MK5 Golf GTI
All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: true-blue on June 11, 2009, 06:53:53 pm
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Well the wife told me a couple of days ago that Mini-Me number 2 is on the way :jumpmove:
This is awesome news for us but somewhat unexpected. My wife was due to return to work anytime now as our first child has just hit 10 months old. This means that we need to economise and get a bigger more family orientated car, so the ED30 must go :sad:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=5407.0
Can't be too sad really as a car is just that and a few of our friends are struggling to have children, IVF is not that successful unfortunately. Anyway, I realise many users on here are still in their twenties and probably wonder what this old fart is going on about but hey-ho. If you know anyone looking for a nice ED30 point them in my direction please :happy2:
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congratulations to you both-know what you mean about a bigger car thou :rolleye:
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Congrats mate - maybe a Touran :wink:
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We've been up to VW this afternoon and the Touran is a van with windows :laugh: the Tiguan is nice though.
We've decided to sell both cars, her's is a 2004 Audi A4 convertible, get a nice family/camping sized car and something smaller and cheaper to run as a second car, maybe an older Golf Tdi or a Fabia Vrs.
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Congratulations - I understand that you'll be needing a much bigger car though. :happy2:
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RS4 Avant :laugh:
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Firstly, many congrats to you both :smiley:
Secondly, FWIW, I bought a Scooby when we had kids!!! LOL!!! Wifey bought the justification of 4 doors!! :jumping: Got a wagon to put the pram/buggy etc in.
Then as they grew up a bit, got a saloon :wink:
Then went to an Audi S4 Avant.
Now have a GTI 3dr.
All in the space of 9 years :wink:
Next car may have to be a 5dr something (Golf), as I fear I may have the same grief that RedRobin had from his daughter (the dignity issue of getting in and out of a 3dr!!! :jumping: )
Why not look at a Passat R36 :wink: in estate form :grin:
Dan
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Congrats, great spec your selling aswel.
Cant go wrong with an A4 S-Line surely?
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RS4 Avant :laugh:
I'd love too, but needs to be economical as wifey not going back to work now so we've lost circa £38k annual income for probably next 3 - 4 years (which is a lot for me to make up - hence the need for low cost)
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Congratulations on the news mate, made up for you :happy2: Shame the ED30 has to go but you have to make sacrifices in life sometimes. Note to self...Never have kids! :laugh:
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We've been up to VW this afternoon and the Touran is a van with windows :laugh: the Tiguan is nice though.
You right, its the caddy with windows and some extra seat, but my thinking is now the wife has the family car this means I am not limited to what I have ... eh, good thinking!!
Pickup a V10 Toureg for £15k
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congratulations mate! just shows your age as if you were younger wed be like.. dude what happened? :signLOL:
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Let your other half see the top gear review about the mk5 gti again (YouTube), you being particulalry quiet at the bit where clarkson extols the virtues of the practicalities of the car to a family man :signLOL:and you'll be saving the environment too..... That's a wonderful lesson for junior True Blue :innocent:
Congrats anyway to you both.
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Mmm, well all may not be lost.
Showed SWMBO some pic's of modified Tourans on the Touran forum and she liked them.
I may be able to do a bit of a compromise with her - if I let her use the golf for local stuff and I use the Touran for longer business trips we may be able to keep our fuel bills down and still have a decent family wagon for weekends away.
It's sounding a bit like a plan, but I may still need to free up a bit of cash depending on what her A4 sells for so it could be that I need to trade the ED30 back down to a Gti. I'll leave the for sale add up for now though as I'd still sell outright at this point as we are still considering our options.
Still considering all options :smiley:
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Trade your Ed30 for a GTI? ..... 2005 (55), 36k with all the toys and milltek? 3 door mind you...hmmm maybe I'm not thinking straight but I do love the ed30....
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Congrats Mate. Some things have just got to be done you can always buy again when the little ones are more grown up. I was lucky enough to keep my cars when the little ones arrived as i bought us a sensible family car. Touran is a good option tho; they drive really well, have plenty of poke and still look fairly cool.
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Yep...when my wee one came along we had to get a Renault Scenic! lol...terrible car, but the cubby holes and the flexibility were wonderful.....we used it not only to pack in loads of all that plastic crap and paraphenalia that babies bring with them, but also we move house using it (well apart from the BIG stuff).
Glad I am now past all that now... :drinking: :jumpmove: :jumpmove:
.....I hope..... :jumping:
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Let me see what happens with the Wife's A4 cabby first because if there's anyway I can keep the 30 I will.
It seems the Cabby 'might' be worth a bit more than I thought based on asking prices on ebay and autotrader. I wouldn't want to commit myself to a trade for a Gti until I know what the Audi sells for. If the Audi doesn't fetch as much as I need then I'll happily px to a Gti and a 3dr would be fine as we'd have a van for family use.
