Been Given A Choice

[Tunst]

200 Cup Or GTD? Choice :S

I know this is probably a silly thing to put on a clio owners site so it could be a bit bias lol.

Iv been discussing with my dad about a new car and we came to an agrement that if i pay half he will pay the other half.
now iv came to a choice:

The new Golf GTD 170

Clio 200 Cup

Advantage of the Golf highMPG ( I Do Alot Of Long Distance Driving)
Disadvantage Its A Diesel lol, Expencive (the spec i want is £25,000) Basic model is still £21,000

Advantage of the clio sporty, more fun,quicker. Cheaper to buy
disadvantage low MPG and french lol.


now without being bias lol what car would you go for?

(dno how you put poll up if some1 could do that for me )

~Tunst

 

[Gareth]

25k???

 

[Bluebeard]

How many miles a year do you do?

 

[Tunst]

25k???

Thers many things i want lol.

i do bout 10k-14k ish sometimes more

 

[SC03OTT]

25k???

MK 6 Golfs are not cheap when speced up. I saw a 1.4TSI GT in the showroom a month ago for £26.5K...eh, no thanks.

 

[conneh]

You would spend £25k on a GOLF?

Do what you want, its your money...

If only you could buy sense

 

[Dafthead]

Clio,

Spend the savings on fuel!

10-14K isn't high mileage mate.

 

[SC03OTT]

I don't even think the 2.0TDI 170 is that good on fuel. I have the 2.0TDI 140 in my Jetta and I only average about 45mpg. And it's not that good in traffic. In fact on my way home today I only manage 37mpg.

 

[Tunst]

You would spend £25k on a GOLF?

Do what you want, its your money...

If only you could buy sense

Yeah i would because i know Vw Have some of the best engines and will run for miles.

iv always liked golfs apart from the Mk3 :rasp:

 

[B16DOE]

i would want the golf but i would be looking for a bit cheaper near new 57- 08 plate

 

[Tunst]

Clio,

Spend the savings on fuel!

10-14K isn't high mileage mate.

was menna put 20-25k been up since 2am lol

 

[Addz]

clio definatly, the 10k or so you save makes the difference in petrol and would be a more fun car!

 

[Turkish]

PMSL at 10-14k as being high mileage. Yozza did about 40k in a year in the cup the first year he had it IIRC!

 

[gary200]

clio!!

the 200 is much better on fuel then my 197 was

 

[chappo]

hi mate,

my wife has just brought a golf 2.0 GT TDI 140, with full leather good spec for £21,500. 09 plate,

and i have a clio 197 08 plate, if you do alot of miles i would go for the golf tbh, as we have just had 2 weeks off work and spent £254 on petrol for the 197 :dapprove:

the misses golf gets 50-60 mpg, and is a great car to drive tbh, ( torque is great ).

choice is yours fella.

 

[Jordi17]

25k ish - brand new STi, best of both worlds then.

 

[Chili Red]

TBH if you're doing 25k miles a year I'd go for the Golf.

Why buy brand new though? Surely it makes more sense to get one around a year old and save a fortune. Half of 25k is silly money for a Golf.

 

[Ian_182]

Get the golf...

 

[VeinAST]

M3.

 

[EllD90]

My dad's:

170BHP with a Bluefin, claims 210BHP.

He paid £19k for his new, managed to get £2k off the list price. He gets 45mpg doing a lot of motorway driving. It is a very nice cruiser and is pretty quick but my dad reckons it doesn't give you much feedback when pushing it round country roads.

The engine sounds like a tank too, not quiet whatsoever and also has a clutch, my dad finds it an effort to drive it smoothly!

Overall he claims to be happy with it but isn't in love with the car.

Anything else you need to know? What about a good spec 123D, that would be a good car.

 

[Curtis!]

For 23k+ I'd get an Audi A3 Sline diesel.

Pritty much as sporty as a 200, but with the MPG at around 50/60. Has recaro's in too I think.

 

[JD]

25k on a Golf seems like madness, but it is your money. I would go for the Golf, but only because I have had a s**t clio that has fallen apart over the years and cost me more than I wanted from a first car. German build quality FTW.

 

[Gally]

Buy a megane, best of both worlds and you won't have the ugliest front ended car in the world!

 

[rory182]

Scirocco over Golf all day every day for me

 

[Brett]

200. Plenty of time for diesel golfs when your older.

 

[Craigus]

The golf only seems to do 45 to the gallon anyway on the motorway, which isn't much better than most petrol's, whats the point?

 

[Fletcher]

Clio 200 for me.

 

[superbenji88]

Focus RS?

Clio 200

 

[Olliec]

Mk 5 Golf GTI?

 

[Ian_182]

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1165617.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1157671.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1129849.htm

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1152600.htm

 

[seb]

200. buy one for 14k job done. awesome new car for minimal dollar.