GolfGTIforum.co.uk
Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: drisser on 16 July 2013, 00:23
-
Ok I am having my first big 2 nd thought since ordering !
Watched the tv ad with the white car in Vegas with sunroof and admit it looks fab. I have ordered carbon which I think will look " classically cool " without being too much notice me - like cars understated and have to park on the street - but the white looks really good.
My other dilemma with white is if it will go out of fashion in5 years time whereas carbon grey will probably look smart whatever..
Someone help me.. Stick or twist !
-
Id stick with your initial choice man! I love the white, but the CSG is great too.
-
You just want to keep the white numbers down :wink:
I must admit only 3 colors were on my short list.. Red, no cost extra, carbon grey, looks cool and timeless.. White, launch colour and suits the sunroof a lot..
Oh the dilemma
-
You just want to keep the white numbers down :wink:
Heh heh! :evil:
-
Damn just watched a vid on YouTube, tornado red with the pano roof also looks cool but my current bmw is red so really need to change !
I think if I saw a carbon grey with pano roof it would convince me I chose well ! Hoping there will be just enough contrast between grey and the roof..
-
Hehe
Glad you specced the roof Bear ?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0b1LtWWs6Mg
-
Ok I am having my first big 2 nd thought since ordering !
Watched the tv ad with the white car in Vegas with sunroof and admit it looks fab. I have ordered carbon which I think will look " classically cool " without being too much notice me - like cars understated and have to park on the street - but the white looks really good.
My other dilemma with white is if it will go out of fashion in5 years time whereas carbon grey will probably look smart whatever..
Someone help me.. Stick or twist !
Stick! Pictures in this thread will help put your mind at rest that you've chosen a great colour. Also, if you change your mind on colour, you'll be playing the waiting game for longer.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=256607.0
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gduWLCLL7E
Not sure this is Carbon Grey tho
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gduWLCLL7E
Not sure this is Carbon Grey tho
That looks like Limestone Grey. Carbon Grey is quite a bit darker.
-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gduWLCLL7E
Not sure this is Carbon Grey tho
Haha brilliant ad :grin:
-
My personal opinion, I think the effect of the pano roof is going to be lost on any other colour apart from white. Carbon grey was high up on my list and I swayed back and forwards from my original choice but the more I saw it in white the more I liked it. However, it is probably the most difficult decision of any.
-
Stick! Pictures in this thread will help put your mind at rest that you've chosen a great colour. Also, if you change your mind on colour, you'll be playing the waiting game for longer.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=256607.0
It certainly stung me - i'd be in a DBP manual GTD a few weeks ago if I hadn't requested a change to TR and the dealership hadn't messed up and changed my dad's order by accident and then changed mine a few weeks after that when they realised their mistake.
First instict is usually right - my dad's DBP looks great but it'll be a lot of upkeep keeping it clean - TR was always there or thereabouts.
It'll be interesting to see if White falls out of trend generally, as more and more car manufacturers start charging for it (because they can, not that it costs any more than it used to).
-
My personal opinion, I think the effect of the pano roof is going to be lost on any other colour apart from white. Carbon grey was high up on my list and I swayed back and forwards from my original choice but the more I saw it in white the more I liked it. However, it is probably the most difficult decision of any.
There is a White MK7 GT in a street on my commute home - with Pano roof, and it does look good on the white. Seen the same Pano roof on a Tornado Red one and was not fussed.
-
Just go with your heart, and if you want white, change it to white. I might be biased, but I find white by far the best suited colour for the GTI, as it picks out all the lines and accents really well. As already mentioned too, the pano roof will kinda' get lots in darker colours.
White can go out of fashion tomorrow for all I care. I've had white cars way before they became the fashion, and I'll continue to have them. My car is there to please me, not please other people!
-
Thanks for the opinions guys
Colour seems the be the hardest choice to make ! I did rule out TR because of already having a red car, so I guess I am going to stick with Carbon, also I chose the roof because I like a sunroof, not just for the looks and those pics someone posted of the carbon grey one do look good when its in the sun.
I think it will be a bit more discreet than white too. Agree with someone's comment earlier about them charging for white because its popular, which is naughty. Solid red, solid black and solid white were always no cost paint options on most cars, they knew fine well doing the launch car in white and charging £250 minimum was a money spinner !
-
Actually
Seeing this I do love the grey ! Nice contrast between the grey and what looks like a black gti... Do like that the grey is more "metallic"
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fKAWfqo6egA&feature=related
-
Just saying, but when you see a mk 5 GTI in white it still looks ace, the other colours do not look as good, same for the mk 6 now and as the years go by it will still hold its own but the other colours probably will not.
Same will go for the mk 7, good news if you plan on keeping it for a number of years or when you want to sell on.
IMHO :smiley:
-
Drisser, I was in the same dilemma as you a few weeks back. My two favourite colours for the GTD/GTI are Pure White and Carbon Grey.
