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Offline p3eps

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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #10 on: 12 March 2010, 18:22 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 12 March 2010, 17:33
Or leave it standard and in a few years when they become collectable yours will be so rare it will be worth a fortune as all the others are modified and worthless to collectors :grin:

I did this and drove to Manchester from Aberdeen... 1 year ago exactly tomorrow - and some halfwit smashed into me and wrote it off!  The curse of Friday 13th!
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #11 on: 12 March 2010, 18:22 »
Quote from: Snoopy on 12 March 2010, 17:33
Or leave it standard and in a few years when they become collectable yours will be so rare it will be worth a fortune as all the others are modified and worthless to collectors :grin:

Minor mods like CAI, remap, Millteks and wheels are very simple to put back to standard. Everything I have modded (apart from the exhaust as I swapped the standard for the Milltek) is in my garage ready to go back on when it comes to resale time.

As for the question, Id rather have a MK6 as its newer, but in a real world I would get a ED30 as it will be considerably cheaper for not much diffrence (in fact you get get 20bhp MOREpower in the ED30).
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #12 on: 12 March 2010, 18:45 »
Quote from: FroGTI on 12 March 2010, 16:09
IMHO, the Mk6 is slightly better than the Mk5 in every way and is the first Golf I have actually liked the look of since the Mk1.
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #13 on: 12 March 2010, 19:23 »
they are both good cars, just buy whatever you want.
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #14 on: 12 March 2010, 19:29 »
Quote from: VWKev on 12 March 2010, 19:23
they are both good cars, just buy whatever you want.

Yup.

I've had both and the mk6 is worth the extra cost if you've got the money.
If you're on a budget then the mk5 is a brilliant car.
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #15 on: 12 March 2010, 23:28 »
Award for 'most diplomatic' thread in section goes to... :grin:
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #16 on: 13 March 2010, 08:14 »
Lol I was just thinking the same thing. Everyone is far to well behaved.

On seconds thoughts I wouldn't bother with the MK6, it's just a MK 5.5 really ;)
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #17 on: 13 March 2010, 09:33 »
Wow, thats given some food for thought.
I never even considered the ED30, are they hard to come by?
Some one mentioned the R32, they go some around the same money as a MK5 on a 09 plate, but are around 6 miles to the gallon worse off.
The running costs are not the issue, I would just like the car to be there when I got back to it and I think the Golf is not over the top in looks as say the Evo X.
I have 3 months to make my mind up and the GTI is ticking all boxes, are they easy to live with as a daily car, for example, Parking up safely. I know with the RS's you were worried every time you left it. Thanks for all the advice.
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Offline denyason

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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #18 on: 13 March 2010, 09:47 »
them that drive a mark 5 is because they cant afford a mark 6- 'simples!'
would u rather drive an old model or something that is the latest, design....
its like buying a tv.  either buy an old lcd or stump up for a glossy 3d tv.....
at the end of the day its all about budget.  if u buy a mark5 then u will join a fair few of them on the road- there are 'faeces' loads of them.
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Re: Mk5 or Mk6
« Reply #19 on: 13 March 2010, 09:51 »
An edition 30/pirelli is just a 2wd mk6 Golf R or a scirocco R at much cheaper rate.
Just because somethings newer does not make it better.
Edition 30 there are plenty for sale about, the pirelli is the rare one ,and the one i wanted i just could not find one with xenons in the colour i wanted. So i went for a new mk6 option and wish i had not.
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