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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: wardtowers on 16 May 2014, 12:04
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Just joined as I have had my build week confirmed as BW24 (starting 08/06/2014)
It was only ordered on 02/06/2014 and having read some of the stories on here about waiting I feel quite lucky! :whistle:
Anyone else with me on BW24?
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GTI?
Ordered my R on 18/4/14 and it's BW21
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BW24 finally confirmed this morning 10 weeks after ordering in early March.
Estimated BW was as low as BW16 and has moved back a week every week for the past 8 weeks just before it was likely to confirm. Incredibly frustrating especially as I have seen many other cars ordered later on here be built sooner. The dealer and VW weren’t forthcoming with reasons for this and just blamed the factory; a genuine reason would have been nice. I wouldn’t be surprised if my build slot was re-assigned to someone though not sure if that ever happens.
God help the dealer if they make a hash of the PDI as I will be even more unhappy with them. Though I can’t fault the pleasantness (is that a word?) of their corporate staff.
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Yep, was originally given BW 26 but tracker now says BW 24, two weeks early is a big thing when you are going to pop with excitement haha
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GTI?
Ordered my R on 18/4/14 and it's BW21
GTD with DSG, think they were taking the longest out of all of them..?
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I am also this build week (there is another thread but it's fairly empty, not sure if it's worth merging the two? Mods??)
Had an email from the guy in charge of our company cars as mine is in BW24 he says!
He ordered it on 11th April and stated a 3 month lead time, so if it is in that build week looks like I will receive it around mid July so a 13 week lead time, not bad at all.
My spec is:
Golf GTD Carbon Grey
5 door
Nav upgrade (not pro)
Keyless
Rear camera
Winter pack
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I'm getting very impatient now!!!
Only two weeks and we will be half way through build week 24!!!
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GTD with DSG, think they were taking the longest out of all of them..?
As I am also in Chesterfield, will keep an eye out for you. The better half drives a Tornado Red GTi PP on a 14 plate.
Ian
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It was only ordered on 02/06/2014 and having read some of the stories on here about waiting I feel quite lucky! :whistle:
How does that work? We're still in May aren't we???
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It was only ordered on 02/06/2014 and having read some of the stories on here about waiting I feel quite lucky! :whistle:
How does that work? We're still in May aren't we???
What if wardtowers is American??? :tongue:
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* Could've meant 6th Feb! :grin:
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ps. I ordered a white PP manual in March & I've still not got a BW yet. :(
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*Am on "2 of 7" on the VW order tracker.
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It was only ordered on 02/06/2014 and having read some of the stories on here about waiting I feel quite lucky! :whistle:
How does that work? We're still in May aren't we???
What if wardtowers is American??? :tongue:
Then in that case he must be a glass half full kind of guy. A February order for August build = 6 month lead time...
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build week confirmed as BW24 (starting 08/06/2014)
It was only ordered on 02/06/2014 and having read some of the stories on here about waiting I feel quite lucky!!
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Whoops, my bad, should have been 02/05/2014....... :laugh:
But yes, 2 weeks from order to BW confirmed!
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GTD with DSG, think they were taking the longest out of all of them..?
As I am also in Chesterfield, will keep an eye out for you. The better half drives a Tornado Red GTi PP on a 14 plate.
Ian
Seen one around Clay Cross, Manual 5dr, would that be the one?
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Only 4 days until our build week!
Not that i'm counting ......
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Me either... :whistle:
A friend ordered exactly a week after me and has no info yet, taking great joy in reminding him every day that mine is being built next week! :grin:
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Build week is here!! :laugh:
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Build week is here!! :laugh:
You could say that I am a touch excited about this. my god it's going to be a long 4/5 weeks until delivery!!!!
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Has anyone's tracker updated yet? Mine is still showing BW confirmed
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I think it's updating now, because I get the unavailable message. Amyway the tracker is not really reliable or they've got a week delay at the factory as I was confirmed bw23 and my car is being built this week which means I am actually wk 24.
