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Awesome photos John!

Looks brilliant in red - so glad I picked that too. Also, interior looks great with electronic climate control instead of normal air-con.

Glad to hear your initial thoughts on Sport setting, and that it isn't too hard for UK roads

JohnPolo wrote:Picking car up on Friday, finally, seems eons ago I ordered it on a dark January afternoon.

That's great news!

Had confirmation mine should be at dealership in next couple of days.

McPherson at the front, torsion beam at the rear. The Polo GTI's sports suspension ensures exceptionally agile and secure handling. The technical basis for this comes from a set-up with a McPherson-type front axle and a torsion beam axle for the rear wheels. The chassis of the GTI is 10 mm lower at...

Got confirmation that mine was onboard City of St. Petersburg which docked in Grimsby this morning. Ship has set off back now so that, hopefully, means mine is in the UK now at least! what was your build week? i'm getting close to ringing vw cs to find out where mine is. Mine was build week 16. Wor...

Got confirmation that mine was onboard City of St. Petersburg which docked in Grimsby this morning.

Ship has set off back now so that, hopefully, means mine is in the UK now at least!

Many people saying the 'sports button' isn't useful especially when choosing a manual. The main complaints being it makes the ride far too firm and the extra noise seems artificial And there are many videos online and posted on here where people say the sports button is what turns it into a real GT...

At last, just been told that my car has arrived in the UK!! :D Hurrah! That's excellent news! Your car was a week 16 build wasn't it? I'll have to see if my dealer has any updates on mine. Yes it was. Apparently it's currently sat at Grimsby. Depressingly mine is still showing as 'in-transit' at pr...

JohnPolo wrote:At last, just been told that my car has arrived in the UK!!

Hurrah! That's excellent news!

Your car was a week 16 build wasn't it? I'll have to see if my dealer has any updates on mine.

Whilst some of us are still waiting on our cars, there's a decent write-up on the new GTI from PoloDriver.com here:

A hotter shot: 2015 Volkswagen Polo GTI first drive

Thumbs-up for the Sport button it seems.

My dealer has said that problems at the Emden Port in Germany meant that for the moment they were not accepting anymore vehicles for shipping. :roll: Does everything have to make it's way to Emden for departure to the UK? There will be another registration change at this rate by the time I get it. ...

Had confirmation from dealer (and online tracker) that mine left the factory late last week.

So another four weeks and, hopefully, it'll be here in the UK.

blackertracker wrote:Also I think the Eco Polo is the most interesting: a twin cylinder diesel with G-Lader supercharger & start-stop in 1988

You can read a lot more info on the Eco Polo here. Quite an interesting little thing really.

Mine makes the 'click' noise when the wipers move too.

Pretty sure it's just the sound from the relay making them operate.

Re-activated my twitter account and tweeted em my order number lol Probably worth it, they reply pretty quickly usually. Was reading on there some reports about issues in Emden where the cars are shipped to the UK from. Some people with older build weeks are still waiting on cars, whilst more recen...

Andy4791 wrote:No build date for me yet, ordered 13 Feb [emoji19]

That's not good. I had an estimated one within about two weeks of ordering, and then confirmed after about 6 weeks.

Have you spoken to your dealer? Alternatively, you can tweet @VWUKHelp your order number and they can update you.