Interested in buying a Mk7.5 Gti PP.

[Legacywr]

How do we feel about ‘3 owners’?

[clubsport]

How do we feel about ‘3 owners’?

As with the mileage, it could be lower, it's not unreasonable for a car that will be 5 years old in 2023?

This car has been well specified and was not one of the cheap lease deal cars, it would have cost too miuch, On that basis, it has probably had owners who have sought out a car like this and probably looked after it, so three owners is plausible.   

Conversely you could find a 3 year old leased car come up for sale that has just been a tool and not looked after by the single owner. I'm not sure that is ideal, despite the low owner count?

You probably need to look it over in the metal to see how it has been cared for, there don't appear to be any obvious issues from the photos.

As many of us said at the start, you will probably have to compromise on something finding a suitable GTi in the right spec, at the right price at the right time. 

[willni]

Registering a new car prior to sale to offer a 'discount' to an existing customer isn't something new in the trade and is very common. Realistically the car has had probably had 2 owners, the original and the 2nd and the 'first' was Volkswagen registering it to someones mate then taking it back to knock £5k off list.

I'd also say that the Gtd / Gti / R was a popular car for people to just go and purchase following the covid pcp cars being handed back, until they either found job security or used it as a place stay for a new car they had ordered but had to wait a further few months until their new one was delivered. I noticed it heavily with the TCRs as stock across the uk went extremely low and has now levelled out again.

[Legacywr]

Contacted the dealer, well the phone answering agent, haven’t heard back yet?

[joe6]

Mine was a preregistration car and have the necessary paperwork/mileage/dates that show it. Not unusual for dealers to hit targets at the end of their contracts or for "mates rates" as said previously. Could account for one of the "owners".

[Legacywr]

Good price for a main dealer, high spec too, not sure I want white though?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301193402627

Deposit placed…

[clubsport]

Well done, have you examined & test driven the car, or is the deposit subject to that?

From the advert, it certainly looks a nice example.

[Legacywr]

Just reserved it for £99, refundable, so…

[willni]

[Zan]

I got 18.5k for my 5.5 year old MK7.5 GTi PP (28k miles) from VW dealer which was not bad tbh so goes to show they are still pulling decent money.
It went up for sale on their forecourt a day or two ago and I will most likely see it until it's sold when I pass by.