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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: charv94 on 01 April 2015, 19:53
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Picked up my gti this morning. Couple of questions.
1. The airbag stickers on the passenger sun visor, can they come off, they seem to be like painted or something (ie no visible edge to it so can't unpeel)
2. Are the lights supposed to turn on when you unlock the car?
I flipping love it, (I know photo evidence or it isnt real or whatever but I haven't got the foggiest on how to upload one!)
Thanks in advance
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The airbag sticker has had a few comments.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=258582.0
And a How To on removing it. Its for a Mk6 but the principle I would imagine would be the same
http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthread.php?5531191-MK6-GLI-visor-and-airbag-sticker-removal-guide
As for your lights. Have you got the light switch on "Auto" as it will only work on that setting and also only work if it is dark enough. So it won't do it in the daylight.
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As for your lights. Have you got the light switch on "Auto" as it will only work on that setting and also only work if it is dark enough. So it won't do it in the daylight.
Yep just tried now it's a bit darker and they have come on! Thanks for your help on that. Shame about the sticker I think I'll leave it and get used to it.
Thanks
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Congrats on your new car :cool:
To post pics you'll need a photo hosting account such as photobucket or flickr. To post from photobucket - copy and paste IMG code of your chosen photo, or if using Flickr - copy and paste BBC code. There's also a help guide at top of new forum members section.
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To be honest, after a few days you don't even notice the sticker (at least I don't anymore), so personally I'd just leave well alone.
P.s. And sorry, totally off topic I know, but bloody hell Rebecca, just been looking at your Flickr site and photos of your mk6. I seriously didn't think it was possible to ever get a car looking that shiney without chrome plating it - it's a credit to you.
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P.s. And sorry, totally off topic I know, but bloody hell Rebecca, just been looking at your Flickr site and photos of your mk6. I seriously didn't think it was possible to ever get a car looking that shiney without chrome plating it - it's a credit to you.
Ta Sootchucker :smiley:
You might not be quite so complimentary if you could see it at moment, sludge plated would be a more accurate description :embarrassed: Gone 3 weeks without a wash, which is an age to me.
Shhh! Chrome plate is my detailing secret....'80s mirrored Ray-Ban Aviators - that's the look I'm going for :grin:
Sorry charv, back to your lovely birthday present :smiley: we want pics!
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I was adamant that i wanted rid of that airbag sticker but you soon stop noticing it tbh, my solution was going to be to get a drivers sun visor from a left and drive car but never bothered in the end. :)
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I was adamant that i wanted rid of that airbag sticker but you soon stop noticing it tbh, my solution was going to be to get a drivers sun visor from a left and drive car but never bothered in the end. :)
Same here, was adamant I was going to get the LHD visor etc, and after a few days....As a driver I never even look there.
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A suitable cut section of matt black vinyl from the local sign shop applied over it would do the trick.....
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Happy Birthday Charv (belated I guess) and congrats on picking the car up.
PHOTOS!
Ahh, I remember my 21st well. I was midway though buying my first property (a flat as property prices were mental back then too) and had chicken pox I'd picked up off my little sis just before my parents and her vanished off to Tererife on holiday leaving me home alone for my birthday laid up in bed :angry:
Celebrations duly cancelled and I was left with nothing but a massive birthday cake my girlfriend had bought me for company for two weeks whilst I sat in quarantine. Happy days.
PS. You soon get used to that annoying label and don't look at it.
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They have changed the stickers, i noticed on our fleet the wife's is more of a graphic
LHD visor is the answer but can't be bothered
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Without pics it doesn't exist! Get a Photo bucket account, upload us photos and copy paste the link. Piece of piss!
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(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/charlie8494/IMG_1413_zpsj4bgub6i.png) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/charlie8494/media/IMG_1413_zpsj4bgub6i.png.html)
Old Car before she went.
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/charlie8494/IMG_1434_zpsvse3ha2l.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/charlie8494/media/IMG_1434_zpsvse3ha2l.jpg.html)(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/charlie8494/IMG_1437_zpssy8pxj5h.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/charlie8494/media/IMG_1437_zpssy8pxj5h.jpg.html)
Collection Day :laugh:
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/charlie8494/IMG_1377_zpskx0oh6tj.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/charlie8494/media/IMG_1377_zpskx0oh6tj.jpg.html)(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u413/charlie8494/IMG_1375_zpsakeqvkql.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/user/charlie8494/media/IMG_1375_zpsakeqvkql.jpg.html)
Couple of when it arrived too early for me to collect
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Looking great mate :cool:
You pleased with it? Sad to see the Corsa go? :laugh: (I used to have one myself many years ago)
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Looking great mate :cool:
You pleased with it? Sad to see the Corsa go? :laugh: (I used to have one myself many years ago)
I sold it to we buy any car a week before picking up the golf so I was really rather sad then, but not sure if that was increased by the fact I had no car anymore! But now I've got the golf I'm obsessed. It's currently in having work done actually it's got a funny rattle which is sad
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But now I've got the golf I'm obsessed. It's currently in having work done actually it's got a funny rattle which is sad
Well you're in the right place :laugh:
Where's the rattle? Is it one of the common ones' that have cropped up on the forum?
