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Offline valvebounce

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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #10 on: 03 June 2014, 14:04 »
I negotiated with a couple of local dealers via carwow, achieved 10% discount but none could get within £750 of the drive the deal price. Takes me a long time to earn £750 so went with DTD and supplying dealer was JCB Medway. Completely painless process, James @ JCB was great. I live in the midlands & collected the car myself but the dtd price includes driven delivery to any address in England if u can't collect.

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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #11 on: 03 June 2014, 14:11 »
I ordered through drivethedeal.com and the best deal they could get me was with JCB Kent so I reckon they would easily match what the brokers are offering. If not just go with drivethedeal and the chances are you'll be directed to JCB  :grin:

carwow was also not a bad site for me for quotes. Give them a try.

I was also told 20 weeks at least with JCB but I ordered in February and picking up this week so 16 weeks all in. The lead time seems to be coming down.

Good advice if wanting it in February, to wait until March for the new reg but in the grand scheme of things if your keeping it for 8-10years it won't make that much of a difference. Just the initial driving about in what in theory looks like a possible 5 month old car  :grin:
VW do minor tweaks here and there but these don't tie in with the new registration so its not as if you would be waiting on a slightly different feature on the car.  These happen in week 22 (end of May) for example this kind of thing changes http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=266414.msg2447926#msg2447926
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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #12 on: 03 June 2014, 14:26 »
I ordered through drivethedeal.com and the best deal they could get me was with JCB Kent so I reckon they would easily match what the brokers are offering. If not just go with drivethedeal and the chances are you'll be directed to JCB  :grin:


I was visiting the area and just popped in to JCB Medway (didn't know they were involved with DTD at the time) and presented them with the DTD quote which they immediately matched/slightly bettered so I'd say you would have no probs getting a good deal from them if you go in with the broker figures.
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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #13 on: 03 June 2014, 14:28 »
Some great help coming from you guys, thanks everyone!

It does sound like it will be worth my while ordering in August / September if I want it for 1st quarter next year. Basically, my current car loan finishes in August and I was going to put that money away to save for a GTD deposit (get me with my sensible hat on). It sounds like from what everyone is saying, I can pay a partial deposit with the balance upon pick up next year?

That does make things rather exciting, I must say. Might have to book a test drive soon!

Out of interest what GTD options do people recommend when ordering?
What do people consider as Must Haves and what are Nice To Haves?

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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #14 on: 03 June 2014, 14:31 »
It sounds like from what everyone is saying, I can pay a partial deposit with the balance upon pick up next year?


Out of interest what GTD options do people recommend when ordering?
What are Must Haves and what are Nice To Haves?
yes you will only need to pay £500-1000 now and balance on delivery.

Options - I'm pretty loaded with them and wouldnt do without any of them but I'd have to say Keyless and dynaudio are my fav, reversing cam (if still available) is useful and pretty cheap. Everyone has their own opinions on options though.
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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #15 on: 03 June 2014, 14:53 »
What about something like Dynamic Chasis Control?

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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #16 on: 03 June 2014, 15:04 »
Options are very subjective. What I would want / need you might not.
Dynamic Chassis Control has been spoke about a lot on the forum and by the sounds of it not everyone can actually feel the difference yet others swear by it. Its probably one of those things you would need to try out yourself.
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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #17 on: 03 June 2014, 15:17 »
Completely loving keyless - best 350 quid I've spent in a while....
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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #18 on: 03 June 2014, 17:15 »
Completely understand that options are a personal choice. I just wondered if there was anything people considered indispensable.

Also - and this is quite important (because it was bloody awesome) was the darkened cabin in the GTI a standard, and does it come on the GTD?

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Re: Tips on buying a new 'NEW' GTD
« Reply #19 on: 03 June 2014, 17:53 »
Hi MrBinks, welcome to path to owning the awesome car that is the MK7!

As everyone has said, try local dealers with the broker prices and see how you get on, but with your timescale going through DTD may work well for you. I used CarWow but used the DTD quote to get the best quote on CarWow down a bit. It was £200 more than DTD but a local dealer which was handy.

As said, options are a subjective matter, but to add my subjections :)

Keyless - Hope to have this on every car in the future, it's amazing. I think it's perfect for the GTD, you walk to the car, get in, foot in the clutch or brake (manual or DSG), press the starter button - and as the car figures out if the coils are warm enough yet to start the engine - put your seatbelt on, by which time the car has started and you zoom off. It's fantastic.

Dynamic Chassis Control - If someone doesn't feel the difference I think there must be an issue with the car, or it's more noticeable on 18" or .. etc etc. Everyone has felt the difference in my car, even my Wife who isn't big into cars could tell what was different before I even told her. Comfort is great on the rubbish roads around here, and sport is much much firmer - I can see the car bonnet scuttle up and down over the road bumps. It's obviously pricey, so ideally test driving with and without would be the ideal I guess. Just bear in mind DCC Normal mode is still using adaptive dampening, so is different to a non-DCC car, but by how much I don't know.

Dynaudio - wouldn't be without this either, I haven't heard the standard speakers but I love the dynaudio. It's so clear and very loud (50% is plenty loud enough for me), on the right song the bass punches you in the back.

Nav - If you need sat nav and don't want the wires etc, the standard nav is great. The directions appearing on the MFD screen are very cool. Goes very well in hand with the keyless for quick getaways. The Nav Pro is obviously very nice, but personally I don't miss the bigger size and additional features.

Panoramic Sunroof - it adds great light, nice ventilation (on tilt) and on summers a-road it's pretty nice to have open and hear the birds as you cruise around, if that's your thing. Sunroof open and shade closed is a good combo for very hot days too.

Sport and Sound Pack - as you may have read on here, the VW description is rubbish. You get red brake callipers and a new exhaust design included a sound actuator in the exhaust. It turns on with sport mode, and it is very loud and mean. Reminds me of a V8 note, which is hilarious on a 2.0 diesel, but great fun - sounds amazing at 4-5000rpm. It's great for cruising around town (and getting a look in the Tesco carpark) and great for when you want a bit of accelerator fun, but nice that you can turn it off when you are relaxing or on a longer journey.

Winter Pack - The heated seats are brilliant. I've had a bit of back ache recently and putting the seat on level 1 or 2 is great for it, so I'm seeing the use of it even outside of frosty mornings. But then, this is the UK.

Rear View Camera - still not totally used to it, but using it more and more along with mirrors/shoulder checks. I thought it was a no brainer as it could save me a rear dent one day, plus it does work well on bay parks.

Rear airbags - probably not compatible with kids in the rear? But I frequently take my 28 yr old big kid brother in law out in the back, so was requested :)

I'm not sure which I would say are must haves, other than I would miss any of these options as they are very well designed and executed by VW - the whole car is just quality.