The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Thanks. Looks cool, I'm very tempted.

JoeA3 wrote: »

Oooops. Pothole?

Yes, narrow road and the inside edge of Tarmac had broken away, couldn't avoid it as there was another car coming towards me :mad:

Have to price a repair tomorrow.

JoeA3 wrote: »

Balls! Ah It doesn't look that bad though, definitely repairable I'd say. And it's on the inside only? No cosmetic damage. Easy enough fix surely.

Yes inside only, I'm hoping it doesn't need to be painted after its straightened.
Paint match seems to be tough on them.

Easy enough fix. I used Collins engineering and I had a good experience with them.

Irish review of a golf with nearly every option

So I phoned my dealer last week to get a price to install/activate App Connect on my Golf. I have the standard system with the 6.5" screen and it's a matter of them plugging into the car and activating it. No return call surprise surprise, and I would say he has forgot. Poor service pisses me off. Anyway, I knew they had a new Passat in their showroom with a head unit with it so thought I would try it out and see if it is worth it.

I have an Android phone, so installed Android Auto, plugged it into the Passat and had a fiddle. Android Auto is good, and if I had it I would use it all the time.

Spotify works great, you can browse your playlists, genres, moods etc. You can also just play any song/artist you like by pushing the mic button on the steering wheel and asking for it. "Play Pearl Jam on Spotify" worked first time, Alive came on with the Ten album artwork in the background within a couple of seconds. Works great. Google Music and Deezer are also supported if you have a premium account.

Google Maps also works as you would expect. Similar to your phone it knows your work/home and the routes it picks are superior to VW's nav which sometimes chooses a bizarre route for a journey I am familiar with. Would also use this.

Phone works well, not much to say, does what you would expect.

I also pushed the mic button on the wheel and said "Send message via WhatsApp to John" and it guides you through seamlessly. When I unplugged my phone the message was sent on WhatsApp. Seems really good, and completely removes the need to peak at your phone.

You can also ask google general stuff like weather, when something is etc



Still undecided on spending almost €300 on it though, I am a bit tight ye see

Save my money then OSI based on your experience? In the passat, I wasnt driving and it was only for 10 mins and worked perfectly but there are loads of reports online of how glitchy it can be.

What do you mean by you can't call by it either? Using the DIS?

It's a pity it doesn't work wirelessly too. Apple does support wireless CarPlay but it seems VW don't (yet). Having to connect the lightning / USB cable is a pain, although I realise a lot of people connect it all the time out of habit anyway.

carsfan2 wrote: »

That's a lovely R on the video review.
Is there any option he doesn't have?

I looked at a couple more videos he has up where he is driving on the road. I am not sure it's wise to post yourself doing launches and accelerating to high speed on public roads.

Mine looks almost exactly the same inside and out (barring the sunroof and the pro nav!).

He's ticked all the expensive options anyway.

I think the "carbon" leather is also Nappa which is supposedly better quality than the cheaper vienna.... still crazy money for car seat upholstery though. Would you spend it on your living room 3 piece suite?!

Spec'ing up the car with the $$$ options is a sure way to burn money... it'll make the car a bit more special, an arguably nicer ownership experience but you'll see little or no return for it when you go to trade it in down the line, which is fair enough if you're happy with that prospect from the outset!

There used to be another poster here, carsfan. What happened him?

I'm the new improved carsfan😀 facelift model.
I closed my account as I thought I was spending too much time on here and didn't realise I couldn't just restart it hence the name.
This thread is too interesting to stay away from

carsfan2 wrote: »

That's a lovely R on the video review.
Is there any option he doesn't have?

Dynamic lighting with lane assist and blind spot monitoring are two I can think of, can't make out if it has dynaudio from the video.

On his other videos, his rusty disc diy is good. Mine are looking the same.

I didn't think dynamic light assist etc. was available here.
Wasn't on the options list when I bought.