When i nearly cancelled my GTI order due to my so helpful dealer. I looked at the golf R and worked out it would cost me 10K more than i was paying for the GTI, I also looked at the scirocco R and actually liked it more than the golf R. But thats a personal thing.
I decided then to see what panned out as for 10K i can always buy a nice used 4x4 car for the times the 2WD may struggle ie winter as it snows abit up these hills.