The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

drunkmonkey · 05-06-2020 10:17AM

Can’t speak for the GTD, I went from a 530d with adaptive suspension to a GTI, it’s not slappy at all in comparison, The bmw is a lot more refined especially if you set it up to suit you. GTI is a go cart while the bmw is a cruiser. It’s hard to compare them.
I’m averaging long term 8.1 l/100km compared to 7.4 l/100km in the diesel. I’d assume the GTD is well under those figures.
Are you doing much mileage?

I’m guessing you’ve a coupe and got a new addition during lockdown, congratulations : )
The golf is very practical, easy fit a buggy, some child seats and a bit of shopping.

josephsoap · 05-06-2020 10:44AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Can’t speak for the GTD, I went from a 530d with adaptive suspension to a GTI, it’s not slappy at all in comparison, The bmw is a lot more refined especially if you set it up to suit you. GTI is a go cart while the bmw is a cruiser. It’s hard to compare them.
I’m averaging long term 8.1 l/100km compared to 7.4 l/100km in the diesel. I’d assume the GTD is well under those figures.
Are you doing much mileage?

I’m guessing you’ve a coupe and got a new addition during lockdown, congratulations : )
The golf is very practical, easy fit a buggy, some child seats and a bit of shopping.

Haha, thanks very much drunkmonkey, yes I had an ordinary tdi golf years ago and it was a very practical car.

Yeah think I’m set on the golf now

CuriousKarl · 05-06-2020 11:12AM

Lads I can't post a link to donedeal as I am a new user, but my GTI is recently up for sale - there is somebody wanting to view today but is offering 10% less than what I deem the car to be worth - is it me that is overvaluing my car or has the demand for GTIs decreased? Looking on UK and Irish sites, there is f*ck all out there with as much car for €20k.

2014 Performance Park
DSG
Revo stage 1
2 owners
50,000 miles
3 door* (seems this rules out a lot of buyers)
19" genuine pretorias
res delete
upgraded nav from factory
panoramic sunroof
xenons
alcantara interior

The only extra it appears to be missing and I can't understand why, is the DCC

User1998 · 05-06-2020 11:16AM

https://www.donedeal.ie/view/24974204

JoeA3 · 05-06-2020 11:57AM

CuriousKarl wrote: »

Lads I can't post a link to donedeal as I am a new user, but my GTI is recently up for sale - there is somebody wanting to view today but is offering 10% less than what I deem the car to be worth - is it me that is overvaluing my car or has the demand for GTIs decreased? Looking on UK and Irish sites, there is f*ck all out there with as much car for €20k.

2014 Performance Park
DSG
Revo stage 1
2 owners
50,000 miles
3 door* (seems this rules out a lot of buyers)
19" genuine pretorias
res delete
upgraded nav from factory
panoramic sunroof
xenons
alcantara interior

The only extra it appears to be missing and I can't understand why, is the DCC

I remember this car

Its very nice, the prets look great on it.

Nice spec, but - it is one of the early Irish spec cars so I can see it's missing climate control for example.

A fella on DD is always going to try beating your price down, no matter what you pitch it at. I wouldn't entertain low ballers on the phone. If they're interested, they'll come to see it. Then talk money.

tossy · 05-06-2020 12:00PM

CuriousKarl wrote: »

Lads I can't post a link to donedeal as I am a new user, but my GTI is recently up for sale - there is somebody wanting to view today but is offering 10% less than what I deem the car to be worth - is it me that is overvaluing my car or has the demand for GTIs decreased? Looking on UK and Irish sites, there is f*ck all out there with as much car for €20k.

2014 Performance Park
DSG
Revo stage 1
2 owners
50,000 miles
3 door* (seems this rules out a lot of buyers)
19" genuine pretorias
res delete
upgraded nav from factory
panoramic sunroof
xenons
alcantara interior

The only extra it appears to be missing and I can't understand why, is the DCC

I wouldn’t even entertain or talk money with someone who hasn’t viewed the car yet.

