Bye-bye GTi hello R

[christeasdale]

Just looking at how much the Golf GTI PP I bought compares to the R I would want now on drivethedeal.com.  I specced pure white, 19" alloys, performance pack, DSG, Dynaudio and that comes out now at £26,758 on the road.  An R with DSG, 19" alloys, pure white is coming out at £28,406, only £1,648 more.  Sounds crazy but its a no brainer really now if deciding between a GTI and R with options.

[mikeok]

Yeah im of the same mind the stds just look a bit dull and I think the 19s will fill the arches more.

[virginVWman]

Orange wheels rang me...didn't realise the deal they have is with vw Chester. Hmmmm should be okay I suppose if the deal is attractive enough. They should be calling in a day

[mikeok]

Im at my dealers tomorrow to get the numbers. Have had a few cars from them niw and they have always looked after me and matched any discount iv found. They are desperate for near new GTI also..
Taking an R away for  the whole day also...should be fun..

[AndyG]

Orangewheels use VW Chester,that's good it's not too far from me.Thanks for that info.

[monkeyhanger]

Just trawled this thread from start to finish to see the effect it has had on us - here's the roll-call:-

Moggy started it with his purchase, followed by Matchboy, then gjf then me, with 3 very interested maybes in mikeok, misterp and Virginvwman. 4 definite Rs and 3 more strong maybes. Not forgetting those who've had one a while!

[p3asa]

Vw Solutions love customers with little or no deposit, it means that they make more interest out of you. The lack of options and overpayment on mine have really helped the switch decision,.....

Overpayment? I looked into this before, granted 4 years ago and could only make 1 one off payment. I take it they have changed this? As this would be interesting.

Although now I think about it, it would just give the salesman an excuse to offer less on the trade in once he sees the outstanding finance figures!!

[Jammy1]

Vw Solutions love customers with little or no deposit, it means that they make more interest out of you. The lack of options and overpayment on mine have really helped the switch decision,.....

Overpayment? I looked into this before, granted 4 years ago and could only make 1 one off payment. I take it they have changed this? As this would be interesting.

Although now I think about it, it would just give the salesman an excuse to offer less on the trade in once he sees the outstanding finance figures!!

I make overpayments every month.  You can choose to reduce the balloon or the monthly payment. No charge and you can do it as often as you like as far as I'm aware.  All part of consumer credit laws for some time now.

[matchboy]

Just trawled this thread from start to finish to see the effect it has had on us - here's the roll-call:-

Moggy started it with his purchase, followed by Matchboy, then gjf then me, with 3 very interested maybes in mikeok, misterp and Virginvwman. 4 definite Rs and 3 more strong maybes. Not forgetting those who've had one a while!

Gluttons for punishment 

[monkeyhanger]

I made my monthly payment larger, making the GFV artificially low, on my Scirocco. I was used to paying £400 a month for my 2 MK5 Golfs, and chose to do the same for my Scirocco, paying £410 a month instead of around £320 a month the finance required of me with a normal GFV figure. I saved interest and had a larger equity on my next car. The only risk in doing this is when lazy dealers just offer you a smidge over your GFV for part ex rather than giving you a properly thought out figure, taking into account what they'll be selling it at on the used lot. If you're going to overpay and artificially reduce your GFV figure, you need to know what the normalised figure is. I aim for 85% of sticker price in p/x value, or 85% of what it's likely to be in 6 months if you have a long wait for the next one. Aim for any more than that and usually what you are getting extra eats into the discount they're prepared to stomach. I got 85% of what I thought they'd have the car up for next March + Orangewheels price of the R.