Mk7.5 Golf - News and Discussion Thread

[Szeitszam]

That config racks in at $53k with the extended warranty. If you can negotiate 25% off that price, you need to start a brokerage business.

Thanks for the compliment.




With all due respect, if someone is paying MDRP for a Volkswagen at a dealer right now they are either too rich, too lazy or too gullible.
I have been to two dealerships who have provided me written quotes for identically configured vehicles to the above (sans the infotainment package) for $38,990 and $39,890 respectively, despite this arrangement being a (circa) $50,000 proposition on the VW website. One vehicle was a new MY17 and the other a demonstrator MY18, hence my original question.



It wasn't difficult to achieve those numbers at all.
I guess you'll be my first customer.

[Ralfi]

Mate I've been through four local dealerships and have found the prices to be quite attractive once the sales reps were pushed a little. I've been in the market for two years.

I managed very easily to get quotes for a 7.5 series GTI with DAP for $39,000 from several places around Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. I'm a very aggressive negotiator and I'm very confident I could get them down further, or have an extended warranty/additional packages added for the same price.

It's a good time to buy and given the stiff competition in coming in 2018, I personally have never felt in a stronger position as a buyer than now.

A number of hot hatches are around the corner and are strong enough contenders to make VAG consider being more flexible in their pricing. The i30 N in particular is a product forcing some sharper pricing from its more established competitors. It's like I said to the sales rep.. Don't sell me a Golf, sell me a Golf for the right price.

I will not settle for anything less than a manual GTI in Iridium with DAP and infotainment, with extended warranty. If they want my business they'll sell it to me for $40k.
A year ago I would have been crazy to chase those numbers, but now I don't think I'll have any trouble.

Liking this attitude.

Best of luck with your negotiating bud.

[GabrielT]

My mk7.5 gti with DAP ran into an issue of side assist being “currently not available”. Did not show up as an error when I start / run the car though. Any of you here encounter this before? Blind spot monitor is feature is ticked but isn’t working as well and I can’t seem to untick this feature. Checked all sensors are clean and operating (via park pilot).

[Facelift]

Hey @gabrielT, check this out Mk7.5 Golf - News and Discussion Thread. Is it the same problem that you are experiencing? I also had a similar issue after my battery was disconnected. All working fine now after the dealer did some recoding.

[GabrielT]

Hey @gabrielT, check this out Mk7.5 Golf - News and Discussion Thread. Is it the same problem that you are experiencing? I also had a similar issue after my battery was disconnected. All working fine now after the dealer did some recoding.

Thanks Facelift. I think it might be similar issue. But the weird thing is that I don’t get any warnings/error prompts on my infotainment screen when I start my car or engage in rev gear. And can’t seem to activate them as well after it sneaky disables itself yesterday.

[Roddy]

Mate I've been through four local dealerships and have found the prices to be quite attractive once the sales reps were pushed a little. I've been in the market for two years.

I managed very easily to get quotes for a 7.5 series GTI with DAP for $39,000 from several places around Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. I'm a very aggressive negotiator and I'm very confident I could get them down further, or have an extended warranty/additional packages added for the same price.

It's a good time to buy and given the stiff competition in coming in 2018, I personally have never felt in a stronger position as a buyer than now.

A number of hot hatches are around the corner and are strong enough contenders to make VAG consider being more flexible in their pricing. The i30 N in particular is a product forcing some sharper pricing from its more established competitors. It's like I said to the sales rep.. Don't sell me a Golf, sell me a Golf for the right price.

I will not settle for anything less than a manual GTI in Iridium with DAP and infotainment, with extended warranty. If they want my business they'll sell it to me for $40k.
A year ago I would have been crazy to chase those numbers, but now I don't think I'll have any trouble.

Thanks for the compliment.


With all due respect, if someone is paying MDRP for a Volkswagen at a dealer right now they are either too rich, too lazy or too gullible.
I have been to two dealerships who have provided me written quotes for identically configured vehicles to the above (sans the infotainment package) for $38,990 and $39,890 respectively, despite this arrangement being a (circa) $50,000 proposition on the VW website. One vehicle was a new MY17 and the other a demonstrator MY18, hence my original question.



It wasn't difficult to achieve those numbers at all.
I guess you'll be my first customer.

