New VW Scirroco
01 July 2008, 01:59 PM
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Probably will be the car to have in 2009. Why VW don't offer some exciting colours for the leather I don't know
. Anyway, stop kidding yourself. You're going to wait. You know you are. You just don't want to. However, I have 10p that says you won't get it until next year. The dealer obviously lied to you from the start and I bet final delivery will slip into Jan/Feb which will leave you grumbling that you're only going to have the newest reg for a month or so.
I can totally understand why you went for this car, but I'd be awfully tempted to get a 123d for much the same money or it you must have petrol stretch to the 135. But if we all had as good taste as me we'd all be driving the same car
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. Anyway, stop kidding yourself. You're going to wait. You know you are. You just don't want to. However, I have 10p that says you won't get it until next year. The dealer obviously lied to you from the start and I bet final delivery will slip into Jan/Feb which will leave you grumbling that you're only going to have the newest reg for a month or so. I can totally understand why you went for this car, but I'd be awfully tempted to get a 123d for much the same money or it you must have petrol stretch to the 135. But if we all had as good taste as me we'd all be driving the same car
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01 July 2008, 05:15 PM
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looks alot like a clio really. I have a VW eos its lovely 
i got it from vw wigan as the guy at vw manchester wasn't very helpful i cant remember his name some old guy
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i got it from vw wigan as the guy at vw manchester wasn't very helpful i cant remember his name some old guy
Steph xx
01 July 2008, 08:34 PM
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01 July 2008, 09:25 PM
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03 July 2008, 01:23 AM
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Probably will be the car to have in 2009. Why VW don't offer some exciting colours for the leather I don't know
Because we only sell leather to 5% of our customers overall
I can totally understand why you went for this car, but I'd be awfully tempted to get a 123d for much the same money or it you must have petrol stretch to the 135. But if we all had as good taste as me we'd all be driving the same car .
Because we only sell leather to 5% of our customers overall
I can totally understand why you went for this car, but I'd be awfully tempted to get a 123d for much the same money or it you must have petrol stretch to the 135. But if we all had as good taste as me we'd all be driving the same car
.The BMW 1 series depreciation curve would put me off even looking at one..... BMW are massively inundated with the 1-series hatches at the mo' because of all the 3-yr pcp terminations they are having because the cars are in negative equity!!!
03 July 2008, 01:24 AM
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"Were his initials RJM, by any chance... "
I work at Oldham actually. And I drive an Eos! (and have a scoob as my "toy!)
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03 July 2008, 01:30 AM
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The dynaudio system is excellent. Far superior to the Bose in Audi and has an amp as well as speakers. . . .
Did you know Dynaudio make a pair of home hifi speakers that are £20,000>??????????
Did you know Dynaudio make a pair of home hifi speakers that are £20,000>??????????
03 July 2008, 05:19 AM
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03 July 2008, 08:18 AM
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03 July 2008, 09:44 AM
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Could it be that VW only sell 5% of their cars with leather seats because they offer such boring colours. All VW interiors, even the Scirroco, are very dark and some red or blue leather would look the business and really lift it. Cream isn't practical so you're left with black
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FWIW I would have gone with the coupe rather than the hatch, but I take your point about them not having the best residuals. Having said that, I was in Germany over New Year and popped into a showroom to have a sit in a 123d coupe. Now I will always fight the corner of Japanese cars that are better built and better specced than their German competitors, but this BMW had the best driving position of any car I've sat in, and I've parked my backside in quite a few. Totally changed my opinion of what I originally thought was a poorly packaged car. I bet BMW don't have a residual value problem with that particular variant.
. FWIW I would have gone with the coupe rather than the hatch, but I take your point about them not having the best residuals. Having said that, I was in Germany over New Year and popped into a showroom to have a sit in a 123d coupe. Now I will always fight the corner of Japanese cars that are better built and better specced than their German competitors, but this BMW had the best driving position of any car I've sat in, and I've parked my backside in quite a few. Totally changed my opinion of what I originally thought was a poorly packaged car. I bet BMW don't have a residual value problem with that particular variant.
03 July 2008, 03:39 PM
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Could it be that VW only sell 5% of their cars with leather seats because they offer such boring colours.