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Well you're in the right place :laugh:
Where's the rattle? Is it one of the common ones' that have cropped up on the forum?
Its in the engine bay, it sounds like its a fan that touches something while rotating, Its in and i got the technician to hear it so hopefully will be sorted quickly!!
It starts up sometimes when you sort of judder the car when pulling off, then it stays going, hard to explain really. But irritating non the less
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Well best to get it sorted asap then hopefully you can get on and enjoy the car :smiley:
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Well best to get it sorted asap then hopefully you can get on and enjoy the car :smiley:
Just had the call, they are stripping out the dashboard in search for it. No good
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Well best to get it sorted asap then hopefully you can get on and enjoy the car :smiley:
Just had the call, they are stripping out the dashboard in search for it. No good
Nooo! :cry:
Think I'd rather live with the rattle, than them take the dash apart!
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Well best to get it sorted asap then hopefully you can get on and enjoy the car :smiley:
Just had the call, they are stripping out the dashboard in search for it. No good
Nooo! :cry:
Think I'd rather live with the rattle, than them take the dash apart!
I agree. Don't go down that road as it is torturous. They will make things worse as you might end up with other more serious problems.
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Well best to get it sorted asap then hopefully you can get on and enjoy the car :smiley:
Just had the call, they are stripping out the dashboard in search for it. No good
Nooo! :cry:
Think I'd rather live with the rattle, than them take the dash apart!
I agree. Don't go down that road as it is torturous. They will make things worse as you might end up with other more serious problems.
too late now, i gave the go ahead about an hour ago.
Im happy for them to do that, i just want to have to car fixed. I've got faith in the dealer
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too late now, i gave the go ahead about an hour ago.
Im happy for them to do that, i just want to have to car fixed. I've got faith in the dealer
All I can say is GOOD LUCK! :sad: :smiley:
and keep us posted.
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Does the rattle happen at about 1500rpm in sport mode? If so I think it's the sound aktuator. Might save them destroying your dash...
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Does the rattle happen at about 1500rpm in sport mode? If so I think it's the sound aktuator. Might save them destroying your dash...
No it does it at idle its a bit late now anyway :rolleyes:
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Does the rattle happen at about 1500rpm in sport mode? If so I think it's the sound aktuator. Might save them destroying your dash...
No it does it at idle its a bit late now anyway :rolleyes:
Before they rip your dash apart and destroy it, get them to check that the Soundaktor is properly tied down. A couple of R owners had to do this as they also had a vibration/rattle at idle.
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That's quite an upgrade from the corsa!
Sorry to hear about the rattle :-(
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It's a huge change! Thanks I hope it's fixed quickly too!
The dash is already out. I'm picking up at gti courtesy car tomorrow morning
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Little Update,
Picked up a silver DSG GTI courtesy car (looks no where near as good as CSG) on friday morning, had no word from the dealer and go back to uni tomorrow.
I never thought id have a strong feeling with the DSG, i just feel like it makes the car feel slow?? mine felt so punchy and with the dsg whether its a smooth drive or what it just doesn't feel as powerful, weird feeling actually!!
Anyway I'm taking my replacement to uni for this week and ill be back friday, hoping that they have it found and fixed by then.
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It'll be interesting to see how the DSG grows on you over the week.
I'm of the same opinion as you with it but, like yourself, I've not spent a huge amount of time driving them.
A friend of mine had a GTD DSG for a few days and when I drove it I thought it didn't drive anywhere as near as nicely as the manual GTD's I'd driven, the DSG made the car feel like it had much less torque.
Then my friend took the wheel, banged the DSG into Sport and within a few minutes he demonstrated things I'd never been able to do in a manual GTI never mind a manual GTD.
The thing is, that was absolutely flat out and once back into normal driving I didn't like it again.
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the DSG made the car feel like it had much less torque.
Genuine question - how do you 'feel' torque or experience it? My understanding is that torque is the ability of the engine to output power in lower gears (so you need to change less frequently with a manual box) - or maybe to put it another way the car is less sensitive to being in the 'correct' gear? So I guess with DSG you are insulated from its advantages somewhat?
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Having owned too many to mention turbo cars and turbo Diesels, the torque feel is that wave of thrust you feel in a powerful Diesel (the older PD Diesels were the best to demonstrate this, particularly the 1.9 8v units).
