Mileage is fairly minimal as I have a company van but want a faster car for weekends and maybe a couple of evenings a week. I'm thinking of the diesel as you get performance and economy- ish. I'm a fairly sensible driver but like to put my foot down when safe to do so. Journeys are a mix of everything really, motorway, town, country, the lot. Hope that helps
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These are collectable, command a high price for unabused examples, if you're keeping it long term it wont make much difference what mileage you do. In mint condition either will command a high price when the time comes to resell. A rechip will put the TDi over 180BHP anyway
The alloys are known for corroding and are £400+ each, buy a minter, keep it mint and you'll not lose much on depreciation
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I suppose the wheels corroding result in MOT failure? If they start to corrode, as a cheaper option could I get them re - furbished or would they need replacing? Are there any other things to look out for with these cars?
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I suppose the wheels corroding result in MOT failure? If they start to corrode as a cheaper option could I get them re - furbished or would they need replacing? Are there any other things to look out for with these cars?
They'll just look unsightly, they're ball bearing pollished and a refurb would be obvious. Its a limited edition car and you'll be paying over the odds for this reason, buy the best and look after it well
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With minimal mileage, if it was my money, I'd go with the petrol everytime. The diesel in this units isn't the most refined of diesels (although by no means the worst) and I'd go for the refinement of the petrol. If you like to put your foot down occasionally, the petrol will actually make you fell like you are driving a car, it will make you work a bit harder for it. The diesel will just respond in a high gear and still pull away on a rush of torque. The diesel is the 'lazier' option. If you were higher mileage, the economies of a diesel come into play but for minimal mileage, they don't.
Take the better, more refined car - the petrol.
PS - Please don't read this as a dislike for diesel cars. My car is a diesel but I drive 40,000 miles pa and need the economy. I'm also a lazy driver so like the low down pull a diesel can give.
Just my thoughts, I'm sure that you'll get many. The best advice I can offer though is to test drive the petrol and the diesel and see which one you prefer...
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Seems wrong to get an anniversary edition GOlf GTi and get a diesel. The coment above about chipping applies to the petrol too - that can be chipped to about 215BHP. If you love this particular model & are prepered to pay well over the cost of the normal model, surely ecconomy isn't a massive factor? The petrol certainly sounds far nicer too.
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