What will you miss (or not) from your existing car in going for a GTI / GTD

[Gung-Ho]

Basically I woke up one morning with the car sounding rough as Hell! Sounded like a bloody tractor. Booked it into VW straightaway to have it looked at. Next day got a phone call to say that the whole engine needed replacing due to a fault with the timing chain... luckyy for me it was all covered under warranty or else it would have been a £4k plus bill!! Car was only two years old & covered 16k miles

I won't bore you with all the details but here's the link if you're interested

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=247041.0

[monkeyhanger]

Norbreck: Nowt to worry about on the GTD, it has a timing belt, not a timing chain. There is the cost of belt replacement to deal with though.

[Sootchucker]

Yeah, I wasn't worried just being nosey. I'd heard of coil pack issues and premature wear of the cam followers on GTI's , but hadn't heard anything about the timing belt ?

Let's hope they have sorted all the issues out on the MK7 platform then.

[dubber36]

Norbreck: There is the cost of belt replacement to deal with though.

No need to worry about that. The belts are designed to last the life of the engine. (Or should that be the other way round?)

[Hawaii-Five-O]

Number one thing I'll miss about my Scirocco is the looks, and the fact it's a dedicated coupe. I got one fairly early in the life cycle in 2009 and back then it just looked the dogs! Now there are so many clones about such as the Astra GTC and Hyundai Veloster etc, etc its kinda lost its exclusivity. I also feel VW have let it get a bit long in the tooth and not given it any kind of refresh which does surprise me. Maybe now is the perfect time to move on from the Scirocco but I will be very sad to see it go. A truly awesome all rounder!

I couldn't wait for the the Mk 4 to arrive so that's why I've jumped ship back to a Golf. This will be my third so I know the car well.. Taking a bit of a risk by not being able to test drive one before signing on the dotted line but I'm sure it will be ace.

Things I don't like about the Scirocco:

Ride height (ridiculously high on such a sporty car)
Rain pouring in off the roof through open windows (quite shocking)
Creaks and rattles have driven me mad (hope the mk7 is better screwed together)
7 Speed DSG not perfect (but I'd rather have the benefits)
Lack of any kind of LED lights or LED DRL's (everyone's got 'em now)
VW are letting a gem get a bit tired now which is sad (but not the cars fault)

[tom90]

the thing's I will miss from my car that is a Peugeot RCZ is the looks of it (the stares and comments I get from it in that department is amazing) and I will miss bluetooth audio from my iPhone (not sure if the Golf has this feature or not if it does I will be over the moon)

What I am not going to miss is the reliability or lack of (had it since new and been constantly some issue in one form or another) and the lack of rear head and leg room making it almost impossible to have anyone in the back of the car also the comments and jokes I get from owning a Peugeot.

[Sootchucker]

Good news is Tom, Bluetooth streaming of music is standard on the Golf 

[tom90]

Good news is Tom, Bluetooth streaming of music is standard on the Golf 

Really glad to hear that it is standard was going to really miss that feature, thanks for letting me know 

[JoeGTI]

Good news is Tom, Bluetooth streaming of music is standard on the Golf 

Anyone know if the latest "composition media" supports the audio artist/track names over Bluetooth? The RNS in my MK6 doesn't but it works in my dads ford focus! Nice feature.

[matchboy]

I believe it does, with cover art too!