Reply With QuoteNot all leather got the electric, it was a extra optionOriginally Posted by MkVIGTI
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The Mk6 leather seats came with electric lumbar adjustment. The new Mk7 has manual lumbar adjustment but they made it cheaper at $3,150 instead for $3,300
MkVI Golf GTI | Candy White | DSG | Leather | Bi-xenon | Sunroof | Dynaudio | Park Assist | MDI | Tint | FINALLY RECEIVED!!
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Not all leather got the electric, it was a extra option
New Dubber
Yep with dsg
this was without choosing a colour yet
ill be seeing a few more dealers this weekend as a few of my mates scoffed at that price
Last edited by captainkarisma; 10-10-2013 at 07:10 PM.
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I took the opportunity to view the new Golf 7 GTI. The front bumper treatment makes the front end appear less rounded and droopy ... an improvement on the lesser cheaper Golf's. The 18" wheels fill out the guards nicely, but there is still a bit of a gap between fenders and wheels. The rear and sides of the Golf look sharper. Inside the new Golf 7 GTI sits you much lower than the MK6 with the dash cowl elevated much higher than the MK6 ... almost like your sitting inside a Sirocco. The Golf 7 GTI feels wider, with the floorpan to roof much flatter, again like a Sirocco. You can sense that the wheelbase is longer and the track wider ... this in addition to lower weight should enhance handling prowess and power down. In this respect, the chassis also feels more akin to the Megane RS265 in terms of length/width ... this is a good thing.
The cloth seats are a different material to the cloth in the MK6 GTI, with the Golf 7 GTI appearing to be harder wearing material ... not necessary better, but tougher. The extra pianio plastic in the centre console covering the smaller StaNav system looks a bit cheap ... it's obvious that the dash centre was made for a larger unit, with extra plastic tapering into a smallish SatNav screen. The front seats do feel wider as does the entire vehicle. A bit more room in the rear too. Overall I was excited with what I saw.
The conundrum I face is that I honestly think that the lightest cheaper base manual GTI (standard ed) will be the sweetest handling GTI. The PP GTI in DSG only is the pick for performance, but the mechanical LSD would be notable about 20% of the time. The extra weight of 50kg over the front axle is likely to be noticeable up to 80% of the time in the PP GTI, especially when you're throwing the GTI around like a rage doll.
I had my GTI valued by one of their wholesalers - 21K trade. I asked for the dealers best price on both a std GTI and PP GTI so as I could work out what to ideally ask for on carssales.com re: changeover price. I made an offer of my car + cash which was knocked back. Dealer said that he could not price a PP GTI yet and that a std manual GTI with tint ($695) and adaptive cruise would be $48,700. I said I would expect up to 10% off that price based on the 8-10% discounting or corporate pricing. Dealer said that VW only allowed them to soft sell at rrp at full cost until 15 Oct.
I felt a bit annoyed with both the dealer and Volkswagen Australia based on the fact that when I ask for best price to assist my pricing on carsales.com of my current GTI, no one was interested in taking my offer seriously. Why release a car on 'Soft Sell' for a 2 week period - then open everything up for a 'Hard Sell' with proper discounting. I explained to the dealer that I had purchased two GTI's (MK5 and MK6) from that dealership and that I was local ... didn't make any difference to them ... in fact ... I think the entire sales team has been renewed since I purchased the MK6 3.5 years ago. They did confirm my assertions in their computer. To further compound issues, Volkswagen are unlikely to have my preferred spec anywhere in AUS, so much for bundling options. To add insult to injury ... my preference order would take 6 months ... you have to be joking Volkswagen? I was a bit dejected by the whole experience.
WJ
Last edited by WhiteJames; 10-10-2013 at 08:03 PM.
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Went to a launch party at VW tonight. Having already seen them in Germany earlier this year I wasn't as excited as I might otherwise have been. The ones on show didn'thave the 19's or bi xenons, two things which in my opinion really make the car.
Nonetheless, very nice car. I especially like the interior.
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19" wheels and Bi-Xenons are two options I would not get. My MK6 GTI has Bi-Xenons: unless you drive a lot at night moreso in country areas without street-lighting, not much point in having them imo. Bi-Xenons also do not work well in foggy conditions ... in this respect they were a waste of money. As for 19" ... ride is terse enough on 18". Neighbour Ray is complaining about his MK6 Golf R on 19" with no DCC already.
WJ
Dubber
Yeah I would check out other dealers. Here in South Australia I got a manual white with no options for 44k driveaway
Mk7 GTI | Pure White | 6MT
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I've got bixenons too with LED DRLs. I think they are fantastic and definitely worthwhile. I live in the city, but they are worth their metal on the odd occasion where I do drive on windy country roads. However, the reason why I would get them on the mk7 is mainly because of the red stripe feature and the LED DRLs. Aesthetics are also why I'd get the 19"s. They are ****-hot
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Tobes, I was there too. Don't think I met you?
But I did REALLY like the black one with the sunroof, my pref would have to be the PP coming out next year but at $4000 plus the sunroof at $2700 you are looking at a pretty expensive car. In saying that it is a complete class above the ST and Megane RS that were there too.
No xenons until next year people when it comes with the PP GTI.
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I'm still a bit devo that they aren't bringing in the 3 door. I would have got a white 3 door PP with xenons, 19"s, leather, sunroof. 5 door will probably do though.
Apparently the PP will be released just before the lease runs out on my Adidas. Hmmmm
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