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

[bkpr]

…and there was no grey available in the Special Edition.

[cursed333]

finally picking up my SE Lapiz blue R this weekend, wouldn't have minded the TY but having owned an austin yellow M4 a few cars back & having never owned a blue car I thought it would be a nice change, just organised my tinter to go out & paint the windows black as per usual yesterday here's a little teaser, cars already booked in for stage 2+ at IAH in 4 weeks time, will lower + spacers in the next week or two aswell

First VW I've ever owned so pretty excited

[Grugly]

finally picking up my SE Lapiz blue R this weekend, wouldn't have minded the TY but having owned an austin yellow M4 a few cars back & having never owned a blue car I thought it would be a nice change, just organised my tinter to go out & paint the windows black as per usual yesterday here's a little teaser, cars already booked in for stage 2+ at IAH in 4 weeks time, will lower + spacers in the next week or two aswell

First VW I've ever owned so pretty excited


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Congrats! And welcome to the 400!

Just keep an eye on when the wheel is on full lock for a clicking sound. You will hear it with windows down and around roundabouts or in carparks.

If you do hear it, take it in to get fixed under warranty.

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[cursed333]

Just FYI I can't hear the famous click noise, however, only my passenger door trim LED strip works, none of the others are lighting up in the car under any circumstances so I will have that looked at, also the Pre-delivery "detail" was probably the worst detail I've seen in my life & having been in carsales over 10 years I've delivered over 500 new + used cars & never seen something like this lol, car was COVERED in swirl marks, we used to call it "showroom detail" so it's going back to the dealer for that & they've scratched the **** out of the black trimming between the windows so that aswell..

[RRR036]

I'm over in Europe - just ordered a 2019 Golf R Variant. Spain spec, which isn't amazing but comes with enough to keep me happy (pano sunroof, black roof rails, black mirrors, alcantara seats, 19" black Pretorias). September delivery all going well!

[Dutch77]

Sounds good to me - teamed with what exterior color?

[BenT]

So I woke up on Saturday morning to a push notification from the Carsales app. Dealers have dropped the price of 2019 Golf R to $54,990 on-road.

Quick squiz at the finances and wifey and I realised we could trade our 2018 Golf GTI Original for about $20k, pay off its loan and only have to pay $200 more per month to be sitting in an R. 4 hours later at VW Berwick and we had a signed contract for an R with Dynaudio in Tornado Red plus tint, door sill protectors and black mirror caps for $54,990 on-road and we got $22k for the GTI. Hopefully gets delivered in 3 weeks.

Not bad considering the GTI is 15 months old with knackered tyres and 35k kms on the ODO.


Ben
Current: ‘18 Golf GTI Original
Past: ‘05 RS 225 Cup

[Call me Al]

Hi Golf trackers,

Is it possible to confirm the selected options and track the history of a dealer demo Golf R with the VIN, engine number and dealer Stock Number?

Cheers Al

[Call me Al]

Today the 31st of July 2019 we took delivery of our Pure White MK7.5 MY19.5 R Wagon with all options.

We also purchased the VW 5 year Service Care Plan.

Took the R to Mount Tamborine and back home. The LED headlights are amazing. Tried modes, Race. Comfort, Normal.

I drove up the mountain and it felt like it was a level road, no sense of climbing a mountain. Felt strange. The wife drove back.

I prefer the drivers seat. So much to learn about the R. Will have to read all the information in the handbook and on here as well.

I took HW100 Gav's advice, warm the R up, then drive it hard!

Be back soon, cheers Al

[BenT]

On Tuesday we picked up our new MY19.5 Golf R in red with Dynaudio, tint, and white on black plates. We'd ordered the black mirror caps but the dealer forgot to fit them so we have to wait 3 weeks but it's not the end of the world.

Went up to Sassafras for lunch and enjoyed lovely quiet twisty roads. Even though we've got to run it in first it was obvious there was a lot of power on tap compared to the GTI Original it replaced.

William Fu from Berwick VW was brilliant and I'd highly recommend you ask for him if you're looking to buy.

[Call me Al]

Well done Ben,
We drove the new 7,5 Golf Gti clone the Skoda VRS 245 and then straight to test drive our R wagon. It only had 25 ks on it and we put an extra 20ks or so on.

I think the sound actuactor makes it feel faster. Certainly there is more potential than the Gti.

But even the R doesn't come close to my MY06 WRX that had 236 kwatw. The R is more civilised with adaptive suspension control.

So Ben how are you going to run the R in?

Gav a respected tuner and Moderator in the Polo section here, HW100 advised me to get the engine and DSG warmed up and drive it hard. Gav is not the first advisor to say that about running in new engines.

Cheers Al

[roh008]

i too picked up an R wagon last week certainly enjoying it too.
Question around the tinting. From factory I can see the rears have privacy glass, is this UV blocking? is it worth tinting further?
Is the panoroof tinted from factory with UV protection?
Can the front windows be tinted further legally (in VIC)?

[roh008]

plus tint, door sill protectors and black mirror caps for $54,990 on-road and we got $22k for the GTI. Hopefully gets delivered in 3 weeks.

Ben

Didn't think about requesting them to tint the rears
how do the sill protectors look - i might see if I can do a post purchase deal and see how much they cost.

[roh008]

I got my B pillars polished and wrapped in PPF at Affinesse in Clayton. Lovely people to deal with. Highly recommended.

i'm thinking of getting my front bar and bonnet PPF'd one quote was $2400k (had a 10yr warranty) for side mirrors and guards as well as headlights the other was $1500 for bonnet and front bar

[BenT]

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

Well done Ben,
We drove the new 7,5 Golf Gti clone the Skoda VRS 245 and then straight to test drive our R wagon. It only had 25 ks on it and we put an extra 20ks or so on.

I think the sound actuactor makes it feel faster. Certainly there is more potential than the Gti.

But even the R doesn't come close to my MY06 WRX that had 236 kwatw. The R is more civilised with adaptive suspension control.

So Ben how are you going to run the R in?

Gav a respected tuner and Moderator in the Polo section here, HW100 advised me to get the engine and DSG warmed up and drive it hard. Gav is not the first advisor to say that about running in new engines.

Cheers Al

My running in procedure has always been to get the boost up but not redline it for the first 1500, and use manual mode so it doesn’t cruise around at minimum revs either. Worked well for my 1.4 Polo GTI which used no oil whatsoever.

Is the Gav you mentioned from Underground Performance? If so, he services my VWs.

Ben
Current: ‘19 VW Golf R
Past: ‘05 RS 225 Cup