The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Apparently vw are bringing out a 400bhp version of the golf r if there is not enough power in the current one for ye!

damo86 wrote: »

Mines just arrived at the dealers! Collecting it this Friday (would do it tomorrow, but I'm in feckin Germany!)

Heard about the boot issues..but I'm still a young man! :P

I didn't get a discount as much but got a more then a good price for my trade in (more then carzone prices),

I'm pretty brutal at haggling so happy enough with that.

Hmmm I ordered in November aswell but havent heard anything from the dealer - must put a call through

carsfan wrote: »

Sk8board, how did you get on with them re 420?

I called and he was 'away from his desk'. I Didn't hear back before closing time.

JoeA3 wrote: »

Obviously if buying straight with no trade in, it's a lot clearer...

I did that for my Mk6 in 2011, when nobody was buying cars. I got a 1 month old GTi with 1K on the clock for €29k.. Different times...

so JoeD Bmw called me back today.

The base 430d m sport works out about 63k, and you get the sports Auto and the Pro satnav/widescreen as standard. in other words, its a 4-5k premium and slightly less spec over the 420d m sport Plus I had spec'ed.
for the 59k spec on the 420d, you also get the excellent m performance plus pack and some other minor options I use daily, like the sliding armrest and folding mirrors or whatever.

Have a test drive booked for Saturday on a 420d with m sport suspension but specifically no variable dampers, as I haven't spec'ed them.

will report back on the price discounting and options afterwards (PCP, HP, straight deal, trade-in)

A7 is being replaced with a new model in the next 12 months afaik. Merc CLS?

carsfan wrote: »

Have you totally decided against the R sk8board?
If you are spending north of 60k, would you consider audi A7? Looks lovely and would be a step up from 4 series too in my opinion.

Yeh, decided against the R, purely for family car reasons.

As for the a7, I had no other car in mind up to about a month ago.
- The '11 & '12 models are all 4 seaters, so you're limited to '13+ reg when they released the 5 seater
- an sline Quattro (the only one you'd want), in the base 204bhp engine, is still €55k+ and they're v v rare.
- You'd be importing for sure.
- Then the new model came out, I even went to the launch, and there are €85k tags on the entry 218hp sline Quattro.
- And finally, the 204hp a7 is actually slower to 60 than the 420d. (7.7s v 7.4s).
- And finally finally, I love the look of the A7, but as a 36yo, it made be feel a bit older - not want I want from spending 60k!
- Oh and the a7 is a physically MASSIVE car. The dimensions are huge even in comparison to my 5 Touring.

As for the clk, it's only a 4 seater and ruled out straight away.


Ideally I want to be beating the 420d price down 1-2k and pay 57k. Suddenly it's only €7k more than the decent spec R.

Audi ballina have a new facelift a7 Daytona grey sline Quattro for 77€k on car zone. Pre-reg 151 for immediate delivery, so it's pretty much a €20k premium over the 420d and €20k less than a 640d

Will do. He called yesterday to say they pre-reg'ed a 430d yesterday as it was the last day of the month, so 'I can test that too'. I think he's looking to pitch that with higher % discount as it's now sitting on the lot. He said it needs to be 3 months old or have 3000 km for them to get demo wholesaler discount.

Hey, was with joe Duffy today.

Test drives:
had the 420d and 430d for a decent test drive, back-to-back. Motorway and some street, just like my own commute (30,000km pa on 90% motorway).

Both had 19", with m suspension and NO adaptive dampers.

The 30d was immense, as you'd expect, but I doubt I used 60% of the power.

The stand out for me was the 8speed ZF box with the 20d. It's perfectly matched and has the right gear all the time. It's way faster and more nimble than my 520d for sure and the ZF closes the performance gap for me between 20d and 30d - for daily motorway driving. I reckon you could put 3 gears on the 30d and it'd be just as good. Cabin noise is great and you'd barely notice the 20d (I started it cold too).

So the 30d itch was scratched (again), and ruled out.

Pricing:
The trade price on my 520d m sport touring step was poor, when I can shift it myself for €3.5-4k more easily, so that was off the table and we talked straight cash deal.

Final Discount I work out as 3.65%. or €2150 on a 59.2k price.

420d m sport, Estoril blue, 8speed ZF, 3D pro nav, upgraded M brakes & calipers, harman kardon surround sound, exterior dechromed and privacy glass, 19" bicolour alloys, 5yr service pack, supagard paint wrap with 3yr guarantee (handy for all the crap your car picks up on the motorway) and a few other useful options arrives in week 12 (mid/end march)

Tick tock.

it would be list price until it's 3 months old, and even with a half decent spec I couldn't justify the 5-6k premium today, not wanted to spend 3 months wondering it'll be bought by someone else in the meanwhile.
If I spent my time on back roads, yep definitely, but not for motorway driving. The bigger brakes will be more useful on the m50 than the bigger engine

The 20d and the ZF is just brilliant - and I tested the 30d first so I was expecting far more of a gap!

The standard spec on the GC is decent too, Dakota leather, xenons, electric boot, itouch and so on.

Casati wrote: »

420d is a lovely car and it seems like a good deal. Did you say your 520d is 131? Im surprised that they didn't give you top money for that, as unless its mad miles I would have thought they would get much more money for it that you could selling private - i.e. the typical buyer for one of them would go straight to the main dealers. Is it just greed that stops dealers bidding reasonable money on desirable trade-in's?

It's a '08. They send everything older than '11 or '12 to a weekly auction. They're nothing if not straight up about it, so you can't argue. They even went through car zone to see what other ones are selling for, to encourage me to sell it myself.

It sounds a lovely car ,colour ,spec etc
Just wondering why you would not have considered a new f10 520d m- sport
For the same money . ?

carsfan wrote: »

I'm picking up gti performance this afternoon

Can I ask why you went for the performance model, was it the extra 10 Bhp, and the diff that made the difference ?

Debating the performance or the ordinary with the DSG for my next Gti...

Anybody waiting on a golf there is a car transporter on fire near Fermoy!

Saw it on red fm facebook road closed at the moment,the link wouldn't work for me.

Foreign Sports wrote: »

Good to hear that you're happy so far.

Hopefully carbon grey won't show up the dirt as easily as pearl black.

Sport mode is only available as part of DCC as far as I know.

I should know this (as I have DCC ), but I assumed without you still get the driving modes (Normal, Sport, Eco, Individual) but just don't get the ability to change the suspension setting as part of each mode ???

See image for ref.

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/43431382+q100+re0/2015-volkswagen-gti-driving-mode-selection.jpg

MisterDrak wrote: »

I should know this (as I have DCC ), but I assumed without you still get the driving modes (Normal, Sport, Eco, Individual) but just don't get the ability to change the suspension setting as part of each mode ???

See image for ref.

http://image.automobilemag.com/f/43431382+q100+re0/2015-volkswagen-gti-driving-mode-selection.jpg

I can't remember the driving modes you're talking about in the non-DCC MKVII GTI PP I drove. God, I miss that car.

On cars without DCC isn't it part of the sound pack? Into sport mode and the actuator comes on with it? On the Leon/Octavia there's a button for switching modes on versions without DCC.

Saw that pack on the UK configurator btw.