Age Of You MK6 Owners?

[R32UK]

Buy a 6k second hand evo. It'll be faster, you'll pick up more dirty ladies, and you'll still have the cash for the deposit on a house to take said dirty ladies back to.

win all round i say.

but it wont be cheaper to insure, run or service so whats the point. not to mention the knob factor.

[Davew88]

Thanks for all your replies guys, i really am stuck in two minds now. Friends and family are the same, some say get the car, some say get the house.

Im kinda considering maybe just getting a MK5 for now, atleast i can buy it outright and im not having to pay a car off every month. I know i said they look dated compared to the Mk6 but its still a GTI after all isnt it!  If i was to go for a Mk5 tho id want a decent example, not too old, not too many miles ect ect

Buy the way are the MK5 leather seats the same as the ones in the MK6?

[ub7rm]

Yes they are except the mk5's are a dark grey whereas the mk6's are black.

[FamilyDub]

Buy a 6k second hand evo. It'll be faster, you'll pick up more dirty ladies, and you'll still have the cash for the deposit on a house to take said dirty ladies back to.

win all round i say.

but it wont be cheaper to insure, run or service so whats the point. not to mention the knob factor.

Some say get the car, some say get the house.

What's more likely to be important to you over the next 3-4 years? I.e. not 'now'?

a) The luuvly shiny GTi..... outside yer maw's house? Or,
b) The house to call your own..... with a more 'economical' car outside it...?

[Duncreflex]

I'm 24. Ordered my GTI mrk6. Paying on finance & rent my house. When I was 21, all them years ago  I really wanted a Focus ST in jaffa orange! Could never really afford it tho. Finished uni and have fairly good job now so I can just about afford GTI. It just depends on ur situation mate, age shouldn't be a factor. I hope you get her one day tho.

[gizzywizzy]

I really wanted a Focus ST in jaffa orange! Could never really afford it tho.

Ugh!!!! can't believe anyone would want an orange sanitary towel!!!!! Good choice in the GTI mate.

[Rolfe]

When I was 21, all them years ago  I really wanted a Focus ST in jaffa orange! Could never really afford it tho.

Well, aren't you just so glad you reached the age of discretion before you actually parted with any money!   

I thought I wanted a Focus ST before I saw the Golf, but Agent Orange?  The paint job taste forgot!

Nothing says "book me, officer" like a tangerine nightmare. 

Rolfe.

[andykram]

Flipping heck. I was 24 before I got my first car by time I'd been to uni and all that and it was a 1.2 Nova with all the might of 45hp 4 speed!!!!! I'm 42 next week so it's taken me that long to acquire my Mk6. However, I have in the meantime acquired quite a nice house and now pay £550 for insurance fully comp on my GTi and the wife's Saab 93 convertible combined!!! So I suppose it's a personal choice whether you buy the car or the house.
If I was 21 again though I'd be inclined to go down the cheaper car route and buy the house. Get a Mk2 or Mk 3 GTi or (I know I'll get murdered for this) an Astra VXR or something that's significantly cheaper but just as fast. I had to really justify the premium of the GTi over the VXR to myself and I ain't 21 so if I was in a "lesser" position that's the way I'd be thinking.
At least that way you could have the fast car AND the house and in a few years when you're more sorted you could get a super duper GTi or an R!!! Cake and eat it time then!!!!

[gjf]

If you cannot afford to buy the car outright i would get the house! House will increase i value maybe 15K in a short time when recession ends - car wil lose 15K over a few years.

I am 28 and got a house at 23 and still think its the best thing i ever did - My way of planning things is to sort the house and family stuff out and then decide what car the remaining monthly money will get you, rarther than planning where to live with whats left after paying for a car!

[mac7]

Flipping heck. I was 24 before I got my first car by time I'd been to uni and all that and it was a 1.2 Nova with all the might of 45hp 4 speed!!!!! I'm 42 next week so it's taken me that long to acquire my Mk6. However, I have in the meantime acquired quite a nice house and now pay £550 for insurance fully comp on my GTi and the wife's Saab 93 convertible combined!!! So I suppose it's a personal choice whether you buy the car or the house.
If I was 21 again though I'd be inclined to go down the cheaper car route and buy the house.

Your house is cheaper than a Golf? I'm 42 too, nice house, bought my first brand new GTI at 21. If faced with being 21 again now I'd still do it that way around. Running a nice house (+ family) costs a hell of a lot more than running a nice car. Different circumstances though I guess, both personally and now with the economy the way it is.