What’s going to replace it ?

drunkmonkey · 05-06-2020 12:04PM

It's a sweet looking car, lads are right don't get into money on the phone, let them see it. If he still wants it for 18k then it's probably a good throw at the moment, I can see cars taking a big hit in the next 6mts. Just make sure <snip> pay you with funny money.

CuriousKarl · 05-06-2020 12:12PM

tossy wrote: »

I wouldn’t even entertain or talk money with someone who hasn’t viewed the car yet.

What’s going to replace it ?

sadly nothing for the time being, I'll be working from home for the forseeable and am in the process of buying a house..

potentally down the line with the partner we'll look at trading her Qashqai and getting a Tiguan TDI or something similar - I'll miss the GTI for sure

CuriousKarl · 05-06-2020 12:14PM

JoeA3 wrote: »

I remember this car
Its very nice, the prets look great on it.

Nice spec, but - it is one of the early Irish spec cars so I can see it's missing climate control for example.

A fella on DD is always going to try beating your price down, no matter what you pitch it at. I wouldn't entertain low ballers on the phone. If they're interested, they'll come to see it. Then talk money.

Thanks Joe!

Yeah thats it also - has air con, but no climate control - not something I use very often!

ILikeBoats · 05-06-2020 12:36PM

Didn't even know you could get the tartan seats with alcantara

JoeA3 · 05-06-2020 12:51PM

CuriousKarl wrote: »

sadly nothing for the time being, I'll be working from home for the forseeable and am in the process of buying a house..

potentally down the line with the partner we'll look at trading her Qashqai and getting a Tiguan TDI or something similar - I'll miss the GTI for sure

I think a lot of people, including myself, are in a similar predicament. If I had your car I'd be inclined to keep it personally, but I certainly don't need a diesel saloon...

JoeA3 · 05-06-2020 12:51PM

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Didn't even know you could get the tartan seats with alcantara

Yeah that was a lovely option (rarely enough spec'd) in the MK7. They dropped it in the 7.5.

05-06-2020 01:11PM

Lovely car, private sales are a challenge at best of times. If you want 20k you'd need to advertise for higher to have any hope IMO. Was approx €45k new?

CuriousKarl · 05-06-2020 01:50PM

Augeo wrote: »

Lovely car, private sales are a challenge at best of times. If you want 20k you'd need to advertise for higher to have any hope IMO. Was approx €45k new?

Not too sure how much new but that does sound accurate enough - Joe is probably your man to ask! I'm the second owner, have it two years now.

I would love nothing more than to keep it, I have no doubt I'll regret it for years to come, but sadly I need the cash for house and I can't have both.

Partner will be back to work very soon, doing 40+km per day - I would encourage her to sell the Qashqai and use the GTI but I don't know which is worse, getting rid of the car or the image of her mounting it off other cars

hooch-85 · 05-06-2020 01:55PM

I think you're fairly spot on with the price, if you were offered around 19 for it it would be a fair deal. Lovely car and the spec is decent for an early Irish GTi.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 05-06-2020 01:55PM

CuriousKarl wrote: »

the image of her mounting it off other cars

Needs to go to a loving home:pac:

CuriousKarl · 05-06-2020 01:57PM

hooch-85 wrote: »

I think you're fairly spot on with the price, if you were offered around 19 for it it would be a fair deal. Lovely car and the spec is decent for an early Irish GTi.

Had I not went and got the remap done only 3 months ago, I'd be more than happy with 19.. totally different car now!

hooch-85 · 05-06-2020 01:59PM

CuriousKarl wrote: »

Had I not went and got the remap done only 3 months ago, I'd be more than happy with 19.. totally different car now!

I know the feeling, I spent €700+ in Daltons on my GTD for new springs and tyres in November and traded it in for an R 6 weeks later. Silly move by me but at least the new owner got to enjoy them, i've driven a manual PP with the Revo map and they are indeed quite rapid!

