Looking to get a new GTD, some questions

[GTD22]

Hi I'm going to order a new GTD and I'm wondering if anyone has any idea why keyless is standard on the 5 door but not even an option on the 3?

Another thing with keyless, is there the problem that Ford owners have with their cars getting stolen?


Thanks

[Talk-torque]

Why you can't get a 3 door with keyless is a mystery, unless someone on here knows better!

Anecdotes abound about the vulnerability of keyless, but I've not seen any first hand experience of a break in or theft on here. No system is perfect and the thieves eventually catch up, but, as I understand things, although there is a way to crack keyless security, it is no easier than conventional remote locking.

Wouldn't be without mine and love push button starting.

[Gnasher]

The only thing that makes keyless easier to steal is the fact that you don't need a key to start it. Once the scumbags are in a keyless car they can somehow bypass the security on the ignition.

[GTD22]

Thanks for the replies, over on the ST owners site there's loads of keyless cars getting nicked so I was a little worried that it was the same with VW but in the end I want a 5 door so I have no choice with keyless, have to have it.

I haven't been able to see a car with the sound and sport pack so I can't get an idea of what it sounds like, could someone with it point me in the direction of a video that has the closest to what it really sounds like because with videos on YouTube they all sound different.

Other options I was thinking of going with was high beam assist, carplay and possibly rear camera. I can't make my mind up between tungsten silver and onyx white.

The only thing that is putting me off ordering right now it the news of a facelift but like others I can get any definitive information on it.

[mcmaddy]

You might get some different lights and possibly a different shape exhaust although how on a gtd I'm not too sure. Might also get gesture control inside. On the downside you might end up with something like what Skoda have done with the Octavia and have something plug ugly. I was in the same boat as you and I ordered now. I went for Tungsten so you should pick a different colour 

[phazer]

Thanks for the replies, over on the ST owners site there's loads of keyless cars getting nicked so I was a little worried that it was the same with VW but in the end I want a 5 door so I have no choice with keyless, have to have it.

I haven't been able to see a car with the sound and sport pack so I can't get an idea of what it sounds like, could someone with it point me in the direction of a video that has the closest to what it really sounds like because with videos on YouTube they all sound different.

Other options I was thinking of going with was high beam assist, carplay and possibly rear camera. I can't make my mind up between tungsten silver and onyx white.

The only thing that is putting me off ordering right now it the news of a facelift but like others I can get any definitive information on it.

There's some on youtube and I posted some videos of ours after we picked it up - if you look through my posts, don't have the link to hand.

[GTD22]

Again thanks for the replies.

I spoke with a dealer yesterday and he said that the facelift should go on order in February but the performance Golf's may be a further few months down the line. He also said that the performance models will have the digital dash and a bigger screen with the climate and other controls in it and LED lights with solid rear LED's.

I'm not a fan of those changes to the interior so I have ordered a 5 door manual with carplay, rear camera, high beam assist and sound & sport pack. I couldn't make my mind up between oryx white and tungsten silver so I ordered limestone grey after seeing one in person.

That leads me on to some other questions, does carplay work with a Jailbroken iPhone and for people with a sunroofs, do they get any rattles over time? I'm on the fence as to whether or not to add it but rattles are the vain of my life in a car and to have one above my head would do my nut in.

[Moro]

Again thanks for the replies.

I spoke with a dealer yesterday and he said that the facelift should go on order in February but the performance Golf's may be a further few months down the line. He also said that the performance models will have the digital dash and a bigger screen with the climate and other controls in it and LED lights with solid rear LED's.

I'm not a fan of those changes to the interior so I have ordered a 5 door manual with carplay, rear camera, high beam assist and sound & sport pack. I couldn't make my mind up between oryx white and tungsten silver so I ordered limestone grey after seeing one in person.

That leads me on to some other questions, does carplay work with a Jailbroken iPhone and for people with a sunroofs, do they get any rattles over time? I'm on the fence as to whether or not to add it but rattles are the vain of my life in a car and to have one above my head would do my nut in.

Sadly my sunroof started to rattle in the closed position after a couple of years, but a little lubrication on the rear "tongues" that are visible when the roof is tilted does fix this - for a while.

[Mike J]

Don't have a sunroof unless you want to stand on the seat and shoot rabbits thro it!

In the past two years Ive had two surgical operations and four separate treatments for skin cancer on my head.

No driver in the southern latitudes has a sun roof and we shouldn't either, impractical and downright unhealthy.

Just a gimmik for the "oh look at meeeeeeees"!

[GTD22]

Don't have a sunroof unless you want to stand on the seat and shoot rabbits thro it!

In the past two years Ive had two surgical operations and four separate treatments for skin cancer on my head.

No driver in the southern latitudes has a sun roof and we shouldn't either, impractical and downright unhealthy.

Just a gimmik for the "oh look at meeeeeeees"!

I'm not sure if the reason most people get the sunroof is for the 'look at me' because I like having a fixed glass roof because they don't rattle.