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The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

carsfan

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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Hebegeebee

Jaysus, €47 for wipers. That's saucy.
Mind you I have to buy 2 replacement stretch bolts for a job on my A4 and the dealer/stealer is charging me €10 for the 2 bolts!!

I'd also be interested in hearing what tyres for that price.

dar83

No way I'd let them near Tyres. You'd end up coming out with Barum's. :eek:

JoeA3

Exactly. I'd be slow to let a main dealer change tyres tbh. €115 sounds like ditch-finder territory too. I'd expect to pay 150+ for something decent.

MisterDrak

Dropped the car in the service yesterday, which finished off at €487 ( which included 2 new front tires @ €115 each), wipers, €47, and the oil change and service its self. A tad expensive in the end.

Sorry to hear about the Car Joe... Those w**kers have no respect...

I was starting to talk myself into an R upgrade for 181, but I'm in two minds now.

DaveyDave

Pacifico wrote: »

Yeah there is a €1000 difference between the site and the brochure...seems to only apply to the 1.0L. 1.4L is unchanged. Both prices are before delivery charges

Odd! Did the dealer get back to you yet?

Haven't heard back yet, I'll try call tomorrow and see what the story is. He said he wasn't aware of any price changes but had to look into it. I imagine if it was a mistake it would have been changed by now though as the salesperson said others have been looking for the 1.0 DSG.

Ron Burgundy II

Joe, sorry to hear about your car.

Pacifico

Yeah there is a €1000 difference between the site and the brochure...seems to only apply to the 1.0L. 1.4L is unchanged. Both prices are before delivery charges

Odd! Did the dealer get back to you yet?

DaveyDave

JoeA3 wrote: »

Are you sure you aren't leaving out the delivery charges in your calculations? The product / price guide PDF is usually the best place to see what the real price is, including delivery, which is about €775 I think. Brochures / ads / websites often leave out that delivery charge.

Yeah, it's the first thing the salesperson said. The price I got was done using the RRP on the brochure, plus extras, excluding delivery charge. I double checked it with my order paperwork to be sure, price of the car used was the brochure RRP. I thought it was worth a mention.

JoeA3

DaveyDave wrote: »

On their website the price listed, at least for the 5 door 1.0 DSG, is less than the RRP in the brochure. When I mentioned the brochure price Vs the price listed he said he'd look into it. Not sure if that price is a mistake or not but it would be strange to change it in the website? I didn't compare prices of other models.

Are you sure you aren't leaving out the delivery charges in your calculations? The product / price guide PDF is usually the best place to see what the real price is, including delivery, which is about €775 I think. Brochures / ads / websites often leave out that delivery charge.

DaveyDave

kooga wrote: »

Are you saying the recommended retail price has dropped? How did you hear is there a new brochure out with prices?

On their website the price listed, at least for the 5 door 1.0 DSG, is less than the RRP in the brochure. When I mentioned the brochure price Vs the price listed he said he'd look into it. Not sure if that price is a mistake or not but it would be strange to change it in the website? I didn't compare prices of other models.

kooga

DaveyDave wrote: »

Sorry to add more non-GTI/R discussion but does anyone have experience haggling the price of a car that had a price drop? The Highline I ordered has dropped by €1,000 so the haggling I doesn't save much. The salesperson is to call me back today about the price. I think I could have got more off the original cost so I think even with the price drop there's room to come down a bit more.

Has anyone been in this situation before?

Are you saying the recommended retail price has dropped? How did you hear is there a new brochure out with prices?

JoeA3

dar83 wrote: »

Probably safer, unfortunately. Much less chance of the same kind of opportunist owning a similar car to nick the pieces they want to stick on to! :rolleyes:

Very true.

JoeA3

Thanks fellas.
The incident has shook me up a bit (not to mention the wife). It's not even the car... it's the fact that some low life degenerate thought it was A-OK to skunk about on my driveway in the middle of the night and vandalise my property. It's a real "invasion", if that makes any sense. Looking into beefing up my house alarm today. We have a very old (non-monitored) alarm and I'm tempted to get that upgraded to something modern now.

dar83

kodirl wrote: »

Imagine what owning a Supercar in Ireland must be like!

Probably safer, unfortunately. Much less chance of the same kind of opportunist owning a similar car to nick the pieces they want to stick on to! :rolleyes:

Condolences Joe, it's something that's always in the back of my mind also but there's pretty much literally nothing you can do about it.

kodirl

Sorry to hear about the car Joe. It's terrible having worked hard to treat yourself to a nice motor to have some degenerate low life come along and cause that kind of damage at your home.

Imagine what owning a Supercar in Ireland must be like!

st332

Sorry to hear about that Joe. I've heard of a mate whose R-Line Volvo suffered the same fate.
People are the worst.

