RE: 380-mile VW Golf GTI Clubsport S for sale

[cerb4.5lee]

I presume that these must be as boring to drive as every other Golf then? Seeing as neither of the previous owners have wanted to drive it. Why not spend your money on a car that you actually like and want to drive instead?

[biggbn]

I'm not sure that is as expensive as some are suggesting. Yes, YES of course it is expensive, it's almost 50k, but you are getting an ostensibly 'new' version of what many claim is the best Golf GTi ever made. If its your thing, in the days of almost 50k hot hatches, I can't see why it doesn't make as much sense as any other new or nearly new hot hatch at the same price point, even if you are gonna use it. Card depreciate, buy it, use it, keep it or sell it, just sort wrap it in more cotton wool. What a brilliant, brilliant thing.

[fastfocus]

Don’t think it crazy money considering the car is like new, much prefer something like this then the tech overload of modern hot hatches, don’t really care that it will be destroyed off the lights by the rocket ships of today either. It was nice that VW let their hair down for once and did something a bit mad much the same as Renault did with some Megane’s.

[biggbn]

fastfocus said:

Don’t think it crazy money considering the car is like new, much prefer something like this then the tech overload of modern hot hatches, don’t really care that it will be destroyed off the lights by the rocket ships of today either. It was nice that VW let their hair down for once and did something a bit mad much the same as Renault did with some Megane’s.

....and look at what they cost today...

[gruppeb86]

I don't understand why this particular model was built in the first place as it's barely gone anywhere. Utterly pointless.

[TeaNoSugar]

Terminator X said:

Wouldn't pay that but at close to original £33k I'd have one. Those seats

TX.

You aren't the only one that thought that... I know a lad who used to work at the large VW dealership at Lowedges, Sheffield. When these first came out, they had one at the forecourt, and someone stole the seats out of it one night.

The cost to replace them from VW was ludicrous. Don't laugh, and I might be way off the mark here but I seem to remember him saying something like £10,000 for the pair. It might even have been £10k each. Either way, it was silly money!

[roadie]

Would be interesting to have a comparison of one of these against the Megane Trophy R, which is similarly stripped out.

[miroku1]

15k tops , it’s an old golf , and as for the seats tale 🤣😂🤣

[carlo996]

[clubsport]

If you like Golf GTi's these are special cars. I wanted to buy one, but with too many stripped out 2 seaters already in the garage I needed one sensible 4 seater car for practicality.
5 years ago I found a very low mileage 3 door CS Ed40 with as close to CS-S spec as I could, manual, Recaro buckets, Dcc suspension and rear seats!
it's not quite a CS-S, but in many ways it's better to use as a daily due to the adaptive cruise and the duo paint scheme is different.
I expect to keep it for some time, I just have to make sure I avoid driving a CS-S anytime soon!

[carlo996]

biggbn said:

I'm not sure that is as expensive as some are suggesting. Yes, YES of course it is expensive, it's almost 50k, but you are getting an ostensibly 'new' version of what many claim is the best Golf GTi ever made. If its your thing, in the days of almost 50k hot hatches, I can't see why it doesn't make as much sense as any other new or nearly new hot hatch at the same price point, even if you are gonna use it. Card depreciate, buy it, use it, keep it or sell it, just sort wrap it in more cotton wool. What a brilliant, brilliant thing.

The best version, I mean hyped to the moon and back, of, erm, a Golf.

Nope. never worth that sort of outlay.

[Wheel Turned Out]

Another 'ultimate driving machine' being advertised with copy about how it has basically never been driven. I know it takes all sorts to make a world, but it's truly a segment of the market I will never understand.

[Drive Blind]

Wheel Turned Out said:

Another 'ultimate driving machine' being advertised with copy about how it has basically never been driven. I know it takes all sorts to make a world, but it's truly a segment of the market I will never understand.

pretty much my thoughts

buy something to never use it

[biggbn]

carlo996 said:

biggbn said:

I'm not sure that is as expensive as some are suggesting. Yes, YES of course it is expensive, it's almost 50k, but you are getting an ostensibly 'new' version of what many claim is the best Golf GTi ever made. If its your thing, in the days of almost 50k hot hatches, I can't see why it doesn't make as much sense as any other new or nearly new hot hatch at the same price point, even if you are gonna use it. Card depreciate, buy it, use it, keep it or sell it, just sort wrap it in more cotton wool. What a brilliant, brilliant thing.

The best version, I mean hyped to the moon and back, of, erm, a Golf.

Nope. never worth that sort of outlay.

You can pay over 30k for a mk1 gti. This is ostensibly a new car, buy it, drive it, keep it or sell it just like you woukd with any car of this type/price. Like I said, of course its expensive but that's the market, both new and used. Find another as the boring cliche goes...

'The 911 GT3 of hot hatchbacks, superlative poise, performance and involvement'.....not my words, the words of EVO who gave it five stars...

[Drinksleeprepeat]

I guess there is always someone out there it appeals to as it is already sold!!!!

[cerb4.5lee]

Drinksleeprepeat said:

I guess there is always someone out there it appeals to as it is already sold!!!!

Yes...and it just shows how different we all are. That is obviously a good thing too, and the world would be a very boring place if we all liked the same thing I reckon.

[Downward]

So it’s a Leon Cupra with no back seats?

[popeyewhite]

Why does it have no rear seats? Not much weight saved. I mean I know it's to look cool and that but. Perhaps 0.5s saved on a circuit but your shopping would be all over the rear footwells.

[AKjr]

Drive Blind said:

Wheel Turned Out said:

Another 'ultimate driving machine' being advertised with copy about how it has basically never been driven. I know it takes all sorts to make a world, but it's truly a segment of the market I will never understand.

pretty much my thoughts

buy something to never use it

Agreed, especially as it's something as relatively hum drum as this.....

[carlo996]

biggbn said:

You can pay over 30k for a mk1 gti. This is ostensibly a new car, buy it, drive it, keep it or sell it just like you woukd with any car of this type/price. Like I said, of course its expensive but that's the market, both new and used. Find another as the boring cliche goes...

'The 911 GT3 of hot hatchbacks, superlative poise, performance and involvement'.....not my words, the words of EVO who gave it five stars...

You can skin it any way you want, but it’s a Golf, with a boring engine and some decent dampers and brakes. There’s a Megane and Civic and others that are very similar. Mk1 Golf GTI is an icon, this is just a modern Golf with no back seats