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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: C4 on 13 February 2009, 14:20

Title: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: C4 on 13 February 2009, 14:20: Hi everyone,

just purchased a MK5 yesterday from VW dealer and will be picking it up next week, i went back today to add a few more options (parking sensor etc) and I would just pay it off my card to not affect the finance, i also said i would like some xenons but unfortunately this can not be upgraded because the car isn't a brand new purchase.

I understand it needs washers and a levelling sensor but surely they could at least offer this upgrade right?

And there i was thinking i could just get some later where as now i know if it didn't come with the car then YOU CANNOT have them i was told, they didn't even offer it at any price :cry:

Still looking forward to picking up the beast but man was i disappointed... keeping it legal sometimes is so hard....
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: Egbutt Wash on 13 February 2009, 14:25: You don't need those expensive lights.
The standard ones are OK with some new bright Philips bulbs. Nice and cheap to fix when they pop too.
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: flyingzard on 13 February 2009, 14:26: Hope you enjoy it. I picked my new GTI up last Novemeber and i loooooove it!

Dont worry about the xenons - plenty of fellow GTI drivers have upgrade themselves and have posted all the details you need in the forum. Not that i have upgraded mine yet but i understand its quite a painless excersize :laugh:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: C4 on 13 February 2009, 14:29: thanks guys, i'll look at getting some nice phillips bulbs when i pick her up, might consider an upgrade later after a lot more research :smiley:

cant wait! this week is gonna feel like a lifetime :wink:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: ifti on 13 February 2009, 14:45: Im starting to look around for a silver ED30, 5 door, DSG, with a few options.
Did you get a standard GTI? If you dont mind, I'd be interested in knowing exactly what you got and how much it all set you back? Just trying to get my bearings on the prices for GTI's these days! ;)
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: ben1.8T on 13 February 2009, 14:49: Sure Aland will tell you to go for the RTEC remap :cool:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: Jkctr on 13 February 2009, 20:09: How much were parking sensors? im keen to add them to my R.

Nice one on the purchase mate :wink:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: C4 on 13 February 2009, 23:32: hey guys,

sorry only just finished work, its a 2006 GTI 2 litre turbo which is 200bhp (quoted by the VW dealer, not actually tested yet), silver, 2 door, DSG and has just over 20 thousand miles on the clock. Please work with me here as im just gonna say everything it has as I dont know what comes standard and what were optional extras :smiley:

It has:
auto rear view mirror dimming
heated seats
auto wiper rain sensor thingy
auto headlight when dark thing
dual climate control
A very very basic bog standard cd player

So thats it really i think they call this the "convenience pack" so i didn't get much with it.

Everything on her is completely standard with no engine work or cosmetics. The parking sensor was 350, yes 350 golden nuggets just for the rear. A remap sounds nice :grin:

I was looking at the revo remap and when looking online i found the nearest dealer to me was 2 blocks away, but that garage doesn't have a rolling road or anything so im a bit confused, is it just a simple plug and play unit that i myself must fit? or do they set it all up in the quoted ten minutes without the need of any heavy machinery?

thats one day gone by, 5 days left :grin: :wink: :smiley:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: pitch3110 on 14 February 2009, 16:23: Quote from: JulesV6 on 13 February 2009, 20:09
How much were parking sensors? im keen to add them to my R.

Nice one on the purchase mate :wink:

Hopefully picking up Ed30 on Monday & wanting sensors fitted.
Dealer has quoted £230 for OEM colour coded

ta
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: AlanD on 15 February 2009, 13:41: haha

REEEEEMAP !
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: wellzee on 15 February 2009, 22:05: pitch that is a really good price on the sensors if they are from a VW dealer. I paid well over 300 smackers for mine!
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: Jkctr on 15 February 2009, 23:10: Quote from: pitch3110 on 14 February 2009, 16:23
Quote from: JulesV6 on 13 February 2009, 20:09
How much were parking sensors? im keen to add them to my R.

Nice one on the purchase mate :wink:

Hopefully picking up Ed30 on Monday & wanting sensors fitted.
Dealer has quoted £230 for OEM colour coded

ta

Nice one mate! im getting that done :grin:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: ben1.8T on 16 February 2009, 14:55: Quote from: AlanD on 15 February 2009, 13:41
haha

REEEEEMAP !

You will have to take me for a spin at the Brands meet mate :cool:
Title: Re: just purchased MK5 GTI turbo
Post by: northeast_gti-t on 16 February 2009, 20:29: Quote from: flyingzard on 13 February 2009, 14:26
Hope you enjoy it. I picked my new GTI up last Novemeber and i loooooove it!

Dont worry about the xenons - plenty of fellow GTI drivers have upgrade themselves and have posted all the details you need in the forum. Not that i have upgraded mine yet but i understand its quite a painless excersize :laugh:

not like the mkiv then :grin: