Can anyone help or advise me correctly

[James_33]

Now please do excuse what maybe a premature comment considering i may not be doing this for another 6 months or so but here's the question.

I have for the last few months been considering purchasing a VW golf, but prefrebly one thats maybe a little more special than say a standard petrol golf or a TDI of some varient, now its worth mentioning that i am by no means flush with cash so Golf R's are out of the question but given choice which would you rather go for a Golf Edition 30 or an R32 around the region of 2005- 2008 price ranges, the reason i say these particular models is that for anyone more in the know than me, is the Edition 30 whilst maybe not as quick etc as the R32 is it a more "special" version of the car than say an R32 which i'm not sure how many they made of each.

I've always had this itch to own something that little bit more special, something to keep, I am open to so many other suggestions btw, any help/advice would be much appreciated :-)

[James_33]

Thanks everyone for the advice it seems the Edition 30 is the way to go then?

As for the reason for wanting one it comes down more to the fact that i have always in the past wanted something say with some sort of a heritage or more sought after than say the "standard" car and maybe even something of a project if say i had to buy a cheaper car that meant it needed light work on it to get to a good condition.

I am glad people have said the Edition 30 actually as that's the way i was leaning towards before people answered, but felt others may know that bit more to justify one over the other.

[James_33]

94OD said:

Unless you can stretch to a Golf 6 R, but they are still commanding strong money!

Do you have a preference regarding manual or DSG?

I'm not particularly fussed as to which, maybe DSG just to say i have had a car with that perhaps to see what it's like.

[James_33]

talksthetorque said:

We looked at Ed30s for the OH , but ended up with a MK6 Gti with hot cow and nav.

But my missus is not one for special editions, and I'd be the one cherishing it whereas she will park it as close as possible to the supermarket doors, not leave massive gaps to the next car to avoid stonechips etc etc.

Luckily my other half doesn't drive, as she would do the exact same, a car to her is simply something that gets you from A to B, has no care whether something is something special or not, but she knows my love of cars so every time a new (to us) car has been bought generally it's my decision.