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Woohoo car now in transit
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Woohoo car now in transit
Lucky bugger. Will have to get in touch with our company car guy to see the process of mine, wish he would just give me the order number so I can track myself!!
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Mine's in transit as well. Got the update yesterday morning.
Strange thing though that some bw23 and bw24 have been dispatched from the factory at the same time or with 1 day delay between them.
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Woohoo car now in transit
Lucky bugger. Will have to get in touch with our company car guy to see the process of mine, wish he would just give me the order number so I can track myself!!
Have you found out who the supplying dealer is? I circumvented our lot who are hopeless (their system is showing the car was due to be delivered on the 16th May!) by finding out the supplying dealer and getting updates from them.
I got a text this morning re-confirming my build week then this afternoon it jumped to ‘In Transit’.
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I honestly think the tracker means nothing,I'm still at step 3- my build week confirmed as 8/6/14 , no emails, texts or anything...spoke to my dealer, he says the car is built and should be ready to collect in 2-3 weeks, maybe my car is getting delivered by air.. :wink: i doubt anybody should gets their hopes up until they see their car in the flesh so to speak :whistle:
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Woohoo car now in transit
Lucky bugger. Will have to get in touch with our company car guy to see the process of mine, wish he would just give me the order number so I can track myself!!
Have you found out who the supplying dealer is? I circumvented our lot who are hopeless (their system is showing the car was due to be delivered on the 16th May!) by finding out the supplying dealer and getting updates from them.
I got a text this morning re-confirming my build week then this afternoon it jumped to ‘In Transit’.
I do have a good idea as to who the supplying dealer is, however I don't want to be stepping on any toes or upsetting anyone by going to the dealer direct! How did you approach it?
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Woohoo car now in transit
Lucky bugger. Will have to get in touch with our company car guy to see the process of mine, wish he would just give me the order number so I can track myself!!
Have you found out who the supplying dealer is? I circumvented our lot who are hopeless (their system is showing the car was due to be delivered on the 16th May!) by finding out the supplying dealer and getting updates from them.
I got a text this morning re-confirming my build week then this afternoon it jumped to ‘In Transit’.
I do have a good idea as to who the supplying dealer is, however I don't want to be stepping on any toes or upsetting anyone by going to the dealer direct! How did you approach it?
We use a 3rd party fleet services company to source our cars - I think they then put orders out for dealer groups to bid on. They probably have 1000+ cars go through them each year so it isn’t particularly personal and our usual point of contact is a help desk not linked to the sales side so I just asked who was supplying as I wanted to ensure delivery was by truck and they told me
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Mine is still showing as stage 3 on the tracker :sad:
Also ordered through a lease company but got the order number from the supplying dealer when they rang to confirm the spec.
Lease company updates are worse than the tracker as they sent me one last Sunday saying it was still scheduled for delivery in September...
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Car is in transit! :cool: :laugh:
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Car is in transit! :cool: :laugh:
Very jealous!
Got in touch with supplying dealer to get an order number (and bypass the leasing company!) and they have given me my order number now so can track.
However, it looks like I have slipped into build week 25! Gutted :cry: that's another week on the wait!! :sad:
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5b text this morning, very excited now :laugh:
Turning out to be the fastest GTD ever! :grin:
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Seen one around Clay Cross, Manual 5dr, would that be the one?
Nope, 3 dr Manual, most likely to be seen in the area of Ashgate / Wingerworth / Bolsover
Ian
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Car is in transit! :cool: :laugh:
Very jealous!
Got in touch with supplying dealer to get an order number (and bypass the leasing company!) and they have given me my order number now so can track.
However, it looks like I have slipped into build week 25! Gutted :cry: that's another week on the wait!! :sad:
Mine now says in transit.... who knows what BW I was in!!
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Had the 5b text this morning - the car is at sea!
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Car is in transit! :cool: :laugh:
Very jealous!
Got in touch with supplying dealer to get an order number (and bypass the leasing company!) and they have given me my order number now so can track.
