Golf R's - Used Market - Did someone lose the optional extras list?

[infernox]

I understand what fredgroves is saying. When I'm looking for a used car that's what I look at first too. Say leather seats, its almost £2k extra. If there were 2 used cars from the same year and mileage but one had cloth seats and the other leather, would you pay almost £2k extra for the leather?? If you wanted to part exchange your car, how much more would they give you because your car has leather over cloth seats? Maybe you think a certain extra is a must have so you look for that (I was doing the same with DCC or Dynaudio).

[Booth11]

What's the best route into getting the old stock of the R then? Ringing the dealer direct?

Wait another 18 months or so for Booth11 to sell hers.

Too many bumps on Booth's!

Give it 6 month and I might be selling mine!

I'll take mine with a couple bumps, fully repaired to factory standard, over yours MH. Better spec too.

[wigit]

I'll take mine with a couple bumps, fully repaired to factory standard, over yours MH. Better spec too.

Repaired to factory standard includes 3 years warranty so at least you sit back to back.

I had some factory approved work done on mine and the detailer I use only twigged it was the from as no stone chips.

I imagine a lot of the lease ones have been to chips away etc.

There were paint issues on some of the early lapiz cars so a few wi have had work under warranty

I was trying to get the wife to sell hers as I said I'd lease her a Alfa Romeo 4C for a couple of years but she has not bitten

[monkeyhanger]

What's the best route into getting the old stock of the R then? Ringing the dealer direct?

Wait another 18 months or so for Booth11 to sell hers.

Too many bumps on Booth's!

Give it 6 month and I might be selling mine!

I'll take mine with a couple bumps, fully repaired to factory standard, over yours MH. Better spec too.

Aye, you're right- mine is exhausting to drive, having to turn a key in the ignition, use my left arm and foot to change gear, as well as having to press the accelerator pedal all the way down.   

For what you see back, i'll avoid options that I don't need - add a few expensive options and  you can see your depreciation up at 50% more than the car itself, for me that'll always be poor value unless you're keeping the car in excess of 5 years.

Do you ever worry about overpolishing your car? There was a lad on the Scirocco forum called "Derboy" who used to give his black Scirocco the full works as often as you and he'd polished all his lacquer away within 2 years, probably not hard to do with the kind of paints being used now.

[Booth11]

What's the best route into getting the old stock of the R then? Ringing the dealer direct?

Wait another 18 months or so for Booth11 to sell hers.

Too many bumps on Booth's!

Give it 6 month and I might be selling mine!

I'll take mine with a couple bumps, fully repaired to factory standard, over yours MH. Better spec too.

Aye, you're right- mine is exhausting to drive, having to turn a key in the ignition, use my left arm and foot to change gear, as well as having to press the accelerator pedal all the way down.   

For what you see back, i'll avoid options that I don't need - add a few expensive options and  you can see your depreciation up at 50% more than the car itself, for me that'll always be poor value unless you're keeping the car in excess of 5 years.

Do you ever worry about overpolishing your car? There was a lad on the Scirocco forum called "Derboy" who used to give his black Scirocco the full works as often as you and he'd polished all his lacquer away within 2 years, probably not hard to do with the kind of paints being used now.

Why would I worry about over polishing my car?  I haven't polished my R yet aside from a couple small areas of bird etching, a cat scratch and a bag inflicted scuff (done by hand).  This coming spring will be its first full machine polish (at 19 months old).  I never polish a car more than once a year max.  You may be mistaking washing and waxing for polishing. 

[Booth11]

I'll take mine with a couple bumps, fully repaired to factory standard, over yours MH. Better spec too.

Repaired to factory standard includes 3 years warranty so at least you sit back to back.

I had some factory approved work done on mine and the detailer I use only twigged it was the from as no stone chips.

I imagine a lot of the lease ones have been to chips away etc.

There were paint issues on some of the early lapiz cars so a few wi have had work under warranty

I was trying to get the wife to sell hers as I said I'd lease her a Alfa Romeo 4C for a couple of years but she has not bitten

Yes approved repairs with a full warranty. 

Most cars sustain damage of some description these days, what with the number of idiot drivers on the road and careless t**ts running loose in car parks.  I'd have no issue buying a used car that had damage properly and fully repaired to factory standard (with warranty) than one that has had a touch-up chipsaway jobbies or unknown/unseen damage that had not been properly rectified and come to haunt you later.

So Mrs W is being resistant.....good for her, lol.

[wigit]

So Mrs W is being resistant.....good for her, lol.

It was really for me but she could use it and I had to confess to putting a deposit down on something that doesn't exist but when it does it will be sold out 

[infernox]

How much would you guys say optional extras are worth on used cars then? Compare the bog standard 2014 plate Golf R being sold for £19k, if you had the same 2014 Golf R with same mileage but it had £10k worth of extras, how much more would it be worth? Surely not £10k right?

[JoeGTI]

How much would you guys say optional extras are worth on used cars then? Compare the bog standard 2014 plate Golf R being sold for £19k, if you had the same 2014 Golf R with same mileage but it had £10k worth of extras, how much more would it be worth? Surely not £10k right?

No chance. A couple of K maybe. But I'd personally be more drawn to the spec'd up car. Very generally speaking, a well spec'd car is more likely enthusiast owned rather than another run of the mill leased car. I'd certainly pay more for a clearly better maintained better spec'd car over one that's base spec /  been ragged.

Adding spec when ordering from new is a personal thing and you have to be happy that it's mostly money down the drain.

[fredgroves]

How much would you guys say optional extras are worth on used cars then? Compare the bog standard 2014 plate Golf R being sold for £19k, if you had the same 2014 Golf R with same mileage but it had £10k worth of extras, how much more would it be worth? Surely not £10k right?

That's what we've been saying in this thread though... some options effectively add nothing to the second hand resale price and none of them add what you paid for them.

I've always leased cars though and never been afraid to add some options if I thought I needed them - I guess it depends on whether you spend your working life on the road or not, but if you do then you want to make your mobile office as comfy and useful as you can.