The Official "I have ordered/received my new MK7 Golf" Thread

[mk7]

It's only my second car ever and my first was a manual too. I'm not sick of it yet I guess, I enjoy driving manual.
My mother would never have let me get the DSG anyway after all that stuff hit the papers! Regardless of how correct her assumptions are haha. My heart was set on manual this time around - auto next time maybe!

[OYE]

My mother would never have let me get the DSG anyway after all that stuff hit the papers!

Whose mum would? VWA didn't manage that bit well apparently! Enjoy the manual mate!

[buddy03]

Just took delivery of the 103tsi. It's a beautiful car, so smooth and quiet on the road with enough power to do anything I want.

A bit disappointed that when I asked the sales guy if I need to drive the DSG in a specific way, I was told "no, drive it like a normal auto". I was keen to learn directly from VW rep on how to drive it in a way that it will preserve the supposedly fragile transmission.

The sales guy also told me that I should keep the auto hold function at all time. I find it quite interesting as it doesn't make the car creep forward (or backward in R gear) which is what people recommend not to do with the DSG. With the auto hold function switched on, I just put my gear on neutral and take my foot off the brake pedal when stationary.

[Ryan_R]

Having driven the DSG in my Mk6 not like an auto for 3 years, but also having test driven the 103TSI Mk7 I can tell you it drives a lot more like an auto so there is a bit of truth to what you were told.

[beachie1]

No need to put into neutral,after stopping,take foot off brake and hover over accelerator and when ready to go,just press and handbrake flips off.
Same if you have auto hold on although you can modulate brake pedal if only stopping momentarily at a stop sign for instance.
I will probably turn off stop start as finding it a bit of a nuisance for a small fuel useage gain.
Regards
Beachie1

[buddy03]

No need to put into neutral,after stopping,take foot off brake and hover over accelerator and when ready to go,just press and handbrake flips off.

That'd be very convenient for the driver but I thought that's a no no for DSG? From what I've read leaving the gear in 'D' when stationary may still engage the clutch which will wear it in the long run.

[Mountainman]

Post all your stories about placing an order for, purchasing or receiving your new Golf MkVII here!

A good drive of a Mk7 90 TSI manual won me back over. Will pick up a base model manual with the 16" Toronto wheels off the Comfortline next week. Paid $24200 driveaway so happy with that. Got back almost all of the $2995 dealer delivery. They put a price of $900 on the Comfortline wheels and tyres and taking back the standard steel rims and tyres. I don't know whether that part of it was such a great part of the deal. I had no trade or finance to complicate it.

[diesel_DSG]

Been waiting AGES to contribute to one of these threads, finally I can. Deposit down on a 110TDi this very morning, Pure White, 18" Motorsport alloys and full body kit. Just waiting on tint and I should get it late this week, early next. These new fangled Mk 7's are a world apart from our Mk 5 tdi, thats for sure, but I guess they'd want to be!

Couple of iPhone pics, more to come when I take delivery:





Cannot wait!

Sam

[tonymy01]

Shiny, nice. And look, it has a black smile (that black bit across front looks a bit odd, maybe just takes a bit to get used to it, like the bug eye Subaru which I had to grow to love my baby hehe).

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[Amalgam]

Congrats diesel_DSG on your new pride and joy.

Post a write up on your impressions of the MK7 if you have the time. Most of us would be most interest.

Congrats again

[bez]

Just placed an order for a base model 90TSI DSG with April '13 build, metallic paint and mats for $25.5k.

Now to hunt down some decent alloys to replace the steel rims. Looking at the VW 15" Aspen rims but at $800 I'm a little hesitant. Any suggestions?

[Nauend]

The Sunset Red 103tsi arrived last Friday. It's a Feb 2013 build. What a sweet, good looking ride. Still a bit of a shift from the G6E I drove and enjoying the change - but still reaching for the park break handle........

Car handles well, more toey than I thought it'd be, especially when slipped into S. Not given it much yet, but want to shortly when in the car alone. After being in a big car so years, am finding it funny how big cars react when they cant go past a smaller car as easily as they'd expect to be able to do!

The start/stop seems pretty good in the right traffic circumstances.

Has been surprising me from time to time in the 250k's I've driven so far, like the additional lighting when cornering, and the led lighting in the car at night. Lots of nice touches.

One thing I'll have to get VW to check out is voice control which does not do anything except mute the audio, and no menu option for it (I'm assuming a firmware upgrade may be needed?). No help from the manual so far unless i missed it. The manual gives info on the side mirror dipping in reverse.

Am moving music to an SD card to get the album art to display, as bluetooth streaming does not support this by the looks.

Salesmen don't know the car that well. One advised that I could adjust the dash lighting with a roller wheel in the dash - turns out this is the headlight height adjuster as dash lights are adjusted in the car's settings menu.

[Ryan_R]

I've read that voice control is disabled in Australia - I'm hoping/assuming that can be fixed with a simple VCDS coding change (once Ross-Tech work out which code it is)
In the Mk6 voice control can be turned on/off via VCDS (connecting a laptop to the car), if it's' off then the button works as a pause/mute which you have described
The dashboard lighting is adjusted by a roller next to the headlight height in the Mk6 as well, so a bit of confusion there - I've also heard that the salespeople are a bit under-trained with the new Golf.

[b c]

Sounds good Nauend. Mine is still a ways off.

Re music on SD card: I think that is the way I will go. Are there instructions on how to set up directories, album art etc? Wouldn't mind getting this done before the car arrives.

[Saintza]

Ordered a 90TSI manual comfortline in limestone grey today with paint, tint, mudflaps and mats for $26,800. Manufacture date was March this year. Should have it in a couple of weeks. Looking forward to it!

I was looking at either the 90TSI or the 103TSI and when I took the 90TSI for a test drive I was surprised how punchy the engine was. It was ample for my needs and a nice enough drive so decided on the lower model (that and I still prefer manual for now).