Used Car of the Day: 2016 Volkswagen Golf R

Tim Healey
by Tim Healey

Today we bring you a two-owner 2016 Volkswagen Golf R.


This one has some mods, including an engine and transmission tune, aftermarket upgrade, springs, and more.

The mileage is 119,000 and our seller says it runs well.

Cosmetically, it looks good in photos -- we can also see, if you didn't already figure it out from the above sentence about modifications, that this car has an automatic transmission.

If this Connecticut-based car interests you, the asking price is $18,500.

Could be a fun little runabout for the right person. Click here to see more.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey
Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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  • FreedMike FreedMike on Sep 27, 2024
    I'm on a VW owners Facebook group, and we always have some guy who posts a picture of his nine-year-old GTI with the Locally Hated sticker with the following caption: "My MK-whatever just threw these 14 codes. Any ideas?"
    • Urlik Urlik on Sep 28, 2024
      Literally 14 codes? Probably just need a new battery.
  • Tassos Tassos on Sep 28, 2024
    https://carsandbids.com/auctions/rEnL4anP/2020-bmw-m760i-xdrive A STUNNING selelction and a SCREAMING Bargain. This Magnificent 7 Flagship 600+ HP and Torque with only 5k miles is practically BRAND NEW, yet if you were the lucky guy who shelled $83k worthless Cackling Kamala 2024 Dollars for it, you saved a cool $100,000. (MORE if you did it RIGHT and updated the $180k 2019 purchase price to 2024 worthless dollars!). IT is a car fit for an EMPEROR. But the exterior styling is not for all. Not as beautiful as my Legendary E38 740iL, who Doug thinks it was the most beautiful sedan ever.
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    • MaintenanceCosts MaintenanceCosts on Sep 28, 2024
      BMWs with more than six cylinders have not had acceptable reliability for a very long time. The price reflects the expected maintenance costs and hassles.
  • Ajla IMO, something like this really should be naturally-aspirated.
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh Unless they are solid state batteries you BAN THEM. I like EVs... but EVs like to burn ... for days
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh uh .. it looks like a VW golf got the mumps
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh I CANNOT WAIT FOR SOCIAL SECURITY TO GET GUTTED.. No i am really serious. I am insulated thanks to 24 years at Symantec then Broadcom .. tons of retirement cash. but all the blue hairs and low income trump voters are going to lose benefits and jobs and i get to laugh allllll dayyyyy long in about 2-3 years.. CANNOT WAIT, POPCORN READY.
  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh no. to many '''''americans'''' just want a CUV or SUV according to sales numbers
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