2022 VW Golf R (Mk8)

[Inzane]

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Do we think that Spektrum will be a 2023 thing or will it be later model years?

I'm plugged into the Spektrum community (US & CDN) and there has been nothing announced for the mk8 so far.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

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I'm plugged into the Spektrum community (US & CDN) and there has been nothing announced for the mk8 so far.

Ah well doesn’t matter to me now anyway.

[Inzane]

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Ah well doesn’t matter to me now anyway.

Why, did you put a deposit down on a Corolla GR?

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

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Why, did you put a deposit down on a Corolla GR?

I did but I’m also not taking the Corolla. Not planning to buy anything, nothing gives me the warm fuzzies.

[94boosted]

I previously owned a 2017 R with the DSG, also in Lapiz Blue. I bought it new and then got rid of it a few years later at the beginning of Covid, but kind of regretted that decision. I’ve been casually keeping an eye on MK8 R’s for a while, though I had no interest in paying over sticker price and waiting for up to a year to get one. Even though there are still plenty of delusional dealerships in AB trying to sell them for North of $60K, after some shopping around I found a slick top MT for under sticker price with no BS packages. And seeing as the 2024 MY is the last year you'll be able to buy one with a stick shift, I went for an MT this time around. Bring on the haptic button jokes

[ExtraSlow]

Niiiice. Slick top MT is good choice.

[bjstare]

@94boosted should do a better job getting up the driveway than the ol' Fiesta.

[94boosted]

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@94boosted should do a better job getting up the driveway than the ol' Fiesta.

hahah you remembered. Yes it sure does, those tires are pretty shit in the winter though. Swapping wheels over tonight.

[npham]

The pathfinder didn't last long, or do you still have that too?

[94boosted]

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The pathfinder didn't last long, or do you still have that too?

Wife’s car.

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I see Northland VW is hoarding these things with 15 available on their website asking up to $65k lol. That's just way too close to M240i pricing.

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I see Northland VW is hoarding these things with 15 available on their website asking up to $65k lol. That's just way too close to M240i pricing.

They don't seem to care how long cars sit on the lot for. They've had that Nissan Z for at least a year now.

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They don't seem to care how long cars sit on the lot for. They've had that Nissan Z for at least a year now.

Every company I have worked for has been obsessed with inventory turns so I have a hard time getting my head around car dealership logic. I suppose they feel in a city this large they only need a very small handful of people that are so rich they don't care or want the car so bad they don't care about the consequences.

[ExtraSlow]

VW dealers seem to have a different concept than other brands. I don't know if they get more finance help for inventory or what.

[Gman.45]

That's a great car 94Boosted - particularly with the slick roof option, I dig it, big time, and of course the MT.

[Cagare]

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Every company I have worked for has been obsessed with inventory turns so I have a hard time getting my head around car dealership logic. I suppose they feel in a city this large they only need a very small handful of people that are so rich they don't care or want the car so bad they don't care about the consequences.

Sunk cost fallacy?

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Northland is always terrible to deal with anything they deem premium, special or rare, and I know people there. Sister in law and her husband did get a Taos at MSRP pretty easily there last year though.

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Every company I have worked for has been obsessed with inventory turns so I have a hard time getting my head around car dealership logic. I suppose they feel in a city this large they only need a very small handful of people that are so rich they don't care or want the car so bad they don't care about the consequences.

I think you're spot on. I remember seeing a post about paying "only" $9k over MSRP from them about a month ago

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I think you're spot on. I remember seeing a post about paying "only" $9k over MSRP from them about a month ago

Man it's crazy how times have changed when people feel good about paying $9k over MSRP. It's a real shame that most of these sport compact cars have become unattainable for a lot of the people that covet them most.

[94boosted]

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VW dealers seem to have a different concept than other brands. I don't know if they get more finance help for inventory or what.

From what I understand, the small grace period they had to sell cars before having to pay carrying costs was taken away during Covid due to ultra-low inventory, and hasn't come back. So, you'd think they'd be even more incentivized to move units. But that doesn't seem to be the case.