The CS-S delivery thread

[volkswizard]

Just had a thought;
The German Mk7 GTI buyers have always had the option to choose any paint colour from the VW range at a modest extra cost confirming that they get a wider choice of options than we do. In fact there whole speccing process has always been very different to ours with barely anything coming as standard.

Does anyone know if they could actually spec black wheels or roof rather than getting the fixed spec we got?

[Jackie Treehorn]

Anyone know if the battery is smaller and what they did with the reduction in weight?  I could be mistaken but i thought that was mentioned along with the bonnet damper.

[volkswizard]

Anyone know if the battery is smaller and what they did with the reduction in weight?  I could be mistaken but i thought that was mentioned along with the bonnet damper.

I read about the battery but not the bonnet damper, do you remember where that came from?

We really need is someone with ETKA to spot the difference.
The big one is the front hubs (called knuckles in the official info) should be different to the CS in order to achieve the extra negative camber.

Anyone compared chassis number to number on plaque? My VIN ends in 318 so it's possible.

[jjgreenwood]

Anyone know if the battery is smaller and what they did with the reduction in weight?  I could be mistaken but i thought that was mentioned along with the bonnet damper.

I read about the battery but not the bonnet damper, do you remember where that came from?

We really need some with ETKA to sport the difference.
The big one is the front hubs (called knuckles in the official info) should be different to the CS in order to achieve the extra negative camber.

Anyone compared chassis number to number on plaque? My VIN ends in 318 so it's possible.

Yes I've tried to work out what number the car is from the chassis but there is no correlation unfortunately. Equally I can't work it out from ETKA either.

On the subject of the Nurburgring mode, I can understand the salesman not knowing about it - after all there are no brochures, no configurator, no marketing, no training available for this car. The only thing I know about it is picked up from the pistonheads videos which state that in the individual mode if you reset the settings then they are the same as that used for the record lap. Assuming this is true there is no special mode as such, just some recorded settings in the individual mode. Given there is no special mode then it is forgivable the salesman doesn't know about it.

Also I think it is completely unfair to compare the salespeople at Volkswagen to those in Ferrari and Porsche. Volkswagen sells 16 different cars, all with multiple different specs, multiple different engines, an options list as long as your arm, all the cars change every year and new specs come out every 18 months. This simply isn't the same as selling for a brand that sells 4-6 models, delivers hardly any cars, virtually no change to those vehicles due to long product cycles. In the case of Porsche the average margin in a 911 is £18000 which is equivalent to Volkswagen selling 26 of its cars.

By the sounds of it Viper is happy enough with his handover. Sounds to me that people are disgruntled with VW not communicating what the spec of the vehicle actually is rather than the networks ability to provide a decent handover experience.

[MSR]

Anyone know if the battery is smaller and what they did with the reduction in weight?  I could be mistaken but i thought that was mentioned along with the bonnet damper.

I read about the battery but not the bonnet damper, do you remember where that came from?

We really need some with ETKA to sport the difference.
The big one is the front hubs (called knuckles in the official info) should be different to the CS in order to achieve the extra negative camber.

Anyone compared chassis number to number on plaque? My VIN ends in 318 so it's possible.

I'll take a look later this evening on Etta.

[volkswizard]

By the sounds of it Viper is happy enough with his handover. Sounds to me that people are disgruntled with VW not communicating what the spec of the vehicle actually is rather than the networks ability to provide a decent handover experience.

I agree and sorry if that wasn't communicated before, although it it early days yet so will be interesting to see what happens as handovers happen.

I am sure most handovers will go as well as they do with the 1.6 TDI Match retailers sell 1000s of but some people may (rightly or wrongly) may be expecting a little more sizzle with their £34k, zero discount sausage.

For minimal cost VW could give a DVD of the lap and interviews with the team, give a poster, give a lap ticket for the 'ring (29 Euros), get Benny to sign the car or the merchandise, give a model car, or even offer a day's driver tuition, even if it was for a small extra cost.

Sterling had tanked since the CSS pricing was announced so VW are getting a significantly smaller amount of Euros from us for our £33995 so I wonder if this is related to any apathy, perceived or otherwise.
Actually just checked and it's regained a lot but at the point when the cars were due (October) it was at its lowest, coincidence?

[12-R]

I actually queried the black wheels (not a fan) back in August with VWUK after seeing the PH video.
It took about a week for a response to come back from Germany that they were actually coming to the UK with the standard pret silver.
So it seems that the market spec was set by them not the UK.

[vipergts]

Bored with black wheels tbh and not practical

They show every mark and chip, and believe me they will get chipped on track

Been under it this morn spraying ACF50 all over the nice new ally sub-frame etc

Which bit are you boys keen to see and I'll take a pic under there?

[Sean G]

Reference the wheels I asked my dealer about the wheel colour a few months back and he checked with VW who confirmed they were silver - which I wanted as I personally don't like black wheels
TBH  my dealer has been 100% if I asked a question and he didn't know he contacted VW and then came back to me so no complaints really
As for the black roof after seeing how poorly painted one was I'd rather not have one than have a poor paint job

[Jackie Treehorn]

Which bit are you boys keen to see and I'll take a pic under there?

Well as you are asking

front arms and hubs
The exhaust?  Does it have a step sleeve after the downpipe or 65mm all the way to the turbo?

And just because i am curious
The battery (I think it was a Car Mag article anyway)
Boot floor where the spare wheel goes. what have they put in the space?
The bar fitment with the net? (where it enters the inside rear carpet)

I will look at some part numbers tomorrow at work to see what ARB, shocks and springs were fitted to push roll stiffness back (as claimed).  I am hoping all the part numbers are different to the GTi PP and CS.