The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Truckermal

JoeA3 wrote: »

It works well on the R imo. You have to see it in the metal.

Maybe those pictures are not the best either! Those wheels look the business though..

JoeA3

Truckermal wrote: »

Maybe those pictures are not the best either! Those wheels look the business though..

It’s funny how opinions can differ. I’m not a fan of the Cadiz (those wheels). When I see them I always think “why didn’t you spec the prets”.

They’ve discontinued that colour in the 7.5 though.

Toyotafanboi

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Is the manufacturers warranty on these honoured after the car is sold on? There's a nice looking R just gone up and it's a 152, so would be under VW warranty until next summer if they'll honour it?

If it's a UK car (which that could be) the third year isn't valid here so it would already be out of warranty.

carsfan2

Lava grey I think?
Contemplated that colour when ordering until dealer told me it looks brown in some lights and he wouldn’t thank me come resale.

JoeA3

I don’t think it’s a UK car although I did suspect same. Seems to have kph clocks.

And it’s limestone grey. Indium grey has replaced it now - which is more grey and less beige!

Royale with Cheese

Horses for courses, I quite like the colour and I really can't stand the pretorias.

vintagevrs

I use to like the Cadiz fine, distinctive and unique to the R but since it was pointed out to me I can't unsee that one side of the car will have the wheels on the 'wrong' way.

Looky here:



The bottom photo, left side of the car looks wrong. The wheel will be spinning the wrong way from what would suit it's design.

JoeA3

Haha

It’s a much more ‘serious’ issue on the wheels that have replaced the Cadiz on the 7.5. The “Spielbergs”.

bazz26

I'd have my suspicions around any relatively new or valuable performance car like that being sold by a small backstreet type garage. You would imagine a good car like that would stay with the main dealer network unless it has a colourful past.

JoeA3

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd have my suspicions around any relatively new or valuable performance car like that being sold by a small backstreet type garage. You would imagine a good car like that would stay with the main dealer network unless it has a colourful past.

I was thinking likewise too tbh. A VW dealer would probably give at least 12 months full warranty too.... possibly even 2 years. It's certainly cheaper than similar cars in the main dealers though so if it all checks out OK, it could be good value...

Royale with Cheese

Yeah I went to view an R in a similar dealer by the naas road earlier in the year and decided I'd rather buy off a dealer. That car is still for sale too so I'm not alone on that one. What kind of colourful past do you think could be possible here? The fact it's still under VW warranty was what made me consider it.

JoeA3

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Yeah I went to view an R in a similar dealer by the naas road earlier in the year and decided I'd rather buy off a dealer. That car is still for sale too so I'm not alone on that one. What kind of colourful past do you think could be possible here? The fact it's still under VW warranty was what made me consider it.

Stolen recovered...
crashed...
owned by a caravan club member....

But it could be 100% legit too. For example, it could have been traded in by its first owner to a non-VW dealer, e.g. maybe he traded up to an Audi/BMW. Audi/BMW dealers never carry non franchise stock so they'd offload it asap to the trade.

bazz26

The first thing that would pop into my head with a car like if it was dodgy is that it could have been stolen and or crash repaired. Cars like that by nature have a higher risk of seeing the wrong side of a ditch if driven by a novice. I'd certainly be doing some serious digging into its past unfortunately it's alot harder to get that sort of information on Irish cars than it is on UK cars.

bbeeforsalmon

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Is the manufacturers warranty on these honoured after the car is sold on? There's a nice looking R just gone up and it's a 152, so would be under VW warranty until next summer if they'll honour it?

I'm selling 151 R 3dr white DSG on Carzone if it interests you. Lowest mileage available as far as I can see.

bbeeforsalmon

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Is the manufacturers warranty on these honoured after the car is sold on? There's a nice looking R just gone up and it's a 152, so would be under VW warranty until next summer if they'll honour it?

I'm selling 151 R 3dr white DSG on Carzone if it interests you. Lowest mileage available as far as I can see.

Royale with Cheese

Looking for a 5 door and white is not my thing anyway, but you have that fairly overpriced imo considering it's a private sale.

dar83

I love Limestone Grey. Gutted they got rid of it for the facelift. It’s a stunning colour in person and with the right set of wheels. The way it changes in different light also makes it seriously subtle at times and stand out really well at others.

