How does DSG work?

[VWmaindealer]

Thanks VWmaindealer.

Just for your info - The PX i got for the 4-Motion was £10900 (03 plate, £30K miles, met paint, 5dr, one owner). The garage have the vehicle on the forecourt at £13995.

I dread to think how much they have made from the deal, bearing in mind I got no discount for the GTI!

Not as much as you'd think. We make our money in used cars.

[EdMass]

VWmaindealer.

I think the dealer has done well - Not only could they make £3K profit from the PX, they could also make more should they offer finance (No doubt they would encourage this!).

Bearing in mind with the options I chose, the GTI cost me £26K & I would expect the dealer has made a few thousand.

Don't get me wrong, I accept a salespearson needs to earn a living & the dealer is in the business to make money. I am a little disappointed the dealer did not perhaps provide a slightly better PX for a loyal customer. 

Is it a VW policy that they do not provide flowers to customers when collecting their vehicle or does it depend on the dealer? I have purchased 3 vehicles & never received flowers! Don't get me wrong, personally I couldn't give a damn about the flower, but the wife would have loved them!! It meant I had to folk out another £20 for flowers, having spent thousands on my new car.

[illyun]

Flowers?  Are they an option for the GTI that I missed while browsing through the brochure or do they come as standard?  Also, what colours do they come in? :laugh:  But on a more serious note, my dealer would not be pinned down on a part-ex price for the GTI I have ordered come next year when I told them that I intend to buy the Mk5 Anniversary GTI - I wonder if they intend on skinning me alive?  They're probably already spending the money they intend to make on me in their heads... e.g. holiday in Bahamas, world cruise, kitchen refit etc... 

[EdMass]

Hi illyan.

I had the same problem with my PX - The dealer would not provide a PX figure & I only managed the dealer to guarantee me the price quoted in the Glass's guide for March, when I collected my car.

It wouldn't surprise me if you or any customer experience's the same problem. I guess if the car is in demand & VW have waiting list's, why should they bend over backwards & save anyone money!

Do you know when the Anniversary GTI will be launched?

[illyun]

Not sure when the Anniversary is out though I would have thought next year... I have my eyes peeled out for it - I WILL get one  As for the part-ex, I am hoping to lose £2.5k max and I have bought a pretty standard car:
Manual - not impressed with DSG and no clutch
18" Monza Alloys
Smoking Pack - for any future owners and its free 
3 door
Front centre armrest
Highline MFA
Pearlescent Black Paint
AutoGlym Lifeshine
Stonechip Protection

The dealer told me it wasn't worth ordering options as I wouldn't get my money back upon part-exing in a years time.
 
I will get everything including recaro leather if available for the Anniversary

[illyun]

Apart from DSG of course 

[VWmaindealer]

Illyun, Sounds like a nice spec. Are you sure about the stonechip protection? Have you seen it?

I've only had one car with the stonechip protection. Essentially it's a self adhesive clear sticky cover that goes over the front end of the car to er, protect from stonechips. Unless you chase gritter lorries for a living, I wouldn't bother. I had it done to one of my demonstrator Touaregs and have to say it looked iffy. I'm still not sure how it will fair long term. I'm concerned it may "yellow" with age. Personally i'd be inclined to not have it and just spend 80-100 quid on a chipsaway bloke when you come to sell it.

Lifeshine is a good product at the right price. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for it as it tends to vary from dealer to dealer.

Great colour BTW, Diamiond black is THE colour as far as i'm concerned.

VWmd

[Matt555]

Personally, when I am at the lights or likely to be stationary for a little while, I always put it into neutral. If only for a short while, or in slow moving traffic, leave it in Drive and let it creep forward, controlling with the brake.

This is same as we do with the A3, it saves you from flapping around and we've had zero bother with brakes or gears in 40K of miles!

Matty

[illyun]

Thanks for that VW Main Dealer... I was thinking of getting stonechip protection because I intended to part-ex within a year... from your experience, do any part ex 1 year old cars have any chips and how would it affect the part-ex price?  Also, I thought the stonechip covering is easy to remove when you don't want it?  At least the 3m product claims to be although I am not sure that this is the same product that dealers offer. I am paying £245 for the Autoglym thing - thats the price on the VW Golf specs and options booklet.  I have seen a valeting company offering it for £250. As for the colour, Diamond Black is the best in my opinion and a classic GTI colour.  I was also think of Steel Grey and Tornado Red but black one the day by quite a margin. 

[EdMass]

My dealer quoted £199.00 for the Autoglym, but opted against this as you can purchase the product for £40.00 from Halfords or in my case nothing as I subscribed to AutoExpress (Promotion).

I was told that the product would be applied by a valeter & I would need to apply the product to keep the shine.

I am surprised you did not like the DSG option illyum. Although you do not have a clutch, the DSG offers various options & you cannot beat the smoothness.