Mk7 Golf GTI Discussion Thread

[Flipper]

I used the corporate discount with my GTI the dealer just handed me a form letter and asked me to put it on a company letter head the week before I picked it up so I wrote it myself and got HR to sign it. It would be easy enough to put any business name on the top....just sayin. The corp discount is $2000 then anything the dealer is willing to do with on road costs etc.

[n0d3]

Hey guys, do your DRLs dim when the indicator is on? Sworn I saw it happen on a regular Mk 7 but no dice on mine when it's stationery + I flicked the indicator on (might be because it's in P?).

[Brendan_A]

Hey guys, do your DRLs dim when the indicator is on? Sworn I saw it happen on a regular Mk 7 but no dice on mine when it's stationery + I flicked the indicator on (might be because it's in P?).

Mines got the LED DRLs and they don't go out with the indicator on. The standard DRLs do however go out when indicator is on.

[Matt P]

I think people took my comments the wrong way.

By all means the dealer pulling some 2% figure out of thin air is something that he's going by, but then it sounds like the OP isn't exactly going to buy a car from him. All dealers can sell for whatever they like, but ultimately the sales manager/dealer principal will determine how low they will go

The above said, i've read prices from other threads on this forum which are straight up unattainable (i.e. over 1k below cost price after holdback etc.. ) and significantly lower than i can get as a fleet buyer (who buys 1k+ cars per year). Sure, you MIGHT find a dealership that needs to move just one more car to hit target and its 5pm on the 31st of June and you've got cash in hand, but thats the exception not the rule.

Fleet gives the dealers another bucket of money to stick their hand into when they're offering a discount to you, but the main reason they're so keen to get you on the corporate program is that they can often not give up as much of their own margins as the manufacturer is giving up 2-3k on the price.

Moral of the story, Shop around

[Dutch77]

The above said, i've read prices from other threads on this forum which are straight up unattainable (i.e. over 1k below cost price after holdback etc.. ) and significantly lower than i can get as a fleet buyer (who buys 1k+ cars per year). Sure, you MIGHT find a dealership that needs to move just one more car to hit target and its 5pm on the 31st of June and you've got cash in hand, but thats the exception not the rule.

I must admit I haven't come across any VW pricing that seemed unattainable in recent threads on here (I can't comment on the Audi stuff), can you give any examples?

I'm comfortable with what I paid, which equated to just over 10% off rrp. Now some of this was tied up in the corporate gig - say 4%. The balance was negotiation and tied up in trade in which was done at wholesale value (I know this as the same source was acquiring the vehicle at the same price regardless of where I shopped). I guess if another 1k or 2% was squeezed from that then it leaves the true discount closer to 4% which is closer to the OPs original dealer approach.

Agreed it pays to shop around, but I'd be disappointed if people were posting fake prices on here as it's not helping anyone.

Conversely I know I paid top dollar for my 6, as one came up about four months before my order was due and in 2010 nobody had much wiggle room if they wanted to try and jump up the queue.

[n0d3]

Mines got the LED DRLs and they don't go out with the indicator on. The standard DRLs do however go out when indicator is on.

Cheers mate.

[Cantgiveyouthat]

I must admit I haven't come across any VW pricing that seemed unattainable in recent threads on here (I can't comment on the Audi stuff), can you give any examples?

I'm comfortable with what I paid, which equated to just over 10% off rrp. Now some of this was tied up in the corporate gig - say 4%. The balance was negotiation and tied up in trade in which was done at wholesale value (I know this as the same source was acquiring the vehicle at the same price regardless of where I shopped). I guess if another 1k or 2% was squeezed from that then it leaves the true discount closer to 4% which is closer to the OPs original dealer approach.

Agreed it pays to shop around, but I'd be disappointed if people were posting fake prices on here as it's not helping anyone.

Conversely I know I paid top dollar for my 6, as one came up about four months before my order was due and in 2010 nobody had much wiggle room if they wanted to try and jump up the queue.

Show us your invoice then!

[Dutch77]

Show us your invoice then!

Sure, like I said I'm here to assist where I can.. and I certainly assist little when it comes to under the hood help.

[llanfachreth]

Sure, like I said I'm here to assist where I can.. and I certainly assist little when it comes to under the hood help.

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Any options with this?

[Dutch77]

Any options with this?

Tint and metallic paint, tint was obviously a throw in so the mark up of that is included in the discount.

I left the on roads there because I think we tend to get more shafted on stamp duty than other states, but keep in mind our rego includes third party which in at least some other states I understand you need to take out separately.

Given my delayed delivery I should push for a little more.

[Matt P]

I must admit I haven't come across any VW pricing that seemed unattainable in recent threads on here (I can't comment on the Audi stuff), can you give any examples?

I haven't been paying attention of late. My reference goes back to 2009 when i bought my mk5 gti. Mk6 90/118tsi sales were in full swing and there was a spreadsheet floating around at one stage of what people had bought with options etc.. There were a number of cars in that spreadsheet that couldn't be done. Things like that were one of the main reasons i stopped visiting here for a few years actually.

The pricing you have on yours is about as sharp as i've seen which surprises me, i'm assuming solitaire as you're SA but they always try and ram me on service pricing haha.

Oh, and to close this out

This probably sounds like a strange question, but does anyone feel that their GTI's drivers seat doesn't go forward far enough?

I'm 184cm tall and my wife is 174, and we've got the seat in the furthest forward position it goes. If we "pump up" the seat its fine, but if i lower it to the bottom setting, its too far from the pedals. I've had 2 golf 6's and a golf 5 and the drivers seat goes MUCH further forward.

Is there something wrong with my drivers seat or has anyone else noticed the same. If i have to, i can pop down to a dealer on the weekend just to sit in a car to see if its any different to mine, but the nearest dealer is a bit of a trek away so i'd like to avoid it if possible

Cheers

My drivers seat rails had some plastic jammed in them. There was something wrong after all.

[Dutch77]

I haven't been paying attention of late. My reference goes back to 2009 when i bought my mk5 gti. Mk6 90/118tsi sales were in full swing and there was a spreadsheet floating around at one stage of what people had bought with options etc.. There were a number of cars in that spreadsheet that couldn't be done. Things like that were one of the main reasons i stopped visiting here for a few years actually.

Ahh yes I remember those spreadsheets.. and yes I couldn't quite believe what was being claimed back then either. When I was trying to find my 6 GTI and trying to avoid the six month wait I was looking at any dealer in Australia that still had some. However some of these cars were almost going above rrp (I'm sure VWA wouldn't have permitted that) and while I was lucky enough to secure an order using the more generous corporate pricing back then, the claims of 10-12% off deals were all over the place.

Which isn't to say some members didn't swing amazing deals as perhaps I have managed this time.

I hope the current active crowd is providing factual information, definitely helps us all.

The pricing you have on yours is about as sharp as i've seen which surprises me, i'm assuming solitaire as you're SA but they always try and ram me on service pricing haha.

I see you know your market very well!

[andrew7]

Happy to upload a pic of invoice verifying my R discount, just not sure how to do it?!

[Ryan_R]

Upload to imgur.com then paste the forum code here

[tigger73]

Happy to upload a pic of invoice verifying my R discount, just not sure how to do it?!

Or even simpler you can upload off your hard drive directly.

Just hit the "Insert Image" icon, click on "From Computer" tab, "Select Files" and done! If you can't "Select Files" go to "Basic Uploader" and "Browse".

We now expect the invoice