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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: ajearl on 26 January 2014, 18:25
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Golf GTD Carbon grey on route to UK , ordered last August with agreed trade in price for 09 Scirrocco TDI
Do I have now 63 plate or wait until March for new reg, problem with this is current car will require oil service brake fluid service and intercooler pipe replacement before March wiping out the gains of waiting for new 14 plate??
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At this point I would wait for March 1st. :smiley:
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i am getting my gti on wednesday..the dealer offered to keep it till the new reg...but in reality..how much difference does it really make? especially on a pcp where chances are at the end go it I will be hopping straight into another one
its still a 2014 car, theres no changes been made to standard equipment
as I do less than 8k a year the mileage after 3 years is still going to be low
for example..what do you thinks worth more at trade in, a month newer registration date or low mileage?
would a january 2014 with 24k miles on be worth less or more than a march2014 car with 36k miles on?
bottom line for me is I want to drive it now! been dreaming for weeks :smiley:
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I guess it depends on your personal view, doubt it will make a massive difference to the re-sale value, £300-500 perhaps?
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Mine is at the dealers and I'm waiting for 14 plate. For me, its my first ever new car so having it on the first day of the new reg is part of the experience. Other than that there is little benefit.
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Not worth waiting imho... even more so if you want to keep the car for longer.
After 3 years price difference between 63 and 14 won't be much, even less after say 10 years.
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Wait until the 14 plate, don't bother servicing your Rocco, i presume you are trading it in? If so let it be the dealers problem. A newer plate WILL be worth more come trade-in or sale.
J
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Golf GTD Carbon grey on route to UK , ordered last August with agreed trade in price for 09 Scirrocco TDI
Do I have now 63 plate or wait until March for new reg, problem with this is current car will require oil service brake fluid service and intercooler pipe replacement before March wiping out the gains of waiting for new 14 plate??
i get mine this week, life's for living...........
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I guess it depends on your personal view, doubt it will make a massive difference to the re-sale value, £300-500 perhaps?
More like £800 to a grand. Between plates count on £200 depreciation per month and then around £800 at the new plate. If you lease then it isn't a concern, but on a private buy it is.
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Monkey Hanger is spot on, I ordered first week October and got mine last week, in NI it doesn't matter about March.
Waiting will be your problem knowing it is there.
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Waiting a few more weeks until March will also mean one month less of sh!tty winter roads to drive on.
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
Hi,
I had the same dilema. Car arrived just before Christmas, Birthday is also 28 Febuary, so was planning for 1 March. But then I weakened! I picked up the car on 18 January, and wow what a car. You have the best Birthday present ever coming mate.
Ian
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
Hi,
I had the same dilema. Car arrived just before Christmas, Birthday is also 28 Febuary, so was planning for 1 March. But then I weakened! I picked up the car on 18 January, and wow what a car. You have the best Birthday present ever coming mate.
Ian
Ian if you had to name just one thing to reflect your jubilant "wow what a car..." what would it be?
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
Hi,
I had the same dilema. Car arrived just before Christmas, Birthday is also 28 Febuary, so was planning for 1 March. But then I weakened! I picked up the car on 18 January, and wow what a car. You have the best Birthday present ever coming mate.
Ian
Now that makes me really excited! :laugh:
Thanks mate!
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
I think if it was my own I would do the same, only a month and a few days, soon pass provided you can stop thinking about it (he says only 3 more sleeps!)
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Golf GTD Carbon grey on route to UK , ordered last August with agreed trade in price for 09 Scirrocco TDI
Do I have now 63 plate or wait until March for new reg, problem with this is current car will require oil service brake fluid service and intercooler pipe replacement before March wiping out the gains of waiting for new 14 plate??
I'd prob wait til March for the new 14 as it's only 5 weeks!!! (Not that I'd personally pay any extra for a March 14 (14 Plate) over a Feb 14 (63 Plate).
ps. I wouldn't bother servicing or repairing your p/x. You wouldn't get anymore for it, having done so! ;)
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
Hi,
I had the same dilema. Car arrived just before Christmas, Birthday is also 28 Febuary, so was planning for 1 March. But then I weakened! I picked up the car on 18 January, and wow what a car. You have the best Birthday present ever coming mate.
Ian
Ian if you had to name just one thing to reflect your jubilant "wow what a car..." what would it be?
