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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Neil gti on 02 February 2013, 22:45
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As most of you know i vowed that i would never set foot in my local VW JCT600 dealers again !!
So this morning we jumped in the GTi and went to the next nearest dealer (non jct) which turned out to be Marshalls of Grimsby,
1st impressions are good very helpful and knowledgable and not pushy at all, so 3 cups of coffee later and a test drive in the beast, a 1 litre, 3 cylinder, 75bhp, million mile to the gallon, £20 a year road tax Monster :grin:
I was very surprised at the quality and finish for such a cheap car, it feels a lot more expensive than what it is,
So deposit down for a Tornado red, High UP model and delivery for the 1st of March,
er indoors is well chuffed, i may even get a bit of the old wizards sleeve tonight :grin:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1T4AURU_enGB501GB502&q=vw+high+up&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&authuser=0&ei=f5YNUdLfGeWq0AXY7YFo&biw=1843&bih=893&sei=hJYNUfHVJq-U0QXi_4Bo#imgrc=3p1XmrtBwq7x6M%3A%3B4pKoBGJvIV0IpM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fassets.carbuzz.co.uk%252Fblog%252FVolkswagen-Up-High-up%252520(4).jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.carbuzz.co.uk%252Fblog%252FVolkswagen-Up-First-Drive-157%3B600%3B399
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Cool beans! I'm a big fan of the UP, so much nicer than the Fox. :smiley:
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I quite like the look of the UP! myself.
My long suffering daily driver Ibiza GTI is getting on a bit now and the Bilstein/Eibach suspension is getting on my tits these days so am thinking about either an UP or Fiat 500 for my Mrs so that my 17 year old son can go on the insurance. There's no way anyone will touch him with the Ibiza or Golf GTIs as both have 2.0 engines.
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Our neighbours recently bought an Up! and they are chuffed to bits with it, great little car if cheap motoring drives your decision making.
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Went for the High Up model in Tornado Red which has got a pretty impresive standard equipment for a little car, A Few of the below are options that were already on the car as it is Built and at Emden docks, but most are standard
approx 65mpg, £20 RFL & group E2 Ins :rolleyes:
Body Coloured Dash, Mirrors, Bumpers Air conditioning Electric mirrors Heated mirrors Chrome Trims Leather Trimmed Steering Wheel Handbrake & Gear Knob, Electric windows front Seat height adjustment Power Steering adjustment rake Heated Seats MP3/iPod Connection MP3 CD Player, RDS 15"Alloys Front Foglights Satellite navigation Split/fold rear seats Bluetooth Passenger airbag Side airbags ABS Driver's airbag Belt pretensioners Isofix Side Impact Bars Traction control Rear Parking Sensor ESP Immobiliser Central locking Remote locking Locking Wheel nuts Visible VIN
Prob a few more missing off there, but for that sort of spec 2.8k deposit and £106.00 pcm it was a no brainer for me as the wifes current car, a Cooper S is on a 02 plate and costs a fortune to keep it on the road in tax,fuel,insurance,maintainance.
Plus gives me a few brownie points :whistle: as i have booked another trip away to Ring n Spa with the lads and it falls on Easter weekend, Will drop that one on her after she has picked her new car up, :grin:
http://www.whatcar.com/car-reviews/volkswagen/up-hatchback/1-0-75-high-up-3dr/specifications/63977/
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(http://www.dingsme.info/avatar8.jpg)Cool beans! I'm a big fan of the UP, so much nicer than the Fox.
Cool beans! I'm a big fan of the UP, so much nicer than the Fox. :smiley:
I think the Fox is an ugly and dated looking thing
I quite like the look of the UP! myself.
My long suffering daily driver Ibiza GTI is getting on a bit now and the Bilstein/Eibach suspension is getting on my tits these days so am thinking about either an UP or Fiat 500 for my Mrs so that my 17 year old son can go on the insurance. There's no way anyone will touch him with the Ibiza or Golf GTIs as both have 2.0 engines.
After driving one yesterday i was really surprised how nippy and refined it was, great little car for your wife and son to run about in :smiley:
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Sounds good Neil. A white one near me always looks a tidy little car.
Did you buy it on PCP? My good ladies 02 Honda Civic might need to go this year and we had looked at a Polo for around £190pcm.
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Sounds good Neil. A white one near me always looks a tidy little car.
Did you buy it on PCP? My good ladies 02 Honda Civic might need to go this year and we had looked at a Polo for around £190pcm.
Yes the base models start at around £70pcm :shocked:
It makes you wonder why so many of us run about in older run abouts with these sort of offers on ?
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Agreed. Especially when you start looking at MOTs / Service costs - can you get a service pack with it - the 3 years for £299 or whatever it was?
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Good choice Neil. :smiley:
If SWMBO was getting a change of car the UP would be her first choice. Lovely little car and deceptively spacious, they should have called it the TARDIS. :cool:
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Typical vw imo. Nice inside, shame about engi :shocked:neering. I was a little concerned about underneath and wheel arches when I looked at one last year but that was as I was looking at long term ownership and mainly for winter use.
I much prefered the look of the SEAT Mii sport In black myself as its more car like looking.
But I can understand the apeal of the looks of the up! To a women.
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Typical vw imo. Nice inside, shame about engi :shocked:neering. I was a little concerned about underneath and wheel arches when I looked at one last year but that was as I was looking at long term ownership and mainly for winter use.
I much prefered the look of the SEAT Mii sport In black myself as its more car like looking.
But I can understand the apeal of the looks of the up! To a women.
i'm in touch with my feminine side! And can be in touch with real females too!! :laugh:
Just configured one in light blue ('cos it's blue and free) with the sports suspension pack. About £11.5k
Considering my Ibiza GTI needs a service, cambelt soon, tax @ £200+ and exhaust repairs I'm going to give this a lot of thought.
I just need to try one over some speed humps and see how well they take the hills on Dartmoor.
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"Wizards sleeve" <-- we'll said lad!
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Up is a cracking little car, really well put together and they have pulled off the bigger car driving position rather than sit up and beg like a lot of super minis
i'd been hanging out for the GT as a daily but couldn't wait, i really like the UP black when i spotted one in a dealer
the fox was awful
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All sounds great Neil, bring on the 1st March then... :cool:
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i think VW are missing a trick not putting more of these as courtesy cars as i reckon they'd shift a few more
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Been to finalise the paperwork today,
A couple of pics of it sat outside awaiting pdi, looks quite funky in the flesh :smiley: err indoors is happy, thats a bonus :grin:
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/5A5C2071-D666-4DB1-A99C-99F0BC2A47DE-284-000000144D02BE76_zps1dde3b4a.jpg)
(http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt94/NeilGti/6AEFCDA0-1D3A-4424-A876-F41637F56C5C-284-0000001074F6B233_zpsea605978.jpg)
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If you look at the indicators in the headlights it looks like a cat! :laugh:
Nice little car too. :cool:
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If you look at the indicators in the headlights it looks like a cat! :laugh:
Nice little car too. :cool:
Better not let the Mrs hear that, she'll have me fitting whiskers to it :grin:
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If you look at the indicators in the headlights it looks like a cat! :laugh:
Nice little car too. :cool:
Better not let the Mrs hear that, she'll have me fitting whiskers to it :grin:
Ha! Hopefully she's got more sense than that! Where I work someone has a Beetle and they've stuck those plastic eyelashes onto the headlights........it looks ridiculous.
Up is a cute car though :smiley:
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Awww, ain't it cute!!! :kiss: :drool:
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Awww, ain't it cute!!! :kiss: :drool:
It does look a happy car :grin:
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It looks like its grinning at you in the first pic...
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I'm not sure about the painted dash. I was in a Beetle the other day, and the sun reflected off that quite badly. It probably won't be a problem most of the time in this country tho'.
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I'm running a Fox as a shopper/daily driver and was considering UP!grading :rolleyes: but I've been told that the boot is very small - about the size of a suitcase, is this true? If so it wouldn't be any good for me, but I love it's looks.
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I'm running a Fox as a shopper/daily driver and was considering UP!grading :rolleyes: but I've been told that the boot is very small - about the size of a suitcase, is this true? If so it wouldn't be any good for me, but I love it's looks.
Rick the boot is about the size of a large suitcase stood on its edge, its about the same as the wifes mini that she currently has,
The rear seats do fold down with it been a hatchback and the car itself is surprisingly spacious inside :smiley:
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I'm running a Fox as a shopper/daily driver and was considering UP!grading :rolleyes: but I've been told that the boot is very small - about the size of a suitcase, is this true? If so it wouldn't be any good for me, but I love it's looks.
Rick the boot is about the size of a large suitcase stood on its edge, its about the same as the wifes mini that she currently has,
The rear seats do fold down with it been a hatchback and the car itself is surprisingly spacious inside :smiley:
Thanks for that Neil, sounds as though it would be OK [I thought the seats would fold actually, so not really a problem]
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VW are missing a trick with the UP by not putting more on courtesy car fleets