Any colour you want as long as it’s white.

[My other womans a vw.]

Yes I know where that comes from originally and it’s the wrong colour.
Just been having a look at used GTIs.l’m after a 3 door manual,with no more than 5-5500 miles on it.
So i’ve sat down having a look and writing down those that fall into that criteria.
Up to posting this,i’ve only been on PistonHeads and out of the 9 cars suitable,7 are white,the other 2 both red.
These are all dealer 2019 cars with standard spec,no extras,average price £24,000,average miles 3900.
Is there a reason for so many white cars,or is it just coincidence?
Also any thoughts on the average price?

[ar899]

Why are limiting yourself to such low mileage? A manual will be over a year old, probably nearer 2? Better to have a car thats been used a bit.

[Watts]

White was probably the no extra cost colour, red the cheapest cost option?

[My other womans a vw.]

I do plenty of miles per year and don’t change my cars very often.
This is a big purchase for me,I haven’t spent this sort of money on a car before,but at nearly 50,i’m gonna treat myself.

[ar899]

I'm the same. Do about 18k pa and keep cars a long time. If I was looking at a year old car I wouldn't be worried up to 12k on the clock. My last car did 177k before dying so an extra 5-10k at the start wouldn't have made much difference. I once bought a 2 year old Polo with 6k miles - nightmare. I can only assume that it did a 2 mile round trip to the shops each day and never warmed up.

Only reason I mentioned the mileage is that it might give you more choice/colours, that's all.

[My other womans a vw.]

That’s a good point,my current car (07 mk5 gt sport) which i’ve had approx 5 yrs has 82000 on it and still feels like there’s loads of life left in it.
I bought it with 5000 on it.
The midlife crisis has kicked in and i’m having a car i’ve always wanted.
Now up to 11 cars-8 white,3 red.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Think your main limiting factors are a 3-dr and manual. Not a popular combo unfortunately for later GTI's hence why mileage will also cause a problem. Good luck in your search.

[fredgroves]

Anything you put in as a criteria narrows it...

3 door.... manual... mileage... and then the chances that anyone decided to pay good money for one of VW UK's shades of grey...

If you deselected any of those things, how many do you have then?

[monkeyhanger]

White was probably the no extra cost colour, red the cheapest cost option?

It's amazing that VW (or any other car manufacturer) doesn't have to justify that distinction.

It's definitely not that white paint is so much cheaper to produce, nor that "solid" paint is cheaper to apply, seeing as they now lacquer all colours. On the Polo  GTI and Beats, Flash red is the free colour and white is the lower than metallic cost option. Stranger still, the non-performance Polos (excluding beats) have Urano Grey as the no cost option and Fkash red is unavailable. That's absolute confirmation that the list price of paint options has no justifiable rhyme or reason, it's just greed.

[My other womans a vw.]

Jim,personally I think a 3 door looks better,but that is only my opinion and with what’s available out there,i’m In a minority.
Fred,because i’m not buying new,I know i’ll not get exactly what I want,I knew this when vw stopped the 3dr/manual option.I did think there would be a few more colours available from the last 3dr/manuals sold,that fell into my criteria mind you.
I could compromise and that would give me more choice,but at the moment due to the country’s predicament nothing’s happening,so the hunt continues.