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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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kevodaly

ChuckLarry wrote: »

Does anyone have any recent experience in how long a delivery time to expect from car landing in Dublin to being at the dealership? Car is finally on the boat after a long 6 months

Fletch how long did your polo take?

Thanks

Out of interest, what was your build week/date?
My car is being built this week apparently, so trying to get a rough idea of when it'll be here.

fletch

ChuckLarry wrote: »

Fletch how long did your polo take?

I'm not sure tbh. I only found out my car was in the country after I called the dealer and he checked and said it was ready for dispatch and after that it was a few working days later.

Eircom_Sucks

Hey folks

Bought my gtd in early april

But yet to receive my logbook on it

Should it take this long ? Was bought off a garage

Wailin

It's a bit long alright. You should get it within 2 weeks. Did you contact the garage at all?

Eircom_Sucks

Wailin wrote: »

It's a bit long alright. You should get it within 2 weeks. Did you contact the garage at all?

Yeah

He hasnt answered my call yet , only rang him today

Is there a number i can ring and tell them im the new owner and they will then contact him ?

hooch-85

Put your reg in here and it will tell you if there has been any change of ownership in the last 3 months, if not then Shannon won't have received the book yet.

https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/changeOwnership.do

Eircom_Sucks

hooch-85 wrote: »

Put your reg in here and it will tell you if there has been any change of ownership in the last 3 months, if not then Shannon won't have received the book yet.

https://www.motortax.ie/OMT/changeOwnership.do

Checked it

Not changed yet

Wailin

Ring shannon tomorrow. They will be able to tell you if it came in in the last few days but they just didn't process it yet.

Eircom_Sucks

Stay away from tesco for diesel

Usually go in when at 0km left in tank and put €50 and it goes up to 450km in tank

Today went in with 40km in tank and put €50 and its only at 440km now

Im no rocket scientest but thats a big diff

Usually go to cirkle k , this was first time in tesco in new car

First world issues i know

bazz26

I bet the dealer never got the logbook with the car from the previous owner and now hopes it's your problem to sort out.

Toyotafanboi

That range calculation is based on your previous driving style. The car doesn't know the brand or quality of fuel going into it.

Stop hooning around Tescos car park before filling up may be more helpful.

On my Golf after i fill the tank i usually get a range indication somewhere around 880-900kms, i can drive to work and back twice (70kms each way) and 2 days later it'll say range of 1150 or so kms, after the motorway driving.

theintern

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Stay away from tesco for diesel

Usually go in when at 0km left in tank and put €50 and it goes up to 450km in tank

Today went in with 40km in tank and put €50 and its only at 440km now

Im no rocket scientest but thats a big diff

Usually go to cirkle k , this was first time in tesco in new car

First world issues i know

If you're worried about it, start tracking your consumption on Fuelly. It's very likely you just have had more city driving lately, so worse MPG in your last tank, so it revises its range estimate down.

Eircom_Sucks

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

That range calculation is based on your previous driving style. The car doesn't know the brand or quality of fuel going into it.

Stop hooning around Tescos car park before filling up may be more helpful.

On my Golf after i fill the tank i usually get a range indication somewhere around 880-900kms, i can drive to work and back twice (70kms each way) and 2 days later it'll say range of 1150 or so kms, after the motorway driving.

Obviously if i drive like a 90 year old the average usage stretches out alot , but initially when you fill the tank it will say how 460km for me anyway , its been the same for 5 fills now from same filling station , first time in tesco with 40km left in tank and only goes to 440 , that would suggest if it was empty id only get 400km , rather than 450 i normally get

ChuckLarry

kevodaly wrote: »

Out of interest, what was your build week/date?
My car is being built this week apparently, so trying to get a rough idea of when it'll be here.

I’m actually not sure of an exact week, was originally told I’d be collecting it end of January start of feb, that came and went and was told end of April start of May, I think it was finally built in week 17, is on the ship now which is 2 days and after that it seems to be anyone’s guess/depends how busy transporter are.

Toyotafanboi

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Obviously if i drive like a 90 year old the average usage stretches out alot , but initially when you fill the tank it will say how 460km for me anyway , its been the same for 5 fills now from same filling station , first time in tesco with 40km left in tank and only goes to 440 , that would suggest if it was empty id only get 400km , rather than 450 i normally get

That's a totally inaccurate way to measure anything unfortunately.

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Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Obviously if i drive like a 90 year old the average usage stretches out alot , but initially when you fill the tank it will say how 460km for me anyway , its been the same for 5 fills now from same filling station , first time in tesco with 40km left in tank and only goes to 440 , that would suggest if it was empty id only get 400km , rather than 450 i normally get

The predicted range is heavily dependent on your most recent driving. It is often the same as your driving is probably similar but it can vary wildly if you have had different driving between fills.

SaintsYB

Eircom_Sucks wrote: »

Hey folks

Bought my gtd in early april

But yet to receive my logbook on it

Should it take this long ? Was bought off a garage

I bought my car off a main dealer and it took probably a month to get mine. After many calls to the dealer about it not arriving in the post, they agreed to get me a new one.

Kick up a fuss about it. If they sent it, it's not your fault that it didn't arrive.

fletch

Few additions to tidy up the boot

dastardly00

fletch wrote: »

Few additions to tidy up the boot

Is the floor of the boot adustable? (if that makes sense). Can you lower or raise it?

carsfan2

Read today that the mark 8 golf launch has been put back to early 2020 so probably no gti/r models here until 2021?

fletch

dastardly00 wrote: »

Is the floor of the boot adustable? (if that makes sense). Can you lower or raise it?

yes and no. It's odd it can be adjusted but the spare (spacesaver) blocks it so it can't be. I must have a play around as there seems to be a lot of foam under the wheel that may be able to be removed. The boot is quite shallow as is

bazz26

Mk8 interior photos out in the wild now:

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Initial thought would be that I'd hope the final production version would have the virtual dash screen and infotainment screen more flush with each other like what Mercedes do rather than just looking like something that was added afterwards.

Mickiemcfist

Hideous, if you'd asked me ahead of time what that was, I'd have guessed a 2020 remake of the Peugeot Partner van.

theintern

It's definitely a bad angle, but eesh, doesn't look great. Quite tacky and cheap. Kia/Hyundai-esque

SaintsYB

I'm not liking the look of those big, shiny black plastic bezels around the screens.

theintern

OSI wrote: »

It’s still very much a test mule, you can see the camo stripes on the windscreen, those screen are likely just in placeholders to verify stuff works and are easily removable/replaceable rather than being a finalised design.

Hopefully! The one thing I'm not a fan of in the 7.5 is the very fingerprintey screen surrounds.

DaveyDave

One thing I feel strongly about with the MK7.5 is the flush infotainment. I'm not a fan of the stick out iPad screens on most cars these days. I'd like to think VW know this too, no reason the passenger side dash can't be flush.

But we'll see what happens at launch...

On an unrelated note I learned there was a 2.5L MK6 in America!

JoeA3

It looks absolutely dreadful. Really crap!

But I think I had the same indifference / WTF-are-they-thinking when the MK5, 6 and 7 first appeared. I'll wait till I see the performance models in the metal to pass proper judgment... my opinion tends to change then and thats when it gets expensive....

That popped up nav screen reminds me of current BMW's actually - very similar to the new G20 3 series.

drunkmonkey

That looks like a test car, this is what it should look like...a lot more intergated, not just a tablet lobbed onto the dash like the test car..

SaintsYB

That sketch looks like it would be far better in person. Like Joe said, the sketch looks almost identical to the new BMW interiors such the the new 3 Series/Z4/8 Series.