The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

SBPhoto wrote: »

Looking very well Joe love the wheels, Thinking of the S3 myself, but with doing 30k plus a year it wouldn't be very economical.

I'm averaging about 27mpg. Mostly journeys of less than 15-20kms on N roads / back roads.

There is a black Golf R knocking around Limerick alright, see it regularly.

carsfan wrote: »

Is it a black 152D with Pretoria alloys bazz?

No idea, it's usually too far off in the distance to get a good look. Frequently see it on the N24 and I know Pierce Motors out in Tipperary town have a black 152 D Golf R at the moment so it might be plausible that one of their sales team living in Limerick is driving it.

I'd be very slow to part with big money for an ex demo performance car.
€44k for a dealer-ragged 9 month old R... I wouldn't!

everlast75 wrote: »

Someone had a nice change up - saw a 151LH Pearl white GTi around Drogheda for the last year, and when I passed the parking space used its now a blue 161 R!

in southgate?- yeah saw it too.he copied me:rolleyes:

r 164.JPGspring cleaning yesterday

OSI wrote: »

Yeah was ordered by another dealer for stock and we had to fight them for it as it's the only option of getting one before April 30th. Tech Pack alright, so pretty much all the toys I'd want. I decided not to go for leather this time, will be interesting to see if I regret that decision in the long term.

You'd most likely have had to wait for a fresh factory order for leather.

Could always go for an aftermarket retrim down the road. The VW leather isn't the greatest quality for what it costs.

OSI wrote: »

It's a done deal. 3 weeks and I should have 5 door, GTI-P DSG in Carbon Grey outside my door. Can't wait!

Congrats - I got the same car in white 2 weeks ago and I am delighted with it. Big smile on my face every time I sit in it. Regarding the leather...... buy a bottle of this.



It will only cost you €20. I spilled a little coffee on mine by accident and because the seats were treated with this it beaded on top of the seat literally sitting there waiting for me to soak it up with a cloth - no stain - no soaking in.

JoeA3 wrote: »

Avoid the lifeshine whatever you do. Overpriced gimmick that'll be slapped on by one of the dealer's "valet" young fellas.

In fact you'd be well advised not to let the dealer touch the car at all.

I was picking up my daughter earlier at a place next to a main dealer (who shall remain nameless) and was pretty stunned to see them putting a new unregistered car through one of those big scary looking brush washes.

OSI wrote: »

It's a done deal. 3 weeks and I should have 5 door, GTI-P DSG in Carbon Grey outside my door. Can't wait!

Well wear! I've the same car (minus dsg & pp), and its a fine car.

The CSG colour really looks well when clean. Are you coming from a mark 5 gti? I went from a mark 5 to mark 7 (via an I'll advised change to an i40). There is a noticible improvement in every way from the mark 5. Ride, handling, steering & performance are all much improved.

A big improvement is in the torque figure, which is around 25% higher. The adaptive cruise control is one feature I use every day. I believe it's more useful with Dsg too.

Maestro84 wrote: »

Is there any better alternatives that you could recommend?

If you don't have the time / patience / interest to do it yourself, bring it to a pro detailer. Brian in Spirit Detailing would be my recommendation.

vintagevrs wrote: »

Nice dark grey 152 gti parked outside a house in malahide at the moment, anyone on here? Think it's the best colour in them.

Carbon grey is lovely alright. Contrasts well with the red bits too.

vintagevrs wrote: »

Nice dark grey 152 gti parked outside a house in malahide at the moment, anyone on here? Think it's the best colour in them.

Possible me yesterday, I was in watching the F1 with my Son.

I just had the car cleaned just an hour before, so that was possibly why it caught your eye?

vintagevrs wrote: »

Yeah it looked like it was just out of the showroom. Down that street and take a right, then parked on the left? I then saw 3 more GTIs in Malahide! Great selection of cars cruising about that part of Dublin from a 95 5 series to a 2014 911.

Yep, that's was me alright :)

Brake lights on the inner parts of the lights is a nice one too.