The Mega Mk7 Golf GTI/GTD/R thread

Killinator

elusiveguy wrote: »

Dealing with Mark by any chance? he seems to shift most of the fun stuff!!

Spot on
Great to deal with and didn't get the usual "the tax is very high on that now, it wouldn't be worth much" that I've gotten from others.
He was genuinely interested in the 32 and from talking to him he's clearly a car enthusiast.

theintern

Killinator wrote: »

Heated leather, Nav, reverse camera, dynamic lights,...
Haven't figured out everything else in it yet, still playing around with everything.
Gurning like an idiot Everytime I find something else nice

Has 18" Cadiz on it but I'll probably be looking for Pretorias instead

https://www.kunzmann.de/shop/en/wheels-golf7-volkswagen-5-spoke-r-light-alloy-wheel-set-pretoria-19-inch-vw-golf-7.htm

19" Pretorias, shipping to Ireland is only €140

Killinator

theintern wrote: »

https://www.kunzmann.de/shop/en/wheels-golf7-volkswagen-5-spoke-r-light-alloy-wheel-set-pretoria-19-inch-vw-golf-7.htm

19" Pretorias, shipping to Ireland is only €140

A steal

Killinator

Killinator wrote: »

What it's worth and what you'd pay for it are poles apart. ..........

276k kms makes it an unattractive proposition to loads of folk........even folk not put off with the motor tax rate etc etc

Killinator

Augeo wrote: »

276k kms makes it an unattractive proposition to loads of folk........even folk not put off with the motor tax rate etc etc

No arguments there, I've experienced same when I originally advertised it

But my point was more along the lines of a couple of dealers offering me €1000 to €2000 trade in price. And all they were concerned about was the tax rate.

ShadowHearth

I noticed on donedeal, that good few VW dealerships got Polo gti in their showrooms. Look nice, but the prices... They got white one with upgraded wheels and still with normal crapy lights - 37k++ !!!
Second hand, 1-3 year old GTis and RS look like bargains compared to that! How could they get it so wrong.

fletch

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I noticed on donedeal, that good few VW dealerships got Polo gti in their showrooms. Look nice, but the prices... They got white one with upgraded wheels and still with normal crapy lights - 37k++ !!!
Second hand, 1-3 year old GTis and RS look like bargains compared to that! How could they get it so wrong.

Interestingly, the upgraded wheels push the Polo into the next tax band (so tax goes up from €280 to €390 a year) due to WLTP. That was a fun conversation with VW when I went to tax my Polo (as I had ordered before the impact of WLTP was known) :eek: As a result it also pushes the price up by €1,500, and not by the €520 that the configurator still indicates



They subsequently updated their Pricing guides as a result of our "talks" (see above), but I notice they've now removed the separate entry for the GTI with Brescia's in the latest product guide and the wheels aren't listed as an option although are still on the configurator.

DaveyDave

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I noticed on donedeal, that good few VW dealerships got Polo gti in their showrooms. Look nice, but the prices... They got white one with upgraded wheels and still with normal crapy lights - 37k++ !!!
Second hand, 1-3 year old GTis and RS look like bargains compared to that! How could they get it so wrong.

Forget LED headlights, it doesn't even have dual climate. Those old school climate controls look crap! But it has keyless! Surely you'd get a year old GTI PP for €38k?

What are they smoking when speccing these things?

ShadowHearth

fletch wrote: »

Interestingly, the upgraded wheels push the Polo into the next tax band (so tax goes up from €280 to €390 a year) due to WLTP. That was a fun conversation with VW when I went to tax my Polo (as I had ordered before the impact of WLTP was known) :eek: As a result it also pushes the price up by €1,500, and not by the €520 that the configurator still indicates



They subsequently updated their Pricing guides as a result of our "talks" (see above), but I notice they've now removed the separate entry for the GTI with Brescia's in the latest product guide and the wheels aren't listed as an option although are still on the configurator.

Holy **** lol. So buy it on standard wheels, then just order aftermarket wheels or just buy new upgraded wheels separately. Car stays in lower tax bracket and will cost you less.
I am dreading to see this whole wltp kick off properly next year. It will be mad.
Something tells me to get finger out and grab something 1-3 year old in hot hatch category before next year. Prices of new cars will be idiotic and older pre wltp cars will go up in price and be more attractive.
We are going in to some really big **** storm next year.

MidMan25

DaveyDave wrote: »

Forget LED headlights, it doesn't even have dual climate. Those old school climate controls look crap! But it has keyless! Surely you'd get a year old GTI PP for €38k?

What are they smoking when speccing these things?

