The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

JoeA3

everlast75 wrote: »

I have and quoted his email on the 25.02.15 telling me the initial production slot was week 18, but that other GTDs ordered that week were week 14, so it was expected mine would more than likely be earlier than 14. That was in Feb.. until the email yesterday said week 27. I've no confidence with them re an explanation. They didn't even offer to ring around and see if they could source another GTD or apologise.

Fancy a swap with yours and mine

Re the red calipers - it is on the brochure and I pointed that out but was told that was a mistake

Anyhoo, my options are
1) to wait (not really a good option considering the soon to be addition)
2) go for the black which isn't kitted out as much as the one I ordered (no sport and sound pack )
3) investigate the Leon FR 184 as an alternative

I'd sit tight and wait... or at least find out what's going on. If you re-ordered the car with a different dealer today I'd expect it to be built sooner than that. You could probably manage with the 3 door for a few weeks? Are you a one-car household? It's also the reason I am changing - we had our first a few weeks ago and while the 3 door is a pain, it's manageable while the baby is still not overly heavy!

everlast75

JoeA3 wrote: »

I'd sit tight and wait... or at least find out what's going on. If you re-ordered the car with a different dealer today I'd expect it to be built sooner than that. You could probably manage with the 3 door for a few weeks? Are you a one-car household? It's also the reason I am changing - we had our first a few weeks ago and while the 3 door is a pain, it's manageable while the baby is still not overly heavy!

Well the black GTD is ready and waiting, so no lead time there.

The Seat may be immediately available, plus 10k cheaper - same engine as the GTD too.

I don't know if I trust any answer coming from the garage I dealt with on my ordered GTD, so if they came back and said May I don't have any confidence that they are telling the truth tbh.

My civic is gone, so I am car-less and my wife has hers, but she's on maternity leave in 2 weeks and I don't fancy leaving her without a car for the weeks until the arrival.

PS - congrats on the baby!

JoeA3

everlast75 wrote: »

Well the black GTD is ready and waiting, so no lead time there.

I don't know if I trust any answer coming from the garage I dealt with on my ordered GTD, so if they came back and said May I don't have any confidence that they are telling the truth tbh.

My civic is gone, so I am car-less and my wife has hers, but she's on maternity leave in 2 weeks and I don't fancy leaving her without a car for the weeks until the arrival.

PS - congrats on the baby!

Cheers!

I'd go into the dealers and ask them to show you the computer screen with your order and it's status. They have a direct link to the factory. My dealer sent me a screenshot yesterday of mine, after he'd just submitted my order. It actually shows the build week slot as well as all the options / packs you've selected.

everlast75

JoeA3 wrote: »

Cheers!

I'd go into the dealers and ask them to show you the computer screen with your order and it's status. They have a direct link to the factory. My dealer sent me a screenshot yesterday of mine, after he'd just submitted my order. It actually shows the build week slot as well as all the options / packs you've selected.

That's one way of verifying the delivery date alright, but if it is (as suspected) week 27, that still leaves me in a massive predicament in the interim!

JoeA3

everlast75 wrote: »

That's one way of verifying the delivery date alright, but if it is (as suspected) week 27, that still leaves me in a massive predicament in the interim!

It does but there's always a workaround. Don't do anything rash and saddle yourself with a car that you had to compromise on. It'll spoil the whole experience. Would the dealer give you the lend of a demo car for a few weeks, even if it's a Polo or something, it'd do for a short while? I'm sure if you spin the new baby story they will not say no

everlast75

Appreciate that advice and completely understand, but 3 months without a car is above and beyond. I've had a loan of my dad's for the last two weeks and have to hand that back this week.
I will definitely wait until they come back to me (in reality, call out as they never do return calls/emails) and see where we are at, but its shocking customer care and I'm loathe to hand over the cash (in July!!!) knowing that they'll get a tidy commission on the sale

JoeA3

everlast75 wrote: »

Appreciate that advice and completely understand, but 3 months without a car is above and beyond. I've had a loan of my dad's for the last two weeks and have to hand that back this week.
I will definitely wait until they come back to me (in reality, call out as they never do return calls/emails) and see where we are at, but its shocking customer care and I'm loathe to hand over the cash (in July!!!) knowing that they'll get a tidy commission on the sale

On the upside, you'll have a 152 reg and you'll get the spec tweaks that are supposedly due in BW 22 (larger screens on the radios, etc).

