How Many Golf R's in 1 Day?

[Watts]

Don't see vary many Rs in my neck of the woods though not nearly as rare as a GTI. GTDs though, loads of them! The only GTE I've seen actually on the road was a couple of weeks back in Norway. Saw another unusual specced Golf there too, GTD wheels, styling and leds but it was a TDI with four wheel drive.

[gtiaps]

I'm more concerned that as they are leased people are just ragging them from cold and on standard unleaded. It's not like they are being cherished like years ago when people actually handed over their hard earned in one lump sum.

Maybe it won't be an issue but when they are three plus owner cars theres a high chance it will be a lease car but you won't know.

I know exactly what you mean iv bought mine outright it's specced to the hilt less PP I see it as an investment in the distant future highly specced Gti low millage etc i know it works we bought the wife's scirocco in 09 that's only done 12k full Vw serv history pristine condition  and was offered well over the odds the last time it was in for its mot but again with that we have no plans to sell.
But I like you do wonder that the amount of performance golf's out there hitting the market it's gonna be a minefield dropping on a genuine looked after one and not one that's spent it's early life doing doughnuts in car parks and over regular launch starts for no reason..
I just know when mine does go it will be as cherished then as it is now.... 

[dubber36]

I know exactly what you mean iv bought mine outright it's specced to the hilt less PP I see it as an investment in the distant future highly specced Gti low millage etc i know it works we bought the wife's scirocco in 09 that's only done 12k full Vw serv history pristine condition  and was offered well over the odds the last time it was in for its mot but again with that we have no plans to sell.
But I like you do wonder that the amount of performance golf's out there hitting the market it's gonna be a minefield dropping on a genuine looked after one and not one that's spent it's early life doing doughnuts in car parks and over regular launch starts for no reason..
I just know when mine does go it will be as cherished then as it is now...

It's hardly an investment as it will still depreciate just like any other white good. The way I see it is that you'll have a really nice car that you can keep for as long as you want to, which will ultimately save you lots of money.

Those that are paying out £400 a month for a PCP will be put into a position in three years time when they'll almost certainly end up changing cars and carrying on paying out £400 a month. It's a never ending circle. Whereas with you, you'll still be driving a very much admired car without having to fork out each month.

Buy them with cash and keep them for a long time is my preferred way of motoring. Many people will disagree as they like to keep up with the new car market, but they all get you to work and the shops just the same. Having an older car that has been cherished can be pretty satisfying. Buying used can always be a minefield, but if you've known it from day one, you can't go wrong.

[p3asa]

My problem is, that once I stop paying for a car I quickly find something else to plough my £300 monthly into which means I'm actually a lot worse off come repair / MOT time. 
Even worse still when I do decide I want to change cars I've got no disposable money to throw at one.

The never ending circle works for me as I treat it like money I've never had.

Life is too short 

[dubber36]

Life is too short.. 

... to have to decide what car to have next then all the rigmarole of dealing with salesmen any more often than is absolutely necessary.

[mjh_056]

If you want true exclusivity you have to look up the financial ladder to the performance cars that price the majority out of the market.

VW needs to sale cars more than ever, the type of vehicle and price segment is quite packed with cars and even though still hardly cheap, quite a few buyers.

So with all that in mind then of course there is going to be quite a few sold but this is similar across the range of makers at this price level

So given that, my thinking was not about exclusivity it was about selecting the car I would be most happy with and the fact that looked at all the brands for this type of car and monies and came out with the Golf R as being the car for me, makes exclusivity a non issue as there is simply nothing else would select.

Also, even now, the GTD gets looks, its a great car to be in and drive and thats not going to change in the R, I know I am going to love driving it each and every day.

So think expectation needs a reset and that if really want exclusivity you need to be realistic and expect that at much higher price than paying for a universally accepted great car

[kalimon]

I know exactly what you mean iv bought mine outright it's specced to the hilt less PP I see it as an investment in the distant future highly specced Gti low millage etc i know it works we bought the wife's scirocco in 09 that's only done 12k full Vw serv history pristine condition  and was offered well over the odds the last time it was in for its mot but again with that we have no plans to sell.
But I like you do wonder that the amount of performance golf's out there hitting the market it's gonna be a minefield dropping on a genuine looked after one and not one that's spent it's early life doing doughnuts in car parks and over regular launch starts for no reason..
I just know when mine does go it will be as cherished then as it is now...

It's hardly an investment as it will still depreciate just like any other white good. The way I see it is that you'll have a really nice car that you can keep for as long as you want to, which will ultimately save you lots of money.

Those that are paying out £400 a month for a PCP will be put into a position in three years time when they'll almost certainly end up changing cars and carrying on paying out £400 a month. It's a never ending circle. Whereas with you, you'll still be driving a very much admired car without having to fork out each month.

Buy them with cash and keep them for a long time is my preferred way of motoring. Many people will disagree as they like to keep up with the new car market, but they all get you to work and the shops just the same. Having an older car that has been cherished can be pretty satisfying. Buying used can always be a minefield, but if you've known it from day one, you can't go wrong.

I couldn't agree with you more

[Jackie Treehorn]

My problem is, that once I stop paying for a car I quickly find something else to plough my £300 monthly into which means I'm actually a lot worse off come repair / MOT time. 
Even worse still when I do decide I want to change cars I've got no disposable money to throw at one.

The never ending circle works for me as I treat it like money I've never had.

Life is too short 

I have for a few months been looking at 987 Spyders as my last big spend (man maths only) now they are holding price, then i think about being sensible and keeping the car we have for the next 10 years. Not paying for a car is a nice (fortunate) place to be, but it doesn't stop me looking for the next thing to through money at even if realistically the Golf is all I need. I kept my Audi for 10 years then got silly and bought a different car nearly every year for the last 6 years, but i think i have finally settled down.  No PCP means Trackdays too!!

[GTD1414]

Only counted 4 R's yesterday on my 500 mile round trip.

Embarrassed a Toyota GT86 which made my day  (standard GTD)

[andykram]

I reckon there's another two Rs in the town I live in, one of which was the only one I saw yesterday. Can't remember the last time I saw a GTi but do see plenty of GTDs.
Unless I've got the same deposit left over at the end of the 36 months on the wife's R as we put in in the first place, I will pay the balloon payment and carry on paying what I pay at the moment. Eventually, that will start to build up a nice chunk of positive equity for a deposit and it's hardly a ball ache to keep it, say, another year. I worked it out that it would take another three years over the initial 36 month to buy it outright at which point we would own a 6 year old R.
What will a 6 year old Mk7 R be worth? Who knows but it would have to be at least £10k surely? We then have plenty of money to do whatever with if we sold it.
Whatever we do, the next owner will get a privately owned, molly coddled, non abused example that's permanently run on Shell Nitro and serviced on the button. Just like the lad who got my Mk6 GTi from VW Doncaster when I traded it in - apparently he was over the moon with it.