Author Topic: Did the MK5 GOlf GTI come with the Luxury pack as standard? And IPOD integration  (Read 14648 times)

Offline jayboy

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I am pretty close to getting a MK5 Golf GTi and was just wondering about the standard equipment. I think I am right in saying that the GTI came as standard with most of the features of the Luxury pack like auto lights, auto wipers, auto dimming rear view mirror etc. But did the 05 GTIs come with the front footwell illumination and rear reading lights as standard too or were they part of the luxury pack that had to be specified by the purchaser?

Also my car has electric folding mirrors, so does that mean it has the puddle lights?

My car has the front armrest but has the in-dash 6cd changer, does that mean I can buy an Ipod connection thingy and put it in the armrest....is this easy/cheap?

And how does the Premium (ten speakers) sound system sound?

Sorry for all the questions and thanks for any help.

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Yes the GTI comes with the auto wipers, lights, dimming mirror, footwell lights and rear reading lights as standard (known as the convienience pack on the other models).  The luxury kit includes the electrically folding mirrors and auto tilt exterior mirrors when you select reverse and the puddle lights.  Don't really think there was much else in the luxury pack.

I would look at an aftermarket kit for the ipod as tbh the standard ipod adaptor is neither cheap or that good.  It plays the ipod fine but the interface is limited to either 5 playlists or it just plays the entire content of your ipod in song order.  Its also worth noting that if you have one of the newer ipods the dock won't charge them as apple changed the pin configuration in the newer ones (touch gen 2 for one).

The ten speaker set up was standard on 05 plates but penny pinching VW cut this down to 8 speakers from around 2006 onwards.  Over and above this you might have the optional amp (have a look under the plastic cover under the passenger seat if its there or not), but I don't think this was that well reveived by those who paid for it.  I found that the speaker set up is pretty good, but the HU makes a huge difference.  When I got my car it had the terrible RCD300 (and the rcd500 is the same except it has the 6 disk changer) and I thought the sound system was rubbish, lots of distortion and vibration if you turn the volume up.  I upgraded to the MFD2 sat nav and the improvement in sound quality was like night and day.  So speakers are fine unless you are really into your music but HU is the limiting factor.

Being an 05 plate it will have certain 'features' that the accountants removed from later models like blue tinted glass (rather than green - looks nicer IMO), the aerial is integrated into the rear screen, 10 speakers as standard, silver ashtray cover, three reading lamps at the front vs 2 in later models etc  :smiley:



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Offline jayboy

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Thanks for the reply it was really helpful. I didn't know about all of those little differences between 05 GTIs and the later models.

May have to turn to Ebay to find a sat nav system to replace the RCD500 system I have!!

One thing I just thought of is that does a TomTom ONE fit into the ashtray to save the wire trailing all over the dash?

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The ten speaker set up was standard on 05 plates but penny pinching VW cut this down to 8 speakers from around 2006 onwards.

My 2007 model year still has 10 speakers.  Wasn't the three door GTIs which only had 8 speakers?

Over and above this you might have the optional amp (have a look under the plastic cover under the passenger seat if its there or not), but I don't think this was that well reveived by those who paid for it.

That was only with the optional factory fitted 'Volkswagen Soundpack' - and yes, it was utter shyte.


I found that the speaker set up is pretty good, but the HU makes a huge difference.  When I got my car it had the terrible RCD300 (and the rcd500 is the same except it has the 6 disk changer) and I thought the sound system was rubbish, lots of distortion and vibration if you turn the volume up.  I upgraded to the MFD2 sat nav and the improvement in sound quality was like night and day.  So speakers are fine unless you are really into your music but HU is the limiting factor.

Humm, even with the factory fit SatNav and 10 speakers, I still find the speakers quite poor.  :undecided:


Being an 05 plate it will have certain 'features' that the accountants removed from later models like blue tinted glass (rather than green - looks nicer IMO), the aerial is integrated into the rear screen, 10 speakers as standard, silver ashtray cover, three reading lamps at the front vs 2 in later models etc  :smiley:

The blue tints didn't look right with certain colours, :sick: hence why they changed to green. :wink:

The radio aerial is still integrated into the rear screen, on all models - but some have an additional one on the roof too.

The silver ashtray cover and surround is quite an easy retro fit - but not cheap though!
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jayboy, if you havn't actually purchased yet, if you want to know the 'correct' full specification for an individual car, then you can PM me the full VIN, and I can look up directly with Volkswagen Germany for the correct spec. :smiley:

Obviously, to use the PM, you need to have a minimum of 10 forum posts first though - so nip into the new members section of the forum and introduce yourself!  :wink:
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OK thanks, I'll PM you the VIN once I have 10 posts.


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Oh and forgot to say it really is amazing how much info and help you can get from forums like this one.

Thanks a lot guys.

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jayboy, if you havn't actually purchased yet, if you want to know the 'correct' full specification for an individual car, then you can PM me the full VIN, and I can look up directly with Volkswagen Germany for the correct spec. :smiley:

Obviously, to use the PM, you need to have a minimum of 10 forum posts first though - so nip into the new members section of the forum and introduce yourself!  :wink:

Can you do the same for me T_T? Even though i've had my car 8 weeks i bet i dont know what the full spec is

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Typical my post count seems to have got stuck

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Sure, anyone who wants help like that is welcome to ask me :smiley: - as long as you don't mind when I happen to take some 'enforced' forum downtime. :wink: :cry:
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