7.5 GTI Performance - Standard/Options

[kmpowell]

Kmpowell’s knowledge on these matters was phenomenal!

Very kind of you to say. I was caught right in the middle of it with my car, so I had to unravel the mess with my dealer.

All MY19 GTI PP's were supposed to have...

Keyless
Rear Camera
Front camera/sensor with Lane assist, light assist and traffic sign recognition

...included as standard.

However, mine (and a few others) arrived with only the first two items, there was no camera /sensor. this was only picked up after I'd driven away in it.

My dealer queried with VW to double check my car was MY19 and they VW confirmed the MY19 spec/engine (140g emissions for 19's). VW then investigated further and found that it was 'build date' that mattered versus when the new spec was actually confirmed, because apparently there were several configurations that might have become standard for MY19 when WLTP shutdown was in play. The key here is that VW shut down their factory in summer 2018 and stockpiled cars, nothing was delivered to dealers until late December, so 68 plate cars fell across 2 scenarios.

Keyless & the RVC were expected to be standard when mine (and the others) was built, so there are early MY19 cars built Oct/Nov and early Dec that didn't/don't have the front camera/sensor with Lane assist, light assist and traffic sign recognition.

To add further fuel to the fire VW introduced a price rise that complicated things even more for those of us that didn't get the full MY19 options:

MY18 - £31,755 OTR
MY19 - £32,480 OTR - but MY19 comes as standard with Keyless (normally £375), Lane Assist with Dynamic, Light Assist including, Traffic Sign Recognition (normally £650), and Rear-view camera (normally £340).

In my case the dealer refunded the £650.

[Yusee]

I was very pleased when mine didn't come with more useless sh1t!
( actually i'd have been happy with the reversing camera, the other 2 options you can keep).

The gti is extremely well specified as standard so I would advise OP to ask the question "which options do I need?" rather than "which options should I look for?"

[Phil245]

Mine has Lane Assist.....

I stopped on the journey home from the dealer we bought it from (new) to disable it and it hasn't been enabled since......

[fredgroves]

Mine has Lane Assist.....

I stopped on the journey home from the dealer we bought it from (new) to disable it and it hasn't been enabled since......

My only experience is on the Mk8 today.... about 10 mins into my testdrive I managed to find how to turn it off.

Blindspot monitoring is good though.

[moebiusuk]

Thank you all so much for the replies. I don't need all the toys but it was really confusing trying to gather all the information using all the versions of PDFs that VW released.

Thank you to kmpowell. The BW52 knowledge is exactly what I've been looking for, for weeks. I really appreciate the clarifications because it was so confusing. How would I find out what build week a particular car has been made?

Thank you to Sootchucker too for that amazing list, huge help. That list is what I'll refer to when searching now. You've basically got the same idea I have.

To Phil245, I agree. I've driven a rental with Lane Assist and it was really annoying.

And to Yusee, you're 100% right, it's only really DCC (even with 18s) and Dynaudio that are essential to me with leather being nice to have.

 

[fredgroves]

You might struggle to find dcc with eighteens and dynaudio is not that common unless it's a fully loaded car. At one point the older mk7 had an offer for nav Pro with dynaudio for a bargain price, but that was never repeated later.

[kmpowell]

Thank you to kmpowell. The BW52 knowledge is exactly what I've been looking for, for weeks. I really appreciate the clarifications because it was so confusing. How would I find out what build week a particular car has been made?

Apologies, it was BW51, not BW52, my memory was playing tricks on me. 

Sadly, BW can't be identified/determined by anybody unless they have access to the VW system. The VIN shows MY, but that's it:



p.s. DCC and Dynaudio are absolute musts IMO. They both transform the car in their respective ways.

[moebiusuk]

That's great, thank you so much.

[willni]

1) Is Android Auto or "App-Connect" standard for 2017 too?
2) Is Lane Assist with Dynamic Light Assist standard for 2017 too?
3) Is Front & Rear Parking Sensord with Rear Camera standard for 2017 too?
4) I've read that DCC is standard on 7.5 models but the table shows that it's optional here. Is that the case?

I bought a 2018 GTD used with a High Spec, Leather, Sunroof, Auto. Since then I've retrofitted a Reverse Camera for £300 and the VW Audiotec Fischer Sub and Amp for £300 (Many claim this makes the standard system better than the Dynaudio optional extra) these are both very easily fitted and for £600 can help make car hunting easier.

I've also added 19in BBS' with PS4S' and I have never felt the need to say I wish I had DCC. I drive awful roads and on building sites with it, they're perfect. If you 335i is E90 or F30 Series then the golf will be much comfier.

I would try and get one with the high-beam assist and of course DSG 7-speed is a must.

[DanDuda48]

<Sadly, BW can't be identified/determined by anybody unless they have access to the VW system. The VIN shows MY>
Yes, you can identify the BW, this way:
If you open the driver's door you will find a black sticker at the bottom right, which among other things contains the chassis number. On the right side, there are three lines with combinations of numbers and digits.
The first three digits of the last line (just below the engine code) contain the calendar week and the construction day.
In my example the engine code is DLBA (GTI PP) and the three digits are 102.
The first two digits are the calendar or build week - here 10.
And the third digit is the construction day.
The 1 stands for Monday. So here we have the 2nd day (Tuesday) of the 10th week.
And the letter "J" in the VIN tells you it is 2018.