GTD Delivery Dates

[percymon]

If its any consolation, the wait has resulted in a MY2011 car rather than the MY2010 one you originally ordered !

[Vincent Vega]

Exciting news! The car is at the dealer, and I will be picking it up on Friday at 2pm. I managed to scrounge the day off work, and have arranged all the financial side of things. I have also arranged my free seven day insurance with VW. Somehow, I was on the phone for quarter of an hour.

My quote was £510 for a full twelve months, which I didn't think was all that bad. I declined the opportunity to take it up immediately, saying I wanted to shop around.

[Keithuk]

Congratualations Vincent.

I would suggest you copy and paste this New Car Checklist of p3asa into NotePad or something and print it out. I found it useful when I picked mine up.

Now they don't give you any engine oil anymore as they used to with the Mk5 but it doesn't hurt to ask for some, I got a litre. I've only used 250ml in 4.5k. Mine didn't have the bottle opener in the centre console even though there is an impression for it. They said those aren't supplied anymore. I read the handbook when I got home and it should have one, I told them and they ordered one for me.

I also asked it VW do touch up paint pots, yes they do, do you want one? The paint and the oil is all you get for free of Volkswagen Stoke.

I hope its worth the wait?

[chris.fulton]

Now they don't give you any engine oil anymore as they used to with the Mk5 but it doesn't hurt to ask for some, I got a litre. I've only used 250ml in 4.5k. Mine didn't have the bottle opener in the centre console even though there is an impression for it. They said those aren't supplied anymore. I read the handbook when I got home and it should have one, I told them and they ordered one for me.

Both a litre of oil and the bottle opener were supplied with mine without me having to ask for them, must depend on the specific dealer whether they give you them or not

[Vincent Vega]

The courtesy Polo I'm driving that the dealer gave me has a bottle of oil sliding around in the boot, so I'm hopeful I'll get one, even if I have no idea what to do with it. I will be adding it to my checklist.

I recently ordered a custom-made outdoor cover (specific to Mark VI Golf) from Classic Additions to keep my baby from the worst that the weather brings this way over the next few months. I also need to order my winter tyres and work out what I'm going to say to the dealer principal tomorrow.

[covertgoose]

I dont believe the bottle opener depends on the dealer, i just think someone in the delivery chain nicks it

[Vincent Vega]

When I got my Mark V, I specifically asked if it came with a bottle opener. The salesman confirmed that it did and said he'd tell the guys in the workshop to make sure it stayed attached to the car. When I got rid of the car in 2008, I kept it.

There are plenty of them on eBay as well. Some guy is selling eight of them!

[Vincent Vega]

I am not usually lost for words, but when the dealer principal showed me my car this afternoon, I was momentarily speechless. It is a stunning looking thing. The styling is fantastic, especially the front end. The 17" Seattle Shadow wheels look fabulous, as does the twin exhaust on the rear. The Golf GTD is, in short, a phenomenal car. I am pleased as punch: it is well worth waiting for if you haven't taken delivery yet.

The DSG gearbox and the 170PS engine are a perfect pairing, and the handling is top notch - great fun through the bends. Build quality seems exceptional. I got mud flaps fitted by the dealer, as well as side door strips. I was a bit pensive about the latter, but they really don't look bad at all - they don't stand out too much, and they go quite well with the black plastic along the side of the car.

I got the bottle opener, a bottle of oil and a bottle of screen wash. The sales manager (who handled the process - salesman was off) told me that it is a condition of the warranty that I use VW branded screen wash. I queried why : apparently it won't corrode the pipes - other brands might!

Oh, and ten minutes into ownership, it got pooped on by a pigeon, so the first thing I did when I got home was clean a load of crap off the car.

[Keithuk]

Well I was on another forum the other day and someone was talking about a 1991 Golf Mk2 GTD. I asked do you have the year right as the GTD is fairly new. It appears the Golf Mk2 1.6 turbodiesel was called GTD. You learn something everyday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Golf_Mk2

I'm glad you are finally happy Vincent.

[geees]

New GTD ordered through work lease company february 28th, just been given delivery date of some time in October - 8 months - glad its not me paying for it !!