The Cadiz are pretty mank on any colour though. They should have come with Prets as standard, they look far more special than the Cadiz.

JoeA3

dar83 wrote: »

The Cadiz are pretty mank on any colour though. They should have come with Prets as standard, they look far more special than the Cadiz.

For €130 they’re not far off being standard. We aren’t done too badly in that regard. The 18” Cadiz are still the standard wheel in a lot of markets - including the U.K. - which makes the prets upgrade much more expensive than here.

What do people think of the black prets option? I think I like them (on certain colours) and I guess they can give the car a meaner look but I think they’d drive me nuts after a while - every little nick / scratch / kerb scuff (!!) would stand out a mile.

dar83

It’s not really about the price though, it’s just my dislike of the Cadiz is that strong. I’d rather they didn’t exist. they can be improved slightly if you black out the middle “spoke” but as standard they just look too chunky and heavy.

Black alloys in general I’m not a hug fan of, they tend to disappear on a lot of colours and look like dark holes with no colour depth, at least with the prets they’re small enough spokes to show the brakes/discs enough to counteract that, but i’d still stick with a gun metal or anthracite grey as the deepest for alloys.

DaveyDave

We're lucky regarding Prets, they're £990 in the UK. It's not a bad price though, upgrading to 18" on the Highline is €1,000 and none of them are particularly nice. Same with the GTI, I don't like any of those wheels, the stock are best of a bad bunch.

I think the Spielberg on the current R are only ok, you'd be mad to not spend the €150 or whatever it is, not a fan of Cadiz at all but the Prets are beautiful in my opinion.

As far as black ones go I'm not a fan but I think black alloys very rarely work on any car. They were on a black R too, but I don't like black on the Golfs. I'm a sucker for any sort of gunmetal grey though.

The thing I like most about the Prets is that they look like a decent aftermarket wheel. Look at the other offerings of wheels and they all look very, 'sales brochure' like. I always find that with cars the optional wheels all have weird designs and for the most part I like very few of them. Fortunately we seem to be moving away from diamond cut and swirly designs.

I'd happily spec Prets for €1,000 but the other offerings on the Highline didn't appeal to me. If there was something similar to the likes of Volk, Rays, Motegi or OZ Racing, with the usual 5-6 spoke, especially double spoke designs, I probably would go for it.

JoeA3

I have a feeling thats BS - mis-advertising / not knowing what they're selling. They're confusing App Connect with that little dongle thingy that all the VW dealers are flogging with servicing for the last little while. The one you plug into your OBD port and it gives you a few mostly pointless stats.

http://www.vwconnect.com/ie/en/

Toyotafanboi

It's funny that a dealer has made that mistake. I wonder will they have to honour that and give people AppConnect?

It's extra funny because a "classic service" is an offer for cars 4 years old and older and there isn't many cars 132 or older that could support AppConnect anyway.

As you say, Data connect is free from any dealer with any classic service at the moment and that's what they mean.

JoeA3

Besides, App Connect can only be retro-fitted to very specific and relatively fresh cars. If someone rolls in to Duffy's with a MK6 Golf they'll have some trouble getting App Connect to work

ondafly

JoeA3 wrote: »

Besides, App Connect can only be retro-fitted to very specific and relatively fresh cars. If someone rolls in to Duffy's with a MK6 Golf they'll have some trouble getting App Connect to work

Being lazy - I've just sent them an email about my 132 - I'm pretty sure its not possible to have App Connect on it - but we'll see what they say.

JoeA3

ondafly wrote: »

Being lazy - I've just sent them an email about my 132 - I'm pretty sure its not possible to have App Connect on it - but we'll see what they say.

It isn't.

ondafly

JoeA3 wrote: »

It isn't.

ah but I'll enjoy a good row over it :pac:

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JoeA3

No one’s asking ye to put a deposit on it.

TheAnalyst_

What would people suggest to fix a little dent on the door caused by another car door? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=NTARm_Wze3M
Is this crazy to attempt.

JoeA3

Can’t see the link but don’t try any daft DIY tricks. Give a dent man €30. 5 minutes and it’ll be sorted.