Coming down in price slowly - Golf R

[Hurdy]

^^^^^ My guess would be that he is selling just over the VW trade-in price.

[George]

Dons flame retardant suit...

I don't like them 

[Hurdy]

Dons flame retardant suit...

I don't like them 

Why?

[berg]

i'm also not completely sold either, not sure i would see one as a huge step up from a stg 2+ ED30 because ok the traction will be better but the extra weight and transmission losses mean that I think i would skip the R and the S3 and save for a RS3 for say 2014-2015 or an M3, WRX Sti etc (when petrol will be  )

[simonp]

Not kept it long, I wonder what he's getting next? RB, more door, cloth seats and 19s would be my ideal spec, shame about the gearbox.

[Jules86]

i'm also not completely sold either, not sure i would see one as a huge step up from a stg 2+ ED30 because ok the traction will be better but the extra weight and transmission losses mean that I think i would skip the R and the S3 and save for a RS3 for say 2014-2015 or an M3, WRX Sti etc (when petrol will be  )

No transmission loss on a car which is predominantly fwd  With regards to weight, if both cars were 300bhp you are talking a BHP/weight ratio difference of around 20bhp/ton. Can the only fwd ed30 put the extra 20bhp down in 1st or 2nd gear, i would argue the added weight of the R would be negated by the extra traction from low speeds. Only at higher rolling speeds would the fwd car come into its own.

Not sure about you but i spend most of my time between 10-30 mph so the extra traction suits my driving needs more than fwd.

[MAT ED30]

get a lsd 

[berg]

get a lsd 

am on it statllers, here i come but unfortunately the small matter of my wedding has intervened so think the wife will  if i spend the honeymoon pot on a quaife