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Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:20 pm
by Leepash
philjay92 wrote:I made sure mine had the new steering wheel dials etc as i did not want the horrible red background, with the mk5 steering wheel!!!!
BUT mine did come with the original climate control (few months between new and old they had this). I have since upgrade this quite easily since.
Its easy to upgrade the climate controls? Did it cost much?
Iv'e looked at the steering wheel and iv'e seen them come up for around £400
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:31 am
by Plyphon
IF you're patient you could try to get a '59 plate, but before the week 45 aircon change.
That will get you the new steering wheel controls and the white MFD, whilst saving you some cash on being a bit older than a '10 plate.
That's what I did anyway!
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:33 am
by selleym
Plyphon wrote:IF you're patient you could try to get a '59 plate, but before the week 45 aircon change.
That will get you the new steering wheel controls and the white MFD, whilst saving you some cash on being a bit older than a '10 plate.
That's what I did anyway!
Same as me!
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:37 pm
by Leepash
Yeah iv'e been thinking of that! iv'e been on the look out recently
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:43 pm
by selleym
Had a look on Autotrader today and nationwide there are not a great deal of 2.0TSI for sale of any age.
Only 15 2.0TSI with:
less than 40,000 miles.
under £15k.
Manual Gearbox
12 for DSG
Only 3 of them are black
so not much choice out there.
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 1:55 pm
by xjay1337
whiteDevil_170 wrote:sciroccorich wrote:I disagree.......The differences are negligible, there's not much (if any) beneficial improvement or upgraded extra's, just a slightly different cosmetic look.
I would definitely spend the extra £1000 on getting it mapped (say up to £500), lowered (say up to £300) and a cold air induction kit (£200).
Now your car will be fast, look sweet and sound angry...........that's got to be better than added silver plastic buttons on the steering wheel, white instead of red numbers on the MFD and different buttons on the climate control. The original design isn't that bad and the new look inside will just be a novelty that will soon wear off. Performance, sound and external looks won't though.
Just my opinion with £1000.
See I disagree with you on this.
I would rather spend the £1000 extra to have a more modern interior than the older mk5 style golf dash etc.
I think the multi function flat bottom sterling wheel seriously improves the look of the cabin along with the white dash speedo.
Yup I am with this.
It would cost you more than £1000 to retrofit everything, as doing a dual zone Mk6 upgrade is a PITA and not cheap either, steering wheel is £450, cluster £200 + coding,
I spent 5 years in 2 Mk5 Golfs and the improvements on the Scirocco (mine is a Mk6 style later model one) are well worth any extra. Will also always be worth more at resale time.
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:33 pm
by Plyphon
selleym wrote:Had a look on Autotrader today and nationwide there are not a great deal of 2.0TSI for sale of any age.
Only 15 2.0TSI with:
less than 40,000 miles.
under £15k.
Manual Gearbox
12 for DSG
Only 3 of them are black
so not much choice out there.
I was really lucky, one came up only 15 miles or so from myself and I caught it within hours, and went to see it the next day & paid the day after that!
£11,800 I paid with 48k on the clock. Under 50k was my threshold for a '59 plate car. Private sale too mind.
Re: Scirocco 08/09 and 2010+ question
Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2015 3:41 pm
by selleym
I got mine just over a year ago.
25.5k on the clock 59 plate + 1 year vw warranty from a dealer.
For £13k not sure if that's about right or not...