ILikeBoats · 05-06-2020 02:01PM

How did you find insuring it with the remap?

Queried it with AIG, they wanted a lot of paperwork with exactly what was going to be done by Dalton's

DaveyDave · 05-06-2020 02:38PM

If you willingly don't tell them you will void your policy for being dishonest if they investigate a collision but who's to say it wasn't like that when you bought it...

kooga · 05-06-2020 03:18PM

JoeA3 wrote: »

Yeah that was a lovely option (rarely enough spec'd) in the MK7. They dropped it in the 7.5.

Initially we established here it was a Uk option but if you had the spec code the dealers were happy to include it - towards the end of the Mark 7 it went up massively in price but initially I think about €700 - really lifts the interior while not going the full leather option and keeps its tartan heritage,
Climatronic is nice but not really worth the option cost - for me manual air con is loads!

JoeA3 · 05-06-2020 03:30PM

kooga wrote: »

Initially we established here it was a Uk option but if you had the spec code the dealers were happy to include it - towards the end of the Mark 7 it went up massively in price but initially I think about €700 - really lifts the interior while not going the full leather option and keeps its tartan heritage,
Climatronic is nice but not really worth the option cost - for me manual air con is loads!

You have that one the wrong way round. The half-alcanctara was never offered in the UK at all. It was always an option in the Irish spec from day one. I spec'd it on my GTI (one of the first MK7 GTI's in this country). It was around €800 yes, compared to 2k for full leather.

Climatronic is a brilliant feature. It lifts the appearance of the dash too.

deceit · 05-06-2020 05:26PM

I had my eye on a revo intercooler as I seen it was on sale but was not allowed travel to get it fitted.
The sale ended so I'm hoping, would anyone know of any good deals on Golf R intercoolers before I pick one up?
Either a good price on one posted or one in Dublin that I can get fitted as stuck in Dublin at the moment.

CuriousKarl · 05-06-2020 08:08PM

Augeo wrote: »

Lovely car, private sales are a challenge at best of times. If you want 20k you'd need to advertise for higher to have any hope IMO. Was approx €45k new?

In fairness to the lad, he came up from Cork, offered €19k - I initially said no but putting myself in his shoes (24, had his car stolen) I ended up calling him back.
I'll be devastated to see it go but also relieved that it is sold, pending collection

hooch-85 · 05-06-2020 09:01PM

Well done on the sale. A fair offer really but he is getting a really good car for the money.

JoeA3 · 05-06-2020 10:08PM

CuriousKarl wrote: »

In fairness to the lad, he came up from Cork, offered €19k - I initially said no but putting myself in his shoes (24, had his car stolen) I ended up calling him back.
I'll be devastated to see it go but also relieved that it is sold, pending collection

Nice one, fair play. I think 19k is a decent price to get for it tbh.

bs2014 · 05-06-2020 11:43PM

tossy wrote: »

I wouldn’t even entertain or talk money with someone who hasn’t viewed the car yet.

What’s going to replace it ?

How are you able to sell private with a 12 mth warranty? 19k is good money cuz a good 16 GTD would be around 19k.

CuriousKarl · 06-06-2020 06:21PM

bs2014 wrote: »

How are you able to sell private with a 12 mth warranty? 19k is good money cuz a good 16 GTD would be around 19k.

Ended up scrapping that, it was something recommended to me online, don't know how much value they add - if any - so we both agreed it would be pointless. Decent marketing though, gets people clicking on your ad..

User1998 · 06-06-2020 06:30PM

The likes of Car Protect do warranties for private sales. Same warranty that a lot of dealers use nowadays.

c00lkat007 · 09-06-2020 10:00PM

Do you think this Golf R is worth the amount or could there be some bargaining to it. Since its over 5 years old, the price seems to be very steep granted the low mileage aside. How much would you be paying for this Golf R?

www. barnesautohouse .ie/vehicles/volkswagen/golf/dublin/2438477

The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

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