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Offline Exonian

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I've been conned!
« on: 09 August 2015, 18:05 »
You'd never believe my dismay earlier when I spotted a dreadful and unforgivable omission from my £31045.00 hand-built Volkswagen supercar of the type that can easily cope with dispatching hyper-cars worth more than three times the price with just the addition of a tuning box and DSG in Race Mode* / Cheapest car in the world to hire for two years with a 5k mileage limit per annum*

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Sorry, forgot which forum I was on for a second.

Well, anyway, to my abject horror today I noticed that after two quick succession price rises VW have still had the gall to omit the central rear cup holders below the air vents on my 2015 car.  :angry:

On my 2013 3 Door car there were two cupholders in the fold down thingy below the air vents and two cup holders either side of the rear bench plus side bins.
For the extra £700 of the 5 door I've been robbed of the middle two cupholders in a car that's more likely to be carrying rear passengers (due to the extra doors).

Stingy b@st@rds.

No wonder Volkswagen's controlling board is in tatters. Whatever next?  :rolleyes: :sad:



Seriously though, that is pretty poor penny pinching after a raft of price rises.
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #1 on: 09 August 2015, 19:02 »
You'd never believe my dismay earlier when I spotted a dreadful and unforgivable omission from my £31045.00 hand-built Volkswagen supercar of the type that can easily cope with dispatching hyper-cars worth more than three times the price with just the addition of a tuning box and DSG in Race Mode* / Cheapest car in the world to hire for two years with a 5k mileage limit per annum*

* delete as appropriate


Sorry, forgot which forum I was on for a second.

Well, anyway, to my abject horror today I noticed that after two quick succession price rises VW have still had the gall to omit the central rear cup holders below the air vents on my 2015 car.  :angry:

On my 2013 3 Door car there were two cupholders in the fold down thingy below the air vents and two cup holders either side of the rear bench plus side bins.
For the extra £700 of the 5 door I've been robbed of the middle two cupholders in a car that's more likely to be carrying rear passengers (due to the extra doors).

Stingy b@st@rds.

No wonder Volkswagen's controlling board is in tatters. Whatever next?  :rolleyes: :sad:

Seriously though, that is pretty poor penny pinching after a raft of price rises.

It is telling that the most vibrant thread on another forum is the one about embarrassing other cars, of the type you mention in your strikethrough text above.  :whistle:  :grin:

What is in place of the cup holders in the rear then?  Sweet FA?
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #2 on: 09 August 2015, 19:35 »
I have bins in my rear doors and two cupholders in the rear central arm rest. Plus two cupholders in the front centre channel.
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #3 on: 09 August 2015, 20:22 »
I have bins in my rear doors and two cupholders in the rear central arm rest. Plus two cupholders in the front centre channel.

Maybe Mr Ex hasn't pulled the rear central arm rest down yet. Anyway cup holders are wasted in the rear of my car, as drink (and food) is banned.  :evil:

Does the R still have the through load hole, behind the rear arm rest, so you can carry long items in the boot and poke them through the gap?  Is that still there?
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #4 on: 09 August 2015, 22:27 »
As Rebecca said, the MK7 (AFAIK), has never come with cup holders integrated into the rear of the centre console (below the air vents), they are in the fold down rear seat armrest.

The MK6 and MK5's did come with them though.
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #5 on: 09 August 2015, 22:35 »
As Rebecca said, the MK7 (AFAIK), has never come with cup holders integrated into the rear of the centre console (below the air vents), they are in the fold down rear seat armrest.

The MK6 and MK5's did come with them though.

The one's in the Mk 5 and 6 look really flimsy, as if they would break as soon as you look at them, and I must admit I'm surprised mine  are still intact, but as said, they aren't often (ever) used.

Sootchucker is there still provision for carrying long items from the boot, through the rear centre arm rest?  I make a surprising amount of use of this feature and hope it's still there.
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #6 on: 09 August 2015, 22:40 »
As Rebecca said, the MK7 (AFAIK), has never come with cup holders integrated into the rear of the centre console (below the air vents), they are in the fold down rear seat armrest.

The MK6 and MK5's did come with them though.

The one's in the Mk 5 and 6 look really flimsy, as if they would break as soon as you look at them, and I must admit I'm surprised mine  are still intact, but as said, they aren't often (ever) used.

Sootchucker is there still provision for carrying long items from the boot, through the rear centre arm rest?  I make a surprising amount of use of this feature and hope it's still there.


None of my mk7's have had them below the vents. :-\


There is still the load through facilty though. :afro:
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #7 on: 09 August 2015, 22:45 »
As Rebecca said, the MK7 (AFAIK), has never come with cup holders integrated into the rear of the centre console (below the air vents), they are in the fold down rear seat armrest.

The MK6 and MK5's did come with them though.

The one's in the Mk 5 and 6 look really flimsy, as if they would break as soon as you look at them, and I must admit I'm surprised mine  are still intact, but as said, they aren't often (ever) used.

Sootchucker is there still provision for carrying long items from the boot, through the rear centre arm rest?  I make a surprising amount of use of this feature and hope it's still there.

None of my mk7's have had them below the vents. :-\

There is still the load through facilty though. :afro:

Ta, Jimble. :smiley:  That's good news.  Don't care about the below vent cup holders.

You still enjoying being back in a GTI?
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #8 on: 09 August 2015, 22:47 »
I have bins in my rear doors and two cupholders in the rear central arm rest. Plus two cupholders in the front centre channel.

Maybe Mr Ex hasn't pulled the rear central arm rest down yet. Anyway cup holders are wasted in the rear of my car, as drink (and food) is banned.  :evil:

Does the R still have the through load hole, behind the rear arm rest, so you can carry long items in the boot and poke them through the gap?  Is that still there?

Yes.
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Re: I've been conned!
« Reply #9 on: 09 August 2015, 22:51 »
I have bins in my rear doors and two cupholders in the rear central arm rest. Plus two cupholders in the front centre channel.

Maybe Mr Ex hasn't pulled the rear central arm rest down yet. Anyway cup holders are wasted in the rear of my car, as drink (and food) is banned.  :evil:

Does the R still have the through load hole, behind the rear arm rest, so you can carry long items in the boot and poke them through the gap?  Is that still there?

Yes.

Thanks.  Better late than never  :kiss:
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