RE: PH Fleet: Golf GTI Edition 35

[anonymous-user]

Jimmy No Hands said:

I just can't imagine having 31k in my pocket and buying a hot shopping trolley over a V8 Vantage.


What were MK5 ED30's new? Similar?

The thread is now complete. Someone has compared the price of a second hand car to a new one

[LuS1fer]

Even though I was in on the original thread concerning the price, £31k still caused me to gag and spill my coffee on my ten shilling notes.

I think in 5 years time, these will be a good used buy if anyone continues to buy them new. What's the VEL on these compared to a diesel?

[George H]

Jimmy No Hands said:

I just can't imagine having 31k in my pocket and buying a hot shopping trolley over a V8 Vantage.

Because the running costs are so similar in the V8V aren't they?

[louismchuge]

"The golf said it would take me until precisely 1:02pm UK time"

"I timed my stops as precisely I could and, with 15 minutes for a bite to eat, 10 minutes for fuel, and a 15-minute 'comfort break', I rolled up to my Wolfsburg hotel at 1:32 UK time. Exactly when the GTI said I should"

[Moley RUFC]

Motorrad said:

Ignore the haters, it's a tool, it does a job and better than many.


That said 15 minutes for comfort breaks?

You're a man- act like one- take a piss at the roadside.

You're a man- act like one - take a piss in bottle (trimmed top of course for my extra 'girth') and launch it at that diesel Focus estate

[LuS1fer]

George H said:

Because the running costs are so similar in the V8V aren't they?

They could be though. Aston in the garage - 2000 miles a year. Excess miles covered in a £500 banger. It can all be evened out with £31k at your disposal.

[gforceg]

BlueEyedBoy said:

Ended up on some b roads between somewhere and Salisbury.

lol, there's a very nice pub in somewhere.

In fact there are a lot of very nice roads West of Salisbury. Great for putting a GTI through it's paces.

Edited by gforceg on Friday 4th May 08:45

[anonymous-user]

LuS1fer said:

George H said:

Because the running costs are so similar in the V8V aren't they?

They could be though. Aston in the garage - 2000 miles a year. Excess miles covered in a £500 banger. It can all be evened out with £31k at your disposal.

Not judging by the bills that my mate's V8V has thrown up over the last few years!

[George H]

LuS1fer said:

They could be though. Aston in the garage - 2000 miles a year. Excess miles covered in a £500 banger. It can all be evened out with £31k at your disposal.

For £31k you would end up with a ropey V8V. Servicing still has to be carried out annually despite the mileage - at least £600 a time at an independant, closer to £1000 at a main dealer. Extended warranty is around £1200 a year. Insurance would be considerably more, and it does 15mpg. You couldn't afford to own and run one for the same as the Golf.

[Motorrad]

Moley RUFC said:

You're a man- act like one - take a piss in bottle (trimmed top of course for my extra 'girth') and launch it at that diesel Focus estate

I can't do that while driving.

I like the idea of throwing it at a car that's cut me up or offended my sensibilities however.

[hiscocks]

Pretty bored of reading about this Golf now

[va1o]

hiscocks said:

Pretty bored of reading about this Golf now

Pretty bored of reading posts like that

[hiscocks]

va1o said:

hiscocks said:

Pretty bored of reading about this Golf now

Pretty bored of reading posts like that

Pretty bored of reading replies like that

[hiscocks]

Seriously though, I like the articles but it's a bit lame how the Gold is shoehorned into so many of them!

[iandews]

All this bhing and moaning about a Golf, geez, Pistonheads can sometimes turn in to the max power of car talk...are any of those moaning actually old enough to drive (legally!)

Whilst £30k is a lot for a Golf, the appeal is a new car, useful for all situations and sells well...comparing it to an used Aston is just madness, too completely different cars for different purposes...and the suggestion of it costing around the same on limited milage hahaha, what a silly suggestion, I could own an Alfa and it cost no more to maintain (if you didn't drive it all year!!!).

I personally wouldn't pay that for one, but equally wouldn't knock those that do, they are a great car.

(would still take a second hand Golf R instead though).

[LuS1fer]

iandews said:

(would still take a second hand Golf R instead though).

...and THERE it is...

[toppstuff]

Personally, I think those that seriously like this car need the blinkers removed from their eyes.

Here we have a highly useful and well designed hatchback. Nice to drive. Good performance. Nothing to criticise here.

But the damn thing struggles to do 30mpg. At this stage, it becomes silly and pointless.

Just get a diesel SE Golf and accept that this is a excellent, good to drive utility car.

The GTI is meant to be sporty and affordable. This is not. It is too compromised by its thirst.

A friend of mine drives a VXR8. He gets low twenties out of it. Not too far away from the Golf. And its a 400hp V8 !

[LuS1fer]

Not everyone is obsessed with mpg and I'll happly take half that of a diesel so I can drive a petrol and don't have to drive a rattler with awful driving characteristics.

[alock]

louismchuge said:

"The golf said it would take me until precisely 1:02pm UK time"

"I timed my stops as precisely I could and, with 15 minutes for a bite to eat, 10 minutes for fuel, and a 15-minute 'comfort break', I rolled up to my Wolfsburg hotel at 1:32 UK time. Exactly when the GTI said I should"

I assume it's a typo and the comfort break was 5 mins. If it was 15 minutes then maybe he should see a doctor

[School boy]

I agree it's pointless comparing it to a used V8V but there must be better things to spend £30k on than this which are new? If I was given 30 large to spend on a car I'd go for a 10 plate M3 with 30000 on the clock but again that is used not new.