What was your next car after your MK5 GTI? Dealing with transition......

[Fizman]

Hi guys,

After 3 very happy years of ownership, it looks like I'll be selling my Candy White baby for a diesel due to increased mileage with work. What have people moved onto in here, once they've let go of their GTI?

Any suggestions? I'm going to have a budget of around €14-15k (£11-12k), and will need something with a bit of power. I think the absolute lowest I could go is 140bhp.

I had been considering the following:
- BMW 320cd SE (2008) (at a stretch in budget)
- BMW 320d M-Sport (2008)
- MK6 2.0 TDi (2010)
- A4 2.0 TDi 140hp (2008)
- A3 2.0 TDi 170hp S-Line (2008)

[rob_e]

After my lovely graphite blue mk5 GTI I got an Octavia vRS wagon to give me the space I needed for kiddie clobber.

I love it more than the golf - it does everything the gti did, but also has lots of space and was much cheaper, plus it's a bit more subtle than a gti.

Oh, and it's still a petrol btw and I'm doing 30k miles a year in it.  I hate diesels.

 

[Sir_dave]

Just out of interest, selling a car you love, to buy one that you wont, for circa £5k more?

£5k buys a lot of fuel for work. And your Gti is a lot closer to the bottom of its depreciation curca than a £12k vehicle.

Just something to think about ;)

I went from an Ed30 to a 182 Trophy by the way, didnt regret it one bit - the latter is a far better track car  

[clive_gti]

I was in a similar situation to you ~2 months ago.. considering diesel for economy & larger car for space (kids).  I had a deposit down on an A4 S-Line (2008) but got cold feet and pulled out of the deal.  I have no regrets in keeping the GTI (apart from losing the small deposit).  As above the GTI won't depreciate much more and should be a better drive than all the cars on your list.

I tried a 3-Series MSport but wasn't impressed, the A4 was better IMO.

[Eccie]

I'm sure Iv'e read another post like this before

Groundhog Day 

[Fizman]

Oh I'm sure plenty have had the same issue! ;)

Drove 400 kms today with work. That's allows a LOT of time to think about things!

Valid point made about paying out over 5k for what would technically be a downgrade. Plus the car isn't chronic on juice anyway. I'm on course to get 700kms out of this tank alone!  If omly they were all like that!

Something that came into my head today was "Right.....keep it for at least another year......get the body work done (needs a few dents fixed on the left side).....get the Detriots refurbished......get some new mats.....and an interior/exterior wash/wax".

I think if I got the above done, albeit expensive, would make the car feel like new to me again!

[gazbutS3]

I bought a 2k Bora oil burner and kept the S3

[Fizman]

As in used the Bora for work and the S3 for everything else?

[EckReid]

I traded my Gti for an EP3 05 Civic Type R and I regret it enough that I've went far enough to convince my self in to getting a mk6 Golf Gti.

[gazbutS3]

As in used the Bora for work and the S3 for everything else?

Yep

[Fizman]

Yep

The problem for me is, in this d1ckhead country that is Ireland.......tax on a 10 year old 1.9tdi is no less than €626 (£500) annually! Crazy sh1t! Add that to my already €660 GTI, and you're talking silly money altogether!

That would almost offset any savings I make by doing my work miles with an old diesel. I'd love to go the route you have gone, but I don't think I'll be able to due to the above.

[Tortaruga]

Mk6 GTD?? Not sure if they're too pricey...