The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

ShadowHearth

easyvision wrote: »

I know was really hoping to see the Leon launched, I think it it will look really good in FR spec! was hoping to consider it for 2020!

Hehe, my PCP ends in May and I am between hard place and a rock. New Leon will most definitely be here only late next year.
Half thinking just paying off balloon and wait to see what's new Leon like or just get second hand Leon Cupra and still be a Boy racer.

what the hell!

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Hehe, my PCP ends in May and I am between hard place and a rock. New Leon will most definitely be here only late next year.
Half thinking just paying off balloon and wait to see what's new Leon like or just get second hand Leon Cupra and still be a Boy racer.

My PCP is up too but I've decided to keep paying the repayments until the new one comes along. They went up slightly. The new Leon looks good so I think I'd only be kicking myself if I purchased now. Although a Cupra would be savage.

DaveyDave

Would it be awkward to start refinancing the balloon payment for a few months while you hold off for a new model? Might have to do it myself next year and hold off until January.

bazz26

Latest Mk8 GTE photoed here still with some tape over the body panels around the light clusters:

drunkmonkey

Any idea what battery is meant to be in it?

what the hell!

DaveyDave wrote: »

Would it be awkward to start refinancing the balloon payment for a few months while you hold off for a new model? Might have to do it myself next year and hold off until January.

No it only took me 5 minutes. They’ll just change it to a hire purchase and there’ll be a different interest rate. Sign the piece of paper and off you go.

Zubeneschamali

what the hell! wrote: »

Sign the piece of paper and off you go.

Sadly I had a Maths teacher long ago who made us study compound interest, present and future value of money and so forth.


Have never paid a cent on a car loan.

MidMan25

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Sadly I had a Maths teacher long ago who made us study compound interest, present and future value of money and so forth.


Have never paid a cent on a car loan.

A lot of people are paying no interest on car loans now, the real cost is depreciation.

Zubeneschamali

MidMan25 wrote: »

A lot of people are paying no interest on car loans now, the real cost is depreciation.

I can afford the weekly!

MidMan25

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

I can afford the weekly!

Sorry u've lost me

MidMan25

MidMan25 wrote: »

Sorry u've lost me

He's sneering at folk who finance their cars.

Zubeneschamali

Augeo wrote: »

He's sneering at folk who finance their cars.

No, if you've done the sums and it makes sense, go for it. I'm sneering at folk who think this is cool:



change it to a hire purchase and there’ll be a different interest rate. Sign the piece of paper and off you go.

what the hell!

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

No, if you've done the sums and it makes sense, go for it. I'm sneering at folk who think this is cool:



change it to a hire purchase and there’ll be a different interest rate. Sign the piece of paper and off you go.

Not entirely sure where I said it was cool? It works for me, I'm sure the user who asked the question initially is a big boy or girl and can do their own homework and see if they want to be cool or not.

kooga

i see the UP GTI is not showing up in the VW Uk website - looks to be discontinued

theintern

bazz26 wrote: »

Latest Mk8 GTE photoed here still with some tape over the body panels around the light clusters:

That's interesting, carwow on youtube said "there will not be an electric golf" instead it'll be the id3. Must have been mistaken.



https://youtu.be/SdogSTqRjKw?t=2002

theintern

theintern wrote: »

That's interesting, carwow on youtube said "there will not be an electric golf" instead it'll be the id3. Must have been mistaken........

Nope, they are correct........ the GTE is a hybrid allegedly .........
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/89538/new-2020-volkswagen-golf-spy-shots-show-the-mk8-golf-gte-hybrid

& no full electric...... "The plug-in hybrid GTE will also be offered, but the e-Golf won’t make it to another generation due to the arrival of the I.D. family, Diess confirmed." .......... (Volkswagen boss, Herbert Diess)

theintern

Augeo wrote: »

Nope, they are correct........ the GTE is a hybrid allegedly .........
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/volkswagen/golf/89538/new-2020-volkswagen-golf-spy-shots-show-the-mk8-golf-gte-hybrid

& no full electric...... "The plug-in hybrid GTE will also be offered, but the e-Golf won’t make it to another generation due to the arrival of the I.D. family, Diess confirmed." .......... (Volkswagen boss, Herbert Diess)

A ha. Got it. Hard to keep track of the different powertrains these days!

drunkmonkey

Any idea what could be wrong with my temperature reading in the car, it thinks it's 8 degrees outside.

SaintsYB

It wouldn't make sense to have two electric hatchbacks in the eGolf and ID3.

Wailin

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Any idea what could be wrong with my temperature reading in the car, it thinks it's 8 degrees outside.

Did you give it a wash today?

un5byh7sqpd2x0

SaintsYB wrote: »

It wouldn't make sense to have two electric hatchbacks in the eGolf and ID3.

It makes sense for them to have 3 different ICE hatchbacks though?

ml100

Anyone on here got a golf with a sunroof, any issues with them, going to look at a mk 7 allstar which has a sunroof, I think its standard on that spec?

Muppet Man

ml100 wrote: »

Anyone on here got a golf with a sunroof, any issues with them, going to look at a mk 7 allstar which has a sunroof, I think its standard on that spec?

Yip 2016 7R with a sunroof. No issues - except a load of dead flies stuck to the wind deflector / fly catcher that pops up.

SaintsYB

Frederick Yellow Headhunter wrote: »

It makes sense for them to have 3 different ICE hatchbacks though?

They're all in different segments though. The up! is smaller than a Polo, which is smaller than a Golf. The entire way along VW have said the ID3 is near identical in exterior size to a Golf.

drunkmonkey

Wailin wrote: »

Did you give it a wash today?

No it eventually recovered. Not sure what went on.

dar83

drunkmonkey wrote: »

No it eventually recovered. Not sure what went on.

Are you not hugging it as much anymore? :P

DaveyDave

€32 for front wipers in VW, anyone have a price off the top of their head elsewhere? Could have sworn I saw Bosch wipers for €40 somewhere.

6mm on the Pilot Sports after 6,000km, is it me or does that seem a bit quick?

duskyjoe

DaveyDave wrote: »

€32 for front wipers in VW, anyone have a price off the top of their head elsewhere? Could have sworn I saw Bosch wipers for €40 somewhere.

6mm on the Pilot Sports after 6,000km, is it me or does that seem a bit quick?

She’ll chew the fronts if your gassin it- rotate them

hooch-85

DaveyDave wrote: »

€32 for front wipers in VW, anyone have a price off the top of their head elsewhere? Could have sworn I saw Bosch wipers for €40 somewhere.

6mm on the Pilot Sports after 6,000km, is it me or does that seem a bit quick?

€32 is cheap, what brand are they Bosch? I paid €22 for Valeo ones recently at PR Reilly with a trade discount, find them just as good as OEM ones really.

DaveyDave

hooch-85 wrote: »

€32 is cheap, what brand are they Bosch? I paid €22 for Valeo ones recently at PR Reilly with a trade discount, find them just as good as OEM ones really.

Not sure, just got the service email with the cost. I suppose €32 isn't so bad.

duskyjoe wrote: »

She’ll chew the fronts if your gassin it- rotate them

Don't be doing much of that in the 1 litre Heard many reports of people getting 30k from them, I just hope they last longer than 20k of the Bridgestone that came with them.