has anyone owned a vw golf mk5 R32 ( BOUGHT ONE )

[frst silver]

been looking into buying one of these, going to view one tuesday.

ive had a mk5 GTi and liked it alot, just wondered if anyone had owned one, anything i should no about them good or bad

the one ive seen is a blue 3-door 06 plate, fully loaded with the new touchscreen genuine VW SAT-NAV and full heated leather, xenons, etc etc

cheers

[Cossie col]

Fuel and road tax is the prob fella as one of the lads who works for me has one and is on about getting shot of , the sound Awsum thoughWe have a mk5 gti and I thought about it but now thinking a £250 remap for that ad will be more power than R32 so I'm told

[stinky]

Pre may 2006 R32 is still the cheaper tax bracket so look for one of them.
I owned a MK4 R32 for a year or so, loved it really, had no problems with it at all, apart from fuelling it. Tbh it's the most reliable car I've owned.
Just check that the haldex oil and filter were changed every 40k miles.

Check out the www.R32OC.com
Loads of info on there!

[frst silver]

my golf gti had quite abit of work done to it, it was running just under 300bhp.

with the tax i thing the 55 and 06 plate ones are the ones to stick with, as already said the later ones are £400+ a year.

i personally cant see it being much different from my old golf gti, but i thought id ask on here as i no many members on here have also had many other toys

[stinky]

I would also try and get one with the optional Recaro seats, they are cool!

[frst silver]

most of the ones with them seats seem to demand high prices, 10K+

must agree though them seats are the nuts

[Stoo]

I test drove an '08 plate (28k) one on Thursday, and I was thoroughly underwhelmed by it. Which was a shame because I was pretty much ready to buy. It looked great and everything, but sitting in it and driving it just didn't do much for me. My friend has an Edition 30, which I think I prefer.

Also test drove a '55 plate M3 CS and an '09 plate Golf GTi (15k), and out the lot the GTi was my favourite, and that was only £1k more than the R32.

[Cossie col]

This is what you want on eBay
261022096084

[frst silver]

well the one i went to see i bought

£6200 gotta be the cheapest R32 around, and yes its fully H.P.i clear ill get some pics up later

[Adamski]

I had a couple of v6's over the yrs golf's. All I drove /owned as above reliable cars really comfy etc just cost a bomb to run and the performance is underwhelming as stated above for what it is should be rapid its just not... Just sounds great.

[stinky]

I take it was a MK 4 you bought for that money??

[frst silver]

no mate mk5 . its still on ebay now, he hasnt removed it yet, its on there now for £7500 but if you read the add youll see it was originally up for £8500, then lowered to £7500.

gave him £6200

i love it, ill get some fresh pics up over the weekend

[Cossie col]

well the one i went to see i bought

£6200 gotta be the cheapest R32 around, and yes its fully H.P.i clear ill get some pics up later

Bloody hell that's cheap get some photos up

[frst silver]

theres a link to the car

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1608672977...84.m1423.l2649

ive taken the wheels of already, replaced them with 19" edition 30 reps.

im well chuffed with it, altough i must agree with above posts its not a quick as i though it would be, my old golf gti seems to be just as quick if not quicker,

cant believe he dropped £2300 in 2 weeks, MADNESS

heres a couple of pics of my old golf gti, im getting the R32 valeted today so ill add pics up later