The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

kevodaly wrote: »

Thanks for the warning!! I'm in Waterford so I'll try find someone reputable.. or else take a spin to Dublin.

Ger in Halfords in Waterford i would highly recommend, he fitted a dashcam in my last A6 and again in the New one this year, top class job on both occasions

kevodaly wrote: »

I collected my GTI PP Dsg on Tuesday .. build completed on May 17th, arrived at the dealer a week later which is pretty quick!

Have any of you had a dashcam fitted? I'd like one with 'parked mode', so will need to be hard wired. Any experience of Halfords fitting service? And any recommendations? This one has caught my eye today ...

https://www.halfords.ie/technology/dash-cams/dash-cams/blackvue-dr590w-2ch-with-rear-dash-cam-16gb-microsd-card

Out of curiosity, build finished May 17th or arrived in Dublin port May 17th? My car was on boat arrived May 17th and it won’t be ready for collection till next Wednesday

ChuckLarry wrote: »

Out of curiosity, build finished May 17th or arrived in Dublin port May 17th? My car was on boat arrived May 17th and it won’t be ready for collection till next Wednesday

Build finished May 17th, and landed in Dublin on the 21st. VW customer service were good with updates along the way. They did say there was some congestion at the port that might cause a delay, but didn’t seem to affect it much. It arrived in Waterford on Friday 24th.

Really nice GTI. Class colour.

Looking at the GTi above, it's gotten me wondering. Will I upgrade? I've a 141 Leon FR (184PS) that's running like a champ so I don't "need" to change but I really don't need a diesel. I'm just wondering will I go for
* A Golf GTi (like above) now (sensible choice)
* Golf R now (a snot quicker than a GTi)
* Leon Cupra (more manic than the R, more my style)
* Wait for the new Golf GTi / Golf R / Leon Cupra?

Or, be sensible and keep the Leon, it's working just fine and as it's over 100k on the clock & 5 years old, I'll get a crap trade-in

ianobrien wrote: »

Looking at the GTi above, it's gotten me wondering. Will I upgrade? I've a 141 Leon FR (184PS) that's running like a champ so I don't "need" to change but I really don't need a diesel. I'm just wondering will I go for
* A Golf GTi (like above) now (sensible choice)
* Golf R now (a snot quicker than a GTi)
* Leon Cupra (more manic than the R, more my style)
* Wait for the new Golf GTi / Golf R / Leon Cupra?

Or, be sensible and keep the Leon, it's working just fine and as it's over 100k on the clock & 5 years old, I'll get a crap trade-in

Hard to say what to do here, the price to change might be pretty steep, but if you like the way they look, and can handle the extra road tax and small bit of extra fuel costs, I'd go for a post 2015 Golf R. They're about the same price as the GTIs and there's a load of them for sale online.

But I'm an interior snob and almost automatically discount the Seats for that reason.

Depending on what your trade in looks like now, and what it'd look like in a year and a half waiting might be an option too. It'll be a while though before the MK8 performance cars come in, and even then you might want to wait for them to iron out the kinks in a new platform.

I see lots of negative posts about the interior of the Cupra but I didn't find them bad at all, there isn't a huge difference between the Leon and a Golf. Aside from adaptive cupholders and felt lined door pockets I can't think of much else missing from the Cupra.

If you're considering one, look at demo models. You can get a 181 for €32-34k and a 191 demo/pre-reg for €38k. The new price seems to have gone up to around €44k, judging by what's available. Big increase from the previous €39k and they still lack front sensors and digital dash as standard, I believe adaptive cruise is also still missing and Irish models with ACC are scarce.

They're a nice looking car too and less of them on the roads.

DaveyDave wrote: »

I see lots of negative posts about the interior of the Cupra but I didn't find them bad at all, there isn't a huge difference between the Leon and a Golf. Aside from adaptive cupholders and felt lined door pockets I can't think of much else missing from the Cupra.

If you're considering one, look at demo models. You can get a 181 for €32-34k and a 191 demo/pre-reg for €38k. The new price seems to have gone up to around €44k, judging by what's available. Big increase from the previous €39k and they still lack front sensors and digital dash as standard, I believe adaptive cruise is also still missing and Irish models with ACC are scarce.

They're a nice looking car too and less of them on the roads.

There's a 181 for sale online and it's the 300 model with DSG, not bad value at 32k. Better sounding exhaust before they introduced wltp on the new 290's.

hooch-85 wrote: »

If its the blue one in Coltons it's been for sale for well over a year, i was trying to make the man maths work on one last year and it was for sale for 37k then

Doesn't seem like a bad price considering the other 181s I was looking at were 34-35k and didn't have ACC or keyless. I wish I was in a better position to be looking...

I'm surprised that some of them aren't selling, the first one I looked at sat for 6 months. Then there's ones that sell in a week that aren't necessarily better mileage/spec.

Badger2009 wrote: »

I was concerned about running costs doing high mileage. This guy obviously wasn’t.

https://m.carsireland.ie/detail.php?ad_id=2296157&r=s.php%3Fm%3D93%26o%3D812%26f%3D1%26yx%3D2016%26yn%3D2016%26g%3D0

Company car and company fuel card! Ex owner is on here, even though it looks cleaned up well I was told to avoid. With that mileage it's about 8-10k overpriced imo.

hooch-85 wrote: »

Company car and company fuel card! Ex owner is on here, even though it looks cleaned up well I was told to avoid. With that mileage it's about 8-10k overpriced imo.

That’s probably a 10k a year fuel bill and no vat rebate so maybe 6k a year extra fuel costs for the company versus running a GTD

To be honest, the likes of the digital dash, felt lined cubby holes, etc is of no interest to me. That's one of the reasons I went with the Leon (all the VAG tech, not the VW price).

I realise the new cooking models are about 2 to 3 years away. At that point, I'd hang on until the Leon gave up the ghost. I've trying to get the man maths working and maybe change now.

I know what will happen. I'll ponder and ponder, putting it off until before I know it, the new GTi/R/Cupra will be out.

Thanks for the thoughts.

DaveyDave wrote: »

This pops up 9/10 times when I plug my phone in. At first I thought it was because my phone got a big update awhile ago but the Ford I had on holiday worked flawlessly every single time, several times a day. As much as I hate Ford Sync, at least it worked!

Can't find anything about VW Android Auto issues relating to it not starting, just people saying it's crashing. I don't suppose anyone here uses Android Auto? With how little there is online about Android Auto online it seems very few people seem to use it.

I'll try my mam's Mokka and see if it works ok with that.

I've never had that popup on my screen (191 Mk 7.5 GTI). I have a OnePlus 5T running Android Pie.

Any issues I’ve had with connecting (albeit CarPlay) was always down to the cable.

Agree with above anker make the best cables going.

tossy wrote: »

Any issues I’ve had with connecting (albeit CarPlay) was always down to the cable.

Agree with above anker make the best cables going.

Cable is most likely it.

If it's android Anker or otterbox cables work well. Any chance you've rooted the phone or are running a beta build?