Has this major issue with the Mk 6 GTI been addressed with the Mk 7?

[DevonK]

Apparently there are oil pressure issues that arise when tracking a GTI that can have very serious consequences. This from a US-based forum:

For those who haven't seen some earlier posts, APR (Audi-Porsche Racing) was having engine troubles in their Continental Tire VW GTI so did an oil pressure test. They printed the results online 6/3/13. Check it out at www.goapr.com. It shows the oil pressure in the VW engine drops critically low during lateral acceleration (going fast around curves). Less than 10 psi. Normal is 35-45 psi. The result: Catastrophic engine failure, namely crank or rod bearing failure. If you like spirited driving (and why would you be reading this if you didn't), you go around a cloverleaf, on-off ramps and twisty-bits driving a GTI with some level of high throttle application, you will cause bearing damage. It all adds up and one day the engine will go kablooey, as my 2011 with 32,000 miles did on 6/1/13......
 The intake manifold flappers also break, so I'm just waiting for one more big breakdown from my 2011 VW GTI and we're going Lemon Law!!!

Anybody here know if this has been addressed in the Mk 7 design? It would be unbelievable if VW knowingly let this slide...

[monkeyhanger]

Nah…VW just build the yank ones cheaper* because the buggers pay about £16k for theirs

*A blatant lie, the price they pay is true though

[Bill_the_Bear]

You get them for half price over there?  Seriously?

[matchboy]

You get them for half price over there?  Seriously?

No one would buy them otherwise.  They are priced well down the pecking order; if they cost the same as they do over here the yanks wouldn't buy them because they can buy an SUV for that kind of money.   Either VW take a massive loss (which is unlikely given the US cars are built in Mexico ie. much, much cheaper than being made in Germany) or more likely we get overcharged (as usual).  And of course the price of petrol is significantly cheaper in the US so they win again. 

[Bill_the_Bear]

Hold on a minute.  So what you're telling me is we pay for the Americans to have their cars?  And the reason is because "No (American) would buy them otherwise"?   Well if they don't want to pay they can do without then can't they?  Thats how it usually works!  Wow.

Thats a f**king stupid reason.  Here's an idea.  How about the Americans pay for our cars for a bit?  I'm gonna call VW and tell them I've changed my mind about cancelling since I heard about this "someone else pays for your car" deal.  I want my GTI back, but instead of £32k I'm going to pay them £12k and they can collect the remaining balance from VWUSA okie dokie?

FFS what is this sh!t?

[monkeyhanger]

Hold on a minute.  So what you're telling me is we pay for the Americans to have their cars?  And the reason is because "No (American) would buy them otherwise"?   Well if they don't want to pay they can do without then can't they?  Thats how it usually works!  Wow.

Thats a f**king stupid reason.  Here's an idea.  How about the Americans pay for our cars for a bit?  I'm gonna call VW and tell them I've changed my mind about cancelling since I heard about this "someone else pays for your car" deal.  I want my GTI back, but instead of £32k I'm going to pay them £12k and they can collect the remaining balance from VWUSA okie dokie?

FFS what is this sh!t?

Metallic paint is free over there and they get a 10 year power train warranty too, because the market dictates that they’ll need to do that to make a sale over the US domestic competition. They pay about US$25k for their GTIs and less for lesser Golfs.

How much does labour contribute to the cost of a Golf GTI? It’s a cert that German VW workers will be paid a minimum of 3x a Mexican worker, but Mexico is by no means a 3rd world country. I wonder how many “man hours” go into a 30 hour construction Golf to say that the Mexican is probably on US$10 an hour and the German is on US$30. The price disparity would suggest 700 man hours to account for the US$14000 difference – no way in the world. It’s good to know that we’re propping up US sales of VW by paying well over the odds compared to them.

[Gryzor]

I just can't muster the energy to get worked up over price differences in different countries, as great as they might be.  I earn what I earn, afford what I can afford, and enjoy it knowing I'm in the same boat as everybody else in this country.  To pay US prices means living in the US, and that's not something I'm particularly keen on or bothered about - there is far more to life than the price of goods!

[CraigW]

I just can't muster the energy to get worked up over price differences in different countries, as great as they might be.  I earn what I earn, afford what I can afford, and enjoy it knowing I'm in the same boat as everybody else in this country.  To pay US prices means living in the US, and that's not something I'm particularly keen on or bothered about - there is far more to life than the price of goods!

Agreed (not about living in the US bit though). We are far better off than other countries such as Ireland where we know that their cars are more expensive and get no where near the standard equipment we get. Same in the likes of Austrailia where you will be paying through the nose for a GTI

[Moro]

The German price list I obtained doesn't seem to be any cheaper than UK one.

[Gryzor]

Agreed (not about living in the US bit though). We are far better off than other countries such as Ireland where we know that their cars are more expensive and get no where near the standard equipment we get. Same in the likes of Austrailia where you will be paying through the nose for a GTI

I guess parts of the US would be OK to live in, poor generalisation there, but yep, it's all too easy for us to focus on one element and say how we get ripped off whilst ignoring the rest of the world and everything else in this country.