The Golf GTi lease thread.

[JTsp33d]

Still just over 10k with mine. Working away for 9 months this year so the car won’t be doing much more mileage in my hands, mostly the wife will take it out once a week to keep things working.

When you say digital speedo are you just referring to the speed digits in the divers Binnacle? Mines always had that, you just have to go through the menu options to find it.

Not had any strange electrical issues that happened twice previously when the binnacle screen goes dead, which is good.

I must say after a year I have come to really like the car and will slightly miss it when it goes back in December. I know it’s early but already keeping one eye on the latest deals out there. Not sure what I might go for next, if a cheap Golf R estate deal drops I may take that..time will tell.

[JTsp33d]

Alucidnation said:

Any other good deals around chaps?

Just found this with standard spec etc for

£228/mnth 36 months
8000/year
£2053 initial.
Includes RFL.

All inc vat.

Seems the cheapest around from looking in the usual places.

[JTsp33d]

Not familiar, but then again there are so many out there. Go by online reviews possibly?

[JTsp33d]

mdowning said:

I was fortunate enough to pick up a Golf GTI on a cheap lease ... thank you PH lease thread! Properly pov spec...white, no optional extras (albeit base spec fantastic), but fantastic value.

2 questions

1) I'm running under the contracted mileage allowance. Reckon i'll have done c 10-11k when I hand it back in Dec 18. Whereas I'm paying for 14k (7 p.a.). can I expect a refund form VWFS for undershooting agreed mileage?

2) If I only do 10-11k miles, will I be able to hand the car back before the first service?!

Thanks in advance for any help. Cheers

I think I can answer 2). I asked at dealer about servicing and they told me it's not due till around 18-20k miles. So technically you can hand back without a service if only doing slightly over the allowance.

[JTsp33d]

johnwilliams77 said:

Strange. My car is telling me I need a service after 5500 miles.

That is odd.

I’ve always serviced my previous purchased cars every 6-10k miles, so when VW told me there’s no need until around 18-20k on a new car I was a little surprised.

[JTsp33d]

Tires are still not bad on mine but I’ve done just over half your mileage on 11k. Might swap fronts and rears over before the spring hits. Should get by on what depth I have left as is only likely to get 1k miles at most between now and hand back time.

I must say I can’t complain at the car at all really, to the point where if a decent deal on a R estate comes up around handback time I may go for that. Shame they didn’t do a GTi estate, although I suppose the extra weight might ruin the speed and handling with the standard GTi setup.

[JTsp33d]

I was thinking of asking them about extending also, not a bad price it seems.

[JTsp33d]

Got my quote in today for a 6 month extension with 5k allowance.

Works out at £121 a month with a £50 admin fee.

Still not sure weather to extend or not. Have a growing family so thinking I may want some extra space.

As mentioned above a lot of the deals have dried up although I did spot a deal on a Golf R estate for £265 a month with 8k allowance and 2.4K down inc vat. Not bad considering they were up in the high £300's per month. That's on freedom leasing. Requesting a quote with the Pretoria grey alloys and Lapiz blue paint, just waiting to hear back.