The standard climate controls are fine. No LED headlights is unforgivable though, they look much better and work much better.

hooch-85

Has anyone replaced a timing belt and water pump on a GTD at the main dealers lately? My car will be due one early next year, but I may go with using a good independent and use genuine parts.

fletch

FYI, the new Android Auto is available. I haven't had much time to play around with it yet but it looks a lot nicer

Technique

hooch-85 wrote: »

Has anyone replaced a timing belt and water pump on a GTD at the main dealers lately? My car will be due one early next year, but I may go with using a good independent and use genuine parts.

Got timing belt and water pump done on my wife's diesel A4 two years ago at our local VW/Audi garage for around €400 if I remember correctly.

We would have gone to a local indy if it was going to be too expensive at the dealer, but for that price it was a no-brainer.

JoeA3

Same. Had it done on an A4 late last year in Audi main dealers for around €400. I expect it would be a similar ballpark price for a GTD. The main dealers usually have a fixed price deal on service items like that.

MidMan25

fletch wrote: »

FYI, the new Android Auto is available. I haven't had much time to play around with it yet but it looks a lot nicer

The new Apple Carplay is much improved too. I have it because i'm running the beta of the iOS updated due for release in Sept.

George Dalton

hooch-85 wrote: »

Has anyone replaced a timing belt and water pump on a GTD at the main dealers lately? My car will be due one early next year, but I may go with using a good independent and use genuine parts.

I have heard all sorts of prices being quoted by main dealers, from crazy cheap as per the above poster to crazy expensive (€900) so shopping around is advised.

For comparison we are €420 all in for a Gates timing belt kit and alternator belt and a genuine VW water pump. So that will give you something to go on.

R.O.R

A black 152 GTi just went past me on the road.


I'm in Fuengirola!

kooga

R.O.R wrote: »

A black 152 GTi just went past me on the road.


I'm in Fuengirola!

My wheels in Spain

DaveyDave

Good Shout on that Android Auto update, seems a bit snappier and more responsive now.

George Dalton

R.O.R wrote: »

A black 152 GTi just went past me on the road.


I'm in Fuengirola!

We had a situation a few years ago where we sold a Scirocco to a guy and a few weeks later the guards rang him up asking him questions about the car and its location etc. He said the car is sitting on my driveway, why do you ask. The guard said we are asking because we have reports of an identical car driving around Spain with the same reg number on it.


So the customer rang us in a panic and we had to contact the guards and show that the car we had sold was legit (which it was as it had been bought from one of your competitors) and that all was in order. I wonder was something similar going on with that GTI you saw.

drunkmonkey

Anyone got a rooted phone did you try carstream on the new software? Might try and get it running tomorrow..

hooch-85

George Dalton wrote: »

I have heard all sorts of prices being quoted by main dealers, from crazy cheap as per the above poster to crazy expensive (€900) so shopping around is advised.

For comparison we are €420 all in for a Gates timing belt kit and alternator belt and a genuine VW water pump. So that will give you something to go on.

Thanks George, and to the other posters above, are Gates the OEM manufacturer do you know?

€400 at the dealers seems very cheap, if that was available it would be a no brainer as they say but I would equally be happy to pay that to an independent as long as decent parts were used.

theintern

Since Android Auto was mentioned, it reminded me. Mine stopped working in my car (16 GTI), it would flash up "USB: device not supported". I assumed there was something wrong with the USB port or cable, but my girlfriends phone worked fine.

I had to disable USB debugging under Developer Options to get it going again. No idea why it suddenly stopped working (literally as I was driving) but just in case it comes up for someone else.

drunkmonkey

Phone rooted, carstream installed, YouTube working on latest Android auto, have to say Nobbys exhaust notes sound great through the speakers...

Toyotafanboi

hooch-85 wrote: »

Thanks George, and to the other posters above, are Gates the OEM manufacturer do you know?

€400 at the dealers seems very cheap, if that was available it would be a no brainer as they say but I would equally be happy to pay that to an independent as long as decent parts were used.

They are €449 at a main dealer including the water pump but not the aux belt. You get 12 months roadside assist with the the job too which has some kind of value.

The OEM belts on those are a mix of Gates, Contitect and Dayco depending on the production date.

hooch-85

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

They are €449 at a main dealer including the water pump but not the aux belt. You get 12 months roadside assist with the the job too which has some kind of value.

The OEM belts on those are a mix of Gates, Contitect and Dayco depending on the production date.

I was told by a VW tech that the GTD has a regulated water pump which are more expensive and also requires more time as the system has to be vacuum filled then bled via diagnostics and that some dealers charge €750 for this. In that case George's price of €420 would be reasonable.

