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Offline Jim_mk7.5

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The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« on: 28 April 2020, 14:35 »
Nearly fell out of bed this morning whilst having a nosey on Autotrader.

Unregistered 7.5 R with full spec - £49,215 but a bargain as now reduced to just £47,215...  :grin:

Think they used the parts bin up on this one - Akra, Pan roof, R Perf Pack, Prets, Leather, Dynaudio, CF door mirrors etc.

I mean, who on earth would buy this unless the PCP was about £500 a month.



Made me check some others as was looking at red Golfs with pan roofs -  Found this 19 plate R with under 3k miles and Prets and Pan for £29k so almost £20k less.
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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #1 on: 28 April 2020, 15:12 »
Nearly fell out of bed this morning whilst having a nosey on Autotrader.

Unregistered 7.5 R with full spec - £49,215 but a bargain as now reduced to just £47,215...  :grin:

Think they used the parts bin up on this one - Akra, Pan roof, R Perf Pack, Prets, Leather, Dynaudio, CF door mirrors etc.

I mean, who on earth would buy this unless the PCP was about £500 a month.



Made me check some others as was looking at red Golfs with pan roofs -  Found this 19 plate R with under 3k miles and Prets and Pan for £29k so almost £20k less.

That is mental! On my GTI I have the Pan roof, the Brescias, the leather, the Dynaudio, the reversing camera, White Silver paint, the DCC, the performance pack, and ok, it was ex-demo, 6 months old... but it was sub 30k! Now would I pay an extra nearly 20 grand for the pleasure of a new R? Not on your f*****g nelly! :grin: :grin:

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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #2 on: 28 April 2020, 15:16 »
Clucking bell! Mine feels a bit of a bargain now. Who on earth is going to pay that? The depreciation is going to be monumental...
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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #3 on: 28 April 2020, 15:23 »
But the TCR could end up like that - in fact did after VW UK decided to add the akra to it.

Crazy price, crazy depreciation...
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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #4 on: 28 April 2020, 16:33 »
 :shocked:

The thing is people will and do buy Golfs at that price point. Not many granted!
For someone who is loaded and probably has a collection of other cars that wants a Golf (for its size, image and under the radar styling) or someone that has a very well paid job/pension and just happens to like Golfs it’d not bring them out in a sweat.

The fact an A45 or RS3 would probably be cheaper on finance wouldn’t be the issue to some. They likely pay cash anyway.

It’s surprising what a diverse market a Golf has.
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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #5 on: 28 April 2020, 17:30 »
My TCR was £33,495.

It was brand new unregistered stock, it had a number of options including the Pure Grey/Black roof combination and 19" with DCC.

In fact the only thing it doesn't have that the R does it the pan roof.

That R is actually more expensive than my S3 saloon was, and it was also fully loaded. You would have to be crazy to pay that sort of money for any hot hatch.
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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #6 on: 28 April 2020, 17:57 »
The R performance pack was a £2300 option.

The matching Akra exhaust was  £2,975

It only came on DSG cars, so was £44,460 before you added anything else.

Lets see, what else have you got:

 Pan roof £1000?
 Prets £1500?
 Leather £1500?
 Dynaudio £800?
 CF door mirrors... £500?

Sounds about right, just shy of £50k RRP.

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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #7 on: 28 April 2020, 18:07 »
Our rs3 cost the previous owner 58k new but 50k for a golf r  :laugh:

Offline Jim_mk7.5

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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #8 on: 28 April 2020, 18:42 »
I like the Golf R but its not a £50k car. The £50k hatch brigade have more power and demand the price.

The '19 plate I found with 3k on almost looks identical for a rather normal £29k. You'd have to be bonkers to pay £50k for one!
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Re: The £50k Golf - and it's a Mk7.5...
« Reply #9 on: 28 April 2020, 21:22 »
I like the Golf R but its not a £50k car. The £50k hatch brigade have more power and demand the price.

The '19 plate I found with 3k on almost looks identical for a rather normal £29k. You'd have to be bonkers to pay £50k for one!

50k for any hot hatch is bonkers but the worlds gone mad a top sec Audi ttrs is close to 68k  :grin: