John Disdale
Member
I thought you all might like to know that my Golf GT PD130 is in sight. It arrived at the dealers this morning, and 30 minutes later I was giving it the once over. The process has almost seemed like a nightmare in many ways, however I was spiritually lifted when I saw the result of choosing a pale grey leather interior. I kid you not this totally transforms the ambience of the interior beyond the norm, because in selecting such a colour it has meant that half the dashboard is grey, and three quarters of the doors are grey (generally black) – thus really lightening up the interior space. I opted for a glass rooflight on the basis of the Golf interior seeming far more claustrophobic than the A2, but on this account it might have been a waste of money when just the lightness in colour transforms everything.
The profile of the heated sports seats looks very nice, and I noticed that the entire handbrake is wrapped in leather which is a bit unusual, but certainly very pleasant on the eye. At one stage I thought they had forgotten to add the rear parking sensors when I could not see any circular indents in the bumper, however they are tiny little things cut into the small black valence which exists below the main bumper.
The dealers forecourt is like a battleground at the moment where in just the last 3 days they have taken delivery of 70 new cars from the factory (mostly Golf’s) – all to mainly go out to their owners on Sunday and Monday (when the new registration starts). Clearly the dealer is about to go into chaos mode, and so I have said I will collect my car later during the week – Wednesday/Thursday. This means that I should be paying the dealer for another weeks rent on the loaned Polo, but they told me to forget about it.
I joked with my wife that when we got the A2 it appeared as though it was the only one on the road, but now it looked as though we were going to get caught up in local traffic jams where every car is a brand new Golf. Obviously they are very popular – even at Tesco’s.
Now of course I start sitting with fingers crossed in the hopes that the future experience will be better than the A2, and the countless frustrating months of letter writing. I really do not wish to make any dealers showroom into my second home.
Its very hard for any A2 owner to graduate to just another small car, but I know Stevo and Roy have done this and are potty about their Golf’s so I hope I end up being the same.
Regards
John Disdale
The profile of the heated sports seats looks very nice, and I noticed that the entire handbrake is wrapped in leather which is a bit unusual, but certainly very pleasant on the eye. At one stage I thought they had forgotten to add the rear parking sensors when I could not see any circular indents in the bumper, however they are tiny little things cut into the small black valence which exists below the main bumper.
The dealers forecourt is like a battleground at the moment where in just the last 3 days they have taken delivery of 70 new cars from the factory (mostly Golf’s) – all to mainly go out to their owners on Sunday and Monday (when the new registration starts). Clearly the dealer is about to go into chaos mode, and so I have said I will collect my car later during the week – Wednesday/Thursday. This means that I should be paying the dealer for another weeks rent on the loaned Polo, but they told me to forget about it.
I joked with my wife that when we got the A2 it appeared as though it was the only one on the road, but now it looked as though we were going to get caught up in local traffic jams where every car is a brand new Golf. Obviously they are very popular – even at Tesco’s.
Now of course I start sitting with fingers crossed in the hopes that the future experience will be better than the A2, and the countless frustrating months of letter writing. I really do not wish to make any dealers showroom into my second home.
Its very hard for any A2 owner to graduate to just another small car, but I know Stevo and Roy have done this and are potty about their Golf’s so I hope I end up being the same.
Regards
John Disdale