Used Car of the Day: 2016 Volkswagen Golf R

by Tim Healey

Published: September 27th, 2024

used car of the day 2016 volkswagen golf r

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 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 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?"

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- Urlik on Sep 28, 2024
  Literally 14 codes? Probably just need a new battery.
  
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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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- Grandmaster T on Sep 28, 2024
  What is with all the tire work on that vehicle? [Per the listing (per Carfax) • August 2021: Tire(s) replaced, tire repaired, tire(s) balanced • April 2021: Tire(s) replaced, tire repaired, tire(s) balanced • September 2020 (1,721 miles): Tire(s) replaced, one tire mounted and balanced, battery charged, body computer/module and computer reprogrammed]
  
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- 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.
  
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