MK8 Golf R

[anonymous-user]

For what this costs I’ve worked out I can almost get a new 6 birth camper with 2 double beds, toilet and shower. As a 50 year old this sets my pulse racing.

Spend that on a shopping trolley? Only an idiot would do that.

[tedblog]

wormus said:

For what this costs I’ve worked out I can almost get a new 6 birth camper with 2 double beds, toilet and shower. As a 50 year old this sets my pulse racing.

Spend that on a shopping trolley? Only an idiot would do that.

Or you could be in the lucky position to be able to have both?
Everyone is entitled to spend their money on what they want too.

[Wills2]

manracer said:

Gazzab said:

Rolling road figures are pretty meaningless

I'm going to choose not to bite on this one, Its Friday and i'm in a good mood.

But it's true so why bite? Do you think vw figure the power on a rolling road with a correction figure (on an engine that already self corrects) and then use a made up drive train loss? Because they don't.

[Smiljan]

wormus said:

For what this costs I’ve worked out I can almost get a new 6 birth camper with 2 double beds, toilet and shower. As a 50 year old this sets my pulse racing.

Spend that on a shopping trolley? Only an idiot would do that.

There sure are some bizarre posts on Pistonheads these days. What a muppet.

[Gazzab]

Smiljan said:

wormus said:

For what this costs I’ve worked out I can almost get a new 6 birth camper with 2 double beds, toilet and shower. As a 50 year old this sets my pulse racing.

Spend that on a shopping trolley? Only an idiot would do that.

There sure are some bizarre posts on Pistonheads these days. What a muppet.

He has a point. The new golf R is very expensive.
But who wants to own a caravan even with a steering wheel fitted.

[tedblog]

Gazzab said:

He has a point. The new golf R is very expensive.
But who wants to own a caravan even with a steering wheel fitted.

Indeed very bizarre, but if your going down the expensive route? £28k for an electric Corsa for another £10k you could get a Golf R emmm

[Gazzab]

tedblog said:

Gazzab said:

He has a point. The new golf R is very expensive.
But who wants to own a caravan even with a steering wheel fitted.

Indeed very bizarre, but if your going down the expensive route? £28k for an electric Corsa for another £10k you could get a Golf R emmm

Or for 20k more that the golf buy a Tesla 3.

[tedblog]

Gazzab said:

Or for 20k more that the golf buy a Tesla 3.

Or for another £10k a Porsche Taycan , i know which one id have.
The tesla cost with the golf 2 thirds of that it makes it look even better value

[Gazzab]

The really silly thing is that a 6 berth camper appears to be a £75k purchase of new. So I can only assume that this is “almost” the same price as a new (not discounted) golf R because it’s going to be a few years old. An expensive 2nd hand purchase and potentially of limited use with covid / 3rd wave.
Who would spend £75k on a camper van when you can buy a flat by the sea for similar money in Spain or any other invalid price comparison one wants to make.

[Mark83]

Gazzab said:

The new golf R is very expensive.
But who wants to own a caravan even with a steering wheel fitted.

Were people saying how expensive the £30k R was back in 2010 because the price rises have tracked inflation so it's no more expensive in real terms, yet the 8 is faster, safer and has more equipment as standard. My first Civic Type R retailed at £15995 but I don't complain the new one is very expensive because it's more than double that now.

List price is largely irrelevant of these too and 90%(?) are only concerned about the monthlies and £350pm for a quick practical car with warranty, I think it's fairly priced.

[tedblog]

Mark83 said:

List price is largely irrelevant of these too and 90%(?) are only concerned about the monthlies and £350pm for a quick practical car with warranty, I think it's fairly priced.

I totally agree.
When they interviewed the Vauxhall chairman ref electric cars he replied as 90% of cars are purchased with a pcp an electric corsa only adds £20 a month over the petrol model.
Its the price you pay a month now

[tedblog]

ajap1979 said:

340ps and 440nm, so 20ps and 20nm over the stated figures, and that was on a car with 150 miles on it. I'd like to see a comparison though, because the DMS rolling road is reported to be a bit optimistic.

I'm loathed to watch AHR videos too, but this one was quite interesting, particularly with regard to the gearing, which is basically responsible for its ridiculous drag race results.

Hes just fitted a Miltek exhaust, i must admit im not really that impressed , just a few pops

[Shelsleyf2]

Mark83 said:

Gazzab said:

The new golf R is very expensive.
But who wants to own a caravan even with a steering wheel fitted.

Were people saying how expensive the £30k R was back in 2010 because the price rises have tracked inflation so it's no more expensive in real terms, yet the 8 is faster, safer and has more equipment as standard. My first Civic Type R retailed at £15995 but I don't complain the new one is very expensive because it's more than double that now.

List price is largely irrelevant of these too and 90%(?) are only concerned about the monthlies and £350pm for a quick practical car with warranty, I think it's fairly priced.

For Reference I bought a new R in July 2017, a few options, though not many. Came out after discounts and playing games with VW finance at £27000

[Gazzab]

Shelsleyf2 said:

Mark83 said:

Gazzab said:

The new golf R is very expensive.
But who wants to own a caravan even with a steering wheel fitted.

Were people saying how expensive the £30k R was back in 2010 because the price rises have tracked inflation so it's no more expensive in real terms, yet the 8 is faster, safer and has more equipment as standard. My first Civic Type R retailed at £15995 but I don't complain the new one is very expensive because it's more than double that now.

List price is largely irrelevant of these too and 90%(?) are only concerned about the monthlies and £350pm for a quick practical car with warranty, I think it's fairly priced.

For Reference I bought a new R in July 2017, a few options, though not many. Came out after discounts and playing games with VW finance at £27000

The P11D for my 2018 R with dsg and metallic was about £35k

[Gazzab]

otolith said:

Hard to see how the automatic four pot turbo powered 40k hot hatch market still exists with the Tesla Model 3 on the market.

Really? Totally different cars. Tesla doesn’t interest me at all. The Golf R is a good fun, nippy, good handling, economical car and is much cheaper than a milk float.

[squirdan]

Gazzab said:

otolith said:

Hard to see how the automatic four pot turbo powered 40k hot hatch market still exists with the Tesla Model 3 on the market.

Really? Totally different cars. Tesla doesn’t interest me at all. The Golf R is a good fun, nippy, good handling, economical car and is much cheaper than a milk float.

My Tesla M3P is going back in a month when my Golf R arrives

same lease terms, Golf £220 qa month cheaper

both 4wd fast practical stealthy cars

[Gazzab]

squirdan said:

Gazzab said:

otolith said:

Hard to see how the automatic four pot turbo powered 40k hot hatch market still exists with the Tesla Model 3 on the market.

Really? Totally different cars. Tesla doesn’t interest me at all. The Golf R is a good fun, nippy, good handling, economical car and is much cheaper than a milk float.

My Tesla M3P is going back in a month when my Golf R arrives

same lease terms, Golf £220 qa month cheaper

both 4wd fast practical stealthy cars

The golf is a better car. The Tesla will have co car tax breaks though.

[otolith]

The Golf, with its four pot turbo and automatic transmission and fake engine sound, represents everything that makes me not give a toss about the demise of ICE.

[Gazzab]

otolith said:

The Golf, with its four pot turbo and automatic transmission and fake engine sound, represents everything that makes me not give a toss about the demise of ICE.

It’s a fantastic car though. Is there a fantastic electric car that appeals to ‘drivers’ in the £40k or below bracket?

[otolith]

Matter of taste I guess - if I had to have a porky, automatic car without a nice sounding engine for about 40k, I'd rather have a Model 3. Neither is particularly my cup of tea, for exactly the same reasons.