…and didn’t buy one.
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Jason Cammisa MK8 Hagerty review... OUCH
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HelloNewman
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- SoCal
- Car(s)
- Mk7
Modern Volkswagens have always been a scenario where you put up with some negative things (expensive parts, potential expensive repairs, overly complicated design, etc) because they have nice "luxury" features that make them better to own and live with on a daily basis. The competition is closing in wrt performance and driving experience, if the niceties are removed people are either going to step up to an Audi/BMW or go with a similarly priced competitor that offers lower running costs. You are paying a premium up front and down the road to own a GTI its competitors it should be a premium experience. Haptic buttons, a hood prop rod from a 1992 Toyota Tercel, an engine cover that looks like the lid to a Rubbermaid container, and a plastic fantastic interior are all definitely not contributing to an upmarket feel. Will it be enough to dissuade buyers? Time will tell. What I can tell you is look at the past. VW already tried the cheap and easy route with the Passat and it went from being a segment leading car to a complete turd of a vehicle that has now been completely killed off in the US altogether.
SnailPower
Autocross Newbie
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- North NJ
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- 2017 GTI MT, PP, LP
lol, well, it just felt luxurious in comparison. The bottom end was flatter. The perforated leather looked eye catching. The buttons looked sharper (now they're these larger plastic ones). The center emblem piece was cleaner. I don't know. It's hard to explain unless you drove it for as many years as I did (7-8ish) and changed. I also feel like this one is too skinny in comparison.
Just look at this beauty...
SnailPower
Autocross Newbie
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- North NJ
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- 2017 GTI MT, PP, LP
I can't argue with you on that since I haven't been or really seen the mk7 plaid in comparison.
bentin
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Car(s)
- 23 Golf R - 3 Pedals
But the plastic part of the horn surround looks cheaper. I also like the thinner rim of the Mk7, the 6 seemed like it might have been compensating for something.
SnailPower
Autocross Newbie
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- North NJ
- Car(s)
- 2017 GTI MT, PP, LP
I'll give you that. It does in retrospect now. Yet I think everything else still adds more points to it. I mean, I loved that steering wheel so much more, I'm looking at the aftermarket ones for the 7 that look similar. I've seen plenty of others mod their steering wheel to appear similar, so there is something definitely right about it.
ElectricEye
Autocross Newbie
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- Central NJ
You're over simplifying, and missing the point - or evading the point.
HelloNewman
Go Kart Champion
- Location
- SoCal
- Car(s)
- Mk7
Everybody gangsta till the hood falls onto their head and or fingers. Strut > Prop rod
“You’re not acknowledging why this problem we invented is bothering us so it’s time to buy a Subaru”
ElectricEye
Autocross Newbie
- Location
- Central NJ
The problem we invented that the GTI was know to be several steps above its competition in terms of details and interior appointments for several generations?
That it's interior was considered to be as good as ones that could be found for many thousands of dollars above its price?
That it was noted for those things at least as much as for its performance?
bentin
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Austin, TX
- Car(s)
- 23 Golf R - 3 Pedals
You’ve clearly never kept a car long enough to have the discovery that struts fail and when they do, they actually let the hood hit your bean. If a hood hits your bean with a prop rod, that’s all you.
jimlloyd40
Autocross Champion
- Location
- Phoenix
- Car(s)
- 2018 SE DSG
The only difference between hood struts and prop rods is one of perceived quality. The worst part about a prop rod is that it can be in the way but it won't possibly fail like a strut can and does.