The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Anyone thinking of ordering one of the last of the Mk7.5 Rs for 201 before they stop making them?

Might pop into the dealer and see what kind of offers and/or extra specs they are doing for the run-out models (assuming they know about said offers)

Volkswagen website mentions some run-out deals for Highline & R-Line but not for the performance models.

Didn't the GTI DSG go up to €44k only recently? Christ.

hooch-85 wrote: »

Just looked up the product guide and a new R starts at €50,525. Tick a few boxes like leather and DCC and your up on €55k. I don't know if many would be willing to part with that kind of cash with the MK8 on the horizon.

Yeah... spendy alright.

Just looking at what we have seen so far of the Mk8, I personally don't fancy it at all. Even though admittedly we don't know yet what the R version would be like. The move to all touchscreens on the inside, and the weird looking front-end outside would put me off.

So it's a case of keep my current 2016 R, grab a "run-out" 2020 Mk7.5 R or wait for something altogether different in a year or two!

Are they still manufacturing the mark 7.5 golf?
Have they not switched over to mark 8 yet?

vintagevrs wrote: »

I'd wait for something altogether different. You'll pay a hefty premium to buy a new R now, even with "discounts". Once the new car smell wears off, you'll still be in essentially the same car.

If you fancy a change, a remap would be money better spent I would say assuming yours isn't already done.

All true.

That's the thing, it could be appealing to get a new R only if there was a load of extra kit thrown in for the run-out, but if not then I'd end up with the same spec. It remains to be seen if anyone has the info yet on what the last few orders might look like.

And as said, it could be that production of the performance models has finished. I assume they're still making the regular versions as VW have them on their site with 201 run-out offers. I would hope VW Ireland had checked first that they could still actually get them

carsfan2 wrote: »

If you are looking for an alternative to the Golf R, I would look at the new BMW M135i, which is similar money. I am tempted by one of them myself.

The thing is though, to get any sort of decent spec for one (19" alloys and a no-cost white paint), you're looking at ~€57k. You'd probably get fleeced by BMW to finance one too.

carsfan2 wrote: »

Indeed. But the R is starting at over 50k too and will be early fifties with a few options. Does 4/5 grand make a huge difference if you’re dropping this sort of money on a car anyway? I don’t know?
Finance is 3.9% on BMW website. I also think they will hold their value better than buying the last of the current golf R models and would be less common.

I have to agree with you on that to be fair. If you're buying a car worth over €50k, you probably won't mind a few thousand more and will almost certainly be far rarer.

The BMW is one ugly looking car from both ends.

Dropped my Mk7 PP in for service today and had the diff oil and filter changed at the same time as the car is 3yrs old and close to 50kms. It was the first one they had done. Do people generally not service their VAQ diff?

JoeA3 wrote: »

Not sure about that tbh! You know better than most about BMW’s residuals and the 1 series has never been too popular here. I don’t see that new model changing things too much in that regard, I think it’ll remain a left field odd ball choice and I don’t see much appeal in it at all. At least in its previous guise it had something unusual from the rest, RWD, 6 pot engines, etc. Not anymore.

Personally I’d be very slow to drop 50k on the run out Golf too.

I think the new 1 series looks a lot better in the metal than pictures and I reckon they have pitched this model directly against the R and Audi s3 with the two litre engine and four wheel drive.
I also guess that while it will not be as common as the golf they will sell more than the previous model as it’s a better all rounder than previous.
That said I would not buy any BMW or probably any other car new again as residual values are so poor these days. Just doesn’t make sense when so many cars at a year or two old represent much better value.

When I posted a link to my ad last week I didn't think it'd generate 6 pages of talk about halogen lights, glad to give you all something to talk about :pac:

The car is now sold. Ad went up Thursday, first serious interest on Friday, viewed the car and agreed to buy on Sunday, did the payment and handover this morning. I had another guy due to view the car later on Sunday who seemed very keen on doing a deal if this buyer fell through for any reason when I told him it was now sold, and another guy who seemed genuine and wanted to view it in a week or two when he was up in Dublin. Apart from that I had another few spoofers making lowball offers or asking stupid questions.

I think some of you are overthinking this a little, these cars are now coming up on 5-6 years old and are going for under 20k. Not every potential buyer out there will be browsing VW forums with an exact spec picked out. At the end of the day you get into it, turn the ignition on and put your foot down... it's still a GTI. It was well looked after, low mileage, problem parts replaced and under warranty for a year and it was not overpriced. I had plenty of interest in it in the end.

Not picking up my Model 3 until the end of the month, going to be driving my girlfriend's 2005 1.4L Mk5 Golf until then. 74BHP :eek:

Right, I'm off to the EV forum to enjoy the smell of my own farts and discuss saving the planet with like minded individuals. Although you might see me back in here in a 7.5 R when 0% BIK disappears in 2023 :pac:

Did you achieve your asking price?
Buyer mention the halogen lights? I bet not.

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

The car is now sold. Ad went up Thursday, first serious interest on Friday, viewed the car and agreed to buy on Sunday, did the payment and handover this morning.

Wow that was a quick sale! Well done

Still think it was too cheap.....can't wait to hear about the Tesla though, it'll be interesting to hear what someone coming from a fun car has to say about it after a few weeks.

What model tesla 3 are you getting?
Have you already driven one?