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Offline Mr Savage

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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #10 on: 11 March 2015, 20:54 »
Nice one.
Interesting you have went from the Nav to the Nav Pro. What's your thinking on that one?

My brother has the Nav Pro so i've had chance to look at it and play around with it. First impressions is the screen is much, much noticeably bigger and fills the space very well in the centre. The bigger screen gives the interior an even better feel for quality. The reverse camera looks much better with it, the 3D maps are great on the Nav and the 64GB SSD drive will come in handy i'm sure.

So while an extra grand is steep, I think it's worth it.

Just don't change anything on your order, or you'll be waiting until December for it!

So you didn't fancy the Prets and then buy some 17/18"ers for your winter wheels? Probably for the best seeing as adding Prets to my order has resulted in a whole new order and an extra 12 weeks wait. You'll also get to choose your preferred Summer rubber rather than (likely) being stuck with Bridgestone RE050s.

Leather is surely going to be a BW45 freebie now you've specced it!  :evil:

This was one option I considered but after seeing a Pearl Black R on black OZ Racing alloys it made me re-consider, because it looks phenomenal and very stealth like;




Upgrade the leather to the Carbon Nappa - it's great, worth the extra cash, you won't regret it I promise!

Exciting times, well done - you must be very excited!!

Originally I wanted the Carbon Nappa seats but I just can't justify myself spending almost £3,000 on some seats. It was hard enough stomaching the £1700 for the Vienna! I just dislike those grey bolsters on the R cloth seats.

What took you so long, it was an inevitability  :whistle:  :laugh:   :rolleyes:

Nice spec.  I'm also aiming for a 1st Sept handover.  Half hoping I'll benefit from any BW22 changes, you never know  :huh:

Haha, let's hope they add something! (Not leather MH thank you very much! :P) I'll be cancelling and re-ordering if they do!

So I went to my dealer the other week enquiring about how much it'd cost me to change up to a Golf R from my GTI.

Good man. You saw the light!

Haha :D Yes you all won me over. I will just say though that I still think the GTI is an incredible car! Probably is still the best all-rounder in the hatchback world but it was a choice between continue spending money modding the GTI or grab an R. I think pushing any more power through the front wheels on the GTI and it might start getting too much, obviously the AWD of the R will help massively with this. Hence why i've also dropped from 5 Doors to 3 Doors, decided to be selfish while I can  :cool:
« Last Edit: 11 March 2015, 20:56 by Mr Savage »
Current - MK7 Golf GTI - Tornado Red, 5 Door, DSG, Performance Pack, Dynamic Chasis Control, Panoramic Sunroof, Discover Navigation, Dynaudio.

On Order - MK7 Golf R - Pearlescent Black, 3 Door, DSG, Vienna Leather, Discover Nav Pro, Rear View Camera, High Beam Assist, Keyless Entry, Dynaudio (Tech Pack)

All gone.

Now;

MK7 Golf R - Lapiz Blue, 5 Door, DSG, Carbon Nappa, Discover Nav Pro.

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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #11 on: 11 March 2015, 22:22 »




The black on black looks uber stealth  :cool:

Still glad I ordered DBP  :smiley:
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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #12 on: 11 March 2015, 22:40 »
+1 on DBP should get mine in a couple of weeks can't wait, your right about pushing to much power out of a front wheel drive car it will end in tears like it did for me when I broke a engine mount , caused by excessive wheel hopping.
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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #13 on: 11 March 2015, 22:46 »
i'm prob one of the few who doesn't get excited by that black one, especially now its got red callipers

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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #14 on: 11 March 2015, 22:49 »
As a fellow DBP owner (albeit a lowly GTD) it is a pain in the arse to keep clean, but, for the 15 seconds it is clean it's a stunning colour.

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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #15 on: 12 March 2015, 08:27 »
As a fellow DBP owner (albeit a lowly GTD) it is a pain in the arse to keep clean, but, for the 15 seconds it is clean it's a stunning colour.

This.

Also, if you don't mind me asking what was the cost for change. I'm looking to change albeit to either a app GTI or r but need to get my head round the numbers.
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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #16 on: 12 March 2015, 10:32 »
As a fellow DBP owner (albeit a lowly GTD) it is a pain in the arse to keep clean, but, for the 15 seconds it is clean it's a stunning colour.

This.

Also, if you don't mind me asking what was the cost for change. I'm looking to change albeit to either a app GTI or r but need to get my head round the numbers.

I'm like Mr OCD when it comes to my cars so don't worry it'll stay clean :)

Cost to change was the GTI, £2000 and monthly payments going up by £100. But it required a looooot of hard negotiating :)
Current - MK7 Golf GTI - Tornado Red, 5 Door, DSG, Performance Pack, Dynamic Chasis Control, Panoramic Sunroof, Discover Navigation, Dynaudio.

On Order - MK7 Golf R - Pearlescent Black, 3 Door, DSG, Vienna Leather, Discover Nav Pro, Rear View Camera, High Beam Assist, Keyless Entry, Dynaudio (Tech Pack)

All gone.

Now;

MK7 Golf R - Lapiz Blue, 5 Door, DSG, Carbon Nappa, Discover Nav Pro.

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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #17 on: 12 March 2015, 12:47 »
As a fellow DBP owner (albeit a lowly GTD) it is a pain in the arse to keep clean, but, for the 15 seconds it is clean it's a stunning colour.

Lowly? GTDs are beasts (apparently).  :grin:
Whey ya bugger! It's finally arrived after an 8 month wait....
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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #18 on: 12 March 2015, 13:51 »
MisterP... whats your thought process for changing from a GTD to maybe GTi PP ?

Just wondered as I haven't made the leap yet and my head says GTD but heart says GTi PP...  am worried if I go for the sensible choice I will be a little disappointed..
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Re: You lot are a bad influence! Golf R on order!
« Reply #19 on: 12 March 2015, 20:24 »
Collected September 1st, remapped September 2nd? :grin: