Golf R Estate is DSG only. There's no manual.

Road tax is included in the lease

i'll look the coolest person on my lego housing estate until George see's i have a new car and leases an even newer better model.

Still, i'll be one up over them for a week or so

£149.99 exc VAT 10K miles a year on CentralUKVehicleLeasing

Think a lot of people got burned by the cheap Golf R deals last year. Good luck to anyone trying to get the car for that price.

Burned?? How???

amortised this works out as £277.90 per month.

There's a fee of £180 and an initial of £1825.20

Still a very good deal that I'm definitely considering.

Hot hot hot, I was only looking at these yesterday and the best was £322 per month before any initial payment!

I'd scoop this up in a jiffy if i was looking for a new car... 300bhp, DSG, 4 wheel drive and a fair amount of storage space.

Note road tax is also £185 per yr - you'd need to add that onto the total price if you wish to drive on the roads :smiley:

Tempted by this not sure about the estate got the normal golf r now and it's ace paying £230 currently

Such a pretty car! And road tax included - sadly we just got a new Honda!

Great deal. I wonder if you could negotiate that deposit down a wee bit. Looking for a big family car, I wonder if the wife would consider this 300BHP as a family car!?!

Im still driving mine :smiley:

id have this if it wasn't for being an estate, brother has the hatchback and its an awesome car.

£149.99 exc VAT 10K miles a year on CentralUKVehicleLeasing

Don't remember the details but I recall reading stories in the various MK7 golf forums about the price of the lease deals increasing by the time the car was actually delivered due to paperwork not being done until close to delivery date (car build times used to be approaching 6 months). Not sure if that is the case. Worth having a look on some forums before jumping on this deal.

​Thats rubbish as it's a contract. you get the deals you see.

So tempted by a lease car. One of these days....

Why don't they make this with a manual? Still have a year on the 208 GTI though so a bit early to start looking

Golf R Estate is DSG only. There's no manual.

Is it? Didn't know that! Makes sense then that I've not seen one lol

same sort of thing as this ...
http://www.golfmk7.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16420

Total total rubbish.

Even cheaper with Horizon Vehicle Leasing and with 10,000 miles pa

http://www.horizonvehicleleasing.co.uk/personal-lease-cars/volkswagen/golf-estate/golf-estate-20-tsi-r-5dr-dsg-73216159

​read it, he got the document to sign, that WAS the contract. You made out it was altered at vehicle collection. You are clearly "that guy" in this thread ain't you?

They are the same at £150+vat

Seen also - Dealerships are doing this deal direct. Not sure if it's all of them, but some 100% are!

Great deal!!! The wife would have none of it though she's really against the idea of leasing. Hot

if im 100% honest i couldnt really give 2 shts. Been driving around in my new golf for 6 months. peace. out.

I got one of the original batch of £200p/m hatches about 18 months back. These deals do exist, the car is fab!

Only 8000 miles a year? I do that in about 3 months so no good to me at all.
Are there any good deals out there for higher mileage?

The fabric on the seats is like a chav's cap!

A very hot deal that's come 6 months too soon for me.

Been searching for last few weeks wanting to pull the tigger on a decent estate! Cheers

Only 8k miles? :disappointed:

Clicked through and only showed £8K miles. Would have to check the contract what happens over 8K miles.

I do banger car economics and run owned cars into the ground :smiley:

You pay 7.2 per mile (inc VAT) over the contract length (usual VWFS price).

​Cactus = Citroen = French surely? Unless they're built in Spain?

Cactus ( Cacti?) are built slowly in Spain.

I have one myself which was delivered 2 months late.

Heat for this deal though, if I wasn't stuck with negative equity on my Cactus ( despite a 3k discount ) I would be all over this.

You sound confused: Cactus and this are hardly logical alternatives.

So you went from a considering a 300bhp performance car to a mediocre 100odd bhp family car?

Can someone point out if there is any 'Tax benifit' to personal leasing or just that you get a brand new car every 2 years? Much thanks.

Ive enquired but the 16 week lead time is putting me off

It's the initial payment that puts me off. Every time you hand the car back it's another couple of grand then more monthly payments.

