Last weekend with the R :(

[Defenderben]

Well after only 11months and 8k miles or so the Golf R is off to pastures new.

My local dealer made me a silly offer to buy back the R and in part exchange offered me a new fully loaded Golf SV 2.0 diesel 150bhp DSG. End of the month and he needed to shuffle the numbers to meet targets

The R was too perfect and became too much of an issue to leave anywhere for fear of idiots knocking it etc and swmbo was having a nightmare with the door and her bad shoulder:(

Edited 27 May, 2016 by Defenderben

[kenny]

Just sold my S3 today for similar reasons. Enjoy but more importantly enjoy the new car. Different will be good

[Defenderben]

It started taking over my life, driving home dropping car off and getting swmbo's car and going back to do shopping.

Sitting in carpark in car for an hour while swmbo goes shopping and cleaning it all the time, it just had to go needed my life back.

What car have you gone for?

I'm actually after a Caddy maxi life but this deal popped up and was kinda too good to miss.

Edited 27 May, 2016 by Defenderben

[Furbytom]

OMG WTF. Genuinely shocked! It's only a lowly Golf not a Ferrari/Lambo! I wouldn't give two hoots about leaving it in a carpark. Sorry to hear you feel this way and are trading it in. Anyhow enjoy the new motor, new car collection day is always fun no matter what! All the best mate, keep us updated :-)

[newbie69]

OMG WTF. Genuinely shocked! It's only a lowly Golf not a Ferrari/Lambo! I wouldn't give two hoots about leaving it in a carpark. Sorry to hear you feel this way and are trading it in. Anyhow enjoy the new motor, new car collection day is always fun no matter what! All the best mate, keep us updated :-)

 

+1

 

Personally it would make me far more unhappy to trade-in the performance car that I had chosen and loved (given that everything else had been fine with it) for a diesel van (no offense meant but I think I made a grimace when I read what the next car was going to be), than worrying about what might happen in a parking lot. I understand some areas/places might be more dangerous for such situations but sending the car away all-together sounds too much. In the end that's what I'm paying insurance for and as long as we're talking about a machine, it will always be repairable. My personal happiness though, or at least the small part that depends on the car I drive, not so easily. Enjoy what you can, while you can, let worries for another day when and if they're actually needed.

[Defenderben]

I have always suffered with a bit of OCD with my better cars, the sort of knocks are typical car park dents where idiots fling their doors straight into your car etc or as happened more than once, someone ramming a shopping trolley into the car and scraping it, not a proper insurance type knock.

TBH there was another major issue....ME and my lack of self-control, I had let's say a couple of spirited drives.

Also my hobby has taken me out of Devon a lot more in the past 7 months and need a lot more space, rather than licence loosing performance

The deal actually means I had the R for 8k miles for the price of fuel only, which is a first for me with a modern car, other than my Defender

Edited 28 May, 2016 by Defenderben

[Aspman]

The deal actually means I had the R for 8k miles for the price of fuel only, which is a first for me with a modern car, other than my Defender

 

Can't argue with a deal like that.

[kenny]

It started taking over my life, driving home dropping car off and getting swmbo's car and going back to do shopping.

Sitting in carpark in car for an hour while swmbo goes shopping and cleaning it all the time, it just had to go needed my life back.

What car have you gone for?

I'm actually after a Caddy maxi life but this deal popped up and was kinda too good to miss.

I got a new Passat, most cars going round here are the small fast hatchbacks from Audi and VW so went for a barge!

New car will be different but better for u in many ways mate

[kenny]

+1

Personally it would make me far more unhappy to trade-in the performance car that I had chosen and loved (given that everything else had been fine with it) for a diesel van (no offense meant but I think I made a grimace when I read what the next car was going to be), than worrying about what might happen in a parking lot. I understand some areas/places might be more dangerous for such situations but sending the car away all-together sounds too much. In the end that's what I'm paying insurance for and as long as we're talking about a machine, it will always be repairable. My personal happiness though, or at least the small part that depends on the car I drive, not so easily. Enjoy what you can, while you can, let worries for another day when and if they're actually needed.

I live in a pretty decent area, 2 atempts to my house in less than 6 months for my S3. My kids and family safety come first

[vrskeith]

OMG WTF. Genuinely shocked! It's only a lowly Golf not a Ferrari/Lambo! I wouldn't give two hoots about leaving it in a carpark. Sorry to hear you feel this way and are trading it in. Anyhow enjoy the new motor, new car collection day is always fun no matter what! All the best mate, keep us updated :-)

Appropiate song lyrics me thinks.

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi.

"you don't know what you've got until its gone " !

Edited 28 May, 2016 by vrskeith

[fabiamk2SE]

Sorry to hear it!

I treat all my cars like that so i dont get how changing to another new one helps. Other than the theft problem ofc!