The DCC and ride to be honest. To be able to have a GTI that I can set to ride better than my MK6 Golf Match or be able to stiffen the suspension up on demand is a credit to VW :)
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I guess it depends on your personal view, doubt it will make a massive difference to the re-sale value, £300-500 perhaps?
More like £800 to a grand. Between plates count on £200 depreciation per month and then around £800 at the new plate. If you lease then it isn't a concern, but on a private buy it is.
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What he said! :D
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For me, the plate isn't important, neither is the £xxx.xx difference in depreciation over the next X years. The diesel on this beast is going to do you for far more than that, so just enjoy it I say! As someone else said, life's to short to worry about these things.
if you're frugal with money, and care about the odd few £100 here and there, then of course wait. Or if the '14' on your car is important, then by all means, wait. Otherwise, you're missing out on 'breaking in' time to allow you to fully enjoy the car come 2 months' time, at which time you can really enjoy it!
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Like a couple of others on here, I'm waiting till March 1st. My car arrived at dealers week before xmas. I'm buying outright with cash so any saving is important to me. Since I had surgery on my spine I couldn't drive for most of the waiting period anyway, now I can but the wait is only 5 more week so might as well go all the way. Can't wait for that saturday my dealer has already booked me in and is insisting that the amount of kit on this car will take 2 hours to go through properly. It is also booked in for 6 hours with the two head valeters the week before.
Pretty excited about this.
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If you're anal about paintwork, I wouldn't let the valeters 'wash' your car. It may spoil the collection excitement looking at what other people consider to be 'perfect'. It did for me :(
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
I don't want to rain on what should be a really great day for you, but I hope your dealer hasn't got many cars going out on March 1st.
Think about the logistics of it. If they have a lot of cars going out on march 1st
1: The valet might have been done a few days prior to pick up so it might not be as clean as you thought or hoped.
2: The pressure to get a lot of cars ready might lead to a few corners being cut.
3: The salesman will be under pressure to get as many hand overs done so denying you the standard of service you deserve in the rush to get to the next customer.
A friend of mine works in the trade and he said to me once. Never pick up a new car on new reg day for the reasons mentioned above.
As I said I don't want to put you off but wanted to offer a different perspective of a March 1st pick up.
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As a self respecting man, why would you want the dealer to show you any kit? It's our prerogative in life to aimlessly mash all of the buttons in a vain attempt to understand the logistics of each toy, before shamelessly looking at the instruction manual in desperation after losing face in front of the better half.
I'm collecting mine on March 1st, but will have done everything in advance so should be turn up, collect key, drive away.
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As a self respecting man, why would you want the dealer to show you any kit? It's our prerogative in life to aimlessly mash all of the buttons in a vain attempt to understand the logistics of each toy, before shamelessly looking at the instruction manual in desperation after losing face in front of the better half.
I'm collecting mine on March 1st, but will have done everything in advance so should be turn up, collect key, drive away.
Make sure you don't stall it on the way out :grin:
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My GTI is also sat at the dealer as of Friday and I've decided to wait until 1st March for a couple of reasons:
1. New Reg - my 1st new car and I always envy people who collect their new cars on 1st day of new registration
2. I'm hoping the worst of the weather will be out the way, although it did snow in March/April last year!
3. It's my birthday on 28th Feb and my wife has planned a nice weekend away for us, all starting with picking up the car on Sat 1st March and going away in it.
The value isn't as important to me, but I do think it will make a difference.
I don't want to rain on what should be a really great day for you, but I hope your dealer hasn't got many cars going out on March 1st.
Think about the logistics of it. If they have a lot of cars going out on march 1st
1: The valet might have been done a few days prior to pick up so it might not be as clean as you thought or hoped.
2: The pressure to get a lot of cars ready might lead to a few corners being cut.
3: The salesman will be under pressure to get as many hand overs done so denying you the standard of service you deserve in the rush to get to the next customer.
A friend of mine works in the trade and he said to me once. Never pick up a new car on new reg day for the reasons mentioned above.
As I said I don't want to put you off but wanted to offer a different perspective of a March 1st pick up.
Yes I do understand all that, and what you say is very true. I've already booked the earliest appointment with the sales guy for 1st March and he said that its no problem so I'm trusting them to make the experiene a good one. If not, they will know about it!
That said, I'll have a lot of time to play with the car over the weekend and I'm not too fussed about a big handover procedure as the sales guy showed me a lot of the functions on the test drive.
Fingers crossed!
