How are people justifying their R's

[Chins]

TTS isnt bad practicallity wise, fit a trolley and full size bag as easily in the back as the Golf.

Try getting anyone with legs in the back seats!  It also only has 2 back seats - the Golf has 3. 
You can maybe get a bag and trolley in a TT, but only once you take down the back seats.
My ED30 took both of these with the back seats up!

Thats true about the TTS, but I doubt you will get a trolley bag in the back on the Golf without talking out the drivers and with the higher floor you will probably need to drop a rear seat.

[Chins]

I havent got as far as asking for some finance examples as mine will be done on lease purchase with a baloon. Interested if anyone has been quoted examples so far and what the finance companies are happy to underwrite them for.

I would like to test drive one before ordering - usually dont and buy cars as they come out. Ive owned an S3 8P and TTS and there was a gulf in drivng experiences between them. If it can match the TTS then it should be ok, but if its like the S3 then it certainly wont be worth the money. That was one dull drive. Reading some of the Scirocco reports that seems more S3 than TTS, but others lean the other way.

Guess its going to be hard to get a test drive though?

[Blackroc]

Chins, as a little heads up - The S3 (A3 in general) in due for replacement at the latter part of 2010 and as such, Audi are giving a minimum of 8% discounts with a little haggling to get rid of stock 

[Chins]

Chins, as a little heads up - The S3 (A3 in general) in due for replacement at the latter part of 2010 and as such, Audi are giving a minimum of 8% discounts with a little haggling to get rid of stock 

Thanks for that. I had seen that, but usually the S variant is a year behind that. They have recently added the Black version to the S3 as well. The S3 isnt my favoured option after having one already.

[p3eps]

Thanks for that. I had seen that, but usually the S variant is a year behind that. They have recently added the Black version to the S3 as well. The S3 isnt my favoured option after having one already.

I got 9% discount without ANY haggling!  When I spoke to the Audi dealer he said that the new A3 was due late 2010.  I said something about the S3 being about 9 months later and he said it would likely be released at the same time.  The new S4 came a week after the new A4... as did the A5 / S5.  Unlike VW, they release their sports model and standard model together - then their RS model later!  If you can't justify the price of a Golf R, then you'll never manage to justify £39k plus options on an RS3!

[Chins]

Not sure your correct about the S4 being so close to launch as the A4. I almost bought an S4 when they came out, but the new A4 had been out for a while. The first A4's came out in spring 2008 - I bought one for one of my guys at work. The S4 only became available in Feb/Mar this year. If they released the S3 at the same time as the A3 it would be the first time ever. I bought both S3's as soon as they came out and the A3's had been out a while.

Now I would be ok with £39k plus options on an RS3 as its an RS, not an S. Wouldnt be able to put it through the company due to its high CO2/price and therefore mega company car tax. The RS brand is a step above Audis S and Volkswagens R's. Audi's at least give a good base spec on their S and RS cars unlike Volkswagen.

[Chins]

Just been looking around for predicted residuals, but couldnt find them yet - guess its too early.

Found this though

http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/volkswagen/golf-hatchback/2-0-tsi-270-r-5dr/summary/58949

[Snoopy]

Found this though
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/volkswagen/golf-hatchback/2-0-tsi-270-r-5dr/summary/58949

Sounds like they copy and pasted what they said about the R32

Audi have been offering them types of discount on the S3 for a while now. It was about a year after launch when you could get similar i have been watching them for a while as it was one of the cars i had on my short list. I must admit i wish i had gone for one now due to VWs hassle . Yes its the old model, it did get a facelift and at that time the new engine and running gear iirc. I don't see that as a problem i see it as a plus. It meens all the niggles, production problems, design problems have been sorted unlike a new design. I would much rather buy a car near the end of its production life for these reasons than one at the start.

[Booski]

Justification= practical, fast, safe, exclusive....
                   .... And.... they're awesome! 

[carl1]

Found this though
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/volkswagen/golf-hatchback/2-0-tsi-270-r-5dr/summary/58949

Sounds like they copy and pasted what they said about the R32





More than likely is a copy and paste but the thing is ive got a feeling thats what most reviews are going to say about Golf R compared to GTI. Hope im wrong