At $23,999, Is This 2016 Vw Golf R The Perfect Adult Toy?

The seller of today's Nice Price aliases No Dice Golf R touts it arsenic "adult-owned," promoting that they person not abused it connected nan way aliases successful nan canyons. Its debased mileage intends there's plentifulness of hoonage near to beryllium had, truthful let's look astatine its value and spot if we tin beryllium nan mature ones here.

In what we tin each work together is simply a astonishing move of events, Honda is preparing a caller Prelude for nan world market. Over astatine Nissan, nan Z car soldiers on, nan latest type now 3 aliases truthful years old. Toyota competes pinch some nan brawny BMW-co-created Supra and nan smaller Subaru conspired 86. A caller Celica is supposedly connected nan sky arsenic well, though that is rumored to beryllium a mid-engined sports car, making 1 wonderment if MR2 wouldn't beryllium a amended sanction to propulsion retired of nan company's humanities hat.

All these cars beryllium that Japanese carmakers haven't mislaid their emotion of nan coupe form, but nan fistful of cars successful nan marketplace aliases connected its cusp ray successful comparison to nan plethora of those from which buyers could take during nan coupe's heydays successful nan 1990s. We looked astatine 1 of those heyday heroes, a 1996 Toyota Celica GT, yesterday. A convertible pinch an automatic that would make it an fantabulous play cruiser, that Celica besides looked to beryllium successful tip-top condition, contempt its hefty mileage. A $4,990 value sealed nan deal, earning nan Celica a coagulated 80% Nice Price win.

It's not rather yet Talk Like a Pirate Day, but we tin still opportunity 'Arrr,' arsenic successful this 2016 Volkswagen Golf R, which is nan pinnacle of capacity for nan Golf lineup present successful nan States and presently 1 of conscionable 2 Golf models (the different being nan GTI) connected connection present new.

We're now connected nan Golf's eighth generation, but that's much a refresh than a rethink, truthful this, a seventh-gen car, doesn't consciousness each that aged aliases look antiquated successful immoderate way. It besides still has nan equipment nether nan hood. The car's marching orders originate from an enhanced version of VW's stalwart EA 888 DOHC 16-valve 4 that, successful accepted Golf fashion, sits sideways nether that hood. On nan R, everything is bigger aliases amended connected nan apical extremity of this mill, pinch a larger turbo and intercooler, higher-flow injectors, revised exhaust valving, and a much fierce ECU tune. 

All together, those upgrades springiness nan 2.0-liter 4 nan capacity to make 292 horsepower and 282 pound-feet of torque connected premium fuel. That's routed to each 4 wheels done a six-speed manual gearbox and Haldex-developed AWD pinch a torque-vectoring diff that tin unopen disconnected powerfulness to nan rear extremity erstwhile not needed.

The advertisement claims that, dissimilar immoderate others, each that imaginable for nosy and games is still inherent successful this car. In touting this Golf's debased (49,719) mileage and what they opportunity is an fantabulous wide condition, nan seller boasts:

Let's beryllium honest; astir group maltreatment their Golf R, GTI, WRX, and STI. This Golf R is nan exception... Second of 2 big (older) owners, ne'er tracked, raced, canyoned, etc. Some whitethorn say, "What a waste," but to me, this car is nan cleanable regular driver.

That's a bold assertion, but past this is simply a Golf and those do thin to beryllium immoderate of nan champion cars retired location for nan USDA-recommended regular depletion of tarmac, truthful possibly there's immoderate truth successful this being nan cleanable all-rounder. It surely looks bully each nan measurement around. The metallic grey overgarment still pops almost a decade retired from being new, and nan 18-inch alloys pinch their 40-series rubber set tires are free of immoderate marring. A VW tile rack extends nan car's utility, but is thankfully removable erstwhile not needed.

Other OEM add-ons see a protective carpet mat for nan load area and model screens to support nan sun astatine bay. As this is an "adult-owned car," nan windows don't person an fierce (and legally questionable) tint. Nor are location immoderate weird mods for illustration a mega bass speaker cluttering up nan cabin. The R is simply a well-equipped Golf, offering automatic ambiance control, powerfulness windows, locks, and parking brake. 

There's besides leather seating surfaces pinch nan R logo embroidered connected nan backs of nan highly-bolstered beforehand buckets. Those, amazingly, don't show immoderate signs of duress from ingress and egress, thing that's reasonably communal connected nan Volkswagen athletics thrones. A sizable infotainment surface makes nan dash consciousness modern enough, moreover supporting Apple CarPlay.

According to nan seller, location are nary issues whatsoever pinch nan car; nary lights, nary bumps successful nan night. Another plus, nan car had a clutch replacement nether nan erstwhile owner, truthful it should still beryllium arsenic caller arsenic a caller summertime morn. A cleanable title completes nan car's bona fides.

Per nan seller, "You're not going to find a cleaner, low-mileage, manual Golf R." That's a apt truth, but astatine a $23,999 asking price, we request to ask, "Do we really want to beryllium looking?" That value tag is not "why nan heck not?" benignant of money. This does seem, however, a batch of car for that benignant of cash.

Is it, though? What do you deliberation nan cleanest, lowest-mileage Golf R successful each nan onshore should reasonably beryllium worth? Is $23,999 a adjacent value for this nosy car? Or, for that much, does this basking hatch time off you cold?

You decide!

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