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Offline GrahamFR

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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #30 on: 28 October 2013, 21:05 »
I can unserstand the 10 year thing but 2 or 3 years just goes so quickly for me.
I have friends that change regular every year or 2 and ive never understood it as they basically just forking out £250+ a month for ever or in their case the past 20+ years for  what basically in reality is just renting a car and they never really actually own one. Thats lot of money over the years.

One or two years is too short, but keeping a car for 10 years is too extreme, that means your only going to drive 5 cars before your starting to question if your well enough to drive? Seems a bit depressing to me
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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #31 on: 28 October 2013, 21:13 »
It's everyone's personal preference. For example we have two vehicles, wife's car used to be a Mini Cooper S and I had to conclusory diesel. Now gone full circle, I have (or will soon have) the GTi and she has a Countryman Diesel All4.

If you drive 20k+ miles a year, you probably will swap every 2-3 years. 10 years does seem like a long time, but it's each to their own. I personally don't want to be paying £300 P/M for the next 25 years and always be 20k in the red. Rather get to the a point where the car is 'paid' and I can put money towards other things until the time comes to change again. Which for me will probably be in 5 years or so.

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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #32 on: 28 October 2013, 21:50 »
Going to Order an R asap , and sell the GTI mid next year ,good spec Low miles , don't get me wrong the GTI is superb ,
 I do miss the extra bit of BHP , but most of all the traction especially this time of year ,the chassis and steering on the
Mk7 are a big plus , In fact the GTI is exceptional ,and the Smile Factor Off the Chart !!!! so the new R will do it all for
me  :cool:
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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #33 on: 29 October 2013, 13:22 »
Would you sell privately to get a better rate than part-ex'ing?




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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #34 on: 29 October 2013, 14:25 »
Would you sell privately to get a better rate than part-ex'ing?

If I could I would, but you’ll find very few people wanting to drop £15-17k on a private buy and having to arrange their own finance etc. Maybe forums like here and Pistonheads might be where you’re most likely to get a private buyer.

If you get a decent part-ex price then  you’re no better off than selling privately. If there’s £3k margin (£15k part ex to £18k on the dealership forecourt), no-one is going to pay you within £2k of the dealership used sticker  price, they may not even pay you within £3k of it.

Buying somewhere at maximum discount like a broker might mean getting a poor part-ex offer, that’s where selling privately might make sense, but you could be potentially carless for weeks more than you anticipate if you sell a few weeks before anticipated delivery and VW (or any other marque) pulls a delay on you.
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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #35 on: 29 October 2013, 15:21 »
the e/o you make from selling the car privately isnt worth the hassle or time you put into it imo, id gladly lose a grand just to take it to a dealer and have them swap me for a new model.
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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #36 on: 29 October 2013, 15:23 »
I will keep mine 2 years then trade it for something else .
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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #37 on: 29 October 2013, 16:19 »
Would you sell privately to get a better rate than part-ex'ing?

I will sell privately ,can't see ,and never had any problem , usually do a back up ,and arrange for
the Dealer to list it after a private period of sale , and if anyone wants Finance ,the dealer will do
it (not happened yet ) .
The secret of selling privately is to have an In demand product ,with a good spec ,well presented,
and pictured in a nice location ,with low miles ,and plenty of warranty left , so if it's priced right ,
a little behind dealer level for the same spec ,and you get a good discount on the new car ,on cars
of this level you can be thousands better off , It works for me ,yes it can get messy with Idiots ,
but the higher the level of car the less you get .
If you do the same as everyone else ,sell at 2-3years with average miles and spec ,you are up
against a whole pile of competition from other private sellers and dealer P/Ex's all traded at the
same time of year .  :wink: :wink:
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Re: How long do you plan to keep your GTI?
« Reply #38 on: 29 October 2013, 21:07 »
Not sure yet.

When is the mk8 due?
Mk7 GTI. DBP, DCC, Winter pack. Mine since new, July 2013.
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