First time VW buyer - Golf GTI

[mgrobins]

Hi,

posting as required .

Just bought my first VW - a Golf GTI. Hoping to have it in my hot little hands in the next couple of weeks .


I've ordered a White manual with Leather (Retro-fit, not a factory leather install)

Is it only the seats in the GTI that get leather or aspects of door trim etc?


Car was a few $k more than I initially wanted to spend but with the Focus ST update not arriving until mid 2015 and concerns over practicality in the Megane RS 265 (boot space :/) the GTI was the best 'fit' for me.

A nice upgrade from my Mazda 3 SP23 .

I'm in Brisbane and will be keen to get involved in any car club activities as well.

[Transporter]

Welcome to the forum and congratulations on your new GTI.

[team_v]

Welcome to the forums mate.
Hope we can get you out to some of our events:

http://www.vwwatercooled.com/forums/f21/

We already have quite a lot of GTI owners.

[The One]

Mate welcome! The Mk7 GTI is one fun car to drive, way more exciting than the boring blue oval ford.

[mgrobins]

haha thanks . If the new focus ST was hitting Australia soon I'd have had a tougher decision to make but the current one doesn't match the GTI I think.

I've been lurking on this forum for months and found a heap of great info for mods, detailing etc that carries over to any car I own ... now I can look forward to playing with my GTI I expect to have a lot more to read!

I'm getting the car with dealer fitted tint - Perfexion (carbon?) reflective tint. It's non metalized and the darkest legal tint for QLD. Haven't heard much about it but I hope they are good at fitting tint . I think it should set the black inset on the wheels off really nicely on a white car .

My first step will be to get the paint checked out, corrected if needed and then I'm having Ceramic Pro 9H applied. Enjoying your car as a hobby is a slippery slope financially :/ !!

[The One]

haha thanks . If the new focus ST was hitting Australia soon I'd have had a tougher decision to make but the current one doesn't match the GTI I think.

I've been lurking on this forum for months and found a heap of great info for mods, detailing etc that carries over to any car I own ... now I can look forward to playing with my GTI I expect to have a lot more to read!

I'm getting the car with dealer fitted tint - Perfexion (carbon?) reflective tint. It's non metalized and the darkest legal tint for QLD. Haven't heard much about it but I hope they are good at fitting tint . I think it should set the black inset on the wheels off really nicely on a white car .

My first step will be to get the paint checked out, corrected if needed and then I'm having Ceramic Pro 9H applied. Enjoying your car as a hobby is a slippery slope financially :/ !!

Right on the money there, slippery slope financially alright, kind of like crashing and burning haha.

Which dealer mate?