I bought the 2008 gti from vw at £14500 black monza 2s and ipod under armrest options..thats it, car had just 13k miles.
At 50k miles my car was worth around £9500 i noticed that 2004-2006 gti's with better spec were worth the same as my car or more so instead of me watching the value of my car fall so much due to its few options my plan was to sell it and get a better spec gti with leathers satnav sunroof winter pack etc.
i sold my gti but ended up buying a
Seat leon cupra r 210
Audi s3 1.8
Seat leon cupra r 225
Honda civic type r
None of these were as good as my golf mk5 gti to drive so i finally managed to buy back the car i loved which was a mint unmarked 2005 gti red 5dr gloss black monza 17s tinted rear windows heated full leather seats armrest with 6cd changer rcd 310 not 300 like old gti. Cruise control. I will try and upload some pics shortly