The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

JoeA3

bazz26 wrote: »

Not too far from me so.

Beautiful scenery and roads down there. And not even that far from my own home, and I'd rarely think to drive down that way.

Hebegeebee

@JoeA3 - I hope that Tiguan's door didn't get any closer than that. That picnic area overlooking Lough Derg is a lovely spot. Looks like a great day out.

JoeA3

Hebegeebee wrote: »

@JoeA3 - I hope that Tiguan's door didn't get any closer than that. That picnic area overlooking Lough Derg is a lovely spot. Looks like a great day out.

The Tiguan did no damage, but I did have a strangely slightly unlucky day.

Early on, I got the oil warning light so I had to do a detour to find a filling station for top up oil while praying the car wouldn't die on me in the interim. Anyway, all was well, it just needed a top up.

But then.... some absolute fcukwit did his best to ruin my day. Parked up for 5 minutes at the end of the evening to take some pics with the group and came back to the car to find this.... Sh1tttte.


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GustavoFring

Ah shyte. Did you get who did it?

JoeA3

GustavoFring wrote: »

Ah shyte. Did you get who did it?

Nope. A few of the guys said they'd seen a red van (Pug Partner or similar) manoeuvring awkwardly near me and sure enough there's some red paint left on it. Another one of the lads has a dash cam that records after parking up so he's checking that for me. But I've braced myself for coughing up 250-300 quid. Ah well, it could have been much worse but aggravating that idiots like that are just everywhere.

bazz26

Ah man, hate ***** like that. **** happens but at least have the balls to man up and take responsibility for putting it right rather than just leaving the scene.

Toyotafanboi

Hebegeebee wrote: »

Personally, and I'll probably be slated for this, I don't see the attraction of the DSG for the GTi/R. To me the GTi is supposed to be about the driving experience and the driver involvement in that experience so for me it's keep it pure and choose manual.

You say that and I would have said the same, but driving a DSG completely changed your mind. The gearbox can read your thoughts. It makes a fast car even faster, the changes are like lightning and so intuitive.

JoeA3

bazz26 wrote: »

Ah man, hate ***** like that. **** happens but at least have the balls to man up and take responsibility for putting it right rather than just leaving the scene.

Yeah and tbh I wouldn't have tried to nail him for it, I'd have been happy with an apology and a token towards the repair. Dipstick.

bazz26

It's hard to own nice things in this world.

JoeA3

bazz26 wrote: »

It's hard to own nice things in this world.

Yep. TBH I'm kinda counting my lucky stars that he didn't hit any panels/wheel/lights. Fortunately it shouldn't cost very much to put right.

Hebegeebee

That's a right pain! Some fcukwit is right!

MidMan25

Cracking car Joe.

On a slightly related note saw a fella drive too close to a parked car earlier, clipped the wing mirror leaving it dangling by the cables. He then proceeded to drive on..... :mad:

Neilw

JoeA3 wrote: »

The DSG box on the backroads jaunt today was just fantastic.... I didn't even play with the paddles that much. Stuck it in Race mode and let it do its thing.
I'd find it very hard to go to a manual again.

I had mine in race too but used the paddles for the whole day, I'm using them a lot these days.

I'm surprised nobody saw the van considering there were so many of us there.

JoeA3

Neilw wrote: »

I had mine in race too but used the paddles for the whole day, I'm using them a lot these days.

I'm surprised nobody saw the van considering there were so many of us there.

A few did Neil but who's going to memorise the reg number of some old ****ty van unless you catch him in the act. He must have known he did it too. Some people. Absolute ****heads.

Yeah I like using the paddles more so than S mode most of the time as S generally holds onto the revs a bit too long. But today I found S pretty good when trying to keep pace with an E39 M5. I could focus all my attention on the steering wheel and the bends ahead

Neilw

JoeA3 wrote: »

A few did Neil but who's going to memorise the reg number of some old ****ty van unless you catch him in the act. He must have known he did it too. Some people. Absolute ****heads.

Yeah I like using the paddles more so than S mode most of the time as S generally holds onto the revs a bit too long. But today I found S pretty good when trying to keep pace with an E39 M5. I could focus all my attention on the steering wheel and the bends ahead

Some really nice driving roads today, as you said the R is made for them.
Mine is going into hibernation for a while now, it's Gti time for the rest of the summer

Muppet Man

Lovely pics Joe... Sorry to hear/see the scuff Joe, that's a sickner. It wasnt me!

Was this just a general get together meeting, or do you need to know the secret handshake?

