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Offline ajmoir36

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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #10 on: 24 January 2012, 11:30 »
Quote from: R32UK on 24 January 2012, 10:53
If having new cars has taught me anything.... its dont get one of the first batch!  :wink: :nerd:
I would agree with that.
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #11 on: 24 January 2012, 13:06 »
^^

Mine was ordered on the official release date in May 09. Delivered Sept 09.

No problems at all.
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #12 on: 24 January 2012, 19:51 »
May 09 ordered and delivered July 09 with no problems.
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #13 on: 24 January 2012, 21:24 »
Quote from: ajmoir36 on 24 January 2012, 11:30
Quote from: R32UK on 24 January 2012, 10:53
If having new cars has taught me anything.... its dont get one of the first batch!  :wink: :nerd:
I would agree with that.

+1 especially when it comes to range rovers and R32's  :grin:
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #14 on: 25 January 2012, 09:04 »
Quote from: GolfTi on 24 January 2012, 13:06
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Mine was ordered on the official release date in May 09. Delivered Sept 09.

No problems at all.

Its not only problems that affect the first batch... they always add like nice things once the initial rush slows down. e.g Led rears, colour mfd... just the little changes.

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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #15 on: 25 January 2012, 09:10 »
It's nice to be one of the first with a new model though.

I still remember the stares and comments I got when mine was the only Mk6 GTI in town.
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #16 on: 25 January 2012, 09:35 »
It can be good for the looks, but I agree after ordering my MK5 on release day and receiving it first. They made a fair few changes most annoying was they added the steering wheel buttons. It made me wait to see what updates were getting.

On the build front though I would not say the MK5 was any worse for rattles etc.
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #17 on: 25 January 2012, 11:50 »
MY Mk6 must have been one of the first. I picked it up September 2009 after it had been a showroom model for at least 2 months. I remember what it was like being one of the few on this forum actually in possession of the car. Back then the Mk6 was like a mythological creature that people had only seen shadows and heard whispers of.

Now every punter has one  :sad:

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But with regards to holding off for updates, there's always going to be something newer. And besides, because I didn't hold off for updates, I paid significantly less than GTI's cost now. To buy a car now with my spec on it would be an extra £4,000 - I'm not bothered about missing out on a colour MFD or LED's.

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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #18 on: 25 January 2012, 17:16 »
Quote from: PenguinGTI on 25 January 2012, 11:50
MY Mk6 must have been one of the first. I picked it up September 2009 after it had been a showroom model for at least 2 months. I remember what it was like being one of the few on this forum actually in possession of the car. Back then the Mk6 was like a mythological creature that people had only seen shadows and heard whispers of.



Got mine on 1st September Brand new on 59 reg, Took me 6months to see another GTI. I was 1 of 1st to get the order in when the books opened. Like penguin says I saved 4k and never really had 2 many problems with mine. Nothing untill after a year of ownership but everything was fixed on warrenty. Would defo buy an early model again. Much more exclusive
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Re: Mk7 GTi - First UK deliveries, when?
« Reply #19 on: 27 January 2012, 10:45 »
Quote from: jdjd on 25 January 2012, 17:16
Quote from: PenguinGTI on 25 January 2012, 11:50
MY Mk6 must have been one of the first. I picked it up September 2009 after it had been a showroom model for at least 2 months. I remember what it was like being one of the few on this forum actually in possession of the car. Back then the Mk6 was like a mythological creature that people had only seen shadows and heard whispers of.



Got mine on 1st September Brand new on 59 reg, Took me 6months to see another GTI. I was 1 of 1st to get the order in when the books opened. Like penguin says I saved 4k and never really had 2 many problems with mine. Nothing untill after a year of ownership but everything was fixed on warrenty. Would defo buy an early model again. Much more exclusive

I got mine on the 3rd September.... took 3 months before anyone even knew what a mk6 was, and that it looked different from the mk5  :laugh:

Most of my mates thought it was just a body kit  :grin: :grin:
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