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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: chiefacd on 28 January 2017, 13:18
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hello,
i am looking to purchase a MK7 GTI, however the one that i am interested in does not have the front assist Radar on the Grill. I thought this came as standard, however i cant seem to find anything that will verify this online. is anyone able to advise ? and if it is worth it or not ? Every other GTI i have looked at on Auto trader has the radar in the grill so im starting to think that the previous owner may have removed the radar for aesthetic reasons.
any advice is welcome
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Early versions of the GTI did not come with it as far as i know so if it is an early 13 that would explain it.
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Early versions of the GTI did not come with it as far as i know so if it is an early 13 that would explain it.
thank you, its a 63 plate so that makes sense, i just wasnt sure oif it had maybe been removed
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Yes i think i saw a picture of one on here many moons ago.It is a fantastic piece of kit.
I'd rather try and find one with it. :smiley:
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The one I have found is very highly species and it is in the midnight blue colour and it's a reasonable price, however sadly no front assist
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The very first GTIs didn't have ACC for some reason. These were nearly all dealer demos or VW Press Fleet.
Here's the one my local dealer had in as a demo
Does the car you found have any sort of cruise control?
(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o560/Exonian22/null.jpg) (http://s1147.photobucket.com/user/Exonian22/media/null.jpg.html)
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I think they look better without and I'm not particularly impressed by the technology either. I don't use cruise control, the brake assist is a pita (and should come with a laundry warning) - the only good thing is the reduction in insurance premiums.
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I think they look better without and I'm not particularly impressed by the technology either. I don't use cruise control, the brake assist is a pita (and should come with a laundry warning) - the only good thing is the reduction in insurance premiums.
I've got to agree with all of that.
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Sure it's proper UK spec? On a 63 plate, it won't be one of the very early demos that came through without. My Dad's GTD was one of the first in the UK (registered 1st July 13) and had ACC. I'm pretty sure Irish cars didn't get ACC for quite a while.
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I think they look better without and I'm not particularly impressed by the technology either. I don't use cruise control, the brake assist is a pita (and should come with a laundry warning) - the only good thing is the reduction in insurance premiums.
I've got to agree with all of that.
+1..Too much tech. not a lover of cruise control, perhaps its because I do not do a lot of motorway driving.
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I think they look better without and I'm not particularly impressed by the technology either. I don't use cruise control, the brake assist is a pita (and should come with a laundry warning) - the only good thing is the reduction in insurance premiums.
I've got to agree with all of that.
+1..Too much tech. not a lover of cruise control, perhaps its because I do not do a lot of motorway driving.
I put it on when going through average speed camera zones - and there's a lot of them near me right now. The local council has had a road improvement windfall and has wrecked my commute route with 4 major works expected to last 2 years, all within a 5 mile radius.
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Sure it's proper UK spec? On a 63 plate, it won't be one of the very early demos that came through without. My Dad's GTD was one of the first in the UK (registered 1st July 13) and had ACC. I'm pretty sure Irish cars didn't get ACC for quite a while.
That's right. It was a factory option here until late 2014. Standard since then.
I remember the few very early UK demos didn't have it - the one in Exonian's pic is probably one of those.
I like the tech, it's pretty effective on the motorway, especially with DSG.
I agree it looks crap in the lower grill. Good that they're finally moving it behind the badge in the facelift.
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Indeed it was Joe, that pic was taken at my local dealer in March or April 2013 and was the first mk7 GTI I saw in the flesh. I think my order had already gone in by then but that red car didn't exactly invoke love at first sight!! :grin:
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I like the tech, it's pretty effective on the motorway, especially with DSG.
It works really well with DSG. Not sure I would want it with manual.
My wife has ACC on her A3 and thinks it is great. It is one of the things she misses when using my car.
Anyone ever seen a Mk7 GTD with a single non-chrome exhaust? I was sitting behind one in a town today, as it was getting dark. It had the LED rear brake lights too. I moved past it and the whole front end was definitely Mk7 GTD. Some young boy has gone to a lot of trouble to make his 1.6 diesel look like a GTD!
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Indeed it was Joe, that pic was taken at my local dealer in March or April 2013 and was the first mk7 GTI I saw in the flesh. I think my order had already gone in by then but that red car didn't exactly invoke love at first sight!! :grin:
Thought i recognised it!. :smiley:
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+1 for DSG and ACC. Really like it, especially when I was driving up the M3, through the average speed checks, then in London earlier this week.
Only time I don't like it is when I've forgotten to turn the stop/start off and the car kills the ignition. You have put your foot on the accelerator to go again and it doesn't pull away smooth enough for my liking.
Can see why people with 6MT wouldn't appreciate it so much, unless you were mile munching on the A and M roads in 6th.
Mine is a 63 plate GTI with ACC.
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Only time I don't like it is when I've forgotten to turn the stop/start off and the car kills the ignition. You have put your foot on the accelerator to go again and it doesn't pull away smooth enough for my liking.
You don't need to press the accelerator just press the res button and it will move again. The car will automatically restart the engine when the traffic starts moving anyway.
