whats the difference in older and newer mk5 gti's?

[jamma]

Plus older models have nitrous 

[Jaywoo-GTI]

will that stay like that next day when I get in car or will I need to press again?

Stays like it until the other dial is turned weather the car has been turned off or not.

[patrickcullen87]

mines is an 06 and i have blue tinted glass, the beesting aerial, no whiteworm on the boot badge, climate control with dual written on it, 10 speakers, black ashtray lid and an ejector seat as standard 

[Richn83]

I'm pretty sure you can hold either buttons on auto and make them the single control!

Other than the obvious already mentioned, older cars have additional lights as standard so footwell and rear passenger and extra 3rd bulb in each, the door handle material also changed as well as the trim material and the glove box handle.  Also when they dropped the 10 speaker as standard they also dropped the cross over out and dasiy chained the tweeter off of the bass speaker.

MFSW also changed from the skip buttons and two telephone to the highline control buttons and signal telephone.

[MJR]

I'm pretty sure you can hold either buttons on auto and make them the single control!

Other than the obvious already mentioned, older cars have additional lights as standard so footwell and rear passenger and extra 3rd bulb in each, the door handle material also changed as well as the trim material and the glove box handle.  Also when they dropped the 10 speaker as standard they also dropped the cross over out and dasiy chained the tweeter off of the bass speaker.

MFSW also changed from the skip buttons and two telephone to the highline control buttons and signal telephone.

What I said and what he says ^ 

[dmac1969]

Like big al mentioned, biggest giveaway is 05 GTI's don't have an exterior antenna and have a different emblem on the back (one curved piece rather than 2 layered pieces).

Pistons on the 05's were of a slightly higher compression ratio too... (10,5:1 vs 10,3:1 iirc)

I think its the very early cars that have the rear window antenna. Mine is an 05 and has a roof mounted antenna , and the black plastic ashtray lid , but still has the rubber round the rear side windows , the Blue glass and 10 speaker sounds. My car was received by VW at Grimsby docks on 1st July 2005 and registered in Edinburgh on the 12th. I have a whitewormy rear badge that needs changed for next year , when I am going to get my 17" Monzas refurbed and new wheel centres fitted as they are all wormed up too!

[dmac1969]

Regarding that dual climate , in the newer models you can adjust both with one turn of know but in mine I have to do each individually which takes me and extra half a second.!!!!

Not if you hold the 'auto' buttons down for 3 seconds and the you can control both from the drivers side dial, (until someone on the passenger side overides it with the other dial. )

cheers - I will try that

will that stay like that next day when I get in car or will I need to press again?


I only realised last week that when its not on auto its still on air con !!!  Its when its on econ its off.

VW guy told me in dealers.

That stumped me too...I read the manual as I always do but it doesnt help when all the books for my 2005 car seem to be from a 2007 model and show the DUAL button which my car doesnt have , I take it one of the previous owners kept all the books (apart from the service book which was published in 2005 and is the correct one for my car) How difficult would it be to find a full manual pack in a GTI wallet in good nick that is for an 05 car??

[m4t_lee]

Are there any differences in terms of engine type, performance, spec etc or are they all the same?

[dmac1969]

Are there any differences in terms of engine type, performance, spec etc or are they all the same?

I think there are 2 different engine codes , but as to the differences between them (or indeed what they are , as I have forgotten!) I will have to defer to someone else.

[Frenzy]

AXX and BWA are the engine codes (former and latter). If you do a search on here there's a good 5 page or so thread talking about the differences / possible differences and also if you wack AXX vs BWA into google you can read over threads from other sites discussing the odds 

[Richn83]

Mine is also on the cross over between old and new, 05 reg with blue tint glass (it had the old badge been replace) whip aerial but the newer black steering wheel and all the extra light bits and pieces!  My mate has an 05 reg with all the old features, so 05 reg is the cross over between MY05 and MY06 cars which will have occurred half way through the reg.

[liver]

mine is a 55 plate, 06 model i was told anyway, ive got blue tint, 10 speaker, rubber around back windows, fixed aerial on top, did have old whiteworm badge, older air con buttons.

[Nasir]

2006 cars also came with different wiper arms. I think I read on here that earlier cars also came with S3 lower arms?