So who wants to know how many MK5 GTI Pirelli's they made then??

[joesgti]

^^ I agree Dave, and the other flip side is that it's making me want one!  

 

[MAT ED30]

^^ I agree Dave, and the other flip side is that it's making me want one! 

why   the seats a   and its just an ed30 with crap wheels  

[Greeners]

^^ I agree Dave, and the other flip side is that it's making me want one! 

why   the seats a   and its just an ed30 with crap wheels  

Nothing to do with the seats or wheels (although the wheels have grown on me), more to do with future values.

[andrewparker]

I love the Pirelli wheels, far nice IMO than the Pescaras.

[Greeners]

I love the Pirelli wheels, far nice IMO than the Pescaras.

Agreed! 

[joesgti]

^^ I agree Dave, and the other flip side is that it's making me want one! 

why  the seats a  and its just an ed30 with crap wheels 

Nothing to do with the seats or wheels (although the wheels have grown on me), more to do with future values.

its still not exactly going to be an investment, itl still loose money, even if you never drive it.

[MAT ED30]

^^ I agree Dave, and the other flip side is that it's making me want one!  

why   the seats a   and its just an ed30 with crap wheels  

Nothing to do with the seats or wheels (although the wheels have grown on me), more to do with future values.

its still not exactly going to be an investment, itl still loose money, even if you never drive it.

it sure will its a Golf and will lose value just as much as any other golf   i hate it when buy stuff like a normal car and never drive it   its no classic car and will take a good 30+ years for that.If you want a car to go up in value buy old classic stuff as my beetle cost me 3k years ago and is now valued at over 12k   so you cant knock old cars

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

Not too sure Matt, 222 is a bloody low number, theres more ferraris allocated to the UK each year than that, then do the splits for colour/transmission Xenons - Odds are that if you wanted one with Silver/Xenons/DSG/RNS and roof you could be trying to get one from a pool of maybe 10 cars....

How about that for an Advert.....One of 10 golfs ever made.

Mates got an RS500 Cossy done 1500 miles - He's knocked back 40k for it

[Hedge]

Interesting reading

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/volkswagen-world/news/20

[RedRobin]

Nothing to do with the seats or wheels (although the wheels have grown on me), more to do with future values.

....I think that if you're into the futures market, then modern cars are not a wise commodity to invest in, Nath. Although there may be one or two exceptions in the supercar category.

[RedRobin]

^^^^
As Mat says: Cars are for driving!

[Greeners]

^^ I agree Dave, and the other flip side is that it's making me want one! 

why  the seats a  and its just an ed30 with crap wheels 

Nothing to do with the seats or wheels (although the wheels have grown on me), more to do with future values.

its still not exactly going to be an investment, itl still loose money, even if you never drive it.

Didn't say it wouldn't lose money, but as more people become aware of the rarity of this car the prices will remain higher that the equivalent GTi or ED30. And who said I wouldn't drive it etc?? 

And no Robin I'm not looking at the 'futures market'. I merely commented that I would like one for the collection.

[billy2shots]

Love my Pirelli and will enjoy driving and owning it. Like many have said very few cars are an investment and those that are go for silly money and are not cars like VW Golfs.

The future value does not bother me, whats more important is i have seen zero on the road since they were released. Of course theres 222 around and at some point im bound to be sitting in a traffic jam next to another one but hey thats life.

If you look at an BMW M3 compared to an M3 CSL there is a fair difference in price but what you have to remember is the CSL was way, way more expensive in the first place. Sure the Pirelli will be worth a little more than a common ED30 (LMAO) but not by much.

[MAT ED30]

You do do why Vw only made 222 don't you?



















They hated the seats 

Only kidding it's a nice just like all Gti

[billy2shots]

Yeah we get you dont like the seats. Seats and wheels, wheels and seats, seats and wheels, wheels and seats. Gets a bit tired after a while. Dont forget the yellow stitching.  

I can understand why some dont like the seats or wheels but put it another way if VW told customers how many ED 30's they were going to build then told you the number of Pirelli's they were making im sure alot of customers would have said sod the seats im getting one of those.

Please no one take offence to this as this is not a sweeping statement or aimed at any individual but i do sometimes get the impression that the green eyed monster is about. I could well be wrong because the Ed 30 is 99.99% the same car and i was trying to buy one when i saw a great spec Pirelli for the same price.

I think VW dropped the ball making so many ED30's and as a result has annoyed quite a few people (quite right to).