If I was in your position I'd call in there and demand to see the dealer principal, explain your case, tell them you are suspicious of what's going on as you know (from the likes of me!) that VW delivery rarely takes more than 10-12 weeks. Explain the new baby on the way... if they can't get the build week pulled back, they'll surely sort you out with a demo car in the interim.

I also know it is possible for them to swap build weeks - e.g. say they've another GTD on order and it has an earlier week, it could be possible to swap your spec onto that car.

If they say no to all that then I would go elsewhere tbh.

bbeeforsalmon

Got news on R today. Ordered dec 18th due March 10th. Dealer error no DSG so reordered feb 25 delivery late April or earlier but I never believed that. Now told it will be June. Yours ordered earlier but production week 27????? I could be looking at August

bbeeforsalmon

Going to email dealer and request screen shot to confirm. Thanks for the idea

everlast75

bbeeforsalmon wrote: »

Going to email dealer and request screen shot to confirm. Thanks for the idea

test drove the FR Leon at lunch. 150 bhp but didn't do the business for me. unfair comparison perhaps to the golf when it's 10k cheaper.

I got a big standard reply from VW today so I've given them 48 hours to get back with solid info.

bbeeforsalmon

Dealer apologised for their error on original order and I negotiated a250 discount on any extras I wanted to add at that stage. Ordered the pan roof you might get some of the cheaper options thrown in if you push.

TheBazman

I ordered my R in late Nov and it arrived in the second week of Feb. 5 door Lapiz blue, dsg, leather. Just over 3500kms at this stage and about 60% motorway driving. Average mpg is around 28mpg. The 4wd is very impressive...glued to the road in all conditions.

bbeeforsalmon

Lucky you. I will be waiting near 6 months. Do you have launch control or sport setting on dsg

TheBazman

bbeeforsalmon wrote: »

Lucky you. I will be waiting near 6 months. Do you have launch control or sport setting on dsg

You can launch control on dsg, and there is regular D and Sport.

shabalala

Is there a chance these dealers are delaying cars to the 152 reg to boost 2nd half of year figures etc etc???

bazz26

I'd doubt it, they are selling plenty of bread and butter Golfs to cover monthly sales figures. A Gti or R would not be a large a volume seller in this country and the Irish market is quite small as a whole. The delay seems to be either allocation (bigger markets where demand is stronger get bigger allocations) and/or production related.

CGI_3

Hoping to order a 152 myself. Started the ball rolling today. Been looking around. Few queries some of ye might be able to comment on.

The pearl white paint, what's the difference between it and regular metallic; why does it cost another 500 odd over regular pearl paint? Why would it be worth over a 1000 euro?!

What kind of discount off list price are people getting for straight deals?

And, why does the GTD cost 2K more here, while across the water it's a couple of hundred cheaper (well going by a few youtube reviews anyway).

JoeA3

CGI_3 wrote: »

Hoping to order a 152 myself. Started the ball rolling today. Been looking around. Few queries some of ye might be able to comment on.

The pearl white paint, what's the difference between it and regular metallic; why does it cost another 500 odd over regular pearl paint? Why would it be worth over a 1000 euro?!

What kind of discount off list price are people getting for straight deals?

And, why does the GTD cost 2K more here, while across the water it's a couple of hundred cheaper (well going by a few youtube reviews anyway).

The oryx White is "special order". There's no difference apart from that! Just marketing. VW aren't unique in this. I know Ford for example charge mad money for one of the metallics on the Focus. The regular white is free and you'd need to be up very close to the car under bright light to see the difference.

