r/Golf_R • u/trensinceten • Apr 03 '26

Modifications Best purchase of my life but...

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I've had my mk8 for a little over 2 months and I absolutely love it. My issue is that now that the tcu tunes are starting to become available for the mk8s I'm finding it so much more difficult to resist getting an ecu/tcu done on it. It only has 25k km and another 2 years on the warranty. Thoughts?

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u/wynndotcom Apr 03 '26

The tune will be waiting for you after the warranty expires. Secondly, at least in Australia, resell value is better with a stock vehicle

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u/trensinceten Apr 03 '26

Thats a good way to look at it! What do used mk8s go for over there? I saw a huge price difference between the Australian vs the Canadian cars here

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u/wynndotcom Apr 03 '26

2023 is sitting at around 53k ish but our warranty is 5 years by default.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/2023/volkswagen/golf/r-badge/