I had the pano roof on my Mk7 GTD, largely because I liked the contrast with the pure white paintwork. My car was an early model, July 2013, and in the 4 years I had it I didn't experience a single rattle or leak. However, a good friend of mine who works in a VW dealership told me that leaks and rattles are a common fault and largely down to not having a "sunroof service"! I don't have one on my 7.5R and I did miss the light it brought into the cabin at first, but I didn't open it that often - suspect I would have this summer though. As others have said the term "panoramic" is misleading. From outside it certainly looks as though it is, inside it is just as sunroof. In response to Andykram, back in 1986 I bought a Mk2 GTI, it was 6 months old when I bought it and the sunroof leaked like hell from the day I bought to when i chopped it in 3 years later. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not.
