New GTI

[gti-joe]

Heard of a few folk who have asked VW not to touch the car when it arrives off the transporter at the dealership, and got a detailer that they trust to prep the car prior to them collecting it.

[Sport172]

Looks like Spain and south africa

All GTI's are build in Spain.
For the european market at least.

Thanks. Looks like GTIs are built in Spain then regardless of whether 3 or 5 door

[Andy4791]

Heard of a few folk who have asked VW not to touch the car when it arrives off the transporter at the dealership, and got a detailer that they trust to prep the car prior to them collecting it.

Yeah I'm tempted as have own DA polisher and the like. Are the cars covered in anything other than the white plastic they come in, eg wax or something does anyone know

[Mart!n-GTI-DK]

Looks like Spain and south africa

All GTI's are build in Spain.
For the european market at least.

Thanks. Looks like GTIs are built in Spain then regardless of whether 3 or 5 door

That's what I said.

[afk]

Just received an email this morning via the VW Order Tracker stating that my car is at step 5 of 7. Vehicle Built and in transit. Does anybody know how long it takes to reach the dealer on average from this stage?.

Oh it could be anything, it's such a gamble. I got my stage 5 on 10/02/15 and my stage 6 last weds 04/03/15 and should hopefully reach the dealer sometime this week.

[Nobziller]

Cool, bet ur looking forward to it. Ordered mine 13th Feb, no confirmed build date yet

I ordered mine on the 16th of feb! Me neither waiting for the build date!

[JohnPolo]

Cool, bet ur looking forward to it. Ordered mine 13th Feb, no confirmed build date yet

I ordered mine on the 16th of feb! Me neither waiting for the build date!

Well mine was ordered on the 14th January and still no build date!!

[Kugaman1]

Oh dear not good. This was my reason for questioning whether to let the dealer prepare the car or do it myself as I've a few friends who have had swirls or worse inflicted on their new cars

Yes agreed mate.

Normally, I would ask them to leave it, but this car was outside of the showroom already washed when we agreed to buy.
It looked OK. Then when we collected it had a slight layer of dust on it, so the dents werent noticeable.

However, on washing and looking closer, its a pain in the butt!

Gonna call them this morning to see what they say.....

[Andy4791]

Well keep us informed how u get on

[Kugaman1]

Well keep us informed how u get on

OK, got to hand it to Specialist Cars VW Aberdeen, couldnt have been more helpful!

Theyve offered either a respray or replacement with a bonnet off another brand new GTI which they are going to use as a demo from next week.

Weve decided to take the bonnet swap, so it goes in next week to get swapped over.

Hopefully that will be an end to it!

Will let you know how we get on.

Incidently, ours has now done 150 miles and is averaging 32mpg. It dips to around 26 when cold (round town) and has been up at an average 41mpg on A roads averaging 60mph.

[Andy4791]

Glad they sorting it m8, u made right choice of bonnet swap rather than a respray I think

[daydotz]

What do you think of the led headlights

[Waz1176]

Can't wait to pick mine up in the morning
Won't sleep to night

[Andy4791]

Pics and first opinions please m8 for us who have to wait longer for ours lol

[Sport172]

Can't wait to pick mine up in the morning
Won't sleep to night

Yes pics and tell us your first impressions. Cheers