Gti v r again

[bcarlin]

Hi once again I'm thinking about buying a mk7 but cant decide between the 2…
Ive got a mk6 Gti and owned it for 4 years.
My wish list is quite simple
Petrol
Heated seats
5 door
Preferably auto.
Cheapest used r I can see is £27500 and Gti £22000

[Snooze]

Gotta go R if you can afford it?

[bcarlin]

Yeah I keep saying to myself its a lot more money over the Gti but will they hold there money well ? Seems to be a lot more mk7 r's about than mk6 ones

[am1w]

Hi once again I'm thinking about buying a mk7 but cant decide between the 2…
Ive got a mk6 Gti and owned it for 4 years.
My wish list is quite simple
Petrol
Heated seats
5 door
Preferably auto.
Cheapest used r I can see is £27500 and Gti £22000

£5,500 is a substantial difference. If money is no object for you, then the R would be my choice by a country mile.

I compared the Mk7 GTI PP to the 7R. In wet conditions the R came out trumps. The 7R is a considerably quicker car in both wet and dry.

However, I have a very soft spot for the GTI with its iconic Tartan Seats. The GTI is a great car but the R is greater.

Autocar considers the R to be a better car than the new Audi RS3. The R is that immense!

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/audi/first-drives/2015-audi-rs3-sportback-review

[Booth11]

If you can afford it, get the R! 

[GolfTi]

The R is not for me.

I've had my GTI for nearly 2 years and to me it's just perfect. It makes me happy every day.

I could afford an R if I wanted one but I don't. The boot is too small, it has no pedigree, poor mpg and I don't need to constantly explain to people why it needs 4 pipes for a 2 litre engine. I don't want 4wd.
I love the cloth tartan seats of the GTI and the comments it gets - from all sorts of people.

I always looked at the mk1 and mk2 GTI with pure envy when I was younger. 

[Jimble]

It depends where your priorities are, if you want to go really fast but still be fairly practical then the R is hard to beat tbh, not a huge trade off in mpg in the real world, it won't hold it's value any better than a GTI as it'll cost a bit more to buy but you'll get a bit more when you come to sell, having had both and getting another GTI in my opinion a PP GTI is the best of everything, practical, quick (enough for the average joe) and has a bit of 'sparkle' which the R lacks imo.

Without doubt the R is the better hot hatch, but going fast isn't the always the last word in car ownership.

My 2p..

[bcarlin]

Thanks for all opionions. My only concern with a mk7 Gti is it looks and feels to similar to my mk6 Gti which still is a great car so why spend another 12-15k … decisions

[remlapeel]

I have a GTI PP at the moment and have done 30k miles in it.

Whilst it's a good car and is iconic, it is just another hot hatch around the same power and speed as the fiesta, focus, clio, Octavia, Astra blah blah blah

If you're happy with that, get the GTI it's a great car....

I get my R next week........because I want something understands (except the quad exhausts) and something that most people don't know, except those who know cars.

The R stands out in a different way to the GTI, not to mention is much quicker, sounds nicer and has much better traction.

Whatever your choice you won't be disappointed, unless you buy a GTI and pull up at the lights next to an R.

[Jackie Treehorn]

^Do people still race away at the lights?

@OP
You have like many a nice problem.
Drive both, don't get sucked in by these blunt tools up the slip road onto a dual carriageway, long after the fun of extra power has faded you need to want a car for other things.   if you need 4WD you cant go wrong with the R, its a great car, If you don't then is the increased cost and higher fuel costs needed? After the superficial stuff that's pretty much all it boils down to.