With all due respect... You have been in the market for 2 years. Easily negotiated a price of $39k. Yet later say that you would be happy with a price of $40k? You might be a negotiator. You're not a buyer.

A saving of 25% of mdrp is not achievable on new models... Though again, you have been in the market for 2 years. These won't be new models when you have finalised your negotiations...

[ThatsMe]

Hi All,

I have had my 7.5R for almost 4 weeks now and have a couple of questions -
- Does your rear view mirror vibrate a little when accelerating?
- How much road noise do you have (I'm assuming its the tyres)?
- What tyre pressure do you run (maybe related to the above, i know the recommended is about 36psi)?
- Is there supposed to be a checkup at 1500ish km's I was only advised of the first service at 15,000?

I do have some more questions but cannot think of them at the moment.

Also have an OBDEleven and have some questions which i will ask in the relevant thread.

Thanks

[Rooboy]

Hi All,

I have had my 7.5R for almost 4 weeks now and have a couple of questions -

- Is there supposed to be a checkup at 1500ish km's I was only advised of the first service at 15,000?

I do have some more questions but cannot think of them at the moment.

Also have an OBDEleven and have some questions which i will ask in the relevant thread.

Thanks

Some dealers do a check up at 1500km but it's just something they do - the normal VW services are at 15000km.

[Kachingg]

Yup i had the 1500k check up took all of 10 minutes they just look it over
15000 is 1st service and thats mainly a oil and filter change with a check up
I will be getting mine done at 15000 and every 7500 after that

[enufz]

Anyone removed the tips on the wagon? Can’t find anything on this .. appears as tho mk7 u could tap off with mallet but not mk7.5 keen to find out before some exhaust shop massacre it


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[Szeitszam]

With all due respect... You have been in the market for 2 years. Easily negotiated a price of $39k. Yet later say that you would be happy with a price of $40k? You might be a negotiator. You're not a buyer.

A saving of 25% of mdrp is not achievable on new models... Though again, you have been in the market for 2 years. These won't be new models when you have finalised your negotiations...

I'm not sure what your point is here, 'in the market' could mean a lot of different things.
In my case it means that I've had a casual interest in MK7's for a long time, and only recently have I seen prices that have really prompted me to actively start looking to negotiate and buy.

I think that's a very reasonable and pragmatic approach to purchasing a vehicle. I'm not in desperate need of a car and that means I have the luxury of taking my time. You might do it a different way, but that's your business.


Also, if you'd bothered to read what I wrote properly- the $39k and $40k figures I referred to were for two completely different vehicles. The $39k amount was an actual offer for a vehicle whereas the $40k was an aspirational (read: optimistic) target for a differently optioned and more expensive vehicle. I thought I made that quite clear.




I'll leave what is an achievable discount off a new vehicle for the dealer to decide. Maybe I won't get as much off as I'd like, but I might come close and it sure can't hurt to try.


Now if you're able to answer my original question about the differences between model years, that would be wonderfully helpful.

[CNBLU]

Ive picked up my new MY18 7.5 Golf R hatch fully loaded last week.

What a difference the 7sp DSG makes. (had the 7R wagon before)

Its got more of a gruntier sound too.

Will be going straight to stage 2 in the coming weeks....

[Benz]

My favorite colour ......loooks brilliant. Congratulations and enjoy safely.

[Mr T.]

Ive picked up my new MY18 7.5 Golf R hatch fully loaded last week.

What a difference the 7sp DSG makes. (had the 7R wagon before)

Its got more of a gruntier sound too.

Will be going straight to stage 2 in the coming weeks....

Looks great! Love the colour, tho had two grey cars time for me to change to lapiz. I can’t wait! Enjoy!



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[SteveMc]

Ive picked up my new MY18 7.5 Golf R hatch fully loaded last week.

What a difference the 7sp DSG makes. (had the 7R wagon before)

Its got more of a gruntier sound too.

Will be going straight to stage 2 in the coming weeks....

Schmik, man. I think I now like all the colors the R is offered in, except the black. Every time I see one in another color I wonder if I should've got that one instead of Lapiz. Re - the sound - there's been some comments before about the .5 changes to the exhaust - do you really think the exhaust is louder, or just a more vocal soundaktor ? The tailpipes appear larger in our model - so maybe there was some sound added to combat the RS, as rumored.