The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

I wanted to buy a 3door cupra with the sub 8 performance pack on it, no go in Ireland unfortunately.
I've always liked seat styling, a bit more edgy than VW.

Best of luck with it.

Ionised wrote: »

...........pic of the Cupra.............

You know, that's the same spec and colour combo that I'm thinking of for the next car to replace the FR. I am debating on whether to get the hatch or the estate, just to be different................

Oh, well wear also

ianobrien wrote: »

You know, that's the same spec and colour combo that I'm thinking of for the next car to replace the FR. I am debating on whether to get the hatch or the estate, just to be different................

Oh, well wear also

I did consider the ST on pure looks alone as I think it is a great shape. But if I was to have gone with the ST I'd have HAD to go with the 4drive and then those pennies really start adding up.

To those who commented on the wheels...oddly enough its the one part of the car I'm not 100% keen on. Tad too fussy for my taste. Seems I am alone on this though as most comments from friends and family were that they liked them.

Horses for courses as they say

ianobrien wrote: »

Ah the 4drive price is daft over the 2WD ST. It's the best part of €8k for a flappy paddle 'box and 4WD. I'd nearly prefer the limo in the 2WD and have more fun as the 4drive has open diffs front and rear.......

crazy money €7,820 v £3,035 in the uk to upgrade to 4wd and dsg

On the topic of sterling prices and someone mentioning the PP, I couldn't believe the DSG PP is more than double the price over the UK, then I saw that the GTI PP DSG is €35,100 in the UK and €43,360 here. The Golf R is €38,649 and €47,595 here!

I know cars are cheaper in the UK but jesus christ...you'd swear our dealerships just buy them retail from the UK and add tax onto them. I just find it hard to believe they're being bought from Germany then VAT and VRT added on? It's sickening, I absolute hate the cost of motoring here!

I'll still end up in a GTI or an R in a few years, but it would be a hell of a lot more affordable in the UK! We'd have so much more money to spend on petrol we wouldn't have to watch the MPGs on the commute to work.

Also that Seat is tasty looking!

OSI wrote: »

I was looking at GTI/R pricing on the German site a couple of months back before the facelift and was surprised to see that when they were specced up to Irish levels they weren't massively cheaper than here, maybe 2-3k at most. I think they're just particularly cheap in the UK.

I did similar in Austria a while back and found the same. Was surprised to say the least, but it was slightly heartwarming.

kooga wrote: »

€4,652 on dsg
€4,829 on manual
here for exhaust

You'd need your head tested to consider spec'ing it.

JoeA3 wrote: »

You'd need your head tested to consider spec'ing it.

I've seen it spec'd on an R for a customer of the dealer I ordered with; the final price was truly eye-watering!

Saw a very nice R in indium gray, 3 door with black Pretoria wheels.
Anyone here?

+1. Great looking car.

hunkydory1 wrote: »

Anyone know if that Akrapovic exhaust for the R is a full system or cat back only? Does it involve a different ecu map?

It does sound rather fruity..

It's not even a cat back, rear silencer only. No ecu map.
The main restriction on an R is the downpipe, even a cat back wouldn't need an ecu update.

Hebegeebee wrote: »

I got a provisional build week from my dealer of wk40 for my GTi-PP order. Seemingly there are delays on lights at the moment.

You'll be looking at 181 at that rate...

Provisional build week means nothing though. It can push out/pull in before it's a confirmed bw.

Hebegeebee wrote: »

I'm still hoping for a late Oct delivery. The dealer, who has been absolutely brilliant with updates and information since first talking to him, said that the BW hadn't moved so far and he thought it was unlikely to pull in due to delays on lights (delays which were mentioned by a dealer on the UK GolfGTI website too).

I have a cut off date after which I told the dealer I'll just wait until Jan for delivery. The dealer was happy to do this but pointed out that they don't know if there would be price increases for 181.
Hopefully, it won't come to that!

And yet my dealer can't even get through to whoever they need to contact in VW regarding build dates and haven't gotten back to me regarding a 6 week delay on a standard Golf. I wonder if I ordered a GTI would they be able to get a hold of someone. I just find it hard to believe he's emailing someone in VW somewhere and they're not answering their phones either.

Yeah you can do that but having been there before you're only torturing yourself. Weekly updates won't make it come any quicker

I'm sure it's a fine car, but I would just be wary of depreciation as it's a relatively new concept in the Golf and could suffer more so because of it. Also, battery and ev tech is likely to improve a lot which will make the current tech, old tech before long further impacting residuals.

Too old for a GTI? Don't think that's possible