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The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

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Any body with either of these able to advise on what the real world economy is of these?
There is not much between them in purchase price.
The gtd 625 euro more.
I do 25000km a year and really would prefer the gti but my head tells me the gtd is what I should be looking at.
I've only driven the gti and found it very entertaining.
Dealer says resale is the same for both of them. There is only 90 euro difference in road tax and insurance the same so fuel costs are the main financial difference.

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maddness

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

Have a JB1 in the gti.
The R performance would be insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nmGu-WuOH8

I've a Racechip on my R, it's brilliant.

TheAnalyst_

everlast75 wrote: »

OSI wrote: »

How do you find the JB1? Tempted myself, but at the same time I don't find myself overly short with the stock power and would have concerns on blowing the engine in a year old car.

How did the insurance company find the JB1?

A big benefit is that its plug and play so I can sell it on when I get rid of the car. Likewise for any warranty or insurance issues if you care so much about that.
Noticeable jump in power and it puts it on the limit for fwd when accelerating from low speeds.

everlast75

OSI wrote: »

How do you find the JB1? Tempted myself, but at the same time I don't find myself overly short with the stock power and would have concerns on blowing the engine in a year old car.

How did the insurance company find the JB1?

Hebegeebee

JoeA3 wrote: »

€289 a corner? No chance you're getting genuine VW wheels for that. The 19" Prets are around €1100 a corner! The Austins are definitely 6-700+.

Generally speaking I've found VW irl good for optioning factory equipment that isn't officially available. You'll need to do the leg work and find the correct option codes. Give the option code to the dealer and ask him to check if it's feasible...

I can't link to the VW document dated Nov 2016 that shows a price for the 18" Pretorias as I haven't got enough posts. I thought I read something somewhere about there being a difference between the 18 & 19" Pretorias other than the obvious size differences.

Cheers, I will search for the appropriate option code and ask/insist on it.

JoeA3

dar83 wrote: »

Having your wheels clean is also important there. Don't go to get a fresh set of tyre's fitted with a two week build up of brake/road dust on them. Have them sparkly clean or as close to sparkly clean as you can when you turn up, it makes it more obvious that you're very well aware of how they looked before they went in. This along with mentioning that to them (in a nice way of course) will help reduce any potential for disaster.

Use common sense too with regard to where you get them fitted. Your typical Kwik fit / Advance pitStop are just not going to care enough and/or have adequate tools/training to do the job properly. Bring the car to a smaller indie tyre shop, even better if you see them handling decent cars regularly.

TheAnalyst_

Have a JB1 in the gti.
The R performance would be insane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nmGu-WuOH8

maddness

As a mater of interest has anyone here either remapped their Golf R or used a tuning box?

dar83

Having your wheels clean is also important there. Don't go to get a fresh set of tyre's fitted with a two week build up of brake/road dust on them. Have them sparkly clean or as close to sparkly clean as you can when you turn up, it makes it more obvious that you're very well aware of how they looked before they went in. This along with mentioning that to them (in a nice way of course) will help reduce any potential for disaster.

Neilw

tippman1 wrote: »

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but how do you ensure a tyre depot doesn't damage your rims when having tyres fitted? If you find an alloy gouged after a tyre is fitted, how do you convince the fitter they caused the damage?

Or do you tactfully mention beforehand that your wheels are pristine and please be careful? I've often worried about this being a bit ocd about keeping my rims unblemished.

Point out beforehand that your wheels are unmarked, check again once tyres are fitted and if there is damage the fitter is to blame, simples.

Comhrá

JoeA3 wrote: »

Be careful when you get the tyres changed... a careless tyre fitter will wreck them handily enough.

Not wanting to hijack the thread, but how do you ensure a tyre depot doesn't damage your rims when having tyres fitted? If you find an alloy gouged after a tyre is fitted, how do you convince the fitter they caused the damage?

Or do you tactfully mention beforehand that your wheels are pristine and please be careful? I've often worried about this being a bit ocd about keeping my rims unblemished.

dar83

JoeA3 wrote: »

Be careful when you get the tyres changed... a careless tyre fitter will wreck them handily enough.

The plan will be hopefully to never have the tyre's changed on the Austin's.

