« Reply #28 on: 16 November 2015, 13:53 »
You want to change a 1 yr old GTI for a new GTI because the spec is slightly better but it's going to cost you 2.5k? Why? Don't see the point to be honest 
Now if you were changing to an R then fair enough but I just don't see the logic in this
It just depends on how you juggle the figures.
Assuming the original GTI at list price and with extras would have lost around £8k in that year as far as the books are concerned then changing to a brand new higher spec car for just £2.5k could make huge sense as the original car will still be depreciating and the newer car will be worth at least £2.5k more until it gets to about six or seven years old when the gap will have narrowed up somewhat and then by ten years old it will more or less just go on which one is in better condition how many miles were on it.
It's all playing the market, just like stocks and shares so will never be an exact science.
As far as VW are concerned - they've just hit the car equivalent of the 2008 banking crisis. That so called global recession was just something that was brainwashed into everyone as the bankers played damage limitation for their own bad practices & everyone stopped spending money which in turn did cause a crisis.

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