So, we are considering replacing our lovely VW Eos after 7 years excellent service.
It is the 200hp 2.0 turbo petrol manual and it is the car my wife mainly drives. It has only done less than 37k miles (2008 plate), and whilst we could keep it, my wife will be driving more than normal for the next year or so and wants something new that is as safe, quick and very grippy, and we are fortunate to be in a position to treat her to something new / nearly new.
We have decided on 4 wheel drive and we have pretty much settled on a Golf R. 300 / 310 horses depending on year, 4 wheel drive, and almost certainly an auto.
She does not want a 4 x 4 styled like a 4 x 4, and she also does not want to be driving something any bigger than the Eos.
Does anyone have any experience of these Golf's?
I can hardly see any criticism online other than it is not as extreme as a Focus RS / Civic Type R, but that suits us fine. We will be using it for the school run and shopping, not for the track.
We have test driven a manual (big grins) with a test drive lined up of a DSG tomorrow.
My wife has always wanted an Audi, but both of us has the impression that the S3 equivalent to the Golf is more of a magnet for theft than the Golf, and we want the car to be safe both to drive and also safe for us when tucked up in bed.....
The Golf is a lot more discrete and subtle with it's styling (that appeals to us - we love a Q-car...), but is our perception of the S3 being a magnet to dodgy geezers likely to break into our house for the keys down to watching too many 'Police' themed reality programs where every other fast car chase seems to involve an S3?
We will soon be moving, and to a house with parking behind a tall gate screening the house from the road, not that this makes us immune to theft of course...
We would probably install a tracker, but reducing the attractiveness to tea-leafs is a consideration.
Thoughts from the forum?
On an extension to the subject, the trade-in figures for the Eos are not good, and are easily beaten by WBAC where we will probably have to go.
I am not sure that I have the time and patience to go through the pain of privately selling the Eos through the normal channels, but it pains my wife that the car that she has loved and I have kept well looked after (main dealer VW services every year, including all the roof treatments to ensure it is watertight and reliable) will just disappear into a faceless organisation paying peanuts, and not go to someone that would cherish it. Might it appeal to any forum members I wonder who would be prepared to pay a bit more than the WBAC price but still less than full market value?
Just a thought....
Cheers all.
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