MK5 Golf GTI

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 

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   but thats just my opinion lol  

If you have the money .......Golf R demostrator if you can find one. 1 year old examples for reasonable money. ( for a golf )

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.  I don't know what I would buy to be honest after the Edition 30......

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.

All depends on how much you want to spend and how much you want one...

23k on a low mileage high spec S3 would be my choice...

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   but thats just my opinion lol  

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.

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.

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!!

I would buy a decent spec S3 and mod it to within an inch of its life

You can do it over time then!

I would prefer the Golf R

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.

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 

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!

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.