[old newbie2]

I live in a pretty decent area, 2 atempts to my house in less than 6 months for my S3. My kids and family safety come first

I can understand your reasoning. Did you garage your S3 or was it parked on a drive or in the street?

 

DC

[newbie69]

I live in a pretty decent area, 2 atempts to my house in less than 6 months for my S3. My kids and family safety come first

 

Of course they come first but if that's the case in a decent area what's it like in the non-decent ones? 

 

Closed parking, theft insurance, CCTV, GPS tracker only a couple of things I'd try before getting rid of the car but maybe it's easy to say this having never had an attempt against me. Weather sucks from November to March where I live but when I think about safety I am grateful for it. The most "criminal" behaviour taking place around here is probably flooding your mailbox with ads despite stating "Advertisements forbidden" on it. I just can't imagine what it'd be like worrying getting your car stolen and your family hurt.

Edited 28 May, 2016 by newbie69

[kenny]

You describe where I stay before last 6 months. Stayed here all my life and never an issue. One night 6 months ago my front door got smashed in using concrete slab. That held, just! But with me shouting etc the 3 guys didn't give up.

Each to their own I'm not saying anyone should change, it's my choice after experience and advice I got

[DarrellGB]

Well this is your chance to drive it like you've never dared after all, you won't be replacing those tyres will you

[Defenderben]

TBH the R is sat in the garage and is going nowhere. Not taking any chances of losing the deal, if it gets pranged.

As said the Golf SV won't be around too long as I wanted a Caddy Maxi Life but this was a deal I could not refuse, the SV will be getting chopped in on a Caddy as soon as I can after getting it on Wednesday.

The Caddy will become a workhorse type vehicle and weekend camper, it will not end up on my too precious to use list

Edited 28 May, 2016 by Defenderben

[vrskeith]

Bye bye Golf R.

Ben, hope the Golf SV lives up to your expectation / KPI's. Enjoy !

[Defenderben]

Well yesterday it was this, sat on the drive:

Tonight it is this:

The plan is to back trade this brand new car, well 352 miles on the clock for a Caddy maxi but having got it home, it was actually a really nice drive, obviously wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding but that was not the point of getting it, also very comfortable.

Waiting on some return calls from VW commercial dealers to see if it works the way I hope.

[Defenderben]

Well managed a whole weekend with the new SV and must say its pretty impressive!

Took a trip up to Dorset on Saturday with a mate and he hated the passenger seat, got out and said he hadn't sat on anything as uncomfortable in his life, we are talking a man that manages 1k miles a week in an old van!

Did M5 followed by lots of smaller roads and got 44mpg.

So today took wifey out up around north Devon and she loves it, found the seat ok, she still prefers my old Octavia vRS for comfort.

Anyway managed 50.8 mpg (computer/maxidot), now got 687 miles so hopefully it will get better.

Tried it out for a temporary sleep over and I fit! So off to see a carpenter friend to get it measured up for a camper in a box type scenario, similar to the Amdro kit but a single bed rather than a double.

ATM looks like wifey wants me to keep this.

[vrskeith]

Well managed a whole weekend with the new SV and must say its pretty impressive!

Took a trip up to Dorset on Saturday with a mate and he hated the passenger seat, got out and said he hadn't sat on anything as uncomfortable in his life, we are talking a man that manages 1k miles a week in an old van!

Did M5 followed by lots of smaller roads and got 44mpg.

So today took wifey out up around north Devon and she loves it, found the seat ok, she still prefers my old Octavia vRS for comfort.

Anyway managed 50.8 mpg (computer/maxidot), now got 687 miles so hopefully it will get better.

Tried it out for a temporary sleep over and I fit! So off to see a carpenter friend to get it measured up for a camper in a box type scenario, similar to the Amdro kit but a single bed rather than a double.

ATM looks like wifey wants me to keep this.

 

So how is your life with the SV going Ben.

Is it a keeper for your weekends away?

[Defenderben]

It ironically fits really nicely into what I needed. My mates take the piddle, calling it the "Pope mobile" but it has so much useable space.

Obviously I miss the performance of the R but not the almost instant licence losing ability of the R. I defy anyone not to get tempted to boot the R and sometimes when the adrenaline was pumping it could be at the wrong moment. I found myself doing silly things because it could, if you get what I mean.

Anyway back to the SV, yes it is tall and butt ugly, no I do not idealise and pander it, I just drive it and leave it parked almost anywhere and dump all my weekend gear in it grab my mate and head off to Dorset on our Gold prospecting trips

It gives 54mpg on a run, not quite the 70odd mpg they claim but it only has 3,500 miles so needs to loosen up.

Off to Scotland then down to the Midlands this month and September I'm off all over again so it's all going good. TBH with full xenon's led DRL's and all interior lighting being full LED it is very similar to the R in many respects but 200% roomier and 300% slower

[vrskeith]

Sounds ideal for you and yours Ben. Good stuff.