Sounds like I'm in a similar postion to the above though I'm one year into a 5 year hire purchase on my 63 reg 5dr manual GTI PP with under 11k miles.
Dealer is offering a 20k part exchange which would drop to about 19400 in January. Do you think that's pretty fair or could I shop around a bit? I'm not sure how much I could squeeze from a private sale for the reasons mentioned above?
On another note - with the R can anyone comment on how worthwhile DSG is over a manual? Every GTI/R video I see these days is a DSG with the characteristic gear change burp - but does the noise change otherwise? Always seems way louder than what it does inside my manual when revving up!
I think £19400 for a GTI PP in Jan is a very fair p/x price
IF you can get close to the Orangewheels price discount on the new one and assuming you have no other options apart from your PP (which you would lose an arm and a leg on). On a 5 year contract with minimal amount of capital coming off your balance on a month-to-month basis early on in the agreement, i'm guessing they've offered what they're offering to clear your slate (unless a sizeable deposit got put down). Reasons for private sale being a complete ball-ache are also given above, and you're being offered more for yours than some here, which makes it very fair IMO. I doubt you'd achieve more than £20500 privately and would have the tyre kickers and hard work to contend with if you do. You can always be cheeky and ask for more, they can only say no. Usually though, better p/x comes at the expense of a smaller discount. If you want it in Jan that could work though, it's an unpopular month for picking up a car - just after Xmas and most would wait for the new plate, hard time for car sales people to meet targets.
From my limited time on a test drive, the R sounded very loud compared to my GTD (soundaktor output and true engine output).
