Am I mad to buy a mk 7 GTD?

GolfVI · 18-10-2019 10:26pm #1

Hi everyone,

Just looking for opinions on this ,

Dream car is a mk7 golf GTD and im considering buying early next year, maybe a 2015 model. Looking to keep the car for at least 4-5 years, but all this talk of diesel slowly creeping up with carbon taxes and with the greens blaming diesels for everything bad since the black death , is buying a 2L diesel a bad idea?

Dont want to own the car and in 2-3 years time have it too expensive to run.. not concerned about resale value tbh.

So what are peoples opinions, hold onto my current car until it falls apart or upgrade

Ubbquittious · 18-10-2019 10:27pm

Take no notice of the auld talk you hear on the news. Buy the car you want

colm_mcm · 18-10-2019 10:28pm

Don’t buy into the scaremongering. Buy what you want.

PsychoPete · 18-10-2019 10:30pm

Exactly, don't buy into all the scaremongering nonsense. Buy whatever car you want

ratracer · 18-10-2019 11:07pm

So the current talk is that diesel per litre will match petrol per litre in the next few years.....Will 10c/ Ltr fuel increase cripple you if you buy the car you really want?
Not sure how tax will fare out, but hey, life’s too short to not drive what you want to.

GolfVI · 18-10-2019 11:29pm

ratracer wrote: »

So the current talk is that diesel per litre will match petrol per litre in the next few years.....Will 10c/ Ltr fuel increase cripple you if you buy the car you really want?
Not sure how tax will fare out, but hey, life’s too short to not drive what you want to.

No that kinda increase wont bother me much, i guess its expected fuel prices will rises yearly anyway , i think its more-so the government push away from diseals, lord only knows what will happen in a year or two!

hooch-85 · 19-10-2019 9:56am

Firstly, are you doing enough mileage to warrant a diesel? I have a GTD as I'm doing 30k+ a year. If your mileage is under 20k I'd consider a GTi instead. Generally they are more expensive to buy but they hold their value better if the mileage is kept reasonable on them.

GolfVI · 19-10-2019 10:09am

hooch-85 wrote: »

Firstly, are you doing enough mileage to warrant a diesel? I have a GTD as I'm doing 30k+ a year. If your mileage is under 20k I'd consider a GTi instead. Generally they are more expensive to buy but they hold their value better if the mileage is kept reasonable on them.

Currently driving a 1.6 tdi, doing 500km a week for work not including weekend driving so would probably push that over 30k a year

hooch-85 · 19-10-2019 10:20am

GolfVI wrote: »

Currently driving a 1.6 tdi, doing 500km a week for work not including weekend driving so would probably push that over 30k a year

Yeah your mileage probably warrants a diesel alright, a GTD will be a big step up from the 1.6, mpg I average around 48 in mine. If your planning to keep one for 4 to 5 years then you won't really lose anything, diesel is going nowhere for a while yet. Try get a lower mileage one if your budget allows, at least that way it might be still worth a few grand even after 4-5 years.

GolfVI · 19-10-2019 10:31am

hooch-85 wrote: »

Yeah your mileage probably warrants a diesel alright, a GTD will be a big step up from the 1.6, mpg I average around 48 in mine. If your planning to keep one for 4 to 5 years then you won't really lose anything, diesel is going nowhere for a while yet. Try get a lower mileage one if your budget allows, at least that way it might be still worth a few grand even after 4-5 years.

Thanks for the reply, anything youd recommend to look out for when buying apart from the usual mileage , servicing etc ? Would DSG be better over manual?

19-10-2019 10:32am

At 30k kms a year I wouldn't think you're into diesel only territory TBH.
That aside if buying a 5 year old car I'd not let potential government anti diesel policies bother me.....theres plenty manufacturers releasing very clean new diesels. Therell be plenty folk running diesels in a decade.

hooch-85 · 19-10-2019 10:35am

GolfVI wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, anything youd recommend to look out for when buying apart from the usual mileage , servicing etc ? Would DSG be better over manual?

I've had mine for over 30kms now and had no issues. They are heavy on front tyres, I'm on my third set of fronts now so I'd negotiate a set into any deal if they are needed. Haven't driven a DSG but they are highly regarded and less troublesome than the older boxes that gave issues, they need regular servicing though so I'd make sure that's been done if looking for one. Servicing should be no more expensive than your 1.6 really, brakes might be more expensive alright, mine had a new set of discs and pads all round so haven't had to change them yet.

colm_mcm · 19-10-2019 11:28am

Augeo wrote: »

At 30k kms a year I wouldn't think you're into diesel only territory TBH.

what would you say is diesel territory for a used car?

19-10-2019 1:18pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

what would you say is diesel territory for a used car?

I said "diesel only" territory.
Loads of petrol can hit 40mpg these days and a golf gtd isn't a cheap buy for what you're getting.

padd b1975 · 19-10-2019 1:25pm

I drive a 141 GTD.

It's a very economical car to drive. If diesel increased by 20 cents per litre overnight it would still be very economical to drive.

Performance is excellent too.

GolfVI · 19-10-2019 1:29pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

I drive a 141 GTD.

It's a very economical car to drive. If diesel increased by 20 cents per litre overnight it would still be very economical to drive.

Performance is excellent too.

Thank you , thats very good to hear

Notch000 · 21-10-2019 2:26pm

your dream car is a diesel golf ?

Yes you are mad

GolfVI · 21-10-2019 2:33pm

Notch000 wrote: »

your dream car is a diesel golf ?

Yes you are mad

Yep, rather a golf over a merc or beamer anyday

tossy · 21-10-2019 2:53pm

Notch000 wrote: »

your dream car is a diesel golf ?

Yes you are mad

No need for that, come on now.

adam88 · 25-10-2019 9:43pm

Looking at a gtd as well. Not much good ones with lots of spec in Ireland, the UK has loads of them and the spec is impressive. All in I’d be saving about 7k once the tax man is paid.

For those of ye that hsve one I’m between two minds whether to go for a 1.6 r line golf or a 2.0 gtd. any suggestions

colm_mcm · 25-10-2019 9:54pm

Theres the 2.0 150ps in the middle. I honestly can’t see how you’d consider a GTD and a 1.6 unless you don’t care about the performance.

adam88 · 25-10-2019 10:13pm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Theres the 2.0 150ps in the middle. I honestly can’t see how you’d consider a GTD and a 1.6 unless you don’t care about the performance.

I had a 2017 2.0 Octavia vrs for two years. I say I only pushed it a handful of times. It’s nice to have the badge and that but when you can use it properly it’s a different story

colm_mcm · 25-10-2019 10:50pm

You didn’t boot it when merging onto the motorway, or overtake anyone?

Maybe get the 1.6 then, it will probably tick the boxes you need for a lot less money.
FWIW the GTD is a lot faster than the mk2 VRS

PsychoPete · 25-10-2019 11:10pm

adam88 wrote: »

I had a 2017 2.0 Octavia vrs for two years. I say I only pushed it a handful of times. It’s nice to have the badge and that but when you can use it properly it’s a different story

You can use it everytime you drive the car

Am I mad to buy a mk 7 GTD?

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