Old member returning with extra litres...

[jayha11]

Hi guys, not sure if anyone remembers me but Ive been a member since 2015 when I had a black GTI which was then followed by an S3 8p. I kind of fell off the radar when I switched to leasing 2018 picking up a Leon Cupra 300. Fast forward a few more years and I took delivery of my second Leon Cupra 290 LUX, lovely car but just the small matter of a pandemic which pretty much rendered it an expensive driveway ornament.

I should have had this Cupra until March next year but with resale prices strong I opted to jump out of my agreement early under quite favourable terms. Permanently working from home has completely changed what I need from a car these days, not to mention the new M135i I had lined up as its successor costing in excess of £400 a month I thought it was a good time to scratch a long-standing itch!

I picked up a Mk5 R32 at the weekend

20211113_133503 by jamie hall, on Flickr
20211113_133429 by jamie hall, on Flickr
20211114_105120 by jamie hall, on Flickr

Car is completely standard, leather, high line clocks, MFSW, DSG and 113k on the clock with a full service history. A really clean example that drives great. I don't have any major plans for it except small OEM additions. I will set up a new thread to document my ownership and updates shortly.

Thanks for reading guys

[bobby_fodge]

How do you find it compared to the GTI?

[jayha11]

How do you find it compared to the GTI?

It's a bit hard to compare directly as there has been 5 years and 3 cars between them. But what I will say of the R32, it really suits my needs from what I want from a car and it has far more sense of occasion than any car I have probably owned.