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Offline scooba

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Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« on: April 25, 2011, 03:50:43 pm »
Hi I am in two minds to sell my Mercedes C CLASS SPORT ,I was offered £23k today and thought that was ok and think there was more if i wanted to do a deal they were very keen against a new GTI


what should i look at spec wise ? my only concern is spec a GTI R to £35k+ a lot off money for a Golf 
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2011, 03:58:41 pm »
It is alot of money for a golf yes, but they are pretty rare. I have seen about 3 golf Rs since they have been released and I do alot of driving! You see numerous amounts of S3's driving around these days and have kind of lost their wow factor in my opinion. I am gonna get alot of stick for this but me personally would get a Scirocco R if you are paying that kind of money  :drool: but thats just my opinion lol  :happy2:
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2011, 04:02:33 pm »
If you have the money .......Golf R demostrator if you can find one. 1 year old examples for reasonable money. ( for a golf )
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2011, 04:43:42 pm »
When my car was in at the dealers for its service, they had a Scirocco R that was going out that day. Second hand one owner from new (the lady that had bought it new decided that after nearly a year she didn't like it) it came with no RNS but leather £26.5K.  Sorry but......... I would have thought that it would have dropped more than that in the first year.

*edit* After having a quick look on the VW car locator that wasn't too bad a price. I love Golfs but looking at the price of Golf Rs on there.  :laugh: I don't know what I would buy to be honest after the Edition 30......
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2011, 04:55:53 pm »
I have specd one up £38k R GTI, I have ben told 10% disc and trade my Merc in plus circa £12k.

Still thinking mint ED30 less than 10k miles and garage it and keep the Merc  I think i can get a mint one on a 08 for circa £15k ish private.
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2011, 05:07:02 pm »
All depends on how much you want to spend and how much you want one... :evilgrin:
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2011, 05:49:31 pm »
23k on a low mileage high spec S3 would be my choice...
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2011, 07:23:10 pm »
Quote from: patrickcullen87 on April 25, 2011, 03:58:41 pm
It is alot of money for a golf yes, but they are pretty rare. I have seen about 3 golf Rs since they have been released and I do alot of driving! You see numerous amounts of S3's driving around these days and have kind of lost their wow factor in my opinion. I am gonna get alot of stick for this but me personally would get a Scirocco R if you are paying that kind of money  :drool: but thats just my opinion lol  :happy2:

Agreed! S3s are done and dusted.  Simple!  The Golf R is veery expensive though but far more rare as I've only seen 3, 2 of which were on VW forecourts.
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 07:46:28 pm »
The Golf R would be the better choice. As with most things, Audi gets the car first and then VW refines it and makes a better car without the issues. :happy2:

Golf R's are as rare as hen's teeth, good used Golf R's are even rarer. New R's are relatively expensive against an S3 spec for spec.

I was at Elsecar mega-meet today and there were four white S3's there , but not one MKVI Golf, let alone an R. There was a Rising Blue Golf R in the carpark which looked better than any of the S3's though!! :innocent:
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2011, 07:55:16 pm »
I would buy a decent spec S3 and mod it to within an inch of its life :signLOL:

You can do it over time then!
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2011, 07:56:29 pm »
I would prefer the Golf R
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2011, 09:16:16 pm »
The Golf R is only rare due to the cost of it though surely .... like you say a lot of money for a Golf, a nice Golf mind you though.
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2011, 10:40:29 pm »
Exactly neg, the reason u see so many s3's is they are a bargain in comparison to the R and are the same thing only finished better  :grin: :grin:
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #13 on: April 26, 2011, 08:47:13 am »
The golf R is rare because the dealers only get a certain number of them to sell a year, not sure on the numbers for the golf r but my mate who is a salesman at the local dealer said they only allowed to order 4 scirocco r's per year and once they're sold that's it!
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Re: Golf R or Audi S3 ??
« Reply #14 on: April 26, 2011, 10:02:29 am »
S3 for me you get alot more for your money. But if your looking at high equipment specs for a Golf R then it gets near RS3 money so i would then go for that instead.
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