However, it looks like I have slipped into build week 25! Gutted :cry: that's another week on the wait!! :sad:
Mine now says in transit.... who knows what BW I was in!!
Looks like you were in 24 after all!
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Had the 5b text this morning - the car is at sea!
I think 5b is at Emden waiting or being loaded, 5c I think is on its way to the UK.
Sorry, didn't mean to rain on your parade :whistle:
On the plus side it seems some BW23 cars are ready to be collected by next week :laugh:
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5a - in transit: left factory (on a train to Emden port)
5b - in transit: shipping (at Emden port, awaiting a ship or being loaded onto a ship)
5c - in transit: near the UK (on a ship that's underway to Grimsby/Sheerness)
Some bw 23 are collecting this friday, some bw 23 are collecting next week and some bw23 like me are still in transit.
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Car due to be delivered to dealers in Cumbria next Thurs for pick up Monday, get close people... :laugh:
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Cheeky check on Marine Traffic before bed and Neckar Highway is docked at Emden and Schelde Highway is on its way back to Emden (both have been going to Grimsby) so with a bit of luck mine will be on one of those and in the UK next week!
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Cheeky check on Marine Traffic before bed and Neckar Highway is docked at Emden and Schelde Highway is on its way back to Emden (both have been going to Grimsby) so with a bit of luck mine will be on one of those and in the UK next week!
Just had the 5b text this morning, wonder if mine will make it onto a ship today?? or whether it will be next week now?
Just had a look at the Marine Traffic website, how amazing is that website. Never realised how crowded the seas are!!!
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Neckar Highway left Emden at 16:11 bound for Grimsby, arriving tomorrow.
With a bit of luck we may get 5c this weekend! :laugh:
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Do you actually get a text message on your phone which states: 5b? What is your tracker showing when you get the text? Mine only shows In transit and I haven't received any text message since it jumped from stage 4 to 5.
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Do you actually get a text message on your phone which states: 5b? What is your tracker showing when you get the text? Mine only shows In transit and I haven't received any text message since it jumped from stage 4 to 5.
Yes I got a text saying it had gone to 5a on the 15th and tracker stated 4 weeks on avg from now, then 3 days later 5b (18th) and tracker stated 3 weeks on avg from now.
It actually says "...has progressed to stage 5b of 7 (in transit: shipping)."
It has updated 3 times on a Sunday at about 8.30am so here is hoping this Sunday is no different.
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5c wooo hoooo :cool:
Long may it continue on its fast journey to me!
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Had the same text and an email from the dealer to say it was arriving today. I don't expect to get it this coming week but the following one would be ideal. It has been a long wait!
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Stage 6 message this morning :cool:
Lease company say it could be up to 3 weeks while they get paperwork sorted :sad:
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Stage 6 message this morning :cool:
Lease company say it could be up to 3 weeks while they get paperwork sorted :sad:
I'm equally peed off, the car I'm trading in is in Ford service centre waiting for an airbag module, 7-10 days lead time, so I will be delayed getting my GTI for another week, Sod's law is sh!te! :angry:
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Feeling your pain :sad:
On the plus side I should be happy as it will be no more than 11 weeks from order to delivery for me.
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Just spoken to the dealer to organise delivery of my car thinking 2 weeks to sort it and PDI it would be ample and they think the whole process could take 3 weeks! It should arrive with them latest next Monday, a week from there to book in for and complete a PDI and they don’t request the tax disc until they have completed the PDI which can take 4 days from DVLA. Only then will they arrange for it to be transported - so I am now looking at 3rd week in July to get the car.
Am I being spun a load of rubbish or have any of you been told similar?
Only bonus is I have been given a reg number.
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You might not be, I think I am looking at 3rd week in July too.
Delivery to dealer next week, then PDI and lease paperwork to sort, only then can they deliver it.
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Arrrrgh, think VW are trying to wind me up, 4 days in a row I have had the stage 6 message now! :sad:
Toying with my emotions...
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And as if by magic The car will be delivered to me on the 10th July!
