Anniversary models have always been worth more than the GTI, and will always be worth more. You generally get bits of bodykit and / or spec not available on regular GTI's. Assuming both were in budget, I'd travel the distance for the Edition. Heck, I once traveled over 1,000 miles round trip for a car. And another time over 600 miles. As alluded to earlier, people are getting lazier when it comes to travelling for cars. The amount of people I see unwilling to travel more than 50 miles for a car astounds me.