Spec and Options Popularity

[mcmaddy]

Change it to white haha with the black paint all the trim pieces look lost. Looks much better in white although I am tempted to change to red after seeing every man and his dog on here ordering white 

[monkeyhanger]

mcmaddy: Will have to ring Mick on Tues (he's usually off on a Mon after doing the weekend run - not sure if that changes on a bank holiday weekend). Still undecided about Black > Red. I really like Red, and the Passat CC I saw probably goes through a car wash rather than being hand washed. I know what you're saying about the grille details etc getting lost in the black paint. If it doesn't cause Mick any grief to change it (it's only week 20 next week isn't it?) I think I might - I have a whole day to mull it over and maybe spot another Red and Black Golf/Passat in the meantime.

[mcmaddy]

Red or white would be better than the black but that's just me though. I'm seriously toying with the red idea too but you'll see less paint damage on white than you will on any other colour. it's still there but not as noticeable.

[Bill_the_Bear]

Red is the classic colour,  but the detailing is in red.  Surely black is better than red if you want the details to be visible.  White is best I think even though more than half of us have picked it.  Of all the mk6 cars around the white ones look twice as good as the others.

[Gryzor]

Totally agree Bear, a red GTI seems lose the whole point with all of the accents being red.  Black does look nice (when clean), but white is just perfect for it.  If I were getting a GTD then I'd seriously consider red because of the silver/grey accents.

To be honest, over half of my cars have been white.  Just something about the colour suiting the style of car that I go for (not all white cars look good).  Really glad I didn't throw a grand into the Oryx white though.  A couple of cars near me have got pearl white paint, and from a distance it looks OK, but closer up it shimmers too much and has a bit of a feminine look about it.  Personal taste though.

[mcmaddy]

Overall white is the better colour on the gtd and gti, then red. black loses the detail of the front vents and the trim around windows/doors etc.

[monkeyhanger]

Gryzor: I think you sold Red on me - I am getting a GTD. I did have a MK5 Golf GT in Black Pearl and it looked great, but the GT didn't have any stand-out "performance" features that were lost in the colour. My next car, a Golf GT Sport did, as it had the black gloss nose/grille bit liek a GTI, and it was in Tornado Red. It looked great, for about 2 weeks until a bus hit it with all of 405 miles on the clock. Benfield VW did such a poor job of repairing it that I resented it until I got shot of it for my first Roc in Pewter Grey (great looking shade of grey - it has that slight pruple hue about it).

Red it is, unless my dealer says it is too late to change (doubtful). Black is a poor choice on the Roc, it really hides the curves of the car, especially at the back.

[mcmaddy]

Changing the colour shouldn't be a problem. Mick said we had right up until 27th

[Gryzor]

Gryzor: I think you sold Red on me - I am getting a GTD. I did have a MK5 Golf GT in Black Pearl and it looked great, but the GT didn't have any stand-out "performance" features that were lost in the colour. My next car, a Golf GT Sport did, as it had the black gloss nose/grille bit liek a GTI, and it was in Tornado Red. It looked great, for about 2 weeks until a bus hit it with all of 405 miles on the clock. Benfield VW did such a poor job of repairing it that I resented it until I got shot of it for my first Roc in Pewter Grey (great looking shade of grey - it has that slight pruple hue about it).

Red it is, unless my dealer says it is too late to change (doubtful). Black is a poor choice on the Roc, it really hides the curves of the car, especially at the back.

Glad to be of service    Good choice though, and changing it shouldn't be a problem at all.  Make sure you mention the potential re-pricing and that you obviously don't want that to happen.  Head office can override it.

[monkeyhanger]

Gryzor: No repricing issues there, the base car price didn't go up and I didn't add any options except the black Pearl paint that i'd be losing, so £500 saved. Nowshould I be really sensible and order the 5 year guarantee and actually keep this one for 5 years as it's unlikely to change in spec significantly in that time? I do seem to hanker for a change every 2 years or so, but only because of something better being out there. When I got my 140TDI Roc I was so sick of my poorly repaired Golf GT Sport 170TDI that I jumped in without waiting for the 170 Roc to be released. After doing that I missed the 170 output i'd had with the Golf and wanted the 170 Roc (which I now have). Would I be wanting a change if there were no better options out there? I'm not sure i'd buy another identical GTD just to have a newer one, but a new Roc on the MQB platform with accedd to the GTD engine and as many toys as standard could tempt me if wor lass was driving the sensible option car (something 5 doors - she wants an A1 when we get her back into driving lessons).