Almost £30k for a golf???

[am1w]

I considered the Mercedes Benz C Class. Even drove a couple of them.
Got down to choosing the colour and spec.
Fabulous car, especially the 350 CDI Sport with 7 Speed Auto box.

[VWKev]

Exactly, £30k for just a golf is mega expensive. After all, its just a Golf, it really is a shopping car and the GTD is quicker. If It were me, I wouldnt buy it over again.

really or have I missed your sarcasm?!? £26kand well spec'd I could go for but for me£30k puts it up against some other very good cars.

Yeah sorry, I was of course being very sarcastic.

A £30k specc'd GTI is of course expensive. But your getting one hell of a car. If you want stupid fast buy a Focus RS or something, then get your baseball cap and turn it to the side for complete chavness, but if you want a fast car, a great all rounder, with the best interior I have seen ever in a car at £30k and a touch of class, then you go for the GTI. I would buy it again a million times over, I'm not regretting it one bit and love it. If you price my Spec its around £30k now.

[Stitch]

the question was " what other cars did u look at". Not sure what's daft about that.

Daft question really

We have all spent or are going to spend a lot of money on this new Golf but it is worth it, the car is the most luxurious and quiet version yet. 

You get what you pays for and with the mk6 you get class in my opinion there aint much better out there.

Gizzy

[andykram]

It is too much for a Golf I agree and if I bought mine again I'd have to find £27k plus to buy it. But do you know what? This is sad but I went through the new car listings in What Car last night to see what I would buy if I were buying a new car tomorrow. Also bearing in mind I wanted good, nay very good, resale because it's a private (not company) purchase and there was virtually nothing else I would buy.
There were countless run of the mill saloons which would be lovely cars no doubt (Mondeo, Insignia, Mazda 6 etc.) but none of them inspired me and the resale on them is crap.
BMW 3series are ubiquitous and boring.
I quite like the Lexus IS but, ultimately, it's boring too.
I hate Audis with a passion. They all seem to be driven by w****** and I find them pug ugly. Also the wife looked at an Audi A3 convertible the other week as a possible replacement for her Saab 93 convertible (for some reason she liked the look of it).. It was absolutely crap. Hideous inside. Felt cheap and nasty and not remotely worth the £23k they wanted for a 6 month old car.
Mercs leave me cold.
So for about £25 I'm left with the GTi and numerous other hot hatches as possibles unless I just say I hate driving and buy a cheap runaround.
Hot hatches I've posted about before but briefly....
Focus ST - I liked it but she hated it so that was that
Type R - Thought it was cheap and nasty inside and couldn't be arsed to drive it at 50 gazillion revs all the time
Astra VXR - Liked that and a whole lot cheaper. Realistically the only car that might sway me away from another GTI. However, it felt a bit "young" for my 42 years.
Seat Leon - ugly
Skoda VRs - not a chance
So there you go. Yes the Golf is very expensive and I could very easily see myself going back to a sporty diesel next time because I might not be able to afford to buy and/or run the GTi. But cost aside, there's nothing else I'd buy.

[Stitch]

Agree about the focus. Car is in for a service soon. Maybe I need a test drive!

Exactly, £30k for just a golf is mega expensive. After all, its just a Golf, it really is a shopping car and the GTD is quicker. If It were me, I wouldnt buy it over again.

really or have I missed your sarcasm?!? £26kand well spec'd I could go for but for me£30k puts it up against some other very good cars.

Yeah sorry, I was of course being very sarcastic.

A £30k specc'd GTI is of course expensive. But your getting one hell of a car. If you want stupid fast buy a Focus RS or something, then get your baseball cap and turn it to the side for complete chavness, but if you want a fast car, a great all rounder, with the best interior I have seen ever in a car at £30k and a touch of class, then you go for the GTI. I would buy it again a million times over, I'm not regretting it one bit and love it. If you price my Spec its around £30k now.

[daviescotland]

The golf is expensive, no doubt about it, however it is a golf GTI, and thats why VW are getting away with charging the prices. From what i've seen & heard so far, it's money well spent if your looking for a practical hot hatch. So it depends what type of car you're after.

I had a look at SEAT/BMW/FORD and the GTI won hands down.  

[VWKev]

Agree about the focus. Car is in for a service soon. Maybe I need a test drive!

Exactly, £30k for just a golf is mega expensive. After all, its just a Golf, it really is a shopping car and the GTD is quicker. If It were me, I wouldnt buy it over again.

really or have I missed your sarcasm?!? £26kand well spec'd I could go for but for me£30k puts it up against some other very good cars.

Yeah sorry, I was of course being very sarcastic.

A £30k specc'd GTI is of course expensive. But your getting one hell of a car. If you want stupid fast buy a Focus RS or something, then get your baseball cap and turn it to the side for complete chavness, but if you want a fast car, a great all rounder, with the best interior I have seen ever in a car at £30k and a touch of class, then you go for the GTI. I would buy it again a million times over, I'm not regretting it one bit and love it. If you price my Spec its around £30k now.

Stitch, give it a good test drive like you said. If your into your automatics then try the DSG, but if you want to drive the little beauty the way its supposed to be driven then test drive the manual too. Other cars I looked at were the S3 and the TT.

[am1w]

andykram:
Your arguments are compelling and were very similiar to mine.
The only reason I would go for a Mercedes is that it is a status symbol of sorts.
But this reason was not compelling enough and the parking would be hell.
So I chose a Golf GTi!

[gizzywizzy]

the question was " what other cars did u look at". Not sure what's daft about that.

Daft question really

We have all spent or are going to spend a lot of money on this new Golf but it is worth it, the car is the most luxurious and quiet version yet. 

You get what you pays for and with the mk6 you get class in my opinion there aint much better out there.

Gizzy

Didn't mean any offense what I meant was it's a bit daft asking GTI owners on a GTI forum what other cars they'd looked at cos you think £30 grand is too much.  It is a car that is well worth whatever it costs just for its pure class.

Gizzy

[am1w]

Stitch:
Go to bed.
Goodnight!