Discount on a straight deal - in or around 2 - 2.5k I'm told.

GTD price is mostly due to VRT.

bbeeforsalmon

I got the screen shot today. Car was ordered 26th feb. Correct. Desired week is 14, don't know if dealer chose it or it was earliest week available. Confirmed SGW week 19, no other dates included. Don't know if that is a build date but have requested more info. Saw a uk polo that didn't leave factory until 6 weeks after sgw???? I'm told system will update in next few days with all details.

everlast75

bbeeforsalmon wrote: »

I got the screen shot today. Car was ordered 26th feb. Correct. Desired week is 14, don't know if dealer chose it or it was earliest week available. Confirmed SGW week 19, no other dates included. Don't know if that is a build date but have requested more info. Saw a uk polo that didn't leave factory until 6 weeks after sgw???? I'm told system will update in next few days with all details.

I gave my garage 48 hours to get their story straight and also see what they are going to do about the delay.

Surprise surprise I haven't heard from them yet - plan on heading over there this afternoon/evening to talk to them about it :mad:

bbeeforsalmon

Starting to boil here too. No reply from them today so far. Let me know how you get on. Hopefully you will get a look at the screen. Mine has a note at the top saying Desired week not confirmed in red font. Dont know if the factory or dealer have to confirm. You might also check what SGW date means. It was not a build date in the past but that may have changed. Hope you get some joy.

CGI_3

JoeA3 wrote: »

The oryx White is "special order". There's no difference apart from that! Just marketing. VW aren't unique in this. I know Ford for example charge mad money for one of the metallics on the Focus. The regular white is free and you'd need to be up very close to the car under bright light to see the difference.

Discount on a straight deal - in or around 2 - 2.5k I'm told.

GTD price is mostly due to VRT.

Yeah, I was offered 2500 straight up on a basic GTI without and haggling. And I saw 3000 scribbled down against a price on an R for another customer.

Looks like the only option that catches my eye that I'd go for is 7X5 Parrallel Park Assist including park distance control at 205.

I'm presuming this works on bay parking too, or does it?!

The camera and distance sensors are free (tech pack) / standard now anyway.

Not that I'd probably ever use the feature, put it must be worth the money to see the car steer itself!

Keyless access doesn't seem to come without the alarm...

Anyone know if the now standard 18" Austins come with locking bolts?

I had to but them separately last time for a highline car.

Are headlight washers now standard with the Xenon's, they used always go together. I.e., one less thing extra you'd be getting on the Winter Pack.

JoeA3

CGI_3 wrote: »

Yeah, I was offered 2500 straight up on a basic GTI without and haggling. And I saw 3000 scribbled down against a price on an R for another customer.

Looks like the only option that catches my eye that I'd go for is 7X5 Parrallel Park Assist including park distance control at 205.

I'm presuming this works on bay parking too, or does it?!

The camera and distance sensors are free (tech pack) / standard now anyway.

Not that I'd probably ever use the feature, put it must be worth the money to see the car steer itself!

Keyless access doesn't seem to come without the alarm...

Anyone know if the now standard 18" Austins come with locking bolts?

I had to but them separately last time for a highline car.

Are headlight washers now standard with the Xenon's, they used always go together. I.e., one less thing extra you'd be getting on the Winter Pack.

Keyless requires you to spec the alarm so it is a pricey option overall yes. On the R the alarm is standard, so keyless is cheaper!

Locking wheel nuts have always been standard on GTI alloys.

Xenons are legally required to have washers, so yes those are standard.

Winter pack is pretty poor value. Especially if you spec leather, as leather comes with heated seats. So if you spec winter pack in that case you are paying big for heated washer jets!

