Golf R -v- Golf GTI

**Danny** · 21-10-2010, 09:06 PM

Originally Posted by ratedr

There is now a 12 month wait on the R... Oh hum... I ordered in Aug through barloworld mascot... Initial delivery was estimated at end of Jan... Now looking at March... Oh the pain...

Is that not 7 months? Aug-Jan?

**Prodigy** · 21-10-2010, 09:39 PM

Originally Posted by Danny

Is that not 7 months? Aug-Jan?

I think he means if you were to order one today it would take 12 months to arrive.

So glad i ordered mine when i did.

**Danny** · 21-10-2010, 09:47 PM

Christ, Er I hope My ETA still stands at Late March Early April, like I was told when I ordered 2-3 weeks ago. I will go insane!

**dave_r** · 22-10-2010, 01:10 AM

It's decided!
I'm giving the R to the missus and taking the Polo.

PS: Close thread, its about 38 pages too far now.

**triode12** · 22-10-2010, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by dave-

It's decided!
I'm giving the R to the missus and taking the Polo.

PS: Close thread, its about 38 pages too far now.

I think we should leave it open.
It is quite amusing to read some of the things that are being written in this thread.

Some of the GTI stalwarts are now not shouting as loud as before. Probably because they have been shamed into submission. When I first stated that the R was better than the GTI (After I had test driven one in Sg in March this year), I was shouted down by several early adopter MKVI GTI owners (when they themselves hadn't even seen the inside of the R). All they had supporting their arguments were early previews and overseas reviews of the R.

You and I know the R is the better of the two vehicles - performance wise - so don't get upset about it. I love reading the crazy/far out things that are being written about on the GTI vs R debate. Want some popcorn?

**DEMIGODGTI** · 22-10-2010, 12:02 PM

I recently ordered my GTI Mk VI, with a lot of options included, without having to wait, until next week anyway.

Test drove a silver 5 door R with DSG at Denlo Volkswagen a few weeks ago. Drove superbly (even though I hated DSG), and I noticed that a few people were waiting for their test drives as well, so demand was high and same could be said for the GTI 6 speed.

Me, I work hard, and earn a fair bit of coin so I could have easily ponied up for the R with quite a few options, but personally, I feel that it wasn't a night and day difference between the 2, and the huge impact it can make to a buyer having to wait 6-12 months for a flippin car.

I am extremely happy with the GTI Mk VI with options, so no regrets. I can imagine its very painstaking for a lot of R owners still waiting, and that requires a lot of dedication and mind control. I would take my business elsewhere if I have to wait that long.

This thread did amuse me somewhat though