Toyotafanboi

Yeah, there is a control shroud on the coolant pump, there's also 2x electronic pumps that need to be bled through a tester. The same applies to the 1.6 engine and lower power 2.0's too though.

I'm away from VW a while now but we still offered them at €449 anyway, there's not much money in them at dealer level at that price but it's a bit of a loss leader, you might gain a customer with them or sell a few extras or whatever.

theintern

From the Autostadt group on Facebook. Clearest images of the Mk8 yet.

MidMan25

Side profile looks a bit off!

DaveyDave

Doesn't look too bad, front looks a bit long on the side profile.

Nice wheels too. Interior images look alright, the images of the Leon interior are white different to what we've seen with the Golf.

bazz26

MidMan25 wrote: »

Side profile looks a bit off!

Looks like they just grafted the Mk8 front and rear to the existing Mk7 side profile in that rendering.

Ron Burgundy II

What is the recommended mileage/time for a timing belt replacement?

Note, my car is the 1.4tsi variant of the Mk7

Toyotafanboi

210k kms, no age limit.

ShadowHearth

theintern wrote: »

From the Autostadt group on Facebook. Clearest images of the Mk8 yet.

It's a golf all right. Don't really know of I like it or not. The basic model will look a bit sad.

what the hell!

DaveyDave wrote: »

Doesn't look too bad, front looks a bit long on the side profile.

Nice wheels too. Interior images look alright, the images of the Leon interior are white different to what we've seen with the Golf.

Could you throw up a pic or two of the Leon?

DaveyDave

what the hell! wrote: »

Could you throw up a pic or two of the Leon?

Don't remember where I saw them, came up as a suggested article on Google. If you search you'll probably see them. Fairly recent if I remember. Not sure if they're 100% genuine but from what I remember the interior design was different Vs the Golf.

bazz26

what the hell!

Thanks guys. Ugh not sure what I think of that.

Reckless Abandonment

I'm seeing a mk7 golf with a scirocco front end.

SaintsYB

I don't know about you guys but I much prefer the look of that Leon over the images of the Golf.

JoeA3

Here’s a strange one.
This is a car I very briefly considered myself back in February. A SEAT main dealer had it. Very high spec, looked a minter, hence the temptation. Numbers were mad though so I didn’t pursue it.

Anyway here it is a few months later with a few more miles, looking a bit the worse for wear and going for auction! Strange.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gti-2-0-tsi-manual-6speed-fwd-245/22622485

carsfan2

JoeA3 wrote: »

Here’s a strange one.
This is a car I very briefly considered myself back in February. A SEAT main dealer had it. Very high spec, looked a minter, hence the temptation. Numbers were mad though so I didn’t pursue it.

Anyway here it is a few months later with a few more miles, looking a bit the worse for wear and going for auction! Strange.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gti-2-0-tsi-manual-6speed-fwd-245/22622485

I wonder if it was one of the”high performance” cars that CAB took in raids in Dublin a few months back?

theintern

JoeA3 wrote: »

Here’s a strange one.
This is a car I very briefly considered myself back in February. A SEAT main dealer had it. Very high spec, looked a minter, hence the temptation. Numbers were mad though so I didn’t pursue it.

Anyway here it is a few months later with a few more miles, looking a bit the worse for wear and going for auction! Strange.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gti-2-0-tsi-manual-6speed-fwd-245/22622485

It's a pity to see it looking so rough. It has a lovely spec on it. Those seats are very cool looking.

shanec1928

JoeA3 wrote: »

Here’s a strange one.
This is a car I very briefly considered myself back in February. A SEAT main dealer had it. Very high spec, looked a minter, hence the temptation. Numbers were mad though so I didn’t pursue it.

Anyway here it is a few months later with a few more miles, looking a bit the worse for wear and going for auction! Strange.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/volkswagen-golf-gti-2-0-tsi-manual-6speed-fwd-245/22622485

mcCoys? If so the same car was still there in. April when I picked up my Leon there.

JoeA3

shanec1928 wrote: »

mcCoys? If so the same car was still there in. April when I picked up my Leon there.

Yes that’s them.

SaintsYB

What is it about the majority of sellers not being able to post one single decent photo of a car when it's being advertised? I came across one the other day of a wheel that was completely blurry, literally no attempt at all.

AutoMan79

New MK8 getting photographed for adverts: https://www.autoweek.nl/autonieuws/artikel/volkswagen-golf-8-betrapt/

MidMan25

Much needed wash after this week's rain. UPs are brutal for spraying water and mud up the back of the car. Must be the wheels being right on the back corners.


upload images

tossy

That up is a cool car. Great choice.

MidMan25

Thanks! It's brilliant fun.