Only 2 weeks left!
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And as if by magic The car will be delivered to me on the 10th July!
Only 2 weeks left!
Hopefully my Ford Kuga will be sorted tomorrow, as for the GTI, signed registration doc today, car now taxed, hopefully to be picked up on Monday.... :laugh:
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Stage 7 text,gonna be a long weekend..... :tongue:
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......they don’t request the tax disc until they have completed the PDI which can take 4 days from DVLA. Only then will they arrange for it to be transported - so I am now looking at 3rd week in July to get the car.
Am I being spun a load of rubbish or have any of you been told similar?
Your being spun a line in that the dealer will apply for the tax disc but they don't wait on it. You drive out the garage without the disc and it gets delivered to you at home.
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Stage 7 text,gonna be a long weekend..... :tongue:
My heart is bleeding for you.. :tongue:
13 days and counting :sad:
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......they don’t request the tax disc until they have completed the PDI which can take 4 days from DVLA. Only then will they arrange for it to be transported - so I am now looking at 3rd week in July to get the car.
Am I being spun a load of rubbish or have any of you been told similar?
Your being spun a line in that the dealer will apply for the tax disc but they don't wait on it. You drive out the garage without the disc and it gets delivered to you at home.
Thought as much - it arrived at the dealers yesterday afternoon so if everything goes as quickly as possible I might get it by the end of next week but I am not getting my hopes up.
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And as if by magic The car will be delivered to me on the 10th July!
Only 2 weeks left!
Mine will be delivered to me on the 9th. still don't know what build week I was in! is there a way of finding out? Cant wait less than 1 week to go or 7 sleepless nights :grin:
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And as if by magic The car will be delivered to me on the 10th July!
Only 2 weeks left!
Only 2 days left..
I am in Hemel on Thursday and Friday, but will look out for you when I am back for the weekend...
ian
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One more sleep for me. It arrives tomorrow afternoon all being well :cool: :laugh:
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Only 2 days left..
I am in Hemel on Thursday and Friday, but will look out for you when I am back for the weekend...
ian
I will certainly be out and about! Can't wait now, certainly will not miss the Passat 1.6d hire car...
One more sleep for me. It arrives tomorrow afternoon all being well :cool: :laugh:
I will be 12-18 hours behind you :laugh:
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I will certainly be out and about! Can't wait now, certainly will not miss the Passat 1.6d hire car...
I quite like my Passat company car - 2.0Tdi Sport Estate in DBP with pano roof, black leather, winter pack and some black and silver 18s, however it does feel an older model than the Golf and i do take the Mrs GTi in preference whenever I can.....
Good luck with it, any particular part of the town of the crooked spire I am more likely to see you in?
Ian
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Its arrived.
Its f**king fantastic... blown away by it. The build quality is superb, people are drooling over it at work. I am actually a bit embarrassed about it being so good. Questioning why I deserve it. You will love it when you get it.
I keep going to look out the window at it!
I have never had a new car, arrived with 6 miles on, guy was really nice who delivered it. took it for a drive and trippled the mileage!!! I was terrified about everything being near it, and other cars, people etc. It certainly turned heads. What a lovely motor, so happy and lucky!!!
A pic for you to drool over, wanted the DRLs on while taking a pic, it was so sunny so not very good picture:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v208/j033y/IMG_5683.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/j033y/media/IMG_5683.jpg.html)
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What a beauty. I am getting a black one too. Enjoyed reading your first impressions of the car as I haven't test drove one. I am stage 7 so should get mine soon. Happy motoring my friend.
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What a beauty. I am getting a black one too. Enjoyed reading your first impressions of the car as I haven't test drove one. I am stage 7 so should get mine soon. Happy motoring my friend.
It's actually carbon steel grey. But does look black in that light. It's sparkles in the light.
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Apologies. I should have read some of your other posts then I would have known. Feel a bit of an idiot now. If I am honest I would have liked carbon grey myself but I am stretching my budget(salary sacrifice car)as it is so I could only go for flat black with no options but I am sure I will be more than happy. I may even keep it at the end of the agreement.