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If you're anal about paintwork, I wouldn't let the valeters 'wash' your car. It may spoil the collection excitement looking at what other people consider to be 'perfect'. It did for me :(
I'm not anal about it but I know when it's not done right. Orginally I did not want my car washed because I was going to take it straight to my detailer up in town but to compensate for a blunder the dealer wants to apply autoglym on the house as he is desperate to make amends and is insisting it will be perfect. Having said that, I won't be deeply upset if it isn't perfect, only if it's really bad.
Interesting and valid comments from other posters on here regarding pros/cons of 1st March collection. I don't think I could bear to even wait an extra day though so will take the plunge.
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DO NOT let them apply LifeShine! Utterly horrible stuff that will not get applied correctly internally or externally.
Your detailer will spend some time getting rid of it all before making a start anyway. The scratches left by the Valeter on mine were incredible. Swirl marks all over the place suggesting he'd used a Brillo pad and fairy liquid to do the wash.
If they want to make amends for something, I heartily recommend the following accessories as a much better option:
Sill protection (the tough black 'stickers')
Rubber Golf branded floor mats front and rear
VW valve caps
The more expensive of the two boot liners is a waste of time, however.
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Why is the more expensive boot liner a waste of time? I am thinking of buying one.
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DO NOT let them apply LifeShine! Utterly horrible stuff that will not get applied correctly internally or externally.
Your detailer will spend some time getting rid of it all before making a start anyway. The scratches left by the Valeter on mine were incredible. Swirl marks all over the place suggesting he'd used a Brillo pad and fairy liquid to do the wash.
If they want to make amends for something, I heartily recommend the following accessories as a much better option:
Sill protection (the tough black 'stickers')
Rubber Golf branded floor mats front and rear
VW valve caps
The more expensive of the two boot liners is a waste of time, however.
My free lifeshine went on fine - it isn't universally applied by monkeys, depends on the dealership. Valvecaps are a waste of time - they'll be pinched straight away. I do recommend the rubber mats though - my preference over the carpet ones that'll look sh!te in no time. Lifeshine costs next to nowt - it is all in the labour costs. If you want something other than "£300" lifeshine, you'd be lucky to get £50 accessories from them, because £50 accessories will cost the dealership more than the lifeshine.
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I suppose that's the gamble you take. LifeShine at a dealership will never be applied by dedicated detailer, just a valeter that usually has a number of cars to get through the he's getting £10 a car to do.
I'm sure there are some dealerships that will apply it to an acceptable standard, but as mentioned, i'm very anal with detail and as such, the only way I was going to be 100% happy with the paint finish was to take the car immediately to a professional detailer to remove the product and all the swirl marks.
Not saying that you don't care about it MonkeyHanger - I know it may read like that :)
The scotch guard type product applied to my interior was sprayed everywhere. I had it all over the console, dash, Isofix points etc.. It just looked wrong.
The £55 boot protector is a cheap bit of thin ABS plastic. It claims to be non slip, but it's shiny plastic that everything i've put on has slipped. Also, for a genuine accessory, i'm not particularly impressed with the fit - It certainly isn't perfect.
The rubber mats though, they're great :)
I really like the valve caps, and guess i'm lucky in that I don't love in a high crime area. Hopefully they'll last on the wheels! Previous 'novelty' caps have.
It all depends what the dealer has done that they need to make up to you. I had LifeShine applied as part of my purchasing deal, but due to issues with the car, I had all the things I mentioned thrown in; rubber mats front and back, sill protectors, boot protector (including a cool Beetle T shirt). Never under estimate the power of the dealer wanting an 'extremely satisfied' response on the VW survey...
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I never got a response from VW UK for the satisfaction survey. I apparently missed a call at work from “someone who sounded a bit posh”, but didn’t leave a number, around the time I was expecting a call back for the satisfaction survey. I assume that if they don’t make too much effort to contact you then they must give the dealership the benefit of the doubt and give them top marks. The satisfaction survey is a very big deal for the dealership margins. A small dealership can get as little as 5% profit margin on a car if they get bottom rating on the satisfaction. Top satisfaction is worth 15% on its own according to my salesman.
Getting the car cleaned/valeted varies a lot, even within my chosen dealership group, I buy from the slightly smaller branch and everything is handwashed to a nice standard. The group main dealership 12 miles away has an automatic car wash which scratches the hell out of the lacquer layer – I have stayed away from that branch.
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I missed the phone call as well, but was emailed the survey - which was actually better for me.
I have the number if you wanted to call them back. It's a big agency used by many companies for market research though.