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16 years ago we managed with 2 kids & an Opel Manta coupe :jumpmove: :happy2:.
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16 years ago we managed with 2 kids & an Opel Manta coupe :jumpmove: :happy2:.
Yes but like I said before, we like to go camping down in Devon and Cornwall for long weekends during the summer.
So with two children under two, a big tent, all our other camping equipment, pushchair(s) etc, etc, etc...... the golf just isn't going to be big enough :sad:
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keep the Ed30 and sale the A4 Cab for something bigger and more economical
the ed30 offers quite alot, enough space for the whole family on a day trip etc and not overly stupid on running cost and still fun when required
get a mpv diesel of some sort to replace the a4 cab
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I really think you should by my 2.0TDI A4 S-line, had it from new, Phantom Black and lots of bits including S4 mirror caps (new one on the way soon):wink: :wink:
No seriously..........Thats great news matey and forget the car...Edition 40 here we come...... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
And we all thought you spent all your time on here :love: :love: :love:
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keep the Ed30 and sale the A4 Cab for something bigger and more economical
the ed30 offers quite alot, enough space for the whole family on a day trip etc and not overly stupid on running cost and still fun when required
get a mpv diesel of some sort to replace the a4 cab
The A4 Cabriolet will almost definitely be going and will be replaced by a Touran Tdi, having looked at them at VW today, but we want a fairly new one.
This basically means that depending on what I get for the A4 (or if it doesn't sell) the ED30 may have to go or be traded down to a standard gti to release cash. In the meantime if I can recoup my money on the ED30 I'll do that and will take £14,250 for it as it is.
I think it's highly likely that the 30 will need to go though one way or the other, I'll see what happens.
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congrats for baby no.2
Get this... I have a TORNADO RED GTI - 3 DOOR that I WOULD swap for your ed30.... plus I will throw in a skip lorry, a 5 month old staffy puppy and a left testicle (not that you need one :love:) .....
do I sound desperate?? :chicken: :innocent:
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congrats for baby no.2
Get this... I have a TORNADO RED GTI - 3 DOOR that I WOULD swap for your ed30.... plus I will throw in a skip lorry, a 5 month old staffy puppy and a left testicle (not that you need one :love:) .....
do I sound desperate?? :chicken: :innocent:
What's the spec on the Skip Lorry ?????????????????????????????????
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skip lorry - 6 pot, big laggy turbo and 220hp(more than my car), 18ton GVW - so you can keep popping out the chavvies in your baby factory and not be overloaded :happy2: I will also chuck in a 6 yard skip for your space issue - everyones a winner :jumpmove:
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/\ /\ /\ LOL + free testical !! if you want the space for camping then why not hire an estate car as and when you need one ? if not the new mondeo is mahoosive.
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A touran is not a bad alternative - picked ours up Weds and I only drove it today - its not actually as bad as I thought.
We went for the pre-facelift as we (me) had to have a sport model but didnt want to spend much more than £11-12k really - I think if it was being my main car then I would have had the facelift model.
It goes pretty well and with a remap and my Monza's on it should look better too :wink:
Not east to find.
FYI, my local dealer was selling unregistered black Touran Sports for £17.5k from list of £22k - they still have 2 I think if thats the kind of thing your looking for.
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skip lorry - 6 pot, big laggy turbo and 220hp(more than my car), 18ton GVW - so you can keep popping out the chavvies in your baby factory and not be overloaded :happy2: I will also chuck in a 6 yard skip for your space issue - everyones a winner :jumpmove:
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You on the Diamond White again Dan! :grin: :grin:
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/\ /\ /\ LOL + free testical !! if you want the space for camping then why not hire an estate car as and when you need one ? if not the new mondeo is mahoosive.
Because we'd be renting one every other week during summer and it'll get mighty expensive.
I will never buy another ford as long as I live......... the way I was treated by ford dealerships in the past has literaly put me off for life :mad:
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skip lorry - 6 pot, big laggy turbo and 220hp(more than my car), 18ton GVW - so you can keep popping out the chavvies in your baby factory and not be overloaded :happy2: I will also chuck in a 6 yard skip for your space issue - everyones a winner :jumpmove:
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Will you tarmac my drive too Mr ? :signLOL:
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/\ /\ /\ LOL + free testical !! if you want the space for camping then why not hire an estate car as and when you need one ? if not the new mondeo is mahoosive.
Because we'd be renting one every other week during summer and it'll get mighty expensive.
I will never buy another ford as long as I live......... the way I was treated by ford dealerships in the past has literaly put me off for life :mad:
you get good and bad dealers, my local ford dealer is very good but the one 10 miles away is hopeless, a bit like VW dealers around here. One refused to replace my CV boot on my audi saying that as they were owned by the same group i would have to take it to the audi franchise