I blame you lot...

[Misterp]

Sorry to get involved here but I've taken the plunge. Ordered a 5 door Dsg in limestone grey on a 2 year lease via select car leasing.

I thought about PCP and speccing it up but for me at the moment it wasn't worth it.

I went in today to vw Birmingham and I was offered a new Dsg r line tiguan for 296pcm with 3.5k buy in. Looks good a massive upgrade on the existing Tiguan but the itch needed scratching and the r won out.

Roll on sept.

It's an itch worth scratching. 

Great colour choice. 

When coming from a very capable version such as the GTD with the more than decent economy its not the easiest of decisions to jump the the GTI to the R and something really went back and forth on more than wanted to but heart did rule head in the end and can always revert to something more sensible next time round, or I maybe hooked also!

As did I.

Question, the lease company have said they set the car up for annual service (10k or 12 months). Therefore I would need to pay for 2 services. They offer maintained (included in the price I have set out above) includes tyres etc considering a residential development is going to take place behind my office car park I'm counting that I will get atleast one flat as has happened on the GTD.

Is it worth paying the extra 16quid a month or should i go with no maintenance.

I'm now toying with dropping keyless too bringing the figures down by another 11 a month.

[Exonian]

Is keyless not standard now or is it just winter pack and nav?

Personally I don't find it the hardest thing in the world to fish a key out of my pocket to use the ignition but others will disagree.
Id go for dropping the keyless and taking the service pack from the savings for sure.

[mjh_056]

Is keyless not standard now or is it just winter pack and nav?

Personally I don't find it the hardest thing in the world to fish a key out of my pocket to use the ignition but others will disagree.
Id go for dropping the keyless and taking the service pack from the savings for sure.

The keyless is still a cost option and its just the winter pack and navigation that have been added. You do pay an extra £500 on cost price for these 'free' additions. I had already ordered prior to wk 22 so just left my order as is and actually do get free navigation now as had passed on it originally.

Its slightly different for me as on company lease and have so much credit to spend with the added extra being that insurance is covered also so I could afford to be a bit more liberal on options. Do pay BIK though so there is some juggling in head to be done about whats best.

This is going to cost me a lot more personally than the GTD but if not do it now would never do it and so getting out of system and being more liberal

I think private 2 year lease would be my preferred as know could cover that in any circumstance and I would remove all the nice to have options such as keyless as do cope quite well without it now and basically because I can is the only reason selected keyless.

So think on personal lease you think slightly different and reduce all the additional costs where can and still be left with 2 years of enjoying a great car. Also now with the wk 22 changes you do get the aforementioned navigation and winter pack thrown in on base price.

The two options that became must have for me were DCC and Pretoria the rest could live without. I would probably have dropped both on a 2 year personal lease.

Its horses for courses really, and everyone has different limits, so its just remembering the base car is pretty damn good and then seeing how much you are stretching for the nice to haves.

[Exonian]

Its horses for courses really, and everyone has different limits, so its just remembering the base car is pretty damn good and then seeing how much you are stretching for the nice to haves.

Summed up in a nutshell

[Booth11]

When coming from a very capable version such as the GTD with the more than decent economy its not the easiest of decisions

The mpg might come as a bit of a shock to the system coming from a GTD, but hopefully the other capabilities of the car will negate this to some degree.

but heart did rule head in the end and can always revert to something more sensible next time round, or I maybe hooked also!

That's what I told myself when going for the R. At the time I thought what the hell, I'll most likely go back to a GTI next time around.  Now?.....not a chance!

Either way, good to have a heart over head decision now and then. 

[mjh_056]

When coming from a very capable version such as the GTD with the more than decent economy its not the easiest of decisions

The mpg might come as a bit of a shock to the system coming from a GTD, but hopefully the other capabilities of the car will negate this to some degree.

but heart did rule head in the end and can always revert to something more sensible next time round, or I maybe hooked also!

That's what I told myself when going for the R. At the time I thought what the hell, I'll most likely go back to a GTI next time around.  Now?.....not a chance!

Either way, good to have a heart over head decision now and then. 

Mileage pretty much dictated previous car choices of 2 diesel Quattro and the GTD but in first year of the GTD it halved and more via a role change. So economy has become a nice to have opposed to critical

Previously ran a MY02 Bora that was a petrol (and oil) guzzler and imagine the R will not be too far from that in economy but as mileage was relatively low it was never really an issue.

My expectation is one extra tank a month (£50)

Sensible in most things, the workplace dictates it "as you have to manage the risk" is what here a lot  and the home to in keeping the family budget balanced, but we all have to have something to show for the hard work and the R will be my 3 year indulgence especially as went for a few of the nice options to.

Biggest thing missed from the Quattro was the get away, its not the GTD strength particularly in the wet and the R will give me that and more, so that alone might have me permanently hooked like yourself. Can see how much it adds to your day, makes the work effort worth it.

Still have that waiting period, so forum is keeping me going haha,

[Daz Auto]

Biggest thing missed from the Quattro was the get away, its not the GTD strength particularly in the wet...

+1

Changing the tyres on my GTD made a big difference to front end traction. Most people don't like the original bridgestones. Though even with better tyres, traction in the wet can still be an issue.

I'm looking again at the Golf R running cost. I blame you lot...

[monkeyhanger]

Biggest thing missed from the Quattro was the get away, its not the GTD strength particularly in the wet...

+1

Changing the tyres on my GTD made a big difference to front end traction. Most people don't like the original bridgestones. Though even with better tyres, traction in the wet can still be an issue.

I'm looking again at the Golf R running cost. I blame you lot...

You might be pleasantly surprised at the cost of an R vs GTI/GTD - you'll get most of the extra cost back in better GFV. running costs depends a lot on your mileage and how you do your miles. If you do less than 10k miles on urban driving you might only see 40mpg in the GTD, compared to 30mpg in the R (manual - DSG is about 10% thirstier), there's not a huge amount in it. If you do the kind of journeys that would stretch a GTD's legs, you're talking 55mpg vs 33mpg in the R - the difference really opens up.

The R is epic, how planted it is - no more static wheelspin, and it is ridiculously quick above 5000rpm. My commute is 20 miles each way with most of that done doing 70-80mph on dual carriageways. The R delivers 33/34mpg at the moment running on Tesco Momentum 99, with a fairly heavy right foot to get up to the desired speed. I've applied for a job that's a 48 mile each way commute (had my interview Thurs), if I get that, there's no way i'll be taking the R to work unless I get a car share going. I'll maybe get 35mpg, but 65-70 in the missus' A1 1.6TDI is a no brainer, as I won't be paying £20 a day in fuel to get to work as well as heaping 20k miles on a car almost twice the retail of the Audi. We'll swap and I get to drive the R on a weekend.

[mcmaddy]

You could always do 65 in the R to work! 

[Booth11]

If you do less than 10k miles on urban driving you might only see 40mpg in the GTD, compared to 30mpg in the R (manual - DSG is about 10% thirstier)

Obviously it's dependent on what level of town/city congestion and style of driving, but even so, I think 30mpg on urban (town) driving in an R is an extremely optimistic figure that many do not achieve.