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[Nelly Vx]

Cheers Nelly, is it the thinnest of paint finishes on the RS? I'll look closely tomorrow.

Yes fiRSt batch had new owners refusing to accept cars even after the dealers had pdi'd them, With orange peel, scuffs and fisheyes in the paint !! Poor show for a 30k plus car, one dealer told the customer it's a ford not a Ferrari, he told the dealer to FRO

[vocky]

Have you considered an Astra J vxr, fits four people in comfort and quite rare on the road   

 

The Golf R is bland and boring, plus over priced for what it is. Many R owners have swapped to the Astra and preferred it

[Nev]

Ford Focus suspension is something special for sure, excellent handling.

[turboluca]

Test drove new type r as my mate is head mechanic in Honda , !!! It's was insane !!! Quick an grip was awesome in 306 bhp .

[JG]

140i

[Stevie Dubyah]

140i

This. Deals to be had, too. Recommend you give one a test drive.

[rob999]

What sort of price Stevey-oh?

[JG]

Depends how you want to buy it. Cheap leases for £275 a month but they are very basic with no options. I got one with more than £10k of options as a new preregistration for about £28k, which is slightly under basic list price. You can get similar deals for brand new factory orders Engine is phenomenal. And competely bonkers in a one series. But in lower settings in behaves like 1.6 of you want it to and return 40mpg.

[ChrisS1]

I thought you went for a 135 JG?

[JG]

No, it's a 140

[ChrisS1]

Ooooh very nice. Having had a 130i that must shift!

[Raptor]

Type R GT if you are 18! Fabulous looking car eh?

[denno]

Type R GT if you are 18! Fabulous looking car eh?

Agree with this for the type r and focus! If you're over 18 then would have to be the Golf out of those, but m140i surely the best of the bunch and as mentioned deals to be had.

[rob999]

Would be a trade in and outright purchase....probably looking to buy January...

[ghand]

Mmmmmm thinking long term the RS like Nellys in good nick with low miles is still bringing around mid £20K, couldn't have cost much more than that new ? What did you pay for yours Nelly B. Not sure about depreciation on the others TBH but that can be the biggest bill ever. Would you get much difference between them five years down the line ?

[Nelly Vx]

Paid 28k for mine six years ago, done 48k miles and still worth 21k, you can bet the mk3 will be a similar scenario in yeaRS to come ;-)

[Duncan VXR]

Golf R engine and dsg setup in a vx job done 😉 Over 400ponnies easy and cheap addition also DG

[Raptor]

Golf R engine and dsg setup in a vx job done 😉 Over 400ponnies easy and cheap addition also DG

 

How cheap? I wouldn't want the dsg but the R engine - yes please.

[Duncan VXR]

I would agree right up until driving the latest version / spec of dsg boxes......and why retaining on my rs3 5 pot conversion Not much more than software and decent intake and exhaust makes great power Cost depends on what you can source the required bits for and how handy you are in tweaking some bits 😊 DG

[ghand]

Paid 28k for mine six years ago, done 48k miles and still worth 21k, you can bet the mk3 will be a similar scenario in yeaRS to come ;-)

😂 So the guys with the low miles in mint going for £25K only lost £3k in six years, that's good going. Looking at the older RS Fords they will just go up and up in price. I may get one 👍😂