Drive a remapped turbo car and you'll know exactly what I mean instantly - the tuners will get the car to boost much more strongly from initial peak turbo spool and you feel a real thrust (this is what kills clutches) from about 2000rpm on a TDI or small turbo'd GTI and a little higher on an R.
The factory map the engine so that the torque does a bit of a plateau but a tuner will generally give it a bit of a mountain so people don't sit on forums saying "yeah it might be a bit quicker but feels a bit flat still" and instead come back raving saying the car feels a million times quicker which in turn generates more remap sales... it's the feel of the car more than the actuality of the power on hand.
On a Diesel you will notice the torque thrust either on a trailing throttle application or a progressive acceleration - these types of acceleration suit turbo Diesels best as they're slower revving than petrols so you need to ride the torque to get the best out of the thrust, and obviously a turbo is a wheel that needs to increase in speed to provide more boost so snapping the pedal down won't provide the best acceleration, rather more you need to quickly but smoothly push the accelerator pedal.
A mk7 GTI has Diesel like torque (same output in lb ft or NM as the revered old 170 BHP PD unit Diesels) and is fairly low revving so rather than snapping the throttle open it works really well in the mid range if you drive it a bit like a Diesel if you're not going flat out and therefore it allows you to ride the torque plateau to reasonably high revs making the car feel almost like a remapped mk5 GTI.
If you drive it like that with a DSG in anything other than paddle mode it will just change gear non stop making the engine feel flat and laggy, and it's not just VW's that suffer this.
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Little Update,
Picked up a silver DSG GTI courtesy car (looks no where near as good as CSG) on friday morning, had no word from the dealer and go back to uni tomorrow.
I never thought id have a strong feeling with the DSG, i just feel like it makes the car feel slow?? mine felt so punchy and with the dsg whether its a smooth drive or what it just doesn't feel as powerful, weird feeling actually!!
Anyway I'm taking my replacement to uni for this week and ill be back friday, hoping that they have it found and fixed by then.
I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the reflex silver. I've ordered a reflex silver!!!!
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Little Update,
Picked up a silver DSG GTI courtesy car (looks no where near as good as CSG) on friday morning, had no word from the dealer and go back to uni tomorrow.
I never thought id have a strong feeling with the DSG, i just feel like it makes the car feel slow?? mine felt so punchy and with the dsg whether its a smooth drive or what it just doesn't feel as powerful, weird feeling actually!!
Anyway I'm taking my replacement to uni for this week and ill be back friday, hoping that they have it found and fixed by then.
I'm sorry to hear you didn't like the reflex silver. I've ordered a reflex silver!!!!
Once you get a lair of dust on a Pure White it loses that bright white lustre and when you get a lair of dust on Reflex Silver you just don't notice it. Unless you wash your car three times a week Reflex will be the long term winner!!!
As much as I love the Pure White on my GTI (it doesn't show up the dirt *that* bad) if I was ordering again I'd be tempted with silver... just saying :smiley:
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Wait til you get your black car back after the Sahara dust storm...
Limestone Grey is the sensible colour for anyone who hates washing their car (like me!)
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Wait til you get your black car back after the Sahara dust storm...
Limestone Grey is the sensible colour for anyone who hates washing their car (like me!)
Tungsten Silver is also another good colour to hide the daily grime.
Still, I'm sure the OP will have a long and happy relationship with his Carbon Grey which is a pretty awesome colour when it's clean.
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I guess tmcolour really is a personal thing. The day I ordered I saw a carbon grey and a silver side by side. I picked the silver. I also saw a tungsten silver GTI a few days later. Nice colour too. Hopefully the reflex silver I ordered will look the part...
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Thanks for that detailed reply Exonian :smiley:
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I guess tmcolour really is a personal thing. The day I ordered I saw a carbon grey and a silver side by side. I picked the silver. I also saw a tungsten silver GTI a few days later. Nice colour too. Hopefully the reflex silver I ordered will look the part...
Not normally a fan of silver cars or light greys, but imo both Reflex and Tungsten Silver really suit the Mk7 more so than any other mark of GTI except maybe Mk4. They bring out the sharp creases of the design so well, and the upside is they look cleaner for longer :cool:
I don't mind cleaning my car every day of the week so have picked DBP for the R :laugh:
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Final update.
Car is fixed there was a loose bolt that was the cause!! Anyway the buggers rang me just as I arrived at uni in Nottingham where I was planning on staying till Friday. They need the car back as it's the dealer principals! Wonder what he has been driving.
Anyway going home tomorrow night and will probably use it as an excuse to stay home for a further week!
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Final update.
Car is fixed there was a loose bolt that was the cause!! Anyway the buggers rang me just as I arrived at uni in Nottingham where I was planning on staying till Friday. They need the car back as it's the dealer principals! Wonder what he has been driving.
