MK5 Golf GTI
General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: jayha11 on November 18, 2021, 02:17:02 pm
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Hi guys, not sure if anyone remembers me but Ive been a member since 2015 when I had a black GTI which was then followed by an S3 8p. I kind of fell off the radar when I switched to leasing 2018 picking up a Leon Cupra 300. Fast forward a few more years and I took delivery of my second Leon Cupra 290 LUX, lovely car but just the small matter of a pandemic which pretty much rendered it an expensive driveway ornament.
I should have had this Cupra until March next year but with resale prices strong I opted to jump out of my agreement early under quite favourable terms. Permanently working from home has completely changed what I need from a car these days, not to mention the new M135i I had lined up as its successor costing in excess of £400 a month I thought it was a good time to scratch a long-standing itch!
I picked up a Mk5 R32 at the weekend
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51686989268_993284aa88.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mKpkao)20211113_133503 (https://flic.kr/p/2mKpkao) by jamie hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/161695935@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51686713556_e47836e747.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mKnVcJ)20211113_133429 (https://flic.kr/p/2mKnVcJ) by jamie hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/161695935@N05/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51687395474_c31e6a421e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2mKrpUW)20211114_105120 (https://flic.kr/p/2mKrpUW) by jamie hall (https://www.flickr.com/photos/161695935@N05/), on Flickr
Car is completely standard, leather, high line clocks, MFSW, DSG and 113k on the clock with a full service history. A really clean example that drives great. I don't have any major plans for it except small OEM additions. I will set up a new thread to document my ownership and updates shortly.
Thanks for reading guys
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How do you find it compared to the GTI?
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How do you find it compared to the GTI?
It's a bit hard to compare directly as there has been 5 years and 3 cars between them. But what I will say of the R32, it really suits my needs from what I want from a car and it has far more sense of occasion than any car I have probably owned.