Add on extras you couldn't do without on future cars?

[keelaw]

I'd rather take a poke in the eye than DSG.

agreed!  waste of money! 

(hides, awaiting the normal dsg lovers backlash!)

agreed!  I would have regrets picking DSG.  sat in a Mk5 GT today and you can feel the gear changes, its not that that smooth.

[GrantUK]

I'd rather take a poke in the eye than DSG.

agreed!  waste of money! 

(hides, awaiting the normal dsg lovers backlash!)

agreed!  I would have regrets picking DSG.  sat in a Mk5 GT today and you can feel the gear changes, its not that that smooth.

The 'box in mine is smooth as silk, no real sensation of gear changes at all. Around 70% of the time I use it in manual though (which, yes, kind of defeats the object of an automatic but in true Maccy D's style I'm loving it.) Anyway, back on topic! I do miss the look of xenons from my old motor but I prefer the yellower light during night driving

[Wurzel]

People manage fine with normal halogen headlights. How anyone can say Xenon headlights are worth the £1000 asking price is beyond me. Once you try you cant go back? Dont try then, will save you a lot of money!

I'm not saying Xenons aren't good, they are, but not at any price. Why let a car manufacturer bend you over and roger you for silly amounts of money?

[keelaw]

People manage fine with normal halogen headlights. How anyone can say Xenon headlights are worth the £1000 asking price is beyond me. Once you try you cant go back? Dont try then, will save you a lot of money!

i want my golf gti to stand out a little from the other ones out there.  quite a few will get 18 inch alloys, fewer will get xenons as well.

before you ask, no other car comes close to the criteria i have for my car (i.e. practicality, looks, enough performance, quality, image).  xenons do make a car stand out at night from other cars and also in the daytime the lamp design is pretty foxy.

granted these are all cosmetic considerations, but if i wasn't fussed about looks i'd get the Leon and save thousands!

[Wurzel]

VW make a lot of money out of posers.

[keelaw]

yes, the car industry does as a whole... and the clothes industry, watch industry, jewelery, etc etc...

[matchboy]

surely that's one of the perks of having a GTI is to enjoy posing in it?  xenons are worth every penny.  they look the nuts and are far superior in terms of visibility.  anyone who says different either doesn't have them or is a pikey and can't afford them.

[hutch924]

i have not got xenons as 1025quid is mental for lights so will just hold out for some aftermarket copies that will defo come out

just a word of warning for any of you that have just ordered or are about to order youe mk6 do not specify cruise control as this is a £210 option but can be fitted at dealers for much less after delivery

[AlanD]

will just hold out for some aftermarket copies that will defo come out

.... and technically be illegal unless you have headlight washer jets (which you might have has part of the winter pack), auto levelling sensors (which you wont have) and projector lens (which you wont have), but lets not go down that road.

[hutch924]

will just hold out for some aftermarket copies that will defo come out

.... and technically be illegal unless you have headlight washer jets (which you might have has part of the winter pack), auto levelling sensors (which you wont have) and projector lens (which you wont have), but lets not go down that road.

i am talking about the ones the light manufacturer will bring out that currently makes the lights for VW, which can be attached to the levelling switch and with projector lenses.
headlight washers are not a legal requirement for xenon lights unless supplied from factory.