I'd say stick with your original decision and don't swop. That's what I've done.
There are two key benefits to getting Carbon Grey:
1) It exclusive to the GTD/GTI's (some people don't know this)
2) It's more low-key, less standout than Pure White (if that's important to you)
I think stick mate :wink:
-
Ok I am having my first big 2 nd thought since ordering !
Watched the tv ad with the white car in Vegas with sunroof and admit it looks fab. I have ordered carbon which I think will look " classically cool " without being too much notice me - like cars understated and have to park on the street - but the white looks really good.
My other dilemma with white is if it will go out of fashion in5 years time whereas carbon grey will probably look smart whatever..
Someone help me.. Stick or twist !
You are what you drive Drisser ............ Grey :laugh: only joking mate
I have gone for the launch advert colour White, not my preferred colour but this car is replacing the wife's TT so she had to have some sort of say. I would have gone for the Grey, I think it's a timeless colour and I am a bit worried I have jumped on the white bandwagon a little too late in its trend. Mind you the mrs is happy and I got the 3 doors, PP and DCC that I wanted!
Way back in 2005 I ordered a red GTI mk5, this was the launch colour (singing in the rain advert) and all the brochures had the car in red, top gear also tested a red one. Prior to ordering I saw a white one in some foreign mag and was toying with the idea of choosing that instead. The salesman at vw said he only sold white cars to district nurses and that when I came back in 3 years time to trade it in I would not get as much for it as white is not a popular colour, what did he know :laugh: how things change :laugh:
-
Ok I am having my first big 2 nd thought since ordering !
Watched the tv ad with the white car in Vegas with sunroof and admit it looks fab. I have ordered carbon which I think will look " classically cool " without being too much notice me - like cars understated and have to park on the street - but the white looks really good.
My other dilemma with white is if it will go out of fashion in5 years time whereas carbon grey will probably look smart whatever..
Someone help me.. Stick or twist !
You are what you drive Drisser ............ Grey :laugh: only joking mate
I have gone for the launch advert colour White, not my preferred colour but this car is replacing the wife's TT so she had to have some sort of say. I would have gone for the Grey, I think it's a timeless colour and I am a bit worried I have jumped on the white bandwagon a little too late in its trend. Mind you the mrs is happy and I got the 3 doors, PP and DCC that I wanted!
Way back in 2005 I ordered a red GTI mk5, this was the launch colour (singing in the rain advert) and all the brochures had the car in red, top gear also tested a red one. Prior to ordering I saw a white one in some foreign mag and was toying with the idea of choosing that instead. The salesman at vw said he only sold white cars to district nurses and that when I came back in 3 years time to trade it in I would not get as much for it as white is not a popular colour, what did he know :laugh: how things change :laugh:
I am accountant :laugh: so maybe I should have grey ! I do think the gti since mk5 has looked good in white but I think the need for something a bit more understated while i need to park on the street will mean in grey it passes under the radar for an jealous chavs !
-
Don't change your order, changing my colour put back the build by 10 weeks :evil:
-
Colour was a dilemma for me too, but saw TR in the metal and decided to go for it. I've never had a red car before and currently have a white one so can see why you want to change from red to a different colour. The CSG is a nice looking colour, although the white examples that have been posted on here look awesome.
-
Go for the colour YOU want, not what others think looks good or what the trend is or might be. If it's a toss-up between two colours, you should end up happy either way, but if you really want white, go for white. If you know you'll be happy with CSG, stick with it.
Having said that, there is just something about white that really suits the GTI. As Running Man already implied, it's a classic look for the GTI, and will definitely hold its own against any other colour, now and in the future.
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
You must be the only one :grin: :grin: :grin:
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
My neighbour two doors up has a metallic silver GTI mk5. Always have a nosey every time I walk past. Looks great actually. White is the new silver!
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
Possibly one of the worst colours for a GTI, but that's just my opinion! ;)
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
Possibly one of the worst colours for a GTI, but that's just my opinion! ;)
WHAT THE HELL :angry:
My mk 5 GTI was reflex silver................I agree with you though :whistle:
-
WHAT THE HELL :angry:
My mk 5 GTI was reflex silver................I agree with you though :whistle:
Haha! Nothing wrong with silver, just not on a GTI :sick:
-
I dunno
I was considering limestone grey, then before I ordered I asked the dealer if he had any car in limestone on site, he had a basic golf.. Truly awful IMO very washed out, not a gti colour at all.
It does seem white is the new silver though, not many on here have ordered silver, but then as I discovered you have to go with gut feel and what YOU want.
On YouTube I saw a nice red metallic I think and the Paris show electric blue colour. I think they offered too many off grey colors and should have given more choice of metallic blues and reds..
