MkVII R??

[mr magoo]

Hi Guys

So, I'm a reasonably long standing member of the forum living in MkV world.

I currently have a MkV GTi Edition 30, absolutely love it, but it's seven years old now and has done 150k miles, and is starting to show signs of distress shall we say.

So, am seriously considering an R; following spec, any advice and guidance on it greatly appreciated.

5 dr DSG

I love the DSG box to be honest, I know it splits opinion, no point in trying to talk me out of it.

Paint - was thinking of black but might go for silver.
Carbon / Grey Nappa leather
18" wheels
DCC
Advanced phone
Car-net app-connected
Climate w/screen
DNS PRO
Dynaudio sound
Panoramic roof
Tech
Winter (leather)
Ensurance

Anything you think I've missed / or is a bit pointless - eg how good is the car-net app?

Advice appreciated!!

Cheers

Martin

BTW - I do about 20k miles a year, quite a bit of motorway, I know I know I should have a Passat / 3-series / A4 but just can't bring myself too...

Thanks

[wigit]

Personally I don't think you need loads of gizmos on the R

For me I'd go for the Prets as not much difference in ride and tyre costs aren't that different, wife went for cadiz and now runs VW Rotary alloys as is not a fan

I'd like to see how good the new Kenwood nav system is

[Booth11]

Specs are really subjective and everybody has slightly different priorities, so you should just go with what you think you want.

I'm with you on the DSG, I would always spec that, but climate screen (with advanced phone prep) would be a waste of money for me.  If music is important then Dynaudio might be a must.  Interestingly your 2 colour choices are at opposite extremes - Deep black is fantastic when clean but takes a LOT of effort to keep looking good, whereas silver is the easiest to keep looking smart so how important is that to you?  When speccing mine I'd was convinced I wanted the carbon/nappa leather but then I saw it in the flesh and didn't like it, so went for normal leather.

I don't think anyone really knows how good or bad the carnet app will function in the real world, and until we get someone on the forum with it in their car, we'll won't know. 

What is 'tech' in your spec list?  Is it Tech Pack, which is Dynaudio and DNS pro combined?

[mr magoo]

Thanks both.

Yeah understand re colour - being swayed away from black - given the mileage I do I want a car that looks reasonable when unclean- have had two grey cars on the bounce though so feel in need of a change!

Decided against the car-net app.

Yes - Tech is Dynaudio plus DNS pro for circa 1800 quid.

Thanks for advice Booth on the leather - will try to take a look at one in the flesh before making a decision on this.

Thanks wigit re wheels - hmm if the tyres aren't much different in price / wear I might just consider it 

Watch this space!!

Martin

[Booth11]

On the subject of the wheels, the 18" Cadiz are diamond cut and the 19" Pretorias aren't.  Not sure what you've got on your ED30 but diamond cuts are kerb magnets and expensive to refurb (specialist machine job), something to bear in mind when choosing.  I've gone for the Prets, partly for this reason and because the Cadiz are not to my taste.  Also specced Tech Pack too.

Let us know what you settle on.

[mr magoo]

Thanks - got standard Pescaras on the Ed30- seen better days (I blame the Mrs  )

[wigit]

My wife did a lot of miles in her MK5 which was black and a battle, the compromise was night blue

R looks good in the silver and my trip to make a comeback

More than happy with the normal leather on mine, have warmed to the cloth, for me could not justify the extra for the carbon

[JoeGTI]

Go with the Pretoria wheels. Far nicer IMO.
The standard leather is fine. I can't see the justification for paying the extra for the "carbon" stuff.
Black will be lovely... for the 5 minutes after you've washed it. Hard to keep.
The car-net option is still riddled with confusion. No one seems to know what it does or if it's even supported.
Panoramic roof is really nice, I only sat in a Golf with it fitted recently. If you can afford it, I say it's a nice to have.

[Booth11]

Panoramic roof is really nice, I only sat in a Golf with it fitted recently. If you can afford it, I say it's a nice to have.

Never fussed about a pano roof, I prefer a dark cabin.  They do look very nice depending on the colour of the car (lost on black and night blue, but great on white and silver), but I fear it would become a rattle-fest in true VW tradition 

Then there's the whole question of whether to have DCC if you go with the 19" Prets 

[mr magoo]

Then there's the whole question of whether to have DCC if you go with the 19" Prets 

Can you expand on this at all please?