Is VW pennypinching?

[Corey_R]

So your saying a fanboi site has fanbois on it. Shocking

Yeah, my world is shattered with this revelation

If you want to see life on the other side of the fence drop past the VW forum on whirlpool.net.au. Not too many positive posts on that site.

Lol... there never is that many positive comments on that site! About any topic!

[xordis]

Lol... there never is that many positive comments on that site! About any topic!

Thats why its called whingepool.
I wonder how many of them (on whingepool) have actually driven or owned any of the cars they whinge about.

[maxrob200]

I suppose we could compile a wish list of things that we would like to have on our VW and see if they are similar. Some features are totally unnecessary yet others are quite useful. I havents found the position of the wiper and indicator stalks to be a problem as all my previous cars have been european. Things like Dual climate controls are IMO a bit silly though...

[Corey_R]

Heh - makes me wonder what you'd think of quad zone climate control then

In any case, there is already several "wish"/"bitch" list threads in the MK6 forum... no need to start another one.

[xordis]

Things like Dual climate controls are IMO a bit silly though...

That was a big win for me, and the reason for getting the 118. Can't live without it.
The main thing I am really going to miss from my current car is electric seats with memory. My wife is 5' tall and I am 5'10, so our seat positions are vastly different. Hopefully MK7 golf will get this as an option.

[Ideo]

I guess if you don't pay for your fuel you wouldn't want to lock the doors and hinder your getaway but I suspect that the majority of people do pay for their fuel and that involves walking inside, queuing up and paying.

How is that classified as "standing right next to your car"

Get out of car, fill up with petrol, lock car, walk over the pay, unlock car, drive away.

Are you thick or just being obtuse?

ETA. I'm with those calling for auto fold mirrors. To be honest, I would have expected that to be standard.

[DoggieHowser]

Wait, there's no motorized folding mirrors on the Mk VI?

The MkV just had an extra notch on the left/right toggle knob to tuck them in. Not that they do much good cos they still stick out a fair bit.

Unless you are referring to those like on my old Mitsubishi Evo and i where I could "double click" the lock button on the remote key and it would fold the mirrors in. Also nifty was that they auto opened when you went up above 30km/h. But that's something a lazy git like me thought was a bit gimmicky.

[Corey_R]

Doogie, you're from the UK right? They have the option in the UK, but not in Australia. Australia doesn't really have the thin alleyways that the UK has so they're not bought here.

[Ideo]

Doogie, you're from the UK right? They have the option in the UK, but not in Australia. Australia doesn't really have the thin alleyways that the UK has so they're not bought here.

Got a lot of soccer mums in Q7s and landcruisers with no spatial awareness though

[Corey_R]

True... but the reduction of 5cm width on one side of your car ain't going to help with those types of drivers

In the end, we can't have everything. Just look around the forums at all the people complaining that maybe VW's are priced too high (oh wait, this thread, lol), or that there are too many options, or that if VW only reduced the number of variables that wait times would be lower, or why doesn't VW have BT and MDI standard (they do now on some models), or ipod cables standard, or various other features as options or standard, etc etc.

The Golf would cost $100k if they included everything that everyone says they should

[DoggieHowser]

Doogie, you're from the UK right? They have the option in the UK, but not in Australia. Australia doesn't really have the thin alleyways that the UK has so they're not bought here.

Yeah the car is a UK spec.

How is that classified as "standing right next to your car"

Get out of car, fill up with petrol, lock car, walk over the pay, unlock car, drive away.

Are you thick or just being obtuse?

ETA. I'm with those calling for auto fold mirrors. To be honest, I would have expected that to be standard.

This is how I do on the R35 GTR as well.

Except that when there's an attendant helping pump the petrol, I lock the car, then walk in to the shop and browse the magazine section for a bit.

The fuel flap can still be closed after refueling, while the car is locked but just can't be opened again.

I expect if my overpriced Nissan can do this, no reason why a Golf GTI can't.

I am a bit curious about what to do with the cap though. On the R35, there's a nylon fishline looking string holding it to the car and there's a little "holder" on the flap to keep it there while fueling.

I recall my father-in-law's MkV doesn't. Looks like they still overlooked this for the VI?

[Mr_Bob]

there's a notch in the edge of the cap, it hangs over the top of the fuel flap.

found a pic:

[brad]

Is there not 4 slots in the rim of the fuel cap so that you can hang it on the outside of the fuel flap?

Seems odd the golf would have the same cap stowage as the Skoda

[Corey_R]

Yep... though it sits better if you put it on the other side...

[brad]

Yep... though it sits better if you put it on the other side...

Skoda sits on the outside. Seems odd/stupid but works better & you don't knock it off with the pump handle.

it would be in the manual wouldn't it Corey?