VW MY16 Changes

[dening]

So much cool stuff I would love to have in my standard GTI.

I have to realize though that the price I paid a year ago for mine new wouldn't be doable on a my16 for at least another year or so.

[Ralfi]

So much cool stuff I would love to have in my standard GTI.

I have to realize though that the price I paid a year ago for mine new wouldn't be doable on a my16 for at least another year or so.

Thank you. Now I feel a little better

Just contacted a dealer - they say the Discover Media upgrade is do-able (not sure if they meant CarPlay also) & should cost ~$2-3k.

If that gets me full-functionality (with Multi-Function Display & steering wheel controls with voice), then i'm in.............

Though, part's aren't in yet of course, so they suggested calling them back in a month or two.

[SeanA]

I want to see if they have changed the options. My Mk6 has the Dynaudo option - and I've kinda grown used to it. I don't think I can go back to ordinary sound.

[Mayhem]

I got a my15 too. Nothing really too disappointing, I dont really play with the screen much anyway. Only 1 thing that really annoys me on my Golf R is the rattle bell at 2000rpm.

[mattaus]

If these updates had been brought out 2 months earlier I would have ordered an R. That sucks. Ah well, I'll get over it once I'm driving my PP I'm sure

[Ozsko]

Now I'm really annoyed. I specifically asked my dealer before ordering a GTI PP a few weeks ago about MY16 changes and he said he'd been to an MY16 information day and there were no real changes ("only the air con icon changes" he told me).

If I'd known this I would have waited. Will be giving him a call tomorrow to see where I stand as I really wanted CarPlay. I only got a PP to get Xenons and now they're available on the base GTI.

I was lucky to get the word that this stuff was on the way as I was looking at a new car a few weeks ago. I immediately put my wallet back in my pocket and decided to wait. I didn't know the whole story but I knew xenons were going to be standard and the screen was changing. My son has a GTI PP on order for October delivery and he was assured last week it would have all the new stuff in it.

[gh172]

I ordered a car subject to an MY16 spec, and mine is arriving in August.

[mattaus]

My order for a GTI Performance was placed with the dealer on the 5th of May. My requested delivery date was the 25th of October (long story). I called the dealer and they're going to confirm the model year for me. He says he thinks it'd be MY16 because the delivery date is so late in the year. Here's hoping!

If it's MY15 then I'll live; it is what I ordered after all. If it's MY16 then excellent. That being said if I had known about all these changes I would have bought the Golf R.

Lesson learnt. Never order a car until details regarding the next model year are official. Just have to be patient.

EDIT: Dealer got back to me. My car is due to hit the production line next week and will be MY16.

[donweather]

I don't understand why everyone is saying they would have bought an R with the MY 16 changes. From what I can see the best value for money in the MY16 changes is by far the GTI non PP. Am I missing something here?

[mattaus]

I don't understand why everyone is saying they would have bought an R with the MY 16 changes. From what I can see the best value for money in the MY16 changes is by far the GTI non PP. Am I missing something here?

For me it is because I was right on the edge between the GTI PP and R. I really wanted leather but the R with leather was too much, and the GTI PP with leather was too close in price to the R. But then I liked the looks (inside and out) of the PP more than the R. Leather would have tipped the R in my favour.

Silly I know. But each to their own