[mowflow]

Hello, or "awright" as we tend to say in Scotland.

I'm not a mini owner nor have I ordered one. I'm one of the many hundreds of thousands (or so it seems) internet people who jumped on one of those cheap Golf R deals last year. I've got a year left with that car but i like to plan ahead so i'm thinking about getting an F56 next. Takes me ages to pick a car usually as I like to know as much as possible hence starting my search 6-12 months in advance.

Never had a mini before. I was on the verge of buying an R53 about 2 years back but it was a stretch at the time as child no2 was still in a big bulky car seat and needing a pram. i do tend to prefer smaller cars, especially hatchbacks (also have a 205GTi) and have come to the conclusion that around 200bhp is more than enough for the road.

 

[derekh929]

Welcome to the site , where you based in Scotland? I also take 6 to 12 months to decide on cars


Yes Golf R is a great car but just some of the hype got a little out of hand IMHO , we love our daily driver JCW had since July last year

 

[mowflow]

West central, so Glasgow sort of area.

I think most of the Golf hype was around how cheap it was. It's 100% the only reason why i got one. In saying that, i'm quite amazed at how much I have enjoyed it. I had a Golf GTi years ago and also had an S3 but neither came anywhere close. I think all these new hyper hatches are pretty decent, but just seems to me the segment below (in which i place the F56) is where the real fun is these days.

 

[Hurbert II]

Yeah, I agree. Something to be said for being able to use "all the power" more often without ending up in chokey.

Still, the R is an epic machine and it possibly on my hit-list when I downsize.

Welcome to the forum though. There are lots of your countrymen (Ha! No MINI pun intended, honestly) on here, so you'll feel right at home

Oh, and thanks for beating the French last weekend. You're troopers helping us English like that, thanks

 

[mowflow]

You know us Scots, always keen to help out our English brothers.

 

[Davyboy]

Welcome along, never had a Golf but a friend has the R and it certainly amazed me, it does seem like a lot of kit for your bucks!

Sort of know your area as mum came from Motherwell and I work for the bus makers in Falkirk but I live in the sunny south