-
They will no doubt expand the colour range in a few years to freshen up the car
-
WHAT THE HELL :angry:
My mk 5 GTI was reflex silver................I agree with you though :whistle:
Haha! Nothing wrong with silver, just not on a GTI :sick:
My ONLY :whistle: colour mistake on my cars :lipsrsealed:
-
They will no doubt expand the colour range in a few years to freshen up the car
They don't really have a history of doing that. The MKV and MKVI also had flashy colours available in Germany but never in UK or IRL.
What they have done with the 5 and 6 is throw in leather as standard (no more cloth) and one or 2 other smaller goodies in the run out models...
-
They will no doubt expand the colour range in a few years to freshen up the car
They usually substitute a poor selling colour with something else. They did this with the Scirocco, swapping Pewter Grey (a mid grey metallic with a slight purple hue) for another Grey I forget the name of (a very flat/plain grey with no undertones).
In Germany they have the option of paying a lot more for a much wider range of colours. This involves having the bodyshell constructed on-site and then shipped to another site that routinely has the colour you want to get painted up in their paint shop and then shipped back to Wolfsburg for construction. You pay about 1800 Euros for the priviledge. Audi do a similar scheme in the UK to widen the colour palette - again at significant cost.
-
I was following a regular mk7 in silver for about 20 minutes earlier today. It looked good. Especially from a slight angle from the rear. Silver is not a colour that I think suits the GTI but the light colour and the reflections really showed off the shape of the car and the details like the creases.
A while later I followed a rather dirty regular mk7 in black around a roundabout. Looked awful. Yet a black GTI I think looks pretty good! :undecided: I think a lot of it might come down to the fact it looked like it had been a month without a wash.
-
I actually saw a regular mk7 golf in tornado today, with the pano roof fully open and it looked :cool: in my view, roof glass looked bigger than I first thought..
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
You must be the only one :grin: :grin: :grin:
Thanks Craig, :wink: I am in therapy for it :grin:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/23574881@N06/3824047217/
-
I have a secret little love for silver GTD/GTI's
You must be the only one :grin: :grin: :grin:
Thanks Craig, :wink: I am in therapy for it :grin:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/23574881@N06/3824047217/
Glad to hear you're getting treatment Gordor :grin:
In all seriousness I've never been a fan of silver cars. IMO its probably the most bland colour there is.
-
Gotta be honest, i'm liking Tungsten silver, if it didn't mean making my wait longer i'd seriously consider a changing! 8)
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/cf6576b728454d01ac72722f0deac066_zpsc634d55b.jpg)
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/927c6009a59cc5aa0d335a2a788bf969_zpsaa55b28b.jpg)
-
Gotta be honest, i'm liking Tungsten silver, if it didn't mean making my wait longer i'd seriously consider a changing! 8)
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/cf6576b728454d01ac72722f0deac066_zpsc634d55b.jpg)
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/927c6009a59cc5aa0d335a2a788bf969_zpsaa55b28b.jpg)
Nice one Jimble, I'm with Craig in that I really don't like silver cars, apart from a Silver GTI or GTD and this one looks class in TS
-
I'm not sure if it is Tungsten now, could be Reflex? :-\
-
I agree, it looks quite nice, as does a red one and a black one, but put a white GTI in the mix and it's no contest for me!
-
I agree, it looks quite nice, as does a red one and a black one, but put a white GTI in the mix and it's no contest for me!
Anyone would think your biased :grin: :grin:
-
I agree, it looks quite nice, as does a red one and a black one, but put a white GTI in the mix and it's no contest for me!
Anyone would think your biased :grin: :grin:
I am, I like white cars, especially when paired with a GTI. Nothing funny at all ;)
-
I agree, it looks quite nice, as does a red one and a black one, but put a white GTI in the mix and it's no contest for me!
Anyone would think your biased :grin: :grin:
I am, I like white cars, especially when paired with a GTI. Nothing funny at all ;)
I'd never have guessed :smug: :smug:
-
Silver is definitely underrated! I reckon it is just a current fashion to have a white car (my last three were). Silver actually looks better more of the time in our climate! I've never had a red car before and I've always liked tornado on the GTI. Not to have to pay more for it a la Fiat 500 is great...
-
Years ago we had a mk 4 V5 in silver - looked the nuts - great car but spent half the time in the petrol station :laugh:
-
Quite like that tungsten silver actually !
-
Years ago we had a mk 4 V5 in silver - looked the nuts - great car but spent half the time in the petrol station :laugh:
I didn't realise that silver cars used more fuel than non silver ones :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
-
Years ago we had a mk 4 V5 in silver - looked the nuts - great car but spent half the time in the petrol station :laugh:
I didn't realise that silver cars used more fuel than non silver ones :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
:grin: everyone knows that!! :laugh:
-
Trying to decide between the following for a 3dr GTD:
Carbon Grey
Pure White
Oryx White
-
Trying to decide between the following for a 3dr GTD:
Carbon Grey
Pure White
Oryx White
This might help:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254937.0 (http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254937.0)
;)
-
Hi, to many mk6 carbons for my liking. I own a white mk6 so has to be midnight blue :whistle:
Chris