Well, tbh i was a little disappointed to find it was the same as the car that appeared at the Geneva motor show, it was a LHD red one with 19" Santiago wheels which i still don't like having seen them in the flesh, for some reason the car doesn't seem to "sit" properly on them
The seats are very comfortable and the sponge in them feels softer than my mk6 which is nice and feels better for my build as i have quite wide shoulders, the passenger seat didn't go as low as the drivers seat for some reason, perhaps there is something underneath? The car was in very poor lighting conditions which was a little annoying, i have taken some pictures but tbh there are better pictures online already but i did take a couple of the door and sill lighting which is a nice touch and not too in yer face!
I actually took these with my phone so appologies for how crap they are:
You seem to sit a bit lower in it than the mk6's quite upright feel which gives a more "sporty" feel, the trim pieces in the dash looked darker than i thought from other pictures but that could've been because of the poor lighting.
The DRL's look absolutely fantastic upclose with a very crisp white light and some nice details inside the housing which matches the trim on the dash and the tailights look great too!
The steering wheel feels a little chunkier than mine but i prefer the perforated leather on the 6 compared to the all smooth in the 7.
The GTI seemed to suit the mk7's front end shape better with it's beefy front bumper than other trim levels, talking about the front bumper, this one had the square ADC sensor in it which strangely wasn't too offensive but might be awkward to keep the opening clean.
There is less head room in the back but thats not my problem!
I also noticed that the black trim on the rear window actually continues under the rear spoiler so the spoiler has shiny black plastic underneath, although in some of the pictures from paris and geneva this is not the case and it only has trim either side of the window? I did take a picture with the camera but haven't put those on the laptop yet, that'd be a nightmare to keep looking good!!
It didn't have dynaudio but i wouldn't have been able to hear it anyway as i think it was still in delivery mode so only the lights were working and no sunroof which again was a little disappointing, there was a GT spec car there as well which did have a sunroof and i can see what some people are saying about the blind being a bit flimsy and see through, hopefully the black GTI/D one will be a little better at keeping the light out?
The LED lighting inside the car although nice looking did't cast anywhere near as much light in the cabin as the normal halogen bulbs in the mk6 but i guess thats just something we'll get used to.
Once i've uploaded the photo's to my laptop i'll post a few more but i think i could do with a better camera!
