Where would you go next...

opinionated3 wrote: »

Where to go next...... I'm currently on my second GTI,a Mk7 , having previously owned a Mk6 before it. It's a 142 model with extras and now I'm hoping to change in the next few months. I'm not sure what to get though. I cannot afford a brand new GTI so was thinking of coming up to maybe 172/181 if my budget could stretch. I always try to find low mileage examples so I can feel like it's somehow "new" to me. Recently though I've been thinking of the current Honda civic s design 180 bhp. It's loaded with tech and crucially has a larger boot which is something I've been kinda hankering for. What do you think? Am I mad to ditch the extra horses and good name of the GTI for a new civic? Or am I just showing my age now (43)?!!�� Anyone here driven the 180 bhp civic?

If your not bothered to drop 50bhp to get a bigger boot I’d say a new GTI would be a waste of time.

Thanks for the replies folks. I've no interest really in importing. I'll be straight up trading in to a main dealer here. I absolutely love the GTI , it's power and relative everyday practicality. I suppose I'm coming from the point of view that my budget (including trade in) is around the 30000 mark. At a push I could get to 32000 which puts me in the market for a new civic s design. I'm afraid that after a period of owning the civic, id just get bored of it, which is something that never happens when you have a GTI in the driveway. I've also thought about an A5 but it's hard to find a petrol one with low mileage and s line spec 190bhp.
Reading back what I've just wrote I think I might have answered my own question.... The GTI is too hard to ignore.

An S3 Sportback sounds like it would fit your criteria, not sure if you would get a new enough one for 32 though.

That M4 grill looks actually worse than the OEM one imo. It looks like something you would pick up from aliexpress.

I prefer the original to be honest.

tell him the price is 18700 with his i40

Just watched the octavia review Mark.
A really good straight review. You are definitely turning into Ireland’s answer to Mat Watson.
The octavia looks like a great car and way ahead of a golf. They haven’t cheaped out on it like the mark 8 golf. Skoda products seem to be becoming more desirable than VW these days.

MarkN wrote: »

ha ha thanks, I don't know about now that but I enjoy doing them. Should hit 10,000 subs in the next 4 weeks or so, it's been hard work!

You should put a link to your channel in your signature - might generate a bit more traffic

bazz26 wrote: »

Most people accept depreciation as a fact of life when it comes to car ownership and don't think about it obsessively every day, they only have to worry about it when they go to sell/trade the car. With more and more people availing of financial products like PCP the depreciation is built into their payments from day 1 and the gmfv.

Bazz I reckon the vast majority of buyers, do not have a clue about the level of depreciation they are letting themselves in for, more likely with "higher end" cars, that are priced far cheaper in uk and then flood the market here a short while later. Sure many of us on this forum, used to it for years, still cant sometimes believe the rate of it! An example would be something like "the newer model motor tax drops from E280 to E270" :rolleyes: this is actually the kind of stuff I have read in reviews!

Idbatterim wrote: »

one of biggest pet peave about car reviews a mention of "cheap tax" like it matters v the depreciation many of these cars take, which funnily enough, never warrants a mention, when finances are being brought into the equation by the person doing the review...

In fairness, it's mentioned as it's what the public want to hear.

"Ah nice car there John, great colour. What's the tax like on her?"

Local land rover salesman told me how a customer traded in a fresh range rover for a brand new because the tax was a few hundred less. The new car was 110k I think...

MarkN wrote: »

100% Bazz. Typical buyer, 3 year cycle, back into dealership, what’s the cost of change or more often, is the monthly up or down and go again and literally that is all they care about. Of course we can as car fans judge that method but it’s how the general public buy cars these days and will only become more relevant as ownership evolves over the next decade in my opinion.

The kids and teens growing up today want a mobile provider that costs €7.99 per month, Spotify is €10, Netflix €11.99 and they can be dropped at the push of the submit button. They will want to purchase car usage in a similar way as it is all they know. The bigger picture of €30,000 on a Golf will be irrelevant.

Nail on the head there Mark. We seem to have moved to manage all expenditure by the month for everything model now rather than what it actually costs in total. The Americans have been living this way for decades. I'm not a fan of that myself because as you say, the true cost gets pushed aside so you don't know if your overpaying or not.

bazz26 wrote: »

Most people accept depreciation as a fact of life when it comes to car ownership and don't think about it obsessively every day, they only have to worry about it when they go to sell/trade the car. With more and more people availing of financial products like PCP the depreciation is built into their payments from day 1 and the gmfv.

check this guy out. I think it's amazing people are happy to do this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8LRNdpxIc&t=177s

carsfan2 wrote: »

check this guy out. I think it's amazing people are happy to do this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV8LRNdpxIc&t=177s

in fairness he is an idiot, creating a video to broadcast the fact seems weird :P given the leasing deals in the uk to get caught like that is borderline criminally negligent.