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Only time I don't like it is when I've forgotten to turn the stop/start off and the car kills the ignition. You have put your foot on the accelerator to go again and it doesn't pull away smooth enough for my liking.
You don't need to press the accelerator just press the res button and it will move again. The car will automatically restart the engine when the traffic starts moving anyway.
I think that might be the later models that restart automatically.
As for pulling away smoothly again I wonder if this is different from earlier models as mine pulls away really smoothly.
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It works really well with DSG. Not sure I would want it with manual.
When the car is moving tt works the same in manual as a DSG.
Its only when its about to come to a stop it pings you and tells you to press the clutch but once moving its pretty much the same.
Its not like the old manual cars that once you pressed the clutch the cruise switched off.
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ACC is brilliant (even with manual) if you are someone who drives the car for any distance. More than just a licence saver, it enables you to get somewhere and not be exhausted.
Honestly, IMHO, the best piece of car tech that's come along in a very long time.
As for it not being on the car the OP is looking at.... maybe its an Irish one. They didn't get all sorts of things as standard and I know there are a lot of those cars in mainland UK stock at the moment - can't remember which of the second hand supermarket things was importing them.
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TBH, ACC is the sole reason when we came to replace both my car and the wife's in May last year that she opted for another Polo Blue GT (which to be fair she loves anyway), rather than a Polo GTI that she was going to get.
Whilst we both really liked the styling on the GTI (and the LED headlights which were great), the GTI didn't come with the option of ACC (note sure why as it's the top model), but the Blue GT did at a modest cost. That's how much she came to appreciate the technology when driving my GTD(s). Coupled with the DSG in both cars, it means we can swap from one car to another and drive both in a similar manner.
(https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7032/26950761992_1a59365e67_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/H4xGAd)
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Rarely use the ACC despite thinking the tech itself is great and seemingly more responsive in the later models having switched from 63 plate to 66 plate recently.
Would I option ACC? not really for use get out of it
BUT, having been saved by once and just having the knowledge of the front assist working passively away takes it now to the must have category on a new car for me.
You cannot have ACC without Front Assist, so ACC to me is just a bonus feature occasionally use.
If budget and car value was so good on second hand the lack of Front Assist would not stop me purchasing as second family car has no bells and whistles and it still does the same job as the R (gets to A-B and back) - If can get it, its great tech but if getting great value then its not a game breaker
One question for otthers though, is do you have to declare does not have front assist for insurance , or would your quote be automatically calculated by the Registration plate? as front assist does bring the insurance category down, i think?
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Only time I don't like it is when I've forgotten to turn the stop/start off and the car kills the ignition. You have put your foot on the accelerator to go again and it doesn't pull away smooth enough for my liking.
You don't need to press the accelerator just press the res button and it will move again. The car will automatically restart the engine when the traffic starts moving anyway.
I think that might be the later models that restart automatically.
As for pulling away smoothly again I wonder if this is different from earlier models as mine pulls away really smoothly.
I always drive with mine in Sport, that may be why it's not so smooth on pull away.
I will try the RES button from stop though, hadn't thought of trying that. Only had the car for 6 weeks, so I'm still a novice! :smiley:
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I like the ACC a lot and mine's a manual.
The only real change is that if it slows you down a fair amount and you need to change down, you have to do it manually. Still don't need to touch the throttle though, just clutch and gearstick - also the same if changing up with ACC on.
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Forgot to add, it would have been nice as well if VW had added the option of Cruise with ACC and Standard cruise for those times when you have plenty of space and can move out into another lane without the car slowing you down, but it's a very minor point. Just might have pleased more people if you could choose to turn off ACC and just have regular cruise as before.
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You still have manual throttle control even with ACC on... if you want to go faster, press the loud pedal and accelerate to whatever speed you want... useful when you want to pull out from behind something on the motorway but don't want the dreaded ACC slow down as you pull into the fast lane.
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Forgot to add, it would have been nice as well if VW had added the option of Cruise with ACC and Standard cruise for those times when you have plenty of space and can move out into another lane without the car slowing you down, but it's a very minor point. Just might have pleased more people if you could choose to turn off ACC and just have regular cruise as before.
Also when you indicate right to pull out I think it actually (at least partially) overrides the distance sensor.
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Forgot to add, it would have been nice as well if VW had added the option of Cruise with ACC and Standard cruise for those times when you have plenty of space and can move out into another lane without the car slowing you down, but it's a very minor point. Just might have pleased more people if you could choose to turn off ACC and just have regular cruise as before.
I'm sure the ACC flashes up on screen when it detects a car within it's range, before it's comes within the gap/range you set ahead of your vehicle?
Gives you time to changes lane prior to the car slowing you down upon approaching said vehicle.
(That makes sense in my head! :laugh:)
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Of course, but when you are on a busy motorway doing 70mph in the inside lane it tends to be a case of you approaching something doing less than seventy and then have to find a gap in the next lane that is full of people doing 70+, which usually means you reach the slow vehicle before you can pull out....