"Hobbs, D. Hobbs." (hobbsD)
04/10/2014 at 18:30 • Filed to: None
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"Hobbs, D. Hobbs." (hobbsD)
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And here I thought we were getting a "Performance Package" in the good ol' US of A...
So, I'm !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and returning to my roots: Volkswagen. In hopes of getting good news about pricing, features, and availability, I returned to my favorite VW car salesman (no exaggeration - he's great) in hopes of getting some good news about the 7th generation GTI, and specifically the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! Performance Package.
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Turns out, they just received the preliminary specs for the GTI (along with colors etc.). Interestingly, the GTI will come in a S, SE, and Autobahn trim; the latter not being all that new, but the former options are new to me. I scoured the sheets high and low, and what did I find: no LSD and no performance pack.
I'm sad.
Does anyone else have better news for me? Am I not giving "preliminary" enough credit?
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 18:32 |
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Because acid is a banned substance.
Brian Silvestro
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 18:33 |
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Wow that's really disappointing. I was considering one but I guess not anymore maybe. They're getting a little expensive anyway.
BrownMiataDieselWagon
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 18:35 |
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From what I have heard, the performance pack will be a delayed option for the US, meaning we won't be getting it for the first roughly six months of sales of the new Mk7 GTI. They will become available after that.
HammerheadFistpunch
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/10/2014 at 18:38 |
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The first edition GTI's will be known as the "suckers who can't wait" edition
Saracen
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 19:03 |
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The Performance Pack will be available here, but not initially.
TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 19:05 |
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VAG
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Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
> BrownMiataDieselWagon
04/10/2014 at 19:49 |
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I was hoping this might be the case.
Long Live the Longdoor
> TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
04/10/2014 at 20:44 |
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I don't care how many times I see the acronym, still gets me every time. Shit, I need to work there so I can hand out business cards that say I'm a VAG employee. Something like:
Director of Internal Affairs -
VAG
DBWine
dwine@vag.com
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TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
> Long Live the Longdoor
04/10/2014 at 20:46 |
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You just gave me a new goal in life.
"I work for VAG."
Yesssss
pdthedeuce
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 20:48 |
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RallyWrench
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 20:49 |
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So it'll torque steer less. The chassis is good enough that unless you're regularly tracking or autocrossing it, you won't miss the diff. Promise. The wait for the Performance Pack is a downer, but don't let that turn you off the car.
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Long Live the Longdoor
> TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
04/10/2014 at 20:56 |
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Yup and I would be that idiot who goes around telling people "I work for VAG". I can see my wife's eye's rolling already lol. This is great.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/10/2014 at 22:23 |
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If there's anything you should know by now it's that North American versions of German performance cars are always going to be worse (I'm looking at you , E36 M3).
duurtlang
> If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
04/11/2014 at 03:20 |
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Not just worse, late too. I've been seeing mk7s since 2012 and the mk7 GTI was introduced here in March. March of 2013 that is.
Klevyn B.
> Hobbs, D. Hobbs.
04/26/2014 at 16:57 |
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I guess they're reserving that for the 400; Miserly bastards!