Post by: Sparky dave on June 19, 2019, 10:46:21 pm
Please bear with me as I'm very very new to all this.
Was looking for some advice as I currently own a mk5 gti edition 30.
My question is do I keep the car or sell?
The car is one of a kind as it has the oettinger body kit factory fit at VW.
Any advice would be much appreciated
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Post by: Dogma on June 20, 2019, 08:44:58 am
Keep it if you don’t need the money.
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Post by: Powervalve Nige on June 20, 2019, 10:03:27 am
Post by: DBXdarkangel on June 20, 2019, 10:16:02 am
Post by: Dogma on June 20, 2019, 01:43:55 pm
Edition 30s are over rated in my opinion.
I take you own or have owned then
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Post by: DBXdarkangel on June 20, 2019, 02:02:26 pm
Post by: v4rley on June 20, 2019, 03:35:52 pm
Don't need to own one to read about them and see they ain't worth the price. :signLOL:
:stupid:
Post by: Dannyboi#722 on June 20, 2019, 03:43:11 pm
Post by: DBXdarkangel on June 20, 2019, 04:54:35 pm
Don't need to own one to read about them and see they ain't worth the price. :signLOL:
:stupid:
Who you calling stupid? :thinking:
Post by: v4rley on June 20, 2019, 05:39:58 pm
Post by: rich83 on June 20, 2019, 06:15:19 pm
Post by: Sparky dave on June 20, 2019, 08:54:58 pm
but my question is still the same, will the car be worthless in 5-10 years or is the market strong now? If I sold now I would be thinking of putting the money towards the golf r!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190620/ad489ed05be6e70453253571d102b2fb.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190620/852d1dacc09bd632e0ca7434c147a8ea.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190620/8f705df5d70302fd95b395208d89a7fa.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190620/0125aaa8be1042385789eb48f6c1c6a9.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190620/591b67e282588bd440f5b99bc4e8dc72.jpg)Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
Post by: Dogma on June 21, 2019, 12:16:49 am
. That’s all I got say live long and enjoy what you have
Post by: Dogma on June 21, 2019, 02:01:04 pm
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Post by: pudding on June 21, 2019, 05:44:01 pm
I agree that ED30s are a bit over-rated. It's just some colour coding and a different engine, seats and wheels. Not sure I would have stumped up the extra for that over a GTI when new tbh.
Post by: Octoparrot on June 21, 2019, 07:46:56 pm
Hmmm, not feeling that Oettinger make over!
I agree that ED30s are a bit over-rated. It's just some colour coding and a different engine, seats and wheels. Not sure I would have stumped up the extra for that over a GTI when new tbh.
Me neither, I think that body kit could put some people off. If you are going to sell it I'd put it back to standard if you've still got the bits and sell the kit separately. The thing really bothers me with kits like that is that sourcing replacements in case of damage is likely to be difficult and probably more expensive than even the genuine VW bits.
Post by: colesey on June 21, 2019, 08:14:32 pm
Post by: Powervalve Nige on June 22, 2019, 10:28:52 am
- and details so that a value can be determined ;-)
Post by: pudding on June 22, 2019, 12:59:01 pm
I don’t recall any of the media reviews back in the day considering the ED30 to offer any meaningful improvement over the normal GTi. 10% extra power further up the rev range and some styling tweaks. No change to suspension / brakes / seats. Is a marketing department makeover and the standard car remains plenty good. Whilst the k04 engine is better for tuning, the fact remains that the traction limitations of fwd chassis remain unchanged.
Not even a bigger intercooler for the K04 engine! It really is weird how VW went to the trouble and expense of making a separate K04 engine for the ED30 when that extra 10% power could have come from software tuning of the K03 engine. I guess VW engineers expected and silently encouraged people to tune the ED30 into 300+hp beast :happy2: