I just got the Golf TDI delivered to me very late yesterday afternoon. I live in Pennsylvania and they shipped the car to me from Georgia. I gave the car a quick bath and took some pics this morning. The light wasn't the greatest, so I will have to get some more pics in the future.
Bye the way, the spacers were still in the front springs. There wasn't anything on the rear springs, but there are some similarly-colored yellow stops on the rear shocks. I think they are bump stops, but I would like to know for sure. If anyone knows, please tell me that they are the bump stops on the rear shocks and that they do not have to be removed. I called the sales manager in Georgia, but he really doesn't know about all of this and the service department was gone for the day.
I also have a tennis-ball-sized dullish round mark on the driver's side rear door. It looks like they may have tried to compound some small imperfection in the paint and left a round dullish spot in the paint. I also have a very small scratch on the rear hatch that the shipper noted on his delivery slip. I told the sales manager in Georgia and he told me to go to my local dealer and have the service folks call him to get it covered. There was also a very annoying pretty big dealer sticker on the rear hatch. Every letter had to be individually pealed from the car. Fortunately they did not mount a front plate and it appears the rear plate is mounted nice and level.
The weird VW thing about my car is the rear hatch does not have any of the bag hooks or a 12V electric outlet. I was looking for a way to hang the rear cargo net and then finally realized I have no hooks at all and no 12V outlet. I guess they saved a little money on the last run for 2010. The rear hooks and outlet are clearly shown in the owner's manual, but I have no hooks and outlet. I do have the front outlet.
In spite of some frustrations waiting in limbo for the car all day today, the imperfections in the paint, the front spring stops not being removed, and an annoying sticker that I had to peal off the car, I am very happy with the truly amazing little diesel Golf. It really is a great little car and a joy to drive. I think the Dynaudio sounds amazing, the iPod works perfectly, the Nav looks very cool, and the xenon lights that turn while I corner are very slick.
One more thing. The color is awesome. It changes depending on the light, from a dark gray graphite color to a dark deep blue. It is a very sophisticated color. I am very pleased with the way the car looks. Also the Porto wheels are pretty nice. In pictures and during my test drives, I didn't realize the spokes were twisted inward for each V-section. The wheels are very cool, but I changed them anyway. Mostly I thought the offset was to high and they were only 7" wide. I love the silver calipers. Again, I think this gives a more sophisticated look, compared to the red calipers on the GTIs.
My new car
2010 Golf TDI 4-door, manual, blue graphite metallic (W9W9) , sunroof (3FE), xenon (P83), dynaudio (9VE), RNS-510 navigation (P71), chrome exhaust tips (GTE), mat kit (GKM), bluetooth (9W7)
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Bye the way, the spacers were still in the front springs. There wasn't anything on the rear springs, but there are some similarly-colored yellow stops on the rear shocks. I think they are bump stops, but I would like to know for sure. If anyone knows, please tell me that they are the bump stops on the rear shocks and that they do not have to be removed. I called the sales manager in Georgia, but he really doesn't know about all of this and the service department was gone for the day.
I also have a tennis-ball-sized dullish round mark on the driver's side rear door. It looks like they may have tried to compound some small imperfection in the paint and left a round dullish spot in the paint. I also have a very small scratch on the rear hatch that the shipper noted on his delivery slip. I told the sales manager in Georgia and he told me to go to my local dealer and have the service folks call him to get it covered. There was also a very annoying pretty big dealer sticker on the rear hatch. Every letter had to be individually pealed from the car. Fortunately they did not mount a front plate and it appears the rear plate is mounted nice and level.
The weird VW thing about my car is the rear hatch does not have any of the bag hooks or a 12V electric outlet. I was looking for a way to hang the rear cargo net and then finally realized I have no hooks at all and no 12V outlet. I guess they saved a little money on the last run for 2010. The rear hooks and outlet are clearly shown in the owner's manual, but I have no hooks and outlet. I do have the front outlet.
In spite of some frustrations waiting in limbo for the car all day today, the imperfections in the paint, the front spring stops not being removed, and an annoying sticker that I had to peal off the car, I am very happy with the truly amazing little diesel Golf. It really is a great little car and a joy to drive. I think the Dynaudio sounds amazing, the iPod works perfectly, the Nav looks very cool, and the xenon lights that turn while I corner are very slick.
One more thing. The color is awesome. It changes depending on the light, from a dark gray graphite color to a dark deep blue. It is a very sophisticated color. I am very pleased with the way the car looks. Also the Porto wheels are pretty nice. In pictures and during my test drives, I didn't realize the spokes were twisted inward for each V-section. The wheels are very cool, but I changed them anyway. Mostly I thought the offset was to high and they were only 7" wide. I love the silver calipers. Again, I think this gives a more sophisticated look, compared to the red calipers on the GTIs.
My new car
2010 Golf TDI 4-door, manual, blue graphite metallic (W9W9) , sunroof (3FE), xenon (P83), dynaudio (9VE), RNS-510 navigation (P71), chrome exhaust tips (GTE), mat kit (GKM), bluetooth (9W7)
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