Golf R DSG for hire?

[Exonian]

At what point can you just hand the car back Steve?

[p3asa]

I'm not sure. It's on a PCP

[mjh_056]

Wife convinced me to switch to the DSG and I was very reluctant but thought give it a go and then very likely return to manual next time around.

So definitely in the manual is best camp from driving automatics in America

The thinking is now completely reversed there is no way can go back to a manual, the DSG box is an amazing piece of tech (light years away from autos drove in US) where you can effortlessly move around in comfort/normal and with flick of DSG Lever your gearing move to Sport (Roundabout maybe where need decent getaway)

You can also as easily move to manual and dictate the changes, so if like to be in control you not lost that ability either.

All these actions are done in split seconds.

This is my assessment based on a GTD where think the DSG and auto hold make for a superlative combination and soon to be my R experience 

Just a thought but if its more about the DSG then the GTD and GTI as hire will give you much the same experience of the tech though obviously see if want an R it would be good to try the total package.

[p3asa]

That's not a bad shout mjh although I would rather test out the full package of the R but could settle for a GTI / GTD DSG as second best. However I've not even come across them in my travels of hire cars.


PS Andy your inbox is full

[Exonian]

D'oh!
Space cleared

[Beddie]

They do though have an S3 S-Tronic for hire in Glasgow which would suit me but would I be wasting my time or is the Audi box a decent comparison?
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I was in exactly the same situation with an 'R' scratch to itch, ended up renting the S3 via Avis Prestige @ Manchester airport for 24 hours as it was the nearest to an 'R' I could get a real drive in etc and was £95 well spent I thought 

Audi S-Tronic box is exactly the same unit as the Golf dsg so is a perfect comparison, although the plan backfired somewhat as after 24 hours and 320 miles around North Wales I was completely sold and bought an S3 instead! 

[p3asa]

They do though have an S3 S-Tronic for hire in Glasgow which would suit me but would I be wasting my time or is the Audi box a decent comparison?
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I was in exactly the same situation with an 'R' scratch to itch, ended up renting the S3 via Avis Prestige @ Manchester airport for 24 hours as it was the nearest to an 'R' I could get a real drive in etc and was £95 well spent I thought 

Audi S-Tronic box is exactly the same unit as the Golf dsg so is a perfect comparison, although the plan backfired somewhat as after 24 hours and 320 miles around North Wales I was completely sold and bought an S3 instead! 

Haha brilliant 

No regrets?

[Beddie]

They do though have an S3 S-Tronic for hire in Glasgow which would suit me but would I be wasting my time or is the Audi box a decent comparison?
.

I was in exactly the same situation with an 'R' scratch to itch, ended up renting the S3 via Avis Prestige @ Manchester airport for 24 hours as it was the nearest to an 'R' I could get a real drive in etc and was £95 well spent I thought 

Audi S-Tronic box is exactly the same unit as the Golf dsg so is a perfect comparison, although the plan backfired somewhat as after 24 hours and 320 miles around North Wales I was completely sold and bought an S3 instead! 

Haha brilliant 

No regrets?

None at all so far 

S3 is a lovely car and quite a step up from my ed35, and I'm confident the mk7 R is equally as good 

[phazer]

I'm not sure. It's on a PCP

You can do a voluntary termination when you've paid 50% of the agreed payments/half the outstanding finance amount. It will be subject to the more thorough inspection when it is collected but if you look after your car then it's no problem. There's a PDF out there with the ins and outs - sorry can't remember the code of conduct/details.

More details here about the process http://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/car-finance-voluntary-termination-pcp-hp/

The article says the finance and manufacturers hate it but when I did it with a BMW that tanked in value compared to outstanding finance it wasn't a problem at all.

[monkeyhanger]

I'm not sure. It's on a PCP

You can do a voluntary termination when you've paid 50% of the agreed payments/half the outstanding finance amount. It will be subject to the more thorough inspection when it is collected but if you look after your car then it's no problem. There's a PDF out there with the ins and outs - sorry can't remember the code of conduct/details.

More details here about the process http://www.thecarexpert.co.uk/car-finance-voluntary-termination-pcp-hp/

The article says the finance and manufacturers hate it but when I did it with a BMW that tanked in value compared to outstanding finance it wasn't a problem at all.

Half the agreed payments is not correct, half the total amount payable under the deal is. If you Buy a £28k car and total amount payable is £32k including all your monthly payments, the GFV, the interest, the fees etc, you can terminate after you've paid half of your £32k, not half of your 36 monthly payments. With Performance Golfs, you may not reach that halfway point until you're at pretty much the end of the PCP term, due to decent GFVs.

On the VW website finance calculator, total amount paid on a basic 3 door manual GTI is £30275.45, you'd have to pay up half of that (£15137.73). With the suggested deposit of £2749.50, and a monthly payment of £373.63, you'll be into your 34th monthly payment of 35 before you can hand it back. Best you can hope for then is that if you are looking to find yourself with no equity at point of PCP completion, you'd be able to walk away 1 month early.