GFVs have taken a real kicking with Nov 14 price rise

[Misterp]

I still have the hassle of getting rid of the GTD and there are very few cheap lease spots left now (if any).

There were a week or so ago when I last checked.

If yours is a nice car you will always find a VW dealer that will take it a straight purchase for stock - thats how I disposed of my 2012 Scirocco last spring.

How did you do tht just contact the dealership direct

[Mark V GTD]

Can't see me honestly getting within a grand of p/x price to sell the car back to the dealer, I've looked into it before and been offered £800 more than the WBAC website, that's at least 1/2 of this GFV gap.

You misunderstand - you offer it to several VW dealers countrywide and with a superb car such as yours - they will make offers. i had several interested in my Roc and accepted the highest bid. You send them full specs and photos and they will be interested if its a good car for them to stock. There is a dearth of one to two year old high spec cars in top condition and believe me they will be interested.

[monkeyhanger]

Can't see me honestly getting within a grand of p/x price to sell the car back to the dealer, I've looked into it before and been offered £800 more than the WBAC website, that's at least 1/2 of this GFV gap.

You misunderstand - you offer it to several VW dealers countrywide and with a superb car such as yours - they will make offers. i had several interested in my Roc and accepted the highest bid. You send them full specs and photos and they will be interested if its a good car for them to stock. There is a dearth of one to two year old high spec cars in top condition and believe me they will be interested.

Not really keen on sunroofs, Dynaudio seems pointless on a car so loud and the standard audio set-up is very good for standard fit, SatNav -never really use them, ride is fine enough for me not to want DCC. All IMO of course. The standard spec of the GTI/GTD/R are very good.

Top condition? Maybe. High spec? Mine is completely standard. Nothing in the options I really felt the need to add at cost and would use daily, the essentials for me are Xenons, parking sensors, auto-dimming rear view mirror and the ACC comes in handy for the sensors, but VW already took care of all that. I'd buy those if they weren't standard. If I bought cash and sold after a year I might do better than p/x, people may be willing to jump the 5 month queue.

[Mark V GTD]

I mean 'top spec' as in its a GTD and not an S.... being an enthusiast I just assumed you looked after your car.

Anyway there is my advice and suggestion - it works for me ;-)

[monkeyhanger]

I mean 'top spec' as in its a GTD and not an S.... being an enthusiast I just assumed you looked after your car.

Anyway there is my advice and suggestion - it works for me ;-)

My mistake, I thought you meant lots of extras. waiting on some numbers that might have been sent to my works email in relation to S3 and (most importantly) part-ex value on the GTD. Yeah, mine is tidy, if a little unwashed right now. 

If the p/x prices on S3 offers are non-committal (as per Orange wheels converastion) or low, i'll stick with the R for sure and pay cash, possibly getting shot privately after 18 months before the leasers hit the used market (that might not have an impact, but VW cutting their risks right down with a GFV £3k lower than before doesn't give me complete confidence).

[Jon-SST]

Interesting reading this MH . I too am thinking about going down the S3 route (GTD is up for sale right now). I was also quite shocked that GFV for the S3 was lower than the R. Looking at 3 year old S3's on autotrader you should be able to get at least 20k on a private sale. Do you know what the maximum deposit is for audi solutions as i dont want to borrow too much money at 7.4% apr.

[monkeyhanger]

Interesting reading this MH . I too am thinking about going down the S3 route (GTD is up for sale right now). I was also quite shocked that GFV for the S3 was lower than the R. Looking at 3 year old S3's on autotrader you should be able to get at least 20k on a private sale. Do you know what the maximum deposit is for audi solutions as i dont want to borrow too much money at 7.4% apr.

I'm sticking with the R now. The Audi dealers on the broker sites were looking to give me £17k for the GTD come March (18 months old), I have a solid £18.5k p/x from my VW dealer. I'll still try my arm to sell it privately through ebay/pistonheads for up to £21k at the start of Feb (they're as low as £23.5k via dealerships sold on ebay right now, will probably drop to £22.5k then).

With that difference in valuations, the S3 didn't seem quite so appealing. If i'm worried about residuals with the leasers coming through, i'll try and get shot privately at 18 months old for £22k/23k and have an S3 on order in the meantime. Might be refreshing for an S3 next time, after 2 MK7s in a row.

You need to speak to a dealer for max deposit, unlike the VW website, you can't really do finance tweaks and comparisons on the Audi site with umpteen different deposit combinations.

Let me know how you get on selling your GTD, it will give me an idea of how easy mine will be to shift privately. As long as i'm at least £1500 cheaper than the nearest dealer price and willing to drop £500, I think the inconvenience of having to arrange your own finance (if buyer not cash flush) will be more than overcome with a £2k saving (that's the theory anyway).

[Jon-SST]

GTD sale info so far MH (Jun14 GTD 5 door red, leather, 4kmiles): 2 offers at 21k, 1 offer at 22k, Time Waster 22.5k nearly sold)

[monkeyhanger]

GTD sale info so far MH (Jun14 GTD 5 door red, leather, 4kmiles): 2 offers at 21k, 1 offer at 22k, Time Waster 22.5k nearly sold)

Wow - people really do want something for nothing - your car is 9 months younger than mine and has leather. I thought going £2k less than ebay dealerships would be a winner - where are you advertising it? I'd settle for £20500 on mine to be car-less for a month, but I can get to work on the Metro (no great hardship apart from the danger of sitting next to the odd window-licker for a few stations!)

[wigit]

we have a nice flash Audi showroom just opened by me and went to have a look at a S3 and enquire about the new TTS, after cracking my head on the A pillar i personally think the dash is a bit underwhelming, only thing i liked more was the wheel and dsg paddles and the could extend the base of the seat

selling privately is handwork, i sold my 35 to a dealer for more than i would have got privately