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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Golf mk7 GTD/TDI => Topic started by: difficultrogue on 29 May 2015, 19:34
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Well shes here! After a few months wait the pure white 5 door Gtd turned up yesterday morning!
Looks - Better than I expected, The black trim, wheels ect against the white paint - looks good!
Drive - Took me about an hour to get used to her but she drives nice! dealer told me not to go sport mode until a thousand miles!!! BUT MY HAND SLIPPED! Shes got a strong mid range! sounds a bit throaty too!
Gave her a wash this morning, and not to much orange peel, But enough to warrant a flat and polish over the next few weeks!
In General - Very happy! but can feel a chat with monkeyhanger is well in order re: warp speed upgrade!
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Well shes here! After a few months wait the pure white 5 door Gtd turned up yesterday morning!
Looks - Better than I expected, The black trim, wheels ect against the white paint - looks good!
Drive - Took me about an hour to get used to her but she drives nice! dealer told me not to go sport mode until a thousand miles!!! BUT MY HAND SLIPPED! Shes got a strong mid range! sounds a bit throaty too!
Gave her a wash this morning, and not to much orange peel, But enough to warrant a flat and polish over the next few weeks!
In General - Very happy! but can feel a chat with monkeyhanger is well in order re: warp speed upgrade!
Wheres the pictures??? :wink:
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Well I would never advocate thrashing a new car, but I certainly wouldn't baby it once it is warmed up either. Don't lose too much sleep in slipping into 80% of its potential when the oil is up to 90C.
After 7 VW TDIs, the only one that got babied was low on power, had poor fuel economy and used a litre of oil every 1000 miles or so.
I get my best mpg with Esso, BP and Sainsburys fuel have been fine too. I expected a lot of Shell (old pre-common rail TDIs used to run best on it), but in normal and V-power, the fuel economy and output were noticeably under what Esso gives for me.
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Well shes here! After a few months wait the pure white 5 door Gtd turned up yesterday morning!
Looks - Better than I expected, The black trim, wheels ect against the white paint - looks good!
Drive - Took me about an hour to get used to her but she drives nice! dealer told me not to go sport mode until a thousand miles!!! BUT MY HAND SLIPPED! Shes got a strong mid range! sounds a bit throaty too!
Gave her a wash this morning, and not to much orange peel, But enough to warrant a flat and polish over the next few weeks!
In General - Very happy! but can feel a chat with monkeyhanger is well in order re: warp speed upgrade!
Wheres the pictures??? :wink:
The missus is away in it at the mo! but shes back tomorrow :smiley: so ill get her cleaned up and post some pics!
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Carbon chip tuning over a tuning box any day of the week.
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Of the golf! Not the missus! :huh:
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Lucky you!!! Im still waiting, 18th week!
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websta have you not even had a build date yet ? mine is just hitting the 9 week mark
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You've called your Golf "Jesus"?
I take it the Irish VW's come from Mexico ;-)
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You've called your Golf "Jesus"?
I take it the Irish VW's come from Mexico ;-)
Lol - I got the car for the missus, shes named it Jurgen! :whistle:
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how long did yours take from date of order to delivery ?
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websta have you not even had a build date yet ? mine is just hitting the 9 week mark
Ordered on the 18-2-15 and arrived on the 28-5-15
I cant see why there is such a big difference with order/delivery dates!?!
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The missus is away in it at the mo! but shes back tomorrow :smiley: so ill get her cleaned up and post some pics!
Did you get the missus cleaned up and take some pictures of her? :laugh:
Lol - I got the car for the missus,
Ah right, you got the car in exchange for the missus, so there will be no pictures of her after all :rolleyes:
What about pictures of the car then? :grin:
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The missus is away in it at the mo! but shes back tomorrow :smiley: so ill get her cleaned up and post some pics!
Did you get the missus cleaned up and take some pictures of her? :laugh:
Lol - I got the car for the missus,
Ah right, you got the car in exchange for the missus, so there will be no pictures of her after all :rolleyes:
What about pictures of the car then? :grin:
lol - Shes become very selfish all of a sudden! and hid the spare key! :sad:
Anyways, After 5 days of golf excitement
Likes
lighting -dash lights, exterior lights, door mirror lights and that strip light on the door seal, all look the nuts!
Handling - Love it, ultra responsive!
Trim - all quality, tartan seats and the black roof lining,
Noise - In the low gears (Sport mode) its sounds ace!(from a oil burner)
Folding door mirrors, didnt expect them, Nice!
Smell - Its not just that new car smell, Its Golf new car smell!
Paint - The least amount of orange peel I have ever seen on a new car!
Dislikes
Radio display, crap resolution and the menus aint that great
Power, feels like its got some grunt up to 70 mph but the power seems to be a bit withdrawn after that, I was doing 70mph and dropped it down a gear and floored it and was expecting an elephant to kick me up the ar$e, but the elephant must have been having a day off!
Ill give some more observations as the days go on!
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Ill get some pics as soon as I can!
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And sorry for you lot who have been waiting for your GTD for eons, but trust me, it will be worth the wait!
I gave my missus a budget well in excess of the golf, but shes a golf fan!
When she was given a delivery date it was like waiting for Christmas morning( with cherries on top ) - 5 more sleeps to go, 4 more sleeps to go! you get the picture!?!
So just hang in there people! :angry: