Anyone test drive an R and GTi and still choose the GTi

[matchboy]

Nice one Mark 

Thanks mate 

[Jimble]

To answer the original question, for me the answer is yes - so much so that I found a dealer that had an R available in the spec I wanted and I get it in a few weeks    I love my GTI (it's the best GTI yet) - but the R is something else - couldn't resist 

Cool beans! what spec you gone for?

[Schuey]

This has been such an interesting thread....... I'm contemplating moving back to an R from an S1.

There is no PCP/HP on the S1 but I am so tempted by some of the comments in this thread to throw in max deposit of 30% have the rest as Cashback & pay £200 or so per month on PCP.

List price on my S1 was £28K but with such limited supply at present (possibly due to limited demand) not sure how much I'd get in p/ex.  Especially in September!

Any good dealers people can recommend? Don't mind travelling!

[monkeyhanger]

This has been such an interesting thread....... I'm contemplating moving back to an R from an S1.

There is no PCP/HP on the S1 but I am so tempted by some of the comments in this thread to throw in max deposit of 30% have the rest as Cashback & pay £200 or so per month on PCP.

List price on my S1 was £28K but with such limited supply at present (possibly due to limited demand) not sure how much I'd get in p/ex.  Especially in September!

Any good dealers people can recommend? Don't mind travelling!

How old is the S1? Trouble with the S1 is that by the time you bring up the spec to that of a standard S3, you're up to about £28k, not a kick in the arse off S3 money, and 70ps down.

If it's a year old, it'll probably fetch £25k tops on the Audi/VW used forecourt, which means they'll be looking to make £5k on it and give you £20k in p/x at most. I'd bank on £19k for a realistic 1 year old price if the dealer isn't feeling massively generous (if he is feeling generous with the p/x, he'll not give you much money off the R).

[matchboy]

To answer the original question, for me the answer is yes - so much so that I found a dealer that had an R available in the spec I wanted and I get it in a few weeks    I love my GTI (it's the best GTI yet) - but the R is something else - couldn't resist 

Cool beans! what spec you gone for?

I actually was going for a stock car that was available in Lapiz Blue - then I saw an R today and have gone for a factory order instead - so loooooong wait for me, but it will be worth it!  Reflex Silver (actually couldn't believe how good it looked in the flesh), 19" Pretorias and DNS - that's it    Have the whole tracker thing to go through again, must be a glutton for punishment ha ha!

[Schuey]

This has been such an interesting thread....... I'm contemplating moving back to an R from an S1.

There is no PCP/HP on the S1 but I am so tempted by some of the comments in this thread to throw in max deposit of 30% have the rest as Cashback & pay £200 or so per month on PCP.

List price on my S1 was £28K but with such limited supply at present (possibly due to limited demand) not sure how much I'd get in p/ex.  Especially in September!

Any good dealers people can recommend? Don't mind travelling!

How old is the S1? Trouble with the S1 is that by the time you bring up the spec to that of a standard S3, you're up to about £28k, not a kick in the arse off S3 money, and 70ps down.

If it's a year old, it'll probably fetch £25k tops on the Audi/VW used forecourt, which means they'll be looking to make £5k on it and give you £20k in p/x at most. I'd bank on £19k for a realistic 1 year old price if the dealer isn't feeling massively generous (if he is feeling generous with the p/x, he'll not give you much money off the R).

Best deal today was £5.5K to change which is £24K p/ex.

Spec on the R is black, carbon leather, nav pro, roof, 19 inch wheels but its 3 door.

Against a pre-reg S3 (14 plate) I was offered less but the car was £36K 

[Jimble]

To answer the original question, for me the answer is yes - so much so that I found a dealer that had an R available in the spec I wanted and I get it in a few weeks    I love my GTI (it's the best GTI yet) - but the R is something else - couldn't resist 

Cool beans! what spec you gone for?

I actually was going for a stock car that was available in Lapiz Blue - then I saw an R today and have gone for a factory order instead - so loooooong wait for me, but it will be worth it!  Reflex Silver (actually couldn't believe how good it looked in the flesh), 19" Pretorias and DNS - that's it    Have the whole tracker thing to go through again, must be a glutton for punishment ha ha!

The R looks stunning in silver imo, seems to have an almost bluey tint in some lights, i kind of wish i'd gone for it myself tbh mainly cos it'll be much easier to keep looking good than my Lapiz blue! The wait for my R was about 2 months less than the GTI so fingers crossed for ya mate!

[matchboy]

The R looks stunning in silver imo, seems to have an almost bluey tint in some lights, i kind of wish i'd gone for it myself tbh mainly cos it'll be much easier to keep looking good than my Lapiz blue! The wait for my R was about 2 months less than the GTI so fingers crossed for ya mate!

I couldn't believe how good it looked, never even considered silver before. So it was a toss up between that and the blue as the blue is also stunning - and thought I'd go with something different!

Ha ha, I remember your wait, was one of the longest for your GTI  - hopefully my wait will be less!!  Cheers James!

[Darlo]

I'm off to the dealers tomorrow to hopefully take an R out for a test drive and discuss a deal trading in my GTI.

I love my GTI but the R just looks fantastic. I hope for the sake of bank balance the R doesn't feel much quicker than my GTI with my DTUK box.

I'm not too bothered about spec, 19's and either white or lapiz.

[gjf]

Not posted here for a long time since I had my mk 6 GTI which I then replaced with a mk6 GTD. anyway I have been getting the itch lately for a return to the petrol models so tested the R and GTI PP back to back.

In short they a both massively impressive cars and I would be happy to own either, I did find with the R though that you really get the feeling that you are piloting a car with huge performance due to the extra noise etc, it just feels special. For me the R has won out and the order has gone in, this decision in part was influenced by the finance deals available with the R which make the ownership costs over 3 years very attractive.

In my example I'm paying the max deposit with the VW pcp and the equivalent spec GTI was coming in at over £100 more than the R. It really makes justifying the GTI difficult in this situation.

For people paying in full then the GTI will make more sense.