Spotted

[Snoopy]

Loads of GTDs around Durham and Newcastle areas, Quite a few Rs too, Not that many GTIs though.
On my way to work I normally see 2x black, 2x red GTDs,  2x  light blue Rs and a dark blue R.

[virginVWman]

63 plate 5 door GTD with silver mirror caps in Asda car park in Dunfermline

[isleaiw]

Beautiful blue R at Toddington services yesterday (Monday 14th July) at about 6 ish, with a private plate that started with an R and had VWW at the end....

Simply stunning!

[RobS23GTI]

Regularly see 2/3 different GTD's per day on the way to/from work, and have seen 2 R's in the last week. But only 2 GTI's in the year since they've been out.

The GTD is expected to be more common I guess, but am surprised at the R as you don't tend to see cars like that around my way very often. GTI could become fairly rare if people aren't bothering with it and going straight for the R??

[p3asa]

Maybe price has a lot to do with it.
I've just specced up a GTI against an R and the R is considerably cheaper over the shorter periods.
I also flung in the GTD just for a full comparison.



Deposit £5000

OTR  £26,330    £29,900   £25,765

Term      GTI         R         GTD
x18       £482      £376      £406
x24       £382      £310      £326
x30       £360      £322      £318
x36       £338      £316      £298
x42       £322      £318      £295
x48       £307      £310      £282

[CraigW]

Maybe price has a lot to do with it.
I've just specced up a GTI against an R and the R is considerably cheaper over the shorter periods.
I also flung in the GTD just for a full comparison.



Deposit £5000

OTR  £26,330    £29,900   £25,765

Term      GTI         R         GTD
x18       £482      £376      £406
x24       £382      £310      £326
x30       £360      £322      £318
x36       £338      £316      £298
x42       £322      £318      £295
x48       £307      £310      £282

When you simply take into account the OTR price, the R does look terrific value for money against the GTI/GTD. For an extra £3.5k your getting 300bhp, 4wd, dual DRl's and quad pipes. Why oh why did i not wait an extra 6 months 

[p3asa]

Craig that might be an on the road price but you are actually cheaper over the term buying the car on a pcp.

The R for example would cost you £1700 less than a GTI over 24months.  That should cover the lousy MPG and more.
 

[CraigW]

Craig that might be an on the road price but you are actually cheaper over the term buying the car on a pcp.

The R for example would cost you £1700 less than a GTI over 24months.  That should cover the lousy MPG and more.

That's amazing pal. In hindsight if I had known that the price differential was going to be so marginal I would without hesitation have waited for the R. I've never really fancied going down the PCP route but when you look at the figures I would have seriously considered it this time round.

The funny thing is when I come to trade in my GTI in a few years I don't know if I would consider the R. There are a few other things that have caught my attention such as the M235i and new TT. I love the new cayman but way out of my budget so would have to be a pre owned one.

[RobS23GTI]

Craig that might be an on the road price but you are actually cheaper over the term buying the car on a pcp.

The R for example would cost you £1700 less than a GTI over 24months.  That should cover the lousy MPG and more.

That's amazing pal. In hindsight if I had known that the price differential was going to be so marginal I would without hesitation have waited for the R. I've never really fancied going down the PCP route but when you look at the figures I would have seriously considered it this time round.

The funny thing is when I come to trade in my GTI in a few years I don't know if I would consider the R. There are a few other things that have caught my attention such as the M235i and new TT. I love the new cayman but way out of my budget so would have to be a pre owned one.

Yeah it's definitely part price related. I actually ordered an R end of May, but changed to a GTI as I've been offered a new job with more travelling. The R was cheaper over 4 years, although I believe the GFV's have now been changed due to the leasing fiasco.

Having seen 2 R's in the flesh, must say I prefer the looks of the GTI. The R is a little too understated for me, although every other aspect is pretty amazing performance wise.

[GTDmike]

Spotted nice clean sparkling black 14 plate GTD in Hathersage (peak district) on Saturday and again on Sunday