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Passed Driver's Ed
Its been about ten days since I got my silver 2011 GTI-DSG. I believe what we get here is the Euro spec. version, I've got everything except leather, nav and DynAudio. While I did want these, I would have had to wait on these and miss out on the discount being offered by the dealer on current stock.
Here are some initial thoughts/impressions/questions:
1. Overall a great car - excellent combination of sporty and practical!
2. Am driving normally and not pushing it till I do about 1k clicks, look forward to enjoying it even more after that. I've done some reading on the forums about the need to push it from the get go, and opinions vary, am willing to wait a bit.
3. I wish the carpet and mats had another color option - at least over here the only available color was black. It look nice but dirt shows real easy. Some shade of grey would be a lot better it seems - I had it for my old A4 and it was more practical.
3. Seats - leather vs. cloth - I initially wanted to get leather, but it was not in stock, so I took a closer look at the cloth and was happy. I also liked the fact that the interior did not look as dark as it did with the all-black leather. Its really hot where I live, and even if you park outside over lunch for an hour, the leather seats get uncomfortably hot! The one issue with the cloth seats is that the fabric seems a bit coarse/rough when wearing shorts! I hope it wears out after a while, my old A4's fabric seats were again great in this regard.
4. The horn is a bit lame, plan to get that changed. I recall German horns from Hella and Bosh being nice and sharp, but this one is certainly not! Anyone got any suggestions or made any changes?
5. Researching the door sill plates and mud flaps, would like to get those. Has anyone tried the plates from Lockwood in the UK?
6. Enjoying the Bluetooth and voice activated calling! Plenty of choices for music input - the in-dash 6CD player, the iPod interface as well as an SD card slot in the dash! Also have the LED lights, had to pay extra and they look cool, but the practical side of me says I never get to see them!!!!
7. The reversing camera is neat! So are the turning headlights!
8. The coolest gimmick, which I'll hardly use, is the Parallel Park assist!!!
Sorry for the long post, but its a new car so one tends to notice things. Will welcome feedback and suggestions!
SVS
Here are some initial thoughts/impressions/questions:
1. Overall a great car - excellent combination of sporty and practical!
2. Am driving normally and not pushing it till I do about 1k clicks, look forward to enjoying it even more after that. I've done some reading on the forums about the need to push it from the get go, and opinions vary, am willing to wait a bit.
3. I wish the carpet and mats had another color option - at least over here the only available color was black. It look nice but dirt shows real easy. Some shade of grey would be a lot better it seems - I had it for my old A4 and it was more practical.
3. Seats - leather vs. cloth - I initially wanted to get leather, but it was not in stock, so I took a closer look at the cloth and was happy. I also liked the fact that the interior did not look as dark as it did with the all-black leather. Its really hot where I live, and even if you park outside over lunch for an hour, the leather seats get uncomfortably hot! The one issue with the cloth seats is that the fabric seems a bit coarse/rough when wearing shorts! I hope it wears out after a while, my old A4's fabric seats were again great in this regard.
4. The horn is a bit lame, plan to get that changed. I recall German horns from Hella and Bosh being nice and sharp, but this one is certainly not! Anyone got any suggestions or made any changes?
5. Researching the door sill plates and mud flaps, would like to get those. Has anyone tried the plates from Lockwood in the UK?
6. Enjoying the Bluetooth and voice activated calling! Plenty of choices for music input - the in-dash 6CD player, the iPod interface as well as an SD card slot in the dash! Also have the LED lights, had to pay extra and they look cool, but the practical side of me says I never get to see them!!!!
7. The reversing camera is neat! So are the turning headlights!
8. The coolest gimmick, which I'll hardly use, is the Parallel Park assist!!!
Sorry for the long post, but its a new car so one tends to notice things. Will welcome feedback and suggestions!
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. Lucky man. Welcome to the forum sir! We demand the pics!