Golf GTI Mark VI Specifications and Prices

[MurphyTheElf]

Kinda getting tired of being called "tiger" and "you're a big boy, you dont need to talk to your dad" comments comming from salespeople... I was a salesperson too in my teen years, I at least know a bit more about respect.

Salesmen and tradesmen take note. Condescending terms like "tiger", "sport", "big fella" or "young fella", do not endear you to your potential customer. I'm a short skinny guy and look younger than my age as a result. I hear these terms constantly and was mistaken in thinking the frequency would drop as I passed my 30th birthday. No such luck (except maybe "young fella"). Addressing me like a child immediately puts a big black mark against your name.

[WhiteJames]

Mud Flaps

Having thoughts about adding mud flaps to my GTI due to arrive in late May 2010. Front mud flaps look okay, rears look a bit long and ****y. Reason being is that the side sills & rear bumper sides are painted in White on my GTI. This will show up a lot of road grime, esp wet bitumen on country routes. Saves on time trying to remove this grime. I would of preferred the side sills to be kept in black, rather than being painted. The older MKV GTI had the sills painted black, which disguised this grime. I have a few pics of dirtied up White GTI's & GTI with mudflaps, but cannot add images for some reason under the advanced section. Read somewhere that OEM VW mudflaps are $80 pair. Nothing on Volkswagen 'accessories' website for the mudflaps. Do have this link to ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GENUINE-VOLKSWAGEN-FRONT-MUDFLAPS-GOLF-MK6-2009_W0QQitemZ180465379239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item2a049327a7

Cheers
WJ

[hooba]

Holy Crap, thats just what happened to me when I spoke to my local dealer, Except instead of printing a contract, he gave me a price of what I wanted but without DSG and without bixenons by "accident."

All I wanted was to know if I could get: MDI, Bi-xenons, DSG and MAYBE the Dynaudio Premium audio to go under 45k, and he did... until he said "I forgot the lights and DSG" effectively adding 3.5k to the price... Kinda hurt cause I was pretty much only wondering if it was possible to get something close to 10% off the price (which with my calculation was 9.4% in terms of what I was asking) And since the price was only 1k from the list price (including onroads) I thought I was being mistreated.

Being 25 and I normally get side swipped by dealers who think I probably cant afford the cars that I want to look at. Kinda getting tired of being called "tiger" and "you're a big boy, you dont need to talk to your dad" comments comming from salespeople... I was a salesperson too in my teen years, I at least know a bit more about respect. Hope it turns out well for you hooba.

It did thanks mate. I took my paperwork to another dealer and asked them to match it, and they've acted professionally and with integrity throughout the whole process.

Car is on order.

[gtismiles]

have driven the gti and what a stonker !

what do you guys reckon would be good pricing for :

red 5dr with dsg
satnav and dynaudio
mdi
towbar

wouldnt mind a sunroof and acc as well, but thinking that might push the price out a bit !

[Corey_R]

For that config, on the road and in VIC, it would be ~$52860. That is including the $1048.85 for the towbar and wiring harness, but not including the ~4 hours labour it takes to install.
Adding sunroof and ACC beings that up to ~$56350.

From those prices you'll obviously be able to negotiate. Take a look through the thread to see what some others in VIC have been able to achieve

[gtismiles]

For that config, on the road and in VIC, it would be ~$52860. That is including the $1048.85 for the towbar and wiring harness, but not including the ~4 hours labour it takes to install.
Adding sunroof and ACC beings that up to ~$56350.

From those prices you'll obviously be able to negotiate. Take a look through the thread to see what some others in VIC have been able to achieve

Thankyou, I wont be paying GST at it will be through the company and hoping there is a good fleet discount so will see how I go

Sunroof I will likely pass on.

What is the verdict on ACC ? does it make the ride smoother or only more sharper for handling and driving response ?

[Corey_R]

What is the verdict on ACC ? does it make the ride smoother or only more sharper for handling and driving response ?

It seems to come down to personal opinion, so try and test drive a car which has it installed

[kennyc]

Anyone know how much the 18" Detroits cost if you want to purchase them sepratley?
I want them now, but i would have to order a new build just to get the 18s so i am thinking of paying that bit extra to order them in.

[Corey_R]

Anyone know how much the 18" Detroits cost if you want to purchase them sepratley?
I want them now, but i would have to order a new build just to get the 18s so i am thinking of paying that bit extra to order them in.

They're not listed as a dealer accessory (according to the accessories list on Maverick's site). Of the dealer accessory 18" wheels, they range from $2113.04 for the set of 4 (without tyres) to $3730.76 (again, without tyres).

Quite honestly, you'd be better of trying to do a deal with your dealer where you swap them off another car that's coming in which already has them. (you know, a 'floor stock' car, not someone elses order).

[kennyc]

They're not listed as a dealer accessory (according to the accessories list on Maverick's site). Of the dealer accessory 18" wheels, they range from $2113.04 for the set of 4 (without tyres) to $3730.76 (again, without tyres).

Quite honestly, you'd be better of trying to do a deal with your dealer where you swap them off another car that's coming in which already has them. (you know, a 'floor stock' car, not someone elses order).

Thanks for the idea Coreying, i will speak to my dealer and see what we can do.
Ill have a look at how the 17s look before i make up my mind though.

[Corey_R]

The other thing you could do is, if you really get stuck with the 17's, you could take them to a painter to have them paint them to look the same as the 18" Detroits (you know, with the black interior to the wheel and 'spoke' sides etc).

[nau]

The other thing you could do is, if you really get stuck with the 17's, you could take them to a painter to have them paint them to look the same as the 18" Detroits (you know, with the black interior to the wheel and 'spoke' sides etc).

do you know some one who done it ? sounds dodgy...
I really like the look of Detroits but Ireally dont want 18inch

[kennyc]

The other thing you could do is, if you really get stuck with the 17's, you could take them to a painter to have them paint them to look the same as the 18" Detroits (you know, with the black interior to the wheel and 'spoke' sides etc).

Nah, cant see myself doing that.
If i can swap em over with the dealer ill do that, otherwise ill just save and get them down the track.

[Brendan_A]

The other thing you could do is, if you really get stuck with the 17's, you could take them to a painter to have them paint them to look the same as the 18" Detroits (you know, with the black interior to the wheel and 'spoke' sides etc).

They wouldn't look the same. The 18" Detroits have a machined finish.

[Corey_R]

How is it dodgy? You know that a large portion of alloy wheels are painted right? Including the 17" GTI wheels, 18 and 19" R wheels etc etc.
That's why it can be so cheap to repair them, because you just sand them back, bog fill, and respray. I've seen pictures on these forums (and VW Vortex) of people how have painted their 17" GTI wheels. Not specifically to match the 18" Detroit. Usually they've been all black, or had the wheel interior and spoke sides as a medium grey colour instead of black. Any competend car body shop should be able to help you out


Edit: This picture is of an 18" Detroit, so you can see the detail of the black paint done at the factory.

I haven't seen the 18" Detroit in person (well, not on a stationary car), so I'm not sure whether the facia is just painted (like the 17") or whether it's actually polished or diamond cut or something. But a bodyshop can certainly do the black paintwork as shown on this picture so you'll get most of the visual effect you're after