[delta5]

Originally Posted by mango_pal

Ex-Showroom: 823,534
Registration (Individual): 77,618
Depot & Other Chgs: 3,500
Processing Fees & Stamp Duty 7,050

Insurance: Self (They were quoting 35k for insurance)

Total without insurance works out to: 911,702

On road with their insurance comes to around: 9.47 lakhs

Personally, I'm skeptic about:
- Registration: seems to be a tad high
- Depot and other charges (***)?

Am I being taken for a ride?

Hi mango_pal,

My recommendation would be to go with self insurance. I got a quote from bhartj AXA for Rs. 26,500 for a zero depreciation policy. Try them or others.(if you want the quote PM me your mail ID).
About registration charges, 78k is reasonable as back in TN I have paid close to 84k, of course you will have to find out what's the road tax regime in your city. What's with the Depot and other charges?
Good luck with the shopping. And congrats in advance.
Cheers,
D.

[puchoo]

I would agree. Thats what i am doing and i can save as much as 14,000 depending on whether i go for comprehensive or 0 Depreciation. Bharti quoted me around 25 for 0 dep.

Do check the IDV they take into account as well , sometimes they tend to use a higher IDV than required to notch up the premium

Originally Posted by delta5

My recommendation would be to go with self insurance.
D.

[esma1981]

Originally Posted by Rehaan

i guess a lot of it comes down to the method used for the launch on which the 9.7 timing was measured.

Hi Rehaan,

I found this 0-100 video put up by MotorBeam.com on You Tube. By my amateur method of verifying which involves my quick left thumb and a stopwatch on my phone , it does look like a 9.70 to me. What do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqCKDEQ7lpk

Originally Posted by karan561

Sorry to go slightly off topic but considering your cars are all new, have you guys run in your engines already that you people are timing your 0-100 sprints ?

Hi karan561,

I've still not tried it on my car, but I'm really tempted.

[amit]

Gaadi.com conducted a Delhi to Ahmedabad race between the Polo GT TSi and the Delhi-Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express.

Result? Read here.

[johy]

Originally Posted by amit

Gaadi.com conducted a Delhi to Ahmedabad race between the Polo GT TSi and the Delhi-Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express.

Result? Read here.

Kudos to the Polo GT Tsi. But I am sure they missed the rumali roti being served on the Rajdhani.

[pranjal1984]

Originally Posted by amit

Gaadi.com conducted a Delhi to Ahmedabad race between the Polo GT TSi and the Delhi-Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express.

Result? Read here.

That was an awesome run by Polo GT. But there are more mandatory stops for Rajdhani. Even otherwise the Gaadi team did great

[amit]

Not taking away the credit from the TSi but the gaadi.com team says that they maintained speeds of 120-130kmph on the highway. Any car starting from the premium hatchback's in our market can beat the train then. Even diesel hatchbacks can easily win this race. What is it then? The roads have gotten better or is the Rajdhani not really that fast?

[WindRide]

I wonder how this car will hold its value in say, 5 years and 50k kms time. By then it can safely be assumed the DSG will be on the verge of throwing 'expensive' tantrums.

[ironager]

I recently checked the fuel lid of my car. On the fuel flap its written 95 RON SUPER PREMIUM. I have been using 97 octane for the past month and do not use the normal 88 ron unleaded. When i spoke to the VW service advisor about this he said that the car would run fine on 88 ron unleaded but i have my doubts due to the marking sticker in the car.

With 97 Octane the car runs smoother, has better fuel economy and theoretically a higher top speed.

Are any other Gt owners using Speed 97 or Regular unleaded.

Although im no expert on this subject but by using lower octane fuel on a car with a higher octane requirement would damage the engine in the long run.

[Mpower]

Going by the foreign languages seen on the sticker, its not India specific......something carried over from Europe & they have not bothered to change it for India.

[ironager]

The jetta 1.4 and the 1.8 in the laura are from the same engine family as the GT. If someone on this forum has a laura or a jetta could they please check whats written on thier cars fuel caps.

[sridhu]

Originally Posted by Mpower

Going by the foreign languages seen on the sticker, its not India specific......something carried over from Europe & they have not bothered to change it for India.

from what I can make out, it basically says the same thing in all languages - Unleaded petrol

[ironager]

Originally Posted by sridhu

from what I can make out, it basically says the same thing in all languages - Unleaded petrol

It says 95 RON Super Premium. The unleaded petrol we get in India is 88 Ron and premium is 97 octane which would be 93-95 ron.

[Akshay1234]

Originally Posted by ironager

I recently checked the fuel lid of my car. On the fuel flap its written 95 RON SUPER PREMIUM. I have been using 97 octane for the past month and do not use the normal 88 ron unleaded. When i spoke to the VW service advisor about this he said that the car would run fine on 88 ron unleaded but i have my doubts due to the marking sticker in the car.

With 97 Octane the car runs smoother, has better fuel economy and theoretically a higher top speed.

Are any other Gt owners using Speed 97 or Regular unleaded.

Although im no expert on this subject but by using lower octane fuel on a car with a higher octane requirement would damage the engine in the long run.

The Laura TSI and the Superb TSI and the Superb 3.6 all said minimum 95 ron, but it runs just fine on normal (saada) petrol. No issues at all. Most here use normal fuel. Fill it up sometimes with 97. Not much of a performance loss either.

Of course if you can afford filling 97 everytime then nothing like it.

[ShortShifter]

Onroad Price estimate in Hyderabad from the VW Dealership Website; Looking forward to booking one for myself in a couple of weeks Anyone from Hyderabad here going for it ?