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which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« on: February 27, 2013, 08:50:59 am »
Hi all, looking for opinions, have had my gti for a year and mileage is nearly at 100k so was selling it and brought a 2006 a3 2.0t quatrro with low mileage whilst selling the gti,
The reason behind buying the a3 was quattro system with the gti engine and selling the gti before it  hit 100k as it seems to affect the value more and as i have a thing about 100k aswell, now im struggling to get any offers above 5050 for a 55plate gti with FSH on 98k i was expecting more like £5300 minimum, after having the a3 for 3 weeks, its not as fun as the gti to drive, you dont feel the road as much and just a bit boring also it doesnt seem to corner aswell and finally mpg is lower due to the quattro weight, so do i stick with the a3 and remap and put a rear ARB on and hope it changes the car which in theory it chould or do i re-sell it and keep the gti as it seems the value has dropped already?

Whats peoples opinions

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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2013, 03:41:56 pm »
Sell both and get an R32!
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2013, 03:48:06 pm »
Quote from: simonp on February 27, 2013, 03:41:56 pm
Sell both and get an R32!

+1 some good priced R32's around at the minute.
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #3 on: February 27, 2013, 03:53:33 pm »
Or a MK6 .:R or Edition 35. Bit more expensive, but you know, ambitions. Haha
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #4 on: February 27, 2013, 03:54:57 pm »
How much are you set to lose on each sale?
Try and weigh up what needs doing now or shortly on each car to balance the equation.
Which do YOU prefer?
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2013, 10:49:13 pm »
Quote from: simonp on February 27, 2013, 03:41:56 pm
Sell both and get an R32!

Should of guessed this reply  :signLOL:
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2013, 10:50:46 pm »
Think i will map the a3 in the next couple of weeks then decide
thanks for response but cant afford to sell both and get a r32 or mk6 and insurance is still high at the moment being 22,
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #7 on: March 03, 2013, 07:20:07 am »
what i wasn't aware of until recently is that Audi do funny things to the suspension settings on the A3 which means that it doesn't feel as good to drive as the Mk5 (though i doubt the extra weight from the quattro helps)

anyway i had my car's alignment set up by vRSAlex who knows what he's doing, and the car has felt amazing to drive ever since. for the sake of £75 i'd do that first and then make a decision
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #8 on: March 03, 2013, 03:54:34 pm »
Sounds like a good tip. APS do great alignment set ups (and fit ARBs!). Maybe email Ed Jackson there and see what he says...
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2013, 04:28:30 pm »
Well, what was the decision then?
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2013, 10:40:12 pm »
Quote from: alexmccabe on February 27, 2013, 03:53:33 pm
Or a MK6 .:R or Edition 35. Bit more expensive, but you know, ambitions. Haha

Sorry to sound so stupid but edition 35????,  :surprised: which spec is this for mk 6 or 7

Anymore info on this, really getting confused with all the new ranges coming out lol
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2013, 09:07:05 am »
Edition 35 is a mk6
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2013, 09:10:27 am »
Is the ed35 tfsi or tsi?
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2013, 09:13:36 am »
ed35 and golf R use the older mk5 engine, the standard mk6 gti uses the newer engine.
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Re: which one should i sell GTI or A3 2.0T Quattro ?
« Reply #14 on: March 27, 2013, 09:16:38 am »
Thought so, cheers... Must be a reason for it.
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