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Where Are People Getting Decent Lease Deals From?

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H18Golf:
Hi all,

Currently own a 2006 Mk5 GTI, and love it.  However keep seeing people on my drive to work in Mk7 GTi's, GTD's or R's and think I might want one (preferably GTi).

My question is, where are people getting decent lease deals from?  Some of the people I see knocking about in R's are about 19.  Now this could be their parents car, or they could be getting into mountains of debt.  But when I look online now and again at various lease companies, they want about £2.5k up front plus over £300 a month.  Is this the going rate?

To be honest I don't mind handing out say £1-1.5k up front and then paying £230-250, but anymore than that and I just couldn't afford it.

Any help with websites, company names is greatly appreciated.   :happy2:

pudding:
If you look into it a bit deeper, you will find the £300ish deal is probably for a 5 door manual, with a 5-6K allowance.   

More allowance, DSG, 3 Door, metallic paint etc can all bump the monthlies up considerably.

The mega deals of 12 months ago are long gone.

I looked into it myself last year when I considered moving the ED30 on, but when it came down to it, I wasn't prepared to pay £17Kish over 3 years for the spec I wanted.  It didn't make financial sense when the Eddy owes me nothing.  A perfectly decent, but older GTI with just fuel as the monthly outgoing, or £400 a month + 3K down for a car I know for a fact I would get bored of after 6 months, and I can't modify it.

Have you test driven an R yet to decide if it's worth the debt?

H18Golf:
That's the other thing Pudding, I haven't even driven a Mk7 yet.  However after owning Golfs most of my life and from other peoples reviews reckon I would be happy enough in one.  Obviously if I saw a decent lease deal I would be straight down to my local VW acting interested in buying one outright to get a test drive.

To be honest as I said, the only way id be going for a Mk7 GTi or R would be if I could get a deal for below £250 a month and without having to stump up more than £1.5k before I even sit in the car.  So its probably very unlikely.

It just always puzzles me when I see all of these new cars going about how people are affording them?!

stealthwolf:
Having driven a MK7 GTI, it felt very similar to the MK5 albeit a bit more roomier. I didn't like the steering wheel for some reason. Other than that, it felt very similar to the ED30.

MC71:
Loads of discussions and threads on VWROC about just this, have a gander on there as there is a WHOLE section on leasing etc. There are NO big deals around these days, those days are gone, be it the GTI or R. Expect to pay around £2k and £300+ a month for a poverty spec car.

I can't comment on finance as I didn't need it but buying an R second hand (2 years old) meant I only had to stump up £22k.....big saving on new due to thier prevalence.

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