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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: T88OMM on 31 December 2007, 16:26
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The dealers rang me today and told me that my ED30 is awaiting shipment :smiley: :laugh: :grin: They said that it should be here in no more than 2 weeks! Roughly how long have other people had to wait for their new VW once built?? I know the next two weeks are going to be extremely hard, my dreams will consist of one thing, THE WHITE VW!! Sad I know, if anyone has any advice on how to cope please let me know :undecided:
I must say the services of Lisa at Gilbert Lawton Manchester have been first class, I ordered the car at the begining of December, she has kept me posted on happenings frequently.
I am quite surprised on how quick the car has actually been built, I have noticed that many other people on the forum have had to wait longer.
I must say I am a lucky boy, the best new years eve present ever! :rolleyes:
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I guess these next two weeks are going to be sheer hell!
What specification have you ordered? I was just talking to a delaer last week about getting one of these and I was also looking at a Candy White one, 3 doors, DSG and a few other bits.
Did you manage to get any discount? :smiley:
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I guess these next two weeks are going to be sheer hell!
What specification have you ordered? I was just talking to a delaer last week about getting one of these and I was also looking at a Candy White one, 3 doors, DSG and a few other bits.
Did you manage to get any discount? :smiley:
Yeah you're right there! I got 3 door candy white with the following extras:
bi-xenon headlights
winter pack
ipod in armrest
multifunction steering wheel
highline computer
I got the standard car for 21.500 GBP which I thought was quite reasonable, obviously the extras were added on to the standard price.
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great spec choice :smiley:
nothing can ease the pain I'm afraid , except getting a golfgtforum fix to soften the pangs :tongue:
I too chose and bought from GL Manchester based on their attitude. so far they have been great.
Dont forget to ask for the litre of oil (you should get it free :cool:)
and pics mandatory once its here of course.
JohnO
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That's a real nice spec and almost the same as what I'm looking at:
Edition 30 DSG (Candy White / 3 door)
Xenon Headlights
Multi Function Steering Wheel inc. Paddle Shift & Highline
Winter Pack
Rear Tinted Glass
Front Centre Armrest
Smoking Pack (Not that I smoke, but thinking of re-sale)
I'm currently negotiating to see what deal I can get on it so I'll let you know the outcome. :wink:
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Here's me thinking that the ED30 was exclusive to 2007 (being the 30th anniversary). This must mean they have either done away with the 1500 limit and are carrying on regardless or they haven't sold the 1500 and are continuing until they do. It seems silly to me to have a 30th anni model and carry on selling it in the 31st year :undecided:
Anyway of finding out how many ED30's have been "officially sold in the UK?
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I've no idea Hurdy, I'm not sure if VW UK would give out such information?
When I bought my 25th Anni back in 2002 they were all individually numbered (I had #1328) so we could easily track if they went over 1800 units..... with the 30th Anni they are not numbering them so it makes it hard to tell if they are making more than 1500 for the UK market.
In any case I really like the Ed30's and seeing as I've already owned a 20th Anni MkIII and 25th Anni MKIV it seems like natural progression to move onto the 30th Anni MKV.
:smiley:
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Pics will be posted once its here :cool: What should I expect when I first drive the car? I have upgraded from a TDI 105. I drove the standard GTI and it drove really nice :smiley:
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Pics will be posted once its here :cool: What should I expect when I first drive the car? I have upgraded from a TDI 105. I drove the standard GTI and it drove really nice :smiley:
Check this thread out.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=64432.0
Should keep the dealers on their toes eh :wink:
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Pics will be posted once its here :cool: What should I expect when I first drive the car? I have upgraded from a TDI 105. I drove the standard GTI and it drove really nice :smiley:
I don't think we live to far apart Tom, come and have a run in mine, although it might spoil the suprise :laugh:
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Pics will be posted once its here :cool: What should I expect when I first drive the car? I have upgraded from a TDI 105. I drove the standard GTI and it drove really nice :smiley:
I don't think we live to far apart Tom, come and have a run in mine, although it might spoil the suprise :laugh:
Id love to, it would give me a good idea of how mental a 300bhp golf would feel, I cant wait till mine's run in, i'll be on awesomes doorstep asap :wink:
It was your car that made my decision on getting an ED30, I saw it on that bloody rain afternoon in Rochdale, I have to say it looked awesome. You have done everything to your car that I want to do to mine i.e wheels, suspension, remap etc.
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Thanx for the comments pal, sure we can sort something out, where do you live? without sounding like a stalker! :grin:
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Thanx for the comments pal, sure we can sort something out, where do you live? without sounding like a stalker! :grin:
I live in Rochdale unfortunately what about yourself ?
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Bolton pal, not 2 far
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You two are more or less neighbours :grin:
Tom, I can guarantee that if you feel the power in a remapped ED30 you will not be able to settle with anything less :evil:
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You two are more or less neighbours :grin:
Tom, I can guarantee that if you feel the power in a remapped ED30 you will not be able to settle with anything less :evil:
I know I thought that I have been in a TT quattro 225 and I thought that was unbelievable so god knows what a remapped ed30 will feel like :cool: Oh I cant wait for the thing to come, only another week and a bit know hopefully :tongue:
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Bolton pal, not 2 far
No not to far away are there any meets on soon that you are going to go to?
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The dealers rang me today and told me that my ED30 is awaiting shipment :smiley: :laugh: :grin: They said that it should be here in no more than 2 weeks! Roughly how long have other people had to wait for their new VW once built?? I know the next two weeks are going to be extremely hard, my dreams will consist of one thing, THE WHITE VW!! Sad I know, if anyone has any advice on how to cope please let me know :undecided:
I am quite surprised on how quick the car has actually been built, I have noticed that many other people on the forum have had to wait longer.
How long ago did you order it? We ordered ours back in mid October, and we've been told mid-late January (but not heard since).
Your spec is almost the same as ours :-) Just got the cruise control for Euro-journeys and no smoking pack. I saw the first candy white edition 30 in the flesh a couple of weeks back. Definitely chuffed at the choice :laugh:
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The dealers rang me today and told me that my ED30 is awaiting shipment :smiley: :laugh: :grin: They said that it should be here in no more than 2 weeks! Roughly how long have other people had to wait for their new VW once built?? I know the next two weeks are going to be extremely hard, my dreams will consist of one thing, THE WHITE VW!! Sad I know, if anyone has any advice on how to cope please let me know :undecided:
I am quite surprised on how quick the car has actually been built, I have noticed that many other people on the forum have had to wait longer.
How long ago did you order it? We ordered ours back in mid October, and we've been told mid-late January (but not heard since).
Your spec is almost the same as ours :-) Just got the cruise control for Euro-journeys and no smoking pack. I saw the first candy white edition 30 in the flesh a couple of weeks back. Definitely chuffed at the choice :laugh:
I ordered mine in back end of november I think. Have you had the call yet to tell you it has been built? I know they look relly good in white and they are quite rare to which is good :smiley:
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Everybody please spare a thought for me, I ordered my gti on the 23rd March 2007...still not here !!!
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Everybody please spare a thought for me, I ordered my gti on the 23rd March 2007...still not here !!!
That is absolutely ridiculous I would not stand for that mate, why is it taking so long?
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Everybody please spare a thought for me, I ordered my gti on the 23rd March 2007...still not here !!!
That's just mad :angry:
What are they doing? taking it on a world tour first?
9 months plus is a joke! Even a baby doesