The Golf R lease thread

[anonymous-user]

Blimey some of you are struggling. Mine was a stock car, delivered in 2 weeks from initial order, £1500 down and £273 pcm fully maintained.

I consider that an astonishing deal and all I did was google a few brokers.

Having lived with the car for 3 weeks now, it is the bargain of the century, I would happily pay £500 pcm for it! It's a joy to live with

[Carl_Manchester]

anyone had a crack at ordering one of the new custom colours for the Golf R in the U.K ?

http://www.guideautoweb.com/en/galleries/42358/a-r...

edit: they are live on the German Golf R konfigurator - very cool !

Edited by Carl_Manchester on Thursday 6th July 22:10

[marcosgt]

A green one would be nice, but pretty happy with my Lapiz Blue estate.

M

[Gareth1974]

Saw this purple GTi in Germany at the weekend (apologies for the awful photo quality):

[ShirtPants]

So what's considered a good deal?

Could you guys give me a rough estimate / guide for my configuration please

3 Door R Hatchback
10,000 Miles
2 Years
£2,000 Deposit

Options - DSG & Metalic Paint

What sort of monthlies would I be looking at? Including VAT

(I appreciate each 2,000 miles makes about £15 a month difference)

[talksthetorque]

Gareth1974 said:

Saw this purple GTi in Germany at the weekend (apologies for the awful photo quality):

Thanks for the photo. When I first saw the colour chart, I thought, I'd go for the purple.
You have now confirmed I was pissed when I thought that.

[marcosgt]

talksthetorque said:

Gareth1974 said:

Saw this purple GTi in Germany at the weekend (apologies for the awful photo quality):

Thanks for the photo. When I first saw the colour chart, I thought, I'd go for the purple.
You have now confirmed I was pissed when I thought that.

Yes, that's all sorts of horrible...

You can hear the music coming out of it from the photo can't you!

M

[HJMS123]

Mark Benson said:

In the last round I got 3+23 at 10,000pa for £304 so I'd say yours is comparable.

Delivered end may but still waiting for VW to take any money (inc. the upfront) though - some kind of cock-up between the dealer and VWFS. So thus far, a free car!

I had this with my Scirocco R .... took them over 2 months to take the (large) initial and first two months rental!

[Mohammed1982]

When do you folks realistically think the Mk 8 Golf will be released?

I'm tempted to just go for the Golf R now but I'm excited to see what the Mk 8 brings to the table.

I know the more particular you get with the specs the more expensive it gets per month but I really like
5 door
DSG
19" alloys
Folding Mirrors
And 10,000 miles

Any suggestions of prices?

[ShirtPants]

Mohammed1982 said:

When do you folks realistically think the Mk 8 Golf will be released?

I'm tempted to just go for the Golf R now but I'm excited to see what the Mk 8 brings to the table.

I know the more particular you get with the specs the more expensive it gets per month but I really like
5 door
DSG
19" alloys
Folding Mirrors
And 10,000 miles

Any suggestions of prices?

I am interested as to the answers for this!

[andrewparker]

Whatever the cost, those 19s are going to add £1k to your lease!

[Mohammed1982]

andrewparker said:

Whatever the cost, those 19s are going to add £1k to your lease!

Ouch!! Around £41 per month....Hmmm.

I've never had a nice car always driven bangers around to get from A to B... would be nice to have a nice car as a little reward for all those hours spent working overtime!!!

[Mohammed1982]

Has anyone had any dealing with Crewe VW??? They have posted a few vids on YouTube and have some stunning Golf R's???

Wondered if they were competitive at all???

[marcosgt]

Mohammed1982 said:

Has anyone had any dealing with Crewe VW??? They have posted a few vids on YouTube and have some stunning Golf R's???

Wondered if they were competitive at all???

My car came from Swansway in Crewe, Is that who you mean?

Car and delivery was fine, but I leased mine through Stable, who were great to deal with.

M

[Welshbeef]

Mohammed1982 said:

andrewparker said:

Whatever the cost, those 19s are going to add £1k to your lease!

Ouch!! Around £41 per month....Hmmm.

I've never had a nice car always driven bangers around to get from A to B... would be nice to have a nice car as a little reward for all those hours spent working overtime!!!

But is handling worse with bigger rims or better? Ride too?

[Gareth1974]

Mohammed1982 said:

andrewparker said:

Whatever the cost, those 19s are going to add £1k to your lease!

Ouch!! Around £41 per month....Hmmm.

I've never had a nice car always driven bangers around to get from A to B... would be nice to have a nice car as a little reward for all those hours spent working overtime!!!

Might be worth ordering the car with standard wheels, buying the 19" wheels separately, then you can sell them at the end of the lease, and just put the standard wheels back on to return it.

[andrewparker]

Welshbeef said:

Mohammed1982 said:

andrewparker said:

Whatever the cost, those 19s are going to add £1k to your lease!

Ouch!! Around £41 per month....Hmmm.

I've never had a nice car always driven bangers around to get from A to B... would be nice to have a nice car as a little reward for all those hours spent working overtime!!!

But is handling worse with bigger rims or better? Ride too?

In an EVO article back in 2015 Karsten Schebsdat, vehicle dynamics engineer responsible for Mk1 Focus, Porsche 997 GT2, GT3 and Mk7 Golf R stated that in his opinion the best spec for the Mk7 R is on 19 inch wheels with DCC. I'd personally think DCC would be an absolute must with 19" wheels, but the ride is apparently more compliant with that set up in Comfort than with regular 18" wheels and passive dampers. Being forged the 19" wheel is considerably lighter too.

But, on a lease you're talking about £1820 in options, which is just daft.

[andrewparker]

Gareth1974 said:

Mohammed1982 said:

andrewparker said:

Whatever the cost, those 19s are going to add £1k to your lease!

Ouch!! Around £41 per month....Hmmm.

I've never had a nice car always driven bangers around to get from A to B... would be nice to have a nice car as a little reward for all those hours spent working overtime!!!

Might be worth ordering the car with standard wheels, buying the 19" wheels separately, then you can sell them at the end of the lease, and just put the standard wheels back on to return it.

I've thought about doing this but they're £3284 from VW, without tyres.

[majormorgan]

Does anyone know why VW periodically release these low price Golf R Estate lease deals?

I've just booked one for £300/month (1+23 no deposit). That's half the price VW advertise contract hire on their website, and the local dealer could only offer a crazy expensive PCP deal: £13k deposit followed by £500/month for four years after which you still have to buy the car or return it.

Have they overproduced this model, or are they trying to get more out on the roads for marketing purposes?

[ashleyman]

majormorgan said:

Does anyone know why VW periodically release these low price Golf R Estate lease deals?

I've just booked one for £300/month (1+23 no deposit). That's half the price VW advertise contract hire on their website, and the local dealer could only offer a crazy expensive PCP deal: £13k deposit followed by £500/month for four years after which you still have to buy the car or return it.

Have they overproduced this model, or are they trying to get more out on the roads for marketing purposes?

Your figures don't add up for the PCP deal. Not even the VW Finance Calculator will throw out figures like that.

To put it into perspective, I'm looking at getting a new 7.5 R in grey with about £2,500 worth of options (£37,225 List price, discounted to £31,576).

That's coming out at around £3000 Deposit and £420 a month.