The Mega MK7 & MK8 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread - Part II

Standard GTI for what seems like an ok price.

Is sense coming back to the market?

The manual seem to sell for a few k less than the auto yet in smaller numbers. I would have thought a manual would appeal more to a hot hatch driver?

In fairness the DSG boxes were always good if somewhat unreliable in earlier forms. Quick and super smooth gear shifts, I wouldn't want a manual GTi myself. The Mk8 centre console looks odd with a manual gear shift too, looks out of place or an afterthought.

And the one I linked above from a dealership is still not sold and has been reduced by another €500. I’d imagine actual sale prices for private sales are close to €30k now. Bad for owners but its good to see the market returning to somewhat normality, although we will never see pre covid/brexit prices again.

Anyone suffer from a leaking thermostat/water pump housing?

I've a 2015 GTI and a small leak from it, been quoted just over 1k from a dealer. They said the breakdown is parts approx. 550 and labour about 500.

I'll call around some others on Tuesday but does that sound like the going rate?

Is there any special bleeding procedure after that needs vagcom or something? (Might tackle it myself if 1k is cheap!)

Can anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin to recalibrate the front ACC sensor on a 7.5 Golf? Had a very minor front end collision recently and a few days after the sensor stopped working. Diagnostic says it needs to be calibrated

Really nice, best of luck with sale

I’ve had a 2018 Golf GTE for sale for months. Priced €4k lower than dealers. No enquires, and no other GTE’s have sold in that time either. I think it’s just anything expensive thats taking a hit.

That 540i in the dealers has been there since October

Was going to post the exact same ^^^

Until new car prices drop back a bit, the used car prices will still be over inflated to compensate.

Car prices and interest rates just keep on climbing at a frequency and higher rate than the average buyer's wage, it's just not sustainable. It's not all down to inflation or the global economy though, there is a portion of greed at a corporate level, Government policy on VRT and EU dogma on emissions in the mix too. On the flip side Elon put a dent in used Tesla resale values with recent price cuts on new ones so the cards are always stacked against the car owner.

I’ve had my 2018 GTI for nearly 2 years now and getting the itch to change. I’ve been looking at newer GTI’s, 330e, Arteons and all sorts really. But, my god there’s no value in changing now for me, I know it’s come back a bit but the money being asked for cars now is still insane.

I looked at going electric too but I just can’t bring myself to do it. I hate stopping for petrol on a long journey so the idea of having to stop for an hour to charge isn’t for me. I did drive a I4 recently and it was nice to be fair.

I think I’ll have to keep my car even though I’m doing high enough mileage (just ticked over 90k km) as to change to anything else I’d like would cost about 15k and I can buy a lot of petrol for that. I’ve one year left on my PCP and I bought the extended warranty when I bought the car in 2021 so that’s ok.

It’s a pity because I’d love to get a mk 8 GTI but I just can’t make sense of nearly 50k for a second hand Golf. I bought a new GTD in 2016 for €40k and iirc the GTI new was under €40k then. I guess we’ll all be forced to change soon enough by the government taxing these types of cars into oblivion. I was listening to the Driving Forces podcast today and I think they said there were no new Golf R’s sold this year in Ireland.

Link to podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/driving-forces-motoring-podcast/id1675852202?i=1000611753051

I managed to get a very good price for my 2021 330e touring this year with 50k km on it. The main reason for this was that the equivalent car is now about 13k more expensive than when I bought it! The dealer had it for sale for 3k less than what I paid in 2021.

The car price inflation of the last couple of years coupled with the increases interest rates has been mad.

I also reckon there will be no haggling for deals again as lots of manufacturers including VW and BMW are going to the agency model where the dealer gets a set price for facilitating the sale of a car from the manufacturer to the customer. There will be lower volumes of sales with higher margins.

Going ev and collecting a BMW i4 m50 next week. I sold my car to the dealer earlier in the year though.

I’m not convinced by electric but willing to give it a go.

Got a phone call on Saturday from Joe Duffy asking if I still had my R and if I was looking to upgrade. No interest in it at the moment anyway, but they could be on the look out for other cars or potentially someone looking for a 3dr one. Never received a call like it before, especially strange considering the car was only ever in with them for warranty work.

Quite common for dealers to make cold calls to see if they get a bite. Either they have someone looking for a car like yours or they have a Mk8 R they need to shift. As discussed earlier prices and demand for performance cars seems to have peaked or softened somewhat.

Prices have risen at a ridiculous rate. I got a petrol VRS estate in 2018 for ~36k with a few extras and 0% finance. The same car now is 53k+ with 5.9% APR......