M5/996TT...£3000-4000 per year and 18MPG?

The dream may look good...the reality is somewhat different.

[AlanD]

^ Couldn't agree more.

[SilverChariot]

Apples and oranges mate. With the Golf R you getting brand new car... associated peace of mind... etc... etc...

But, have to admit, £33-4K is ALOT for just a Golf.

I'm with you...

With the new Golf you are buying cheap running costs - often a fraction of what it'll cost you to run and maintain those mentioned above.
A car that cost £60-100k new still has £60-100k running costs, even if you only paid £30k for it.

What's a Golf going to cost over it's 3 warrantied years?
£250 for the service pack, a pair of front tyres and petrol at 30 MPG.

Try a similar deal in an M5/996TT...£3000-4000 per year and 18MPG?

The dream may look good...the reality is somewhat different.

Yeah. I was looking at a £40K MY05/06 997 C2S. In terms of total cost of ownership, the brand new Golf R and the used C2S would be about the same. C2S wins on depreciation, but Golf wins on running costs.

EDIT: My calculations are based on the Golf R costing £34K - so a pretty high spec one. C2S costs are optimistic and assume no warranty (Porsche warranty is £1350 per year  ) and no unexpected failures (e.g. RMS/IMS/Clutch/Engine).

I guess you could say the Golf R is the sensible less risky option. 

[Ess_Three]

Yeah. I was looking at a £40K MY05/06 997 C2S. In terms of total cost of ownership, the brand new Golf R and the used C2S would be about the same. C2S wins on depreciation, but Golf wins on running costs.

You warranty the C2S and use it 'properly' and the difference will be a somewhere between 3 times the amount, to 10 times the amount in running costs.
The depreciation does start to level it up a bit though...
Tough call.

[SilverChariot]

Yeah. I was looking at a £40K MY05/06 997 C2S. In terms of total cost of ownership, the brand new Golf R and the used C2S would be about the same. C2S wins on depreciation, but Golf wins on running costs.

You warranty the C2S and use it 'properly' and the difference will be a somewhere between 3 times the amount, to 10 times the amount in running costs.
The depreciation does start to level it up a bit though...
Tough call.

The Golf R is more practical too... so that sealed it. Wife called the Golf R a "cheapskate's Porsche". She's probably right!

[Jkctr]

Apples and oranges mate. With the Golf R you getting brand new car... associated peace of mind... etc... etc...

But, have to admit, £33-4K is ALOT for just a Golf.

I'm with you...

With the new Golf you are buying cheap running costs - often a fraction of what it'll cost you to run and maintain those mentioned above.
A car that cost £60-100k new still has £60-100k running costs, even if you only paid £30k for it.

What's a Golf going to cost over it's 3 warrantied years?
£250 for the service pack, a pair of front tyres and petrol at 30 MPG.

Try a similar deal in an M5/996TT...£3000-4000 per year and 18MPG?

The dream may look good...the reality is somewhat different.

If you have more than £30k to buy a car i expect you will have enough to run the aforementioned. I could run an RS4 (if i wasnt buying a bloody house lol)