Mk7 Golf GTI Discussion Thread

[mattaus]

One thing which irks me though is that when driving with both rear windows down, you get this low frequency-esque pounding sound from the air which travels along side the car & past the open windows. It's hard to explain the sound, but it's like a "whoa whoa whoa"....

My current car (Honda Civic Hatch) has the same problem, as does a friend of mine's Rav4 (previous gen) that I car pool with regularly. Also my previous car (Subaru Liberty) did the same thing. In the case of the Rav4 it's actually painful to listen to. I feel like my ear drums are going to pop. It's not as bad in my Honda but still bad enough that I never put the rear windows down. These are by no means the only cars I've experienced this problem in. I think it's a bit of a side effect of the aero gains new designs are taking advantage of. No science to back that up, but I never experienced it in my first car or my parents old bricks. Only in supposedly aerodynamic-ly efficient vehicles.

[Ralfi]

Thanks Mattaus. Good to know it's not exclusive to the GTI. Though it is unbearable for me, so no more driving with rear windows down for me..

Love this car at night...the LED's in the bumper give it a menacing look. So many cars overdo it with the daytime running light designs. Too curvy most of the time. I prefer straight lines, but the GTI goes one better with a simple, vertically aligned, triple LED effect within the bumper.

Another good thing is the Cruise Control is only deactivated by the brake pedal - van I drive deactivates CC with both the brake & clutch pedals. I like how you can change gears in the GTI & it still remains active.

Design-flaw!!: Windscreen wipers can't be flipped up over the bonnet - how can you clean the lower-most part of the windscreen??..

[Mountainman]

- how can you clean the lower-most part of the windscreen??..

Read your owners manual -it's all in there. Too easy.......

[Ralfi]

Read your owners manual -it's all in there. Too easy.......

Gah. Yeah yeah, I'm making my way through the chunky manual. I'll finish it one day.

My bro actually spotted it, & in his eagerness to spot flaws in just about anything, highlighted it to me. My eagerness to prove him wrong is just as high now that you've pointed that out.

Thanks, Mountainman.

[Mountainman]

Breaking news!!! We're not getting the performance pack nor the three door variants... More info soon!!! Very, very bad news!

Also, the car will be cheaper than before, the car will be definitely under 40k...

STANDARD EQUIPMENT:

We will get the 8 inch screen standard, Bluetooth phone and media connectivity, the electronic parking brake, bi-xenon headlights with dynamic light control and static cornering lamps, aluminium pedals, 17-inch ‘Brooklyn’ alloy wheels, the colour MFD and the ambience lighting package.

‘Clark’ tartan cloth is standard, with the Vienna (yawn) leather being an option. The Golf-ball style gearshift knob (manual models) is standard, a reversing camera is too. The 18-inch ‘Austin’ or 19-inch ‘Santiago’ alloy wheels are optional for now as is adaptive cruise control, sunroof, Dynaudio premium audio system and dynamic chassis control. BUT I REPEAT NO PERFORMANCE PACKAGE... For now, I'll keep you guys posted.

just rereading this and thinking just how much of it was wrong - price under $40k, 8" touch screen, 17" Brooklyn wheels, Dynaudio premium audio, no performance package...............

[Jimi]

I'm still dirty they didn't give me an the option of a PP with manual. I also wanted the Discover Pro (8" screen)

[wasabiz]

I'm still dirty they didn't give me an the option of a PP with manual. I also wanted the Discover Pro (8" screen)

I'm with you on that one Jimi. Also.... when I got my PP, they didn't allow me to have sunroof but now they do. (Oh the rage )

[spikeyboy22]

just rereading this and thinking just how much of it was wrong - price under $40k, 8" touch screen, 17" Brooklyn wheels, Dynaudio premium audio, no performance package...............

Gee Golf7 man was so full of it ....

[Jimi]

I'm with you on that one Jimi. Also.... when I got my PP, they didn't allow me to have sunroof but now they do. (Oh the rage )

Unfortunately they still got my business, and probably that of others in our shoes, so they will have learnt nothing

To be fair to VWA the 19" wheels/no sunroof thing was worldwide for some reason, until recently when it was relaxed everywhere. My dilemma was purely down to VWA being *****s however

[wasabiz]

Unfortunately they still got my business, and probably that of others in our shoes, so they will have learnt nothing

To be fair to VWA the 19" wheels/no sunroof thing was worldwide for some reason, until recently when it was relaxed everywhere. My dilemma was purely down to VWA being ****s however

Yeah, I realised about that worldwide thing, but they had no problems giving it to the R's which had me questioning my salesmen and he too couldn't answer.