Park assist is for parallel parking... For those that struggle to park! With rear camera and parking sensors standard, I can't see how you'd need it.

everlast75

bbeeforsalmon wrote: »

Starting to boil here too. No reply from them today so far. Let me know how you get on. Hopefully you will get a look at the screen. Mine has a note at the top saying Desired week not confirmed in red font. Dont know if the factory or dealer have to confirm. You might also check what SGW date means. It was not a build date in the past but that may have changed. Hope you get some joy.

okay,
went out to dealer as 48 hours were up and no sign of an email. salesman called me over and showed me the forecast for the day I ordered.. showing 14 weeks.

he confirmed he received NO weekly updates at all since only to receive this week a week 27 forecast.

he accepted completely that it was VW fault and the girl assigned to allocate spaces gave him no joy so he's above her head on Tuesday.

I told him I'd sourced a GTD in Deansgrange, a FR 184 and was test driving them both on Saturday.

he confirmed he would return the deposit if I wanted to, but offered a courtesy car until mine arrived. plus he'd throw in the protective coat at 299 for free and all I had to do was wait til Tuesday to make my mind up.

was happy enough with that. I'll rack up mileage in their car and probably end up with a 152 reg!

JoeA3

I suppose he can't do much better than that for you, not too bad!

bbeeforsalmon

everlast75 wrote: »

okay,
went out to dealer as 48 hours were up and no sign of an email. salesman called me over and showed me the forecast for the day I ordered.. showing 14 weeks.

he confirmed he received NO weekly updates at all since only to receive this week a week 27 forecast.

he accepted completely that it was VW fault and the girl assigned to allocate spaces gave him no joy so he's above her head on Tuesday.

I told him I'd sourced a GTD in Deansgrange, a FR 184 and was test driving them both on Saturday.

he confirmed he would return the deposit if I wanted to, but offered a courtesy car until mine arrived. plus he'd throw in the protective coat at 299 for free and all I had to do was wait til Tuesday to make my mind up.

was happy enough with that. I'll rack up mileage in their car and probably end up with a 152 reg!

It seems to be out of the dealers' hands. VW seem to do what they like. You ordered 2nd week Feb, now week27. I orgered golf R 4th week Feb, now week 19. Problem for me is I ordered 4 th week December and the dealer admitted to messing that one up . From UK forum I see Rs ordered same week as me all knew it would be week 19 from the start. I still haven' t found out how long after that it will arrive at dealer

everlast75

indeed - I vocalised in no uncertain terms the p*** poor information coming from VW to him. that's where the problem lies. of course, he has the incentive of whatever bonus he makes on the sale to keep him keen.

I can't tell if they can do anything for me in terms of pulling the dare forward. I'd suspect it's the same for you. the only thing they may be able to do is mark it as a priority and see if they can jump the queue so to speak :-/

as for your dealer, I'm sure they would be amenable to doing something for you because if their F up.

have you rang other dealers to see if they've one ordered with the customer pulling out?

ondafly

MisterDrak wrote: »

How do you find the DSG ?

I've been thinking about changing to the DSG from the manual... A DSG or a Performance pack is the real question ???

Apologies for the slow reply

I love the DSG - my wife drives a MKV GTI with DSG and that sold me on it. Along with the auto lights, auto handbrake, auto wipers - its great. I'm all for technology making life easier and if you want to manually change hears, you've got the paddles for that.

Mine is actually a 13 reg but I picked it up this year. Currently 13k on the clock and last week I finally got to drive it on a long distance. By the half point on the petrol tank I'd manged 350KMs which was about the limit on my old WRX.

Heres a snap of it the day I bought it.



One thing that is annoying me though - I think the paint is quite soft, BMW soft. I have some collinite 845 to put on it, so hoping that hardens it a bit. It reminds me of the paint on my M3, that was like butter.

carsfan

That is a beautiful looking gti.
Is that onyx white?
The 19 inch wheels suit it well.

ondafly

carsfan wrote: »

That is a beautiful looking gti.
Is that onyx white?
The 19 inch wheels suit it well.

Cheers it's called oryx white. Being honest I didn't notice until the sales chap showed it parked beside a normal white golf.

The 19s look great and the ride quality is fine for our roads. I'm dreading having to buy tires for it though.