Anyway going home tomorrow night and will probably use it as an excuse to stay home for a further week!
Glad it's sorted, just hope they haven't created another rattle during their search for the original one.
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Gd result!
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I guess tmcolour really is a personal thing. The day I ordered I saw a carbon grey and a silver side by side. I picked the silver. I also saw a tungsten silver GTI a few days later. Nice colour too. Hopefully the reflex silver I ordered will look the part...
Not normally a fan of silver cars or light greys, but imo both Reflex and Tungsten Silver really suit the Mk7 more so than any other mark of GTI except maybe Mk4. They bring out the sharp creases of the design so well, and the upside is they look cleaner for longer :cool:
I don't mind cleaning my car every day of the week so have picked DBP for the R :laugh:
What's people's experiences of keeping Carbon grey cars clean? I can imagine not quite as hard as dbp, but obviously not as easy as reflex silver!
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What's people's experiences of keeping Carbon grey cars clean? I can imagine not quite as hard as dbp, but obviously not as easy as reflex silver!
I coated ours from new with Wolfs Hardbody and it stays really quite clean. A bit of rain shifts the dirt. It's nearly a year old and still working pretty well. Glad I did it even if it's more tricky than a normal sealant.
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Nice one. I think I'm gonna have to get my car detailed and waxed when she arrives. Prevention is better than cure and all that!
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I coated ours from new with Wolfs Hardbody and it stays really quite clean. A bit of rain shifts the dirt. It's nearly a year old and still working pretty well. Glad I did it even if it's more tricky than a normal sealant.
I had mine done with Polished Angel by Unique Detail - a year on all it takes is a normal two bucket was and it looks good as new. I have never polished it or done anything apart from use normal Megs Gold Class shampoo...
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Thanks for that detailed reply Exonian :smiley:
Pleasure, although reading back through my post I did wonder whether I'd written it in English as I don't think I explained it very well! It's hard to convey a push in the back feeling in print and everyone drives differently and comes from different car backgrounds.
So, good to hear Charv's car is sorted now - after a day or two driving a DSG, do you still dislike it? Or should that be "after a day or two of beating the sh!t out of a loan GTI DSG kept in Sport mode all the time has it grown on you?"
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Thanks for that detailed reply Exonian :smiley:
So, good to hear Charv's car is sorted now - after a day or two driving a DSG, do you still dislike it? Or should that be "after a day or two of beating the sh!t out of a loan GTI DSG kept in Sport mode all the time has it grown on you?"
After the weekend and now finding quite how much a gti is capable of. I would say it's very good, sport mode would be good if you are on it for a long period but if you want to Cane it down a slip road then settle onto the motorway I found sport mode slightly frustrating. It's a all or nothing kind of mode in the dsg.
On the town run it sometimes won't choose a gear which frustrates. All in all it is very good, but for me, it's not what I want. I want to be in full control. I also feel like it's very expensive. The car has no options other than the gearbox. For someone with limited funds id probably choose to have a couple of options instead of just a gearbox
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I coated ours from new with Wolfs Hardbody and it stays really quite clean. A bit of rain shifts the dirt. It's nearly a year old and still working pretty well. Glad I did it even if it's more tricky than a normal sealant.
I had mine done with Polished Angel by Unique Detail - a year on all it takes is a normal two bucket was and it looks good as new. I have never polished it or done anything apart from use normal Megs Gold Class shampoo...
Yep, it's so easy to clean. First go with a "hard" sealant and definitely worth the effort. I probably should have added "trickier to apply than a normal sealant" earlier. Once done it's a piece of cake to look after.
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Thanks for that detailed reply Exonian :smiley:
So, good to hear Charv's car is sorted now - after a day or two driving a DSG, do you still dislike it? Or should that be "after a day or two of beating the sh!t out of a loan GTI DSG kept in Sport mode all the time has it grown on you?"
After the weekend and now finding quite how much a gti is capable of. I would say it's very good, sport mode would be good if you are on it for a long period but if you want to Cane it down a slip road then settle onto the motorway I found sport mode slightly frustrating. It's a all or nothing kind of mode in the dsg.
On the town run it sometimes won't choose a gear which frustrates. All in all it is very good, but for me, it's not what I want. I want to be in full control. I also feel like it's very expensive. The car has no options other than the gearbox. For someone with limited funds id probably choose to have a couple of options instead of just a gearbox
I suspect you have pressed the Sport setting which defaults the gearbox to Sport too. Look in the top right hand corner of the display in between the dials of the instrument binnacle. If it say S1 S2 etc pull back on the gear lever and it will drop the gearbox to normal rather than the sh!t or bust mode it defaults too :wink: