How long to you keep your Golf?

[andrew7]

Yes, extended warranty a good call. Evidently VW Camberwell "give" you a free 4th year warranty if the car is serviced there. In any event I suspect I'll upgrade at the end of the 3 years to the M7 GTI (or R if I'm ready to lash out )- I'm also getting a dsg so probably safer!

[justin]

This!


I don't have a golf but everyone i know has a heart attack when i say i plan on keeping mine for 15 - 20 years.

Fair enough. I'll probably keep my GTD for at least 10 yrs I reckon.

[Finance_Analyst]

Fair enough. I'll probably keep my GTD for at least 10 yrs I reckon.

By then, DSG boxes are probably so common and parts plentiful so that even back yard operators can fix it. I ain't worried... I will probably keep mine 10 yrs and be used as my shopping trolley by then

[Lima]

Our Mk5 GTI is 5 1/2 years old and I'm starting to get an itch to replace it.

Options include Scirocco R, MINI JCW hatch or hang on to it until the Mk7 GTI.

The latter option suits our budget a bit better as we are mid-way through wrecking our house and making it better again, haha.

[Scratchyratface]

I'm a serial car swapper so I'll only keep mine for another 12 months or so before looking at what else to get. Alternatively we'll sell the wifes Polo and she can have my GTI while I look elsewhere
I'm the boss at home so I'll do what I want, as long as I check with the wife first.

[andrew7]

I'm a serial car swapper so I'll only keep mine for another 12 months or so before looking at what else to get. Alternatively we'll sell the wifes Polo and she can have my GTI while I look elsewhere
I'm the boss at home so I'll do what I want, as long as I check with the wife first.

Nice work scratchy; think your latter plan is a good one

[SilvrFoxX]

I'm a serial car swapper so I'll only keep mine for another 12 months or so before looking at what else to get. Alternatively we'll sell the wifes Polo and she can have my GTI while I look elsewhere
I'm the boss at home so I'll do what I want, as long as I check with the wife first.

Damn, I would give my right arm to be ambidextrous

[SMOK3Y]

i plan on keeping my manual tsi for many yrs as me daily

[Captain Courteous]

thats why i bought a manual. actually, i bought a manual because i think its a better drive, but the dsg issue also rated somewhere into the buying decision

Agree. 110%. Vive la manuals!

[7R]

2 years only - dsg, manual or whatever makes no difference. I am a serial car swapper (now I can afford it) and prefer to sell the car with at least 12mths remaining warranty for the next punter. So only another 13mths to go with Candy !

[walbjj]

2 years only - dsg, manual or whatever makes no difference. I am a serial car swapper (now I can afford it) and prefer to sell the car with at least 12mths remaining warranty for the next punter. So only another 13mths to go with Candy !

man, u really must hate money, or have way too much of it if u swap cars so often.

[jamesatfish]

I tend to hang onto cars for quite some time, either because I mod them beyond the point of common sense (Polo), because I can't get a decent trade-in when buying something new (Cayenne) or because there's not enough difference to justify moving up to a newer model of the same car (Mk V TDI).

My Mk V is getting onto 5 years old now, and I'm more than happy to keep it for another 5 at this point.

[7R]

man, u really must hate money, or have way too much of it if u swap cars so often.

Quite the opposite - i really love money but I also really love driving around in something that is new, under warranty and wont leave me at the side of the road or out of pocket for a repair that could potentially pay for an upgrade. By the time I write the car off on tax the difference in swapping every two or three years is not a lot more than paying repair costs when a car is out of warranty.

Also my experience when I was young and broke was to drive cars into the ground - I had a Mazda 323 twin carb I drive for 325,000 km until the water came into the car through rust holes around the windscreen. Now I am older and in a better financial position I choose to change more often. Hell I don't drink, smoke, or gamble. I have no mortgage and I save 70% of what I earn religiously each month so having a new car is something I reckon I can afford just fine.

If it pleases Your Honour...

[ConR]

I trade up between 2-3 years always. Never had a car longer than that. In fact, traded up my GTI MK6 for a Scirocco R today!

[walbjj]

Quite the opposite - i really love money but I also really love driving around in something that is new, under warranty and wont leave me at the side of the road or out of pocket for a repair that could potentially pay for an upgrade. By the time I write the car off on tax the difference in swapping every two or three years is not a lot more than paying repair costs when a car is out of warranty.

Also my experience when I was young and broke was to drive cars into the ground - I had a Mazda 323 twin carb I drive for 325,000 km until the water came into the car through rust holes around the windscreen. Now I am older and in a better financial position I choose to change more often. Hell I don't drink, smoke, or gamble. I have no mortgage and I save 70% of what I earn religiously each month so having a new car is something I reckon I can afford just fine.

If it pleases Your Honour...

i also like new things, and im not sure what cars u have owned, or u just must have terrible luck, but being stranded on the side of the road in a relatively new car is pretty unlikely (i can understand a 20 yo crapper, or a holden). also, not sure what type of monstrous repair bills u have faced where it can substitute for an upgrade of a car, the biggest bill ive seen is when my brother had to fix his clutch in his b5 rs4, $3k (plus servicing).
i need to get a better accountant who can tell me how swapping cars every 2-3 years is worth the repair costs of a few hundred dollars. cos i cant see it. surely u lose a little bit.