Golf R or Gti?

[am1w]

Both fabulous cars.
Very personal choice.
Drive them and decide.
The GTi fits my budget as I am a bit mean!
Also, the R has a smaller boot.

[WilkoGTI]

Thanks guys for your input.

I know its really down to my own preference.
I was may wondering if someone had purchased a Gti and then thought they had actually went for the R.

which ever car I decide, it will certainly be a step up from my clio campus  :embarassed:

[p3eps]

I shall have a look. I bet you can not wait for the weekend to come.
Will you be sharing any pics at all 

I may spare a few minutes and get my camera out!
Like I said - I'm crossing all parts of my body in the hope that it arrives for the weekend... but knowing VW it will probably not make it!

Until the goverment start messing with the bands again and it ends up been a huge difference as they will...

Perhaps... but with it not having much higher emissions than the GTI I would think they'd both be effected in a similar way.

Both are great cars but the R will be alot more to run, cambelt changes, haldex oil/filter changes, fuel, tax.

I drive around 8000-10000 miles a year (if that!) and only keep cars for 3 years, so I'll never have to worry about the cambelt.  VW still offer the £250 fixed price servicing on the R, so technically servicing should be the same.

And im amazed at how little you guys are paying for insurance as its gone up massive twice in the past few months mines more or less doubled.

I have to say I was pretty pleased with my £350 quote.  The ones I originally got were £550-600 until I tried Adrian Flux.  Seems like a good deal to me, and they're a company I've actually heard of.  I'll need to mention the scirocconet discount code when I phone to actually order and see if they give me 15% off  

[Snoopy]

I did nearly cancel my order for the GTI but that was more down to a useless dealer and a delivery time that ended up over 7 months. So i was on the brink at one point of sending a cancelling letter (I had it wrote out) and going for an instock scirocco R.

[p3asa]

Insurance isn't that dear on them!!!
I was quoted £272 fully comp.
There is a thread here http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=138392.0

Cheers p3eps,



I shall have a look. I bet you can not wait for the weekend to come.
Will you be sharing any pics at all 

If only I was getting an R!
p3eps is far richer than me 

[p3eps]

p3eps is far richer than me 

I'm far from rich!!  I just have some disposable income at the moment before I get married and start a family!!
I got £17500 for my written off ED30 and almost £4k personal injury payment.  I put my deposit down in May 2009 - so have had plenty of time to save 
Hopefully its going to be worth the wait!

[SilverChariot]

p3eps is far richer than me 

I'm far from rich!!  I just have some disposable income at the moment before I get married and start a family!!
I got £17500 for my written off ED30 and almost £4k personal injury payment.  I put my deposit down in May 2009 - so have had plenty of time to save 
Hopefully its going to be worth the wait!

C'mon, mate. You must be rich to spend £35K on a Golf!!!!

[p3eps]

C'mon, mate. You must be rich to spend £35K on a Golf!!!!

I think the word your looking for is stupid! 
Only young once, and when I'm married next year I won't be able to afford any more silly things!

[SilverChariot]

C'mon, mate. You must be rich to spend £35K on a Golf!!!!

I think the word your looking for is stupid! 
Only young once, and when I'm married next year I won't be able to afford any more silly things!

Until you have your mid-life crisis. Like me.

[p3eps]

Until you have your mid-life crisis. Like me.

True... but I still have a good few years until then