We do red in the eos leather and no-one buys it! People just want standard stuff, it helps with re-sale. Boring, I agree, but thats why VW's have the strongest residuals in the market (Excluding MINI but they don't sell a "range" of cars really, just variants of the same car)
FWIW I would have gone with the coupe //// but this BMW had the best driving position of any car I've sat in, and I've parked my backside in quite a few. I bet BMW don't have a residual value problem with that particular variant.
We do red in the eos leather and no-one buys it! People just want standard stuff, it helps with re-sale. Boring, I agree, but thats why VW's have the strongest residuals in the market (Excluding MINI but they don't sell a "range" of cars really, just variants of the same car)
FWIW I would have gone with the coupe //// but this BMW had the best driving position of any car I've sat in, and I've parked my backside in quite a few. I bet BMW don't have a residual value problem with that particular variant.
She drives a Beetle cabrio instead of a company car. . . .
03 July 2008, 03:41 PM
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Currently, 2.0 TDI Sport in midnight blue with beige nappa and 18" Chicago wheels.......
I've had 6 of them now, my favourite was a deep black Individual 2.0 T-FSI (Golf GTI engine 200 PS) DSG!
03 July 2008, 04:26 PM
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I have a 2.0 TDI Sport in island grey with the cornsilk nappa and the 18" chicago alloys, ipod prep armrest thingy, luxury pack ect ect
I love him to bits only got it in march
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I love him to bits only got it in march
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05 July 2008, 08:11 PM
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Scirocco order cancelled Friday morning due to dealer first lying about delivery date, then not confirming new date "Probably december"
Re-ordered via RJM25R for delivery September/early October
Got a better deal to boot.
Cheers Rick
Re-ordered via RJM25R for delivery September/early October
Got a better deal to boot.
Cheers Rick
09 July 2008, 11:08 PM
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Really tempted by one of these for my Mum to replace her Golf IV GT TDi 130.
Might hold off for the 2.0 TDi version though.
RJM25R - any word one when we can expect the 2.0 TDi to arrive/be available to order and the spec? Feel free to drop me a PM!
Chris
Might hold off for the 2.0 TDi version though.
RJM25R - any word one when we can expect the 2.0 TDi to arrive/be available to order and the spec? Feel free to drop me a PM!
Chris
13 July 2008, 03:00 PM
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Brand new car, GT spec in white is £20940 with adaptive damping as standard and 18" wheels. Relative bargain methinks. . . .
Same price as a GTI golf but with exclusivity.
(Obviously I am biased working for VW but I am genuinely excited about the new Scirocco. . . . . )
14 July 2008, 10:00 AM
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Yeah but the Scirocco is a brand new car. For the first year or so, there ain't going to be that many on the road, so exclusivity.
Plus a VW will always hold it's value better than a Seat. Especially a with it being a 4 seat coupe.
15 July 2008, 11:15 AM
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I decided I wanted a Sirocco so put my E90 320d up for sale.
Went to local VW garage and they said they are only getting a few in and most are pre-ordered already. No definate delivery date yet as VW cant even tell them!
I'm off on a free 4 month 'holiday' with work in Dec so will probably wait till after then. Salesman said it was the better option as they will have had time to iron out any of the 'faults' by then and there will be more colour options etc then anyway.
Nice car though and got a good write up in this months Top Gear magazine.
Went to local VW garage and they said they are only getting a few in and most are pre-ordered already. No definate delivery date yet as VW cant even tell them!
I'm off on a free 4 month 'holiday' with work in Dec so will probably wait till after then. Salesman said it was the better option as they will have had time to iron out any of the 'faults' by then and there will be more colour options etc then anyway.
Nice car though and got a good write up in this months Top Gear magazine.
17 July 2008, 03:22 PM
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Had the poster foldout/pamphlet for weeks
Posted two to STILover he's had his for over a week (one to thumb through, one to hermetically seal for posterity!)
We've got proper pricelists now as well, just no proper brochure
Posted two to STILover he's had his for over a week (one to thumb through, one to hermetically seal for posterity!)
We've got proper pricelists now as well, just no proper brochure