JoeA3

Be careful when you get the tyres changed... a careless tyre fitter will wreck them handily enough.

dar83

I have the car 17 months now and as of yet *touches wood* mine are unmarked, aside from a couple of tiny stone chip looking marks. The edges are all smooth and shiny and that's how I plan on them staying!

vintagevrs

Parking an inch from the kerb shouldn't damage them

TheAnalyst_

I love the new 18s''.
They look like an evolution of the Austins. My biggest issue with them is kerb rash. One little rub and they look completely wrecked. I unfortunately have to park a inch from the kerb where I live so its on all four corners.

everlast75

"Slightly" off topic but how much I might get for a clean set of OEM Austins if I were to sell 'em?

JoeA3

hooch-85 wrote: »

I agree, but it's probably only a matter of time before they are on every second felter in the country:D

I'd nearly agree with Neil, spec the car with cheapest wheels and upgrade to some nice BBS's or the likes.

The cheapest wheels on the GTI will be those 18's... cheapest as in "free" :pac:

dar83

I'd never put reps near any car to be honest, but definitely not a car that's new or 2-3 years old! :eek:

I've been window shopping on wheels for a while now and I have a shortlist of wants. Just need to see how things go and I'll pull the trigger on something at some point. I was sold on the Neuspeed RSE10's until Brexit completely screwed the price of them up and they became nearly the same cost as a set of BBS. Kind of a no brainer in choice then...

hooch-85

JoeA3 wrote: »

Yeah there's reps out there, I've seen them crop up on eBay and I've seen other cars like that on DoneDeal (usually Norn Iron registered diesel yokes).

You'd be crazy to put reps on a new car imo.

I agree, but it's probably only a matter of time before they are on every second felter in the country:D

I'd nearly agree with Neil, spec the car with cheapest wheels and upgrade to some nice BBS's or the likes.

JoeA3

hooch-85 wrote: »

Are there Pretoria reps available too? If these are reps on this car they look pretty good

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gtd-3-door-white/14702327

Yeah there's reps out there, I've seen them crop up on eBay and I've seen other cars like that on DoneDeal (usually Norn Iron registered diesel yokes).

You'd be crazy to put reps on a new car imo.

JoeA3

€289 a corner? No chance you're getting genuine VW wheels for that. The 19" Prets are around €1100 a corner! The Austins are definitely 6-700+.

Generally speaking I've found VW irl good for optioning factory equipment that isn't officially available. You'll need to do the leg work and find the correct option codes. Give the option code to the dealer and ask him to check if it's feasible...

Hebegeebee

My first time posting in this thread. I've been lurking in the UK GTi forum reading about the new GTi and the PP.
I like the facelift but don't like these new wheels; didn't like the austins either mind.
There is an option of 18" Pretorias on the VW.de configurator but not available here. Would it be possible to spec them with VW Ireland? At what cost? They're available from VW individually at €289 a corner, rim only.
Also, the option to remove the Active display isn't available here either, compared with Germany or the UK.

I wanted to get a PP last July but they weren't available for 162 order so holding off not for the Mk7.5 one.

hooch-85

Are there Pretoria reps available too? If these are reps on this car they look pretty good

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gtd-3-door-white/14702327

Hebegeebee

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Neilw wrote: »

..........
IMO any of those new design diamond cut wheels are cheap and nasty looking.

yup............. smell of Halfords specials off them

Neilw

JoeA3 wrote: »

They're shocking... so it makes stumping up for the 19's a must have option. And I'm not crazy about the 19's on offer either. It'd have to be the brescias.

I'd be ordering the car with the cheapest wheels from the factory and then buying some pretorias or bbs/oz from German eBay.
IMO any of those new design diamond cut wheels are cheap and nasty looking.

JoeA3

dar83 wrote: »

Those new alloys look like bad Austin reps (and that's not a compliment in itself either :P ).

They're shocking... so it makes stumping up for the 19's a must have option. And I'm not crazy about the 19's on offer either. It'd have to be the brescias.

dar83

Those new alloys look like bad Austin reps (and that's not a compliment in itself either :P ).

bazz26

Detailed review here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dTrU4YfHM

MidMan25

There's a drive of the facelift GTI and a feature on the future of the Golf in this month's Car magazine for anyone that's interested.