Followed up on my order; should be incoming in early/mid september, the car is leaving the factory next week but shipping details are TBC.
Should be 12 weeks or less from order to collection, which is pretty good.
Hopefully there will still be a bit of a stretch in the evenings when it arrives.

DaveyDave

Sorry to add more non-GTI/R discussion but does anyone have experience haggling the price of a car that had a price drop? The Highline I ordered has dropped by €1,000 so the haggling I doesn't save much. The salesperson is to call me back today about the price. I think I could have got more off the original cost so I think even with the price drop there's room to come down a bit more.

Has anyone been in this situation before?

blingrhino

Thers nothing worse joe and i know you would love to catch the cnuts but you never know how that situation might have developed if you confronted them, all be it, the natural reaction.

Even if they were caught by the guards it would only be a slap on the wrist.

No deterant in this country for those scumbags.

i Can understand you feeling about downgrading and im sure like me it was a factor when you were buying the car but give it a while and see how you feel in a month or so. CNUTS !

ofcork

Sickening I had both foglights and a chrome look strip stolen from my avensis a few months ago cost me nearly 600 to replace.

bazz26

Unfortunately there is a black market for VAG parts and VWs and Audis are especially popular with the unwashed in this country. When I had a CC I had one of the front fog light brackets stolen from my driveway. They must have been disturbed as they only took one and it only cost €45 from VW.

I'd say those caps will never see donedeal but instead some knacker will be putting them on their tarted up **** box.

Hebegeebee

FFS, what absolute fcuking scum! Some people have no respect for other people's property.
I'm absolutely gutted for you Joe!

JoeA3

GustavoFring wrote: »

Gutted for you Joe, you're not having a good run at it lately.

Thanks man. Yeah it's been one thing after another I'm afraid. Nothing like a few incidents like this to suck the joy out of car ownership.

GustavoFring

Gutted for you Joe, you're not having a good run at it lately.

JoeA3

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Do you know if the coverings are compatible in other Golfs of the same era? I am guessing they are. I suppose you could super glue the screws when you put the new set on but if there is another attempt on them they might then butcher the mirrors in frustration to take them off.

Yeah they are identical to any MK7 Golf. Even though the caps a pricey to say the least, the one thing is I don't have to get them painted. They're brushed silver / chrome out of the box.
You'd have to get them painted on the other Golfs. Maybe I should just get blue ones!!

Atlantic Dawn

JoeA3 wrote: »

Possibly. They definitely knew what they were at though. They knew this car was here. They knew how to remove them quickly without breaking them or raising any alarm. I suspect they also knew the car is alarmed - so trying for the wheels / lights was a no no. I'm surprised my wheels, badges, lights all survived untouched though - this time.

A Garda friend of mine said he has never heard of the same car getting hit more than once. I guess there's always a first time......

Do you know if the coverings are compatible in other Golfs of the same era? I am guessing they are. I suppose you could super glue the screws when you put the new set on but if there is another attempt on them they might then butcher the mirrors in frustration to take them off.

everlast75

F**king low life scumbags. Very sorry to hear that Joe.

Take comfort in the fact that their lives will amount to nowt.

It's hard to get anything in life without some scumbag trying to ruin it

vintagevrs

Yeah all that security stuff is worth feck all to be honest. For stuff like that they'll still take them. A hoodie up and lights and camera mean nothing. We have cameras, alarms, lights etc but I wouldn't put any real value on them for security. Best thing is the dog but that's not always possible or even wanted. As you say, no point rearranging your life for a set of wing mirror caps.

Pricks.

JoeA3

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Pure scum, I'd say rather than resale they are putting them on their bog standard Golf to gloss it up, unlikely they would take them again unless a few of the same crowd have Golfs.

Possibly. They definitely knew what they were at though. They knew this car was here. They knew how to remove them quickly without breaking them or raising any alarm. I suspect they also knew the car is alarmed - so trying for the wheels / lights was a no no. I'm surprised my wheels, badges, lights all survived untouched though - this time.

A Garda friend of mine said he has never heard of the same car getting hit more than once. I guess there's always a first time......

JoeA3

vintagevrs wrote: »

Ffs, pricks.

Id be worried about replacing them too, as they are easy pickings and the scum could be back in a week for a fresh set.

I fúcking hate **** like this. No deterrent for it here at all.

Exactly. What can you do. I'll have a fresh set on it and then bang, some pikey will be back again for another set FFS!! I've been looking into alarms and auto lights for the driveway, CCTV, etc etc but fcuk that, I'm not up for turning the house into a prison for the sake of a pair of door mirrors.

I just have this feeling all day that it's no longer worth the aggravation as my priorities have to shift elsewhere at some stage. it's depressing.

Atlantic Dawn

Pure scum, I'd say rather than resale they are putting them on their bog standard Golf to gloss it up, unlikely they would take them again unless a few of the same crowd have Golfs.