Well, I wasn’t expecting that to have happened !

[Sootchucker]

Ooh, I'll have some of that Watts - me likey those sort of figures 

[Watts]

My commute is only 5.3 miles and I can still get 32mpg, 26ish in the really cold weather if I've let it warm up first. I don't think you'll be disappointed, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised

[paj]

Hi sootchucker (I am new to this forum but remember you from the Scirocco ones!) - Just one thing you might want to check - I ordered a GTI two weeks ago and was told that I might not get the loyalty bonus as the small print says the car has to be delivered by the end of May and although I am still waiting for an order number so I can check, they told me it might be mid June before I get mine.  I protested that it should be based on order date not delivery but they would not budge.
Peter.

[Mk7-GTD]

Hi sootchucker (I am new to this forum but remember you from the Scirocco ones!) - Just one thing you might want to check - I ordered a GTI two weeks ago and was told that I might not get the loyalty bonus as the small print says the car has to be delivered by the end of May and although I am still waiting for an order number so I can check, they told me it might be mid June before I get mine.  I protested that it should be based on order date not delivery but they would not budge.
Peter.

A while back they were saying that the cars had to be delivered before the end of March. They just move the date and probably will do again.

[Talk-torque]

Hi sootchucker (I am new to this forum but remember you from the Scirocco ones!) - Just one thing you might want to check - I ordered a GTI two weeks ago and was told that I might not get the loyalty bonus as the small print says the car has to be delivered by the end of May and although I am still waiting for an order number so I can check, they told me it might be mid June before I get mine.  I protested that it should be based on order date not delivery but they would not budge.
Peter.

Reckon you'd be very unlucky not to get your car by end of May. I ordered mine on 16th of Jan, and it's confirmed for production this week, which means I should get it around the beginning of April. Projecting that, you should get yours around the beginning of May. Mine is DSG too, which I believe tends to take a little longer.
Agree with you on the conditions for getting the loyalty bonus - very strange. From what I was told, the dealer has no leaway for this and has it reembursed from VW. They have to prove everything too - mine needed a copy of my current GTD's registration document!

[Sootchucker]

Just did a pointless but interesting non the less exercise re MPG and fuel costs for the new GTI (yeah boring I know). I was just wondering last night if after having 3 diesel's on the run (and thus enjoying over 40mpg every time), if the change to a Petrol GTI would be something I'd regret cost wise ?

I have my current GTD and my older Scirocco both on the Fuelly site, and looked at fuel stats for the Scirocco back in 2013.

According to Fuelly, my average MPG for the Scirocco in 2013 was 45.5mpg, and the average diesel cost per litre was £1.39. For my 8500 per annum travel that equates to £1,180.50 on fuel.

Fast forward to 2016 and the on order GTI, I am anticipating that driving the same way, that I should average around 33mpg (does that sound feasible ?). At current fuel costs of £1.099 for unleaded (round these parts), for the same 8500 miles that equates to an annual fuel cost of £1,181.50. A net increase of only £1.02 per year 

I know one doesn't buy a GTI for economy, but if I could average 33mpg in my normal weekly drive (where the current GTD gets circa 45), and on a good motorway run around 38-40 mpg (where the GTD gets around 50-55mpg), I'd be very happy, as the increase in fuel costs would be negligible.

I.e. for an average of 33mpg (GTI), vs 45mpg (GTD), that's only an additional £323.65 per year (or £27 per month). Think I can live with that.

[monkeyhanger]

If you really do want to drive sedately (65-70mph cruise speed on dual carriageway) you should easily do 33mpg in a GTI. I dont drive sedately in my R and still average 32mpg in the Winter.

[Sootchucker]

Cheers MH. Out of interest, my fuel cost exercise above was based upon standard unleaded. Something I hadn't considered, can the GTI happily run on normal unleaded (not supermarket brands), or does it have to run on a higher octane fuel ?

[Mk7-GTD]

Cheers MH. Out of interest, my fuel cost exercise above was based upon standard unleaded. Something I hadn't considered, can the GTI happily run on normal unleaded (not supermarket brands), or does it have to run on a higher octane fuel ?

Speaking of supermarket fuel, isn't tesco fuel supplied by shell.

[monkeyhanger]

GTI is officially a RON95 running car. The R/S3/Cupra (and likely the forthcoming GTI Clubsport) run on 98 (or 97 or 99, depending who the supplying garage is).