Nope not confused in the slightest, we have had the Cactus since last June ( the wife chose it ) and although it's OK the gutless performance is not matched by good mpg.
Before the Cactus we had a diesel Mondeo
> Abarth 500 > Fiat 500 > Focus CC
All depends on what I can get a good deal on and what takes my fancy ( or the wife's and she fell in love with the Cactus hence buying it ).

Does your wife love ugly things normally?

i'll look the coolest person on my lego housing estate until George see's i have a new car and leases an even newer better model.

Still, i'll be one up over them for a week or so

Just another option...... https://www.nationalvehiclesolutions.co.uk/Volkswagen-Golf-Estate-2.0-TSI-R-DSG-Personal-Lease/43134

Some people were burned because it turned out that some (not all) were putting personal leases through as business leases as if the person was a sole trader.

That said, many, many happy customers and you aren't going to get a good deal by not trying.

The only people who should be able to rip you off are those gypsies selling from their car. Anyone else can be dealt with.

Motorways - MPG in late 30s
Urban driving - about 25 mpg
Scottish/Welsh B roads - 10mpg

ill ring my local VW in the morning to see what they can do.

expect low 30's mpg generally on mixed roads, mid 20's urban traffic, low 20's with a weighty right foot on the b roads. Yes, you can occasionally get 40mpg at a constant legal speed on the motorway, but not too often!

Is that in the same context that my 32.99 phone contract (at conception) has now risen to 36.99 a month, and nothing i can do about it apparently? Contract don't mean **** nowadays.
Great car though.

Bargain. Would have jumped at this but my Scirocco R is less than 6 months old.

Because DSGs are dull as hell to drive. Modern cars are numb enough, and that 5% of the time a DSG does a stupid thing that you wouldn't do in a manual (like you floor the throttle to go 50-75mph when a slow lorry gets out of your way in the outside lane and the car drops to 2nd at 6500 revs for a nano second and then go to 3rd rather than just going to 3rd) really annoys me - that and the fact that it's either trying to do 6th gear at 30mph or revving the tits off the lowest gear possible when you give it more than 1/3 throttle. Auto cars, I don't like them, even with the paddle shifters.

Well she married me.

Late 30s on motorways? No chance, unless you travel at 55-60 at all times. If you cruise at 80mph on the motorway, expect 31mpg on a long journey, 33mpg at 70mph, in a manual, DSGs are 10% thirstier in real life driving (even if the test cycle figures don't reflect that). The R is ok on busy roads, it is quite economical doing 40/50 on roads, but the low gearing really penalises the mpg at motorway cruising speed. My old MK7 GTD sat at 2200rpm at 80 in 6th, my Manual R does 3100rpm at 80 in 6th.

Yep DSG are terrible gearboxes my A4 was awful. The comment was why drive a manual? A decent auto is luxury. A DSG is not an auto and jerky to park and not to mention unreliable.

I tried posting the Central vehicle Leasing deal earlier today, but apparently they are on HotUK deals naughty list as present.

Haha good answer.

Here is how the conversation would have went with me. "Ooooh I like that Cactus" I'd be like "Forget it, it's awful" lol

Autos/DSGs are dumb, a manual does exactly what you expect it to do because you're making all the decisions. I rue the day when manuals are not an option.

I just swapped my XF for a 535d and have to say it's far from dumb :smile:

Now can we have some real world figures. 95mph in lane 3! :smiley:

70mph with cruise control gets me 37mpg. :smiley:

[/quote]I just swapped my XF for a 535d and have to say it's far from dumb :smile:[/quote]
Did you find a good deal on the 535d?

I've put my name down for a Tesla but got a couple of years to wait for it and need something in the meantime, just given back a 535 company car due to job change, I can't find a good personal lease deal for one.

2 seconds with Google gave this...
Weight and Capacities
Minimum Kerbweight: 1499
Gross Vehicle Weight: 2080
Fuel Tank Capacity (Litres): 55
Max. Loading Weight: 581
Luggage Capacity (Seats Up): 605
No. of Seats: 5
Max. Roof Load: 75
Luggage Capacity (Seats Down): 1620
Turning Circle - Kerb to Kerb: 10.9

I'd consider a 335d if you could buy it in a manual and X-drives didn't come with bouncy castle suspension. Lovely comfy motorway miler but doesn't like getting chucked around. I almost ordered one when I was sick of my 7 month wait for my R. My next car may well be a 330d. I might give up buying and leave the money in the bank to go lease instead.