JoeA3

Muppet Man wrote: »

Lovely pics Joe... Sorry to hear/see the scuff Joe, that's a sickner. It wasnt me!

Was this just a general get together meeting, or do you need to know the secret handshake?

Presumably you're not on Autostadt.ie? It was a get together organised through that forum.

Muppet Man

Thanks Joe, No... I'll look it up.

Cheers
MM

JoeA3

Muppet Man wrote: »

Thanks Joe, No... I'll look it up.

Cheers
MM

You should do. A good bunch of lads, all cars welcome. There's a Facebook Group page too which tends to get more traffic than the forum these days.

JoeA3

st332 wrote: »

The price differential on the configurator for the DSG PP seems crazy high.
When I ordered mine, there was no pricing available for VW Ireland for the PP DSG, but the model was available to order.
In the end, the dealer agreed to give it to me for the price of a manual PP + 1800 euro, with a refund if the price set by VW Ireland came in lower, and with the dealer taking the hit if it was higher.

I'm amazed the dealer agreed to that. There's no way a dealer is going to sell a car at a loss. Generally, if prices change between order and delivery, its the customer that takes the hit. I hope you have it in writing!

st332

JoeA3 wrote: »

I'm amazed the dealer agreed to that. There's no way a dealer is going to sell a car at a loss. Generally, if prices change between order and delivery, its the customer that takes the hit. I hope you have it in writing!

In the UK, the cost of adding DSG is 1415, the cost of adding PP is 1360, the cost
of adding both is 2530, which is less than the sum of the two, so the expectation was that VW Ireland would send them the pricing in due course and I'd get a slight price reduction. I still think that the pricing seems way out of line so maybe it's an error. Will drop them a line to confirm this week.

dar83

st332 wrote: »

In the UK, the cost of adding DSG is 1415, the cost of adding PP is 1360, the cost
of adding both is 2775, which is less than the sum of the two, so the expectation was that VW Ireland would send them the pricing in due course and I'd get a slight price reduction. I still think that the pricing seems way out of line so maybe it's an error. Will drop them a line to confirm this week.

Um, 1415 + 1360 = 2775.

st332

dar83 wrote: »

Um, 1415 + 1360 = 2775.

Apologies, adding both costs 2530. Will edit above!

blingrhino

Joe how to you keep them pipes so clean !!!

Had a brillo on mine at the weekend but they never came up as clean as your !

JoeA3

blingrhino wrote: »

Joe how to you keep them pipes so clean !!!

Had a brillo on mine at the weekend but they never came up as clean as your !

Nothing special tbh! I have a tube of Autoglym metal polish that I've had for years and I just give them a scrub with that every few months or so. Just dab it on a bit of kitchen towel. The outer pipes usually stay fairly clean for ages I find. Its one of those jobs that if you keep on top of it and don't let them get too black, then most of the soot will just wipe off with a normal wash.

Muppet Man

blingrhino wrote: »

Joe how to you keep them pipes so clean !!!

I dont know about Joe, but I use extremely fine sand paper to remove the hard black residue followed by Autosol.

dar83

White Diamond is brilliant stuff, that's what I use these days, but I have also just coated some new tips in some CarPro DLux, so I'm hoping that should help keep them nice and shiny and easily cleaned for the foreseeable. As Joe says though, the key is not neglecting them for too long, if you keep on top of them, keeping them shiny isn't too difficult.

marathonic

JoeA3 wrote: »

Hebegeebee wrote: »

@JoeA3 - I hope that Tiguan's door didn't get any closer than that. That picnic area overlooking Lough Derg is a lovely spot. Looks like a great day out.

The Tiguan did no damage, but I did have a strangely slightly unlucky day.

Early on, I got the oil warning light so I had to do a detour to find a filling station for top up oil while praying the car wouldn't die on me in the interim. Anyway, all was well, it just needed a top up.

But then.... some absolute fcukwit did his best to ruin my day. Parked up for 5 minutes at the end of the evening to take some pics with the group and came back to the car to find this.... Sh1tttte.

Ah, that's a nightmare. I had the same done to my 18 month old A4 at the weekend - well, it could have happened anytime in the past two weeks but I only noticed it when washing on Saturday. Also red paint and it looks like it may have been a van or high vehicle considering the dent and paint left high up on the rear quarter panel:

Ionised

Just an update to way earlier in the thread when I was trying to make up my mind between a Gti and a Cupra 300.

This is the outcome...



Thanks to all for thoughts and opinions.

I'd better get my coat and depart this thread very quickly

JoeA3

That's lovely, well wear. Nice colour and the wheels are far nicer than anything on the current GTI.