Standard Gtd or PP Gti or remapped Gtd

[JB GTI]

I can't remember the last time i saw a MK7 GTI.It Is all GTD's and R's.

I think you should just get an R.

  +1 !!

[buddfridge]

Yes dtuk and my insurance did not go up, the choice of diesel or petrol is more complex than just mpg or even screen price as if I was planning to keep the car for many years rather than 3 to 4 years the durability of the diesel would have to come into play, from my experience diesels have been bomb proof.

[mcmaddy]

Joegti - unfortunately everything these days comes down to money for some, me included. If the gtd was 5 or 10 quid a month cheaper than a gti then I wouldn't have second thoughts about ordering the gti. From what I've specced the monthlies are coming out at around 50 quid a month cheaper for a gtd which to me is a lot of money. As MH has already said the gtd is cheaper from day one than a gti and even doing 10k miles per year the dpf won't affected. If money was no object I'd be ordering an R but it doesn't even come close in the overall running costs against even a gti.

Maybe I'm just too careful with my money.

[JoeGTI]

Not that careful surely, or you wouldn't be looking at new cars at all 😉
Again I'll say the biggest cost by far, the cost that dwarfs any other, is the day you drive the new car off the forecourt - depreciation. I know this only too well myself as someone who gets the new car itch too frequently...

[monkeyhanger]

GTD shouldn't even be under consideration unless you're doing 20k+ miles p/a.

That's nuts. Even if you only do 10k miles PA, better residuals, cheaper list price and cheaper running costs make you a saving from day 1 and every month you have it - the question is, will the person deciding think that the GTI is worth the extra money? You'd have real bother doing 5k miles PA with a DPF, but 10k miles is fine.

I have set myself a limit for running a car (to allow me to do other things), and if I was PCPing and copping for all that interest rather than having bought outright and just putting back the depreciation into savings towards the next one, I wouldn't be in an R right now.

FFS Mh, does everything have to come down to counting a few pennies. In my opinion, a Diesel is a compromise. A compromise only worth making if you do big mileage.

A diesel car is plainly not suited to short journeys / city commutes / low mileage. I just cannot understand why a GTD would even be considered or why mpg would be such a huge fixation for anyone who does low miles. If you do low miles, as I do, rejoice! Get a petrol car, ease off on the mpg fixation and enjoy the car. Life is too short.

What is a compromise? is a GTI a compromise over an R (which costs more to run), is an R a compromise to an Audi RS3? You could go on and on on that argument. Everyone has a budget in mind when they run a car.

You are entitled to your opinion, but it purely that, opinion. It is a FACT that the GTD costs less to own and run on far less than 20k miles PA, and £50/80/100 a month difference is not pennies.

Some people would concern themselves more with what they're paying at the pumps every week than what comes out of their account for the car itself (I do think Chris is one of those people!  ).

For me the R is worth the extra running costs, for others it won't be.

I find it mad that people will increase their depreciation by £100 a month for a few extra gadgets on a car that is already rammed with standard equipment, as options end up hugely expensive considering how little value they hold - but for others they want that DCC/Pro Nav/sunroof etc.

[mcmaddy]

I think the gti will cost the same as my current tiguan, overall. Long term average on the tiguan is 38 and I think i should be able to do the same in a gti, gti may do a bit less but the couple of pence difference at the pumps will negate any fuel difference. So I suppose it comes down monthlies which will about the same give or take a couple of quid.

Will I be ok knowing that I'm probably no worse off in the gti and in a better car than the tiguan or will the 50 quid a month saving running a gtd bother me? That's the decision.

[Watts]

I think the gti will cost the same as my current tiguan, overall. Long term average on the tiguan is 38 and I think i should be able to do the same in a gti, gti may do a bit less but the couple of pence difference at the pumps will negate any fuel difference. So I suppose it comes down monthlies which will about the same give or take a couple of quid.

Will I be ok knowing that I'm probably no worse off in the gti and in a better car than the tiguan or will the 50 quid a month saving running a gtd bother me? That's the decision.

Could you get an extended test drive in a GTI? Or would it be possible to rent one for a weekend? I see where Joegti is coming from, not everything should come down to pounds and pence but equally £50 a month is significant and if it was me I'd want to know exactly what I would be getting.

[Finglonga]

I can't remember the last time i saw a MK7 GTI.It Is all GTD's and R's.

I think you should just get an R.

GTD and R are as common as muck around here, mind they do both look the same. So glad I got the GTI as it is more exclusive. 

[monkeyhanger]

I can't remember the last time i saw a MK7 GTI.It Is all GTD's and R's.

I think you should just get an R.

GTD and R are as common as muck around here, mind they do both look the same. So glad I got the GTI as it is more exclusive. 

In this case, when potential supply exceeds demand, exclusive = less popular. 

[JoeGTI]

Have you considered the new Tiguan as a matter of interest? It looks a really impressive machine, a big leap forward in every way over the old one I'd say.