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any particular part of the town of the crooked spire I am more likely to see you in?
Ian
Anywhere between Clay Cross and Staveley at weekends, maybe over at Bolsover.
Though I may be all over this weekend just randomly driving places! :whistle:
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Its arrived.
Looking good j033y.
I think I may just be as excited as you in the morning! My first new car too.
Less than 12 hours to go :laugh:
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any particular part of the town of the crooked spire I am more likely to see you in?
Ian
Anywhere between Clay Cross and Staveley at weekends, maybe over at Bolsover.
Though I may be all over this weekend just randomly driving places! :whistle:
will keep my eyes peeled, i am in Boza on Sunday at a BBQ, wont be in the GTi though as it will be left overnight.... Son's Pug 206 it is then!
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I'm collecting my GTD from JCT600 in Chesterfield soon. I'm pushing for Saturday, fingers crossed.
If you're reading this Dominic, then why? You should be sorting out my collection ASAP ;) Can't wait :)
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I'm collecting my GTD from JCT600 in Chesterfield soon. I'm pushing for Saturday, fingers crossed.
If you're reading this Dominic, then why? You should be sorting out my collection ASAP ;) Can't wait :)
Very nice, I went in to both Meadowhead (who had a very nice white GTi in the showroom) and Sheepbridge (who had nothing interesting anywhere on site!) but they didnt seem that bothered about selling me anything.... so I bought a stock car from Grimsby instead!
Tornado Red rules! I might be between Chesterfield and Beighton on Saturday so will keep my eyes peeled..
Ian
Ian
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Meadowhead couldn't get anywhere near a drive the deal price. Nearly gave up for he day but popped down to sheepbridge and after a long 'discussion' they got close enough to drivethedeal. Been really happy with them, especially when going through a redundancy round at work. It has been a long wait if almost 4 months for me, so a lot can change in that time.
I'll be even happier if they can do the handover on Saturday though :D
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I'm at South Anston and commute to Chesterfield, will keep my eyes peeled too. :)
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It's here! :cool:
Pics later as I need to recover my PB account info.
One word - awesome!
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It's here! :cool:
Pics later as I need to recover my PB account info.
One word - awesome!
Did you collect from Sheepbridge?
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Meadowhead couldn't get anywhere near a drive the deal price. Nearly gave up for he day but popped down to sheepbridge and after a long 'discussion' they got close enough to drivethedeal. Been really happy with them, especially when going through a redundancy round at work. It has been a long wait if almost 4 months for me, so a lot can change in that time.
I'll be even happier if they can do the handover on Saturday though :D
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I'm at South Anston and commute to Chesterfield, will keep my eyes peeled too. :)
If you see it around it will be the better half driving normally - numberplate will have her name on (SAL) after the weekend...
Hope you get handover sorted for Saturday!
Ian
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It's here! :cool:
Pics later as I need to recover my PB account info.
One word - awesome!
Congrats, enjoy!
Ian
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It's here! :cool:
Pics later as I need to recover my PB account info.
One word - awesome!
Aren't they. I have 68 minutes until I can go home, and drive it again!!!!!!
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Well here it is, had to endure all day in the office before I could go and give it a good drive, so good to be back with some power under the bonnet! :laugh:
(http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j121/chrissgti/20140710_101727.jpg)
Quite a few swirls already so my OCD will have to take care of those :whistle:
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How did you post your pic Wardtowers? I tried to copy and paste and it just put in a link to the file on my computer :undecided: I get a bit confused by this photo malarkey.
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How did you post your pic Wardtowers? I tried to copy and paste and it just put in a link to the file on my computer :undecided: I get a bit confused by this photo malarkey.
Try this;
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=85911.0
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How did you post your pic Wardtowers? I tried to copy and paste and it just put in a link to the file on my computer :undecided: I get a bit confused by this photo malarkey.
Photobucket is the easiest, when you upload the photo there you can get a link to it which you then paste here.