I just swapped my XF for a 535d and have to say it's far from dumb :smile:[/quote]Did you find a good deal on the 535d?
I've put my name down for a Tesla but got a couple of years to wait for it and need something in the meantime, just given back a 535 company car due to job change, I can't find a good personal lease deal for one.[/quote]
Company car, well kinda. Because of high BIK I opted out company car scheme in exchange for £450 a month allowance.

Got the M-Sport for £425 a month with 12k mileage allowance, fully maintained.

Honestly the 8 speed auto is awesome, you would never go back to manual!

I got 37mpg once on the dullest drive of my life, stuck doing 50mph for 30 miles of a 40 mile journey. I average 32mpg on my 20 mile commute doing 60-80 on 80% of my journey and hammering it a few times but reading the road ahead well and letting the car decelerate towards roundabouts/junctions etc.

This should be the new standard for mpg figures. :sunglasses:

You don't want a manual in a 5 series. The 8 speed auto it has to be, just suits the car so much. It's not a little hatch to chuck about, it's a big cruiser and auto is the way to go

Like all prestige cars the 535D isn't available in manual...

M 535d is what I had to give up...:disappointed:
Only had it 2 months.

Where did you find your deal, that's good for fully maintained an 12K

Why only 2 months?

Redundany

We get preferred rates through Lex Autolease as they have the work contact.

​even if it is in the wrong gear it will still change quicker than you could a manual :smile:

Maybe she just likes her cars ribbed for pleasure?

Title misleading £275 per month


tin of Heinz baked beans ONLY 3p but pay a pound up front
Get the finances right on a deal site or whats the point

Only problem is you can't put a tow bar on it due to the four tail pipes, but why would you want to restrict yourself to 60 mph?

:smirk:

Guess with the estate there's slightly less chance of it getting nicked :smiley:

I've seen close to 40mpg on mine on a motorway...

At a steady 85 with cruise control on (Sorry occifer!) I tend to see around mid 30's (Mine's a hatch not estate though)

Great looking estate, wouldn't mind one myself if I already didn't have a fun wagon.

Hotttttttt

Genuinely on a deals site is leasing better than buying a 2 or 3 year old car and then reselling after 2 years? Which is the better deal? I know the two cars are not exactly comparable

https://www.centralukvehicleleasing.co.uk/vehicle/choose_your_lease/68430/volkswagen/golf/20_tsi_r_5dr_dsg.html

Isnt this cheaper?

But that's not an R is it?

​Yes.

​No, same total.

But it has 10,000 miles rather than 8000, so slightly better deal

Wonder if these got stole to order as much as the hatchback model? :confused:

Friend of ours had his stole off the drive, broke into his house and got the keys. Lovely car but according to the police they are a choice car for being stole to order to Eastern Europe and also criminals looking for a fast inconspicuous getaway car. He lived in a good area where there is never any breakins let alone cars being stole.

That's awful. I wonder if these will have the same desire to be stolen as the hatchback. I've not seen 1 of these on the road, which is one reason I really like the idea of having one. They are quite understated in styling, but I guess these thieves are not he opportunistic type if they are stolen to order. They know exactly what they are looking for.

What happens if your lease car is stolen? Is this where gap insurance comes in.

just had my callback from horizon at 8am on the dot, said he has had to start early as so many new enquiries since the deal appeared on here haha.

£197.99 a month, £1781.99 initial rental payable when car is delivered, currently 11 week lead time they said. could increase due to HUKD demand.

Yeah just get gap insurance. It's only 100 from ala.

Would probably get 15 or 20. 20 is 132 but there used to be a pistonheads code which got you 10% off. Not sure if it still works.

PISTON12 gets 12% off, so £116.16 for £20,000 cover. anyone find better deal?

Got the same call from Horizon.
The last VW offer was an error though hence why it lasted less than 24hrs.
I'm going to ring VW at 0900 and see what they can do

Gears changing quicker by a half a second is actually of no benefit to me for normal road driving.
There are times when I am in creeping slow traffic doing a lot of clutch that I would prefer an auto, but for all other situations I still like to select my own gear.

Just looked on drivethedeal to see what discount they offer on this car. £6280 off list price, so £27,532 discounted price. For the lease deal to be better, in approximate terms this car will need to be worth less than £21,000 in two years time with 16000 miles on the clock.
Can anyone find a secondhand 2014 Golf R for sale at that price?

So unless you want to spend money on something you will never own, this deal isn't that good then.

I would...

if only i hadnt just got a new passat alltrack ( see previous thread) I would have been on this..

need something a bit more pacey for the school run

still debating to finally sell my MK5 R32, love that car but running costs and Tax are expensive and it doesn't miss a heartbeat but a flux of these cheap lease deals are really making me think its worth just selling up and having one of these.

I drive only in the weekends for family shopping and do holiday trips in the long week ends . So miles I do is not more than 5K per year. I was hesitant to look at lease as I felt after 2 years I will be loosing more money compared with Old car ? Some one please clarify if lease deals are good for my usage ?

Dsg sounds rubbish. Manual all the way

Thanks

There's no exact yes or no, will depend on your budget, which car you are looking at and various other things. Do you want/need a new car? In general, if you are happy with an older car then in the long run it'll be cheaper to buy used.

Got my nissan from G2L and my 3 year contract runs out in sept. As a company they are spot on never had any issues and always were willing to help out where possible.

I have.

Discount on drivethedeal assumes you purchase a metallic paint option, bringing the total cost to £28k. It also assumes a pcp deal, at an interest rate of 6.7%. If you're comparing this to purchasing then you must take into account the cost of the interest, which will be high over the period of time necessary to bring monthly payments even in the area of £200/month.

Unless you have 28k hanging around of course!

There's no simple yes or no answer, sadly. You'll just have to do the maths yourself and work out how much your current car is costing you vs how much this, or any other, lease would cost you.

Generally, keeping your old car is cheaper. That said, there are exceptions and times when you may well just need or want a different vehicle.

Finally, in this case it appears that if you have ~£30k to tie up it's actually cheaper to buy and sell 2 years later than it is to lease. However, obviously lots of people just don't have that kind of cash spare to tie up in a car, or would have to borrow it and end up paying more due to interest.

8,000 miles, if you put this under a business it's cheaper inc vat, doesn't make sense, my friend has ordered the 2016 Audi Q7 sport (new ugly design) for £360 inc vat a month.

I've had 2 cars with DSGs, I like them and have never had any issues, a lot faster than an auto box in changing. A nudge down on the stick gives me sport mode for overtaking or a nudge across gives me manual mode.

Me too. Makes me grin every time I give it the beans...

Well currently own a 3 series , and looking for a another car , got really sick of traders false promises and conditions of old cars , budget was also not more than 6K ,so couldnt find any good cars of my liking. Looking at this deal makes me feel good , but buying a NEW car, just for the 4K to 6K miles per year makes me guilty of spending too :-( , ...Confused

"Road Tax" is included indeed, but in your general taxation, you refer to VED.
No such thing as Road Tax in the UK.

Surely this will make an even better getaway car, as a thief could get more swag in it and the estate will be even more inconspicuous.

the car in the pictures is the GTD, not the Golf R. The Golf R is less "sporty" looking. Still voted hot though and tempted to bite :-)

Just remember that if you spend £6k on a lease, you give it back in two years time with nothing tangible to show for it. You'd need to be actively saving towards another lease/used buy whilst running this lease car. Otherwise you'll be stuck without a car when this goes back.

Basically, if you can save up another ~£6k whilst running this lease car, you'll be fine in two years time; you can just lease another car. If you can't save up that amount in two years whilst paying out £200 per month, don't get this lease car.

If only it was a hatchback!!!'

Has anyone pressed the button on this deal. Have any VW garages matched the deal without the admin fee? I contacted Crewe Vw this morning but he hasn't got back to me.

I've still got to persuade the Mrs that this is the right car. Must take into consideration Matt101101 point above about what to do in 2 years. The car it's replacing is paid for and only 4 years old, I've had this octavia VRS since new and there is nothing wrong with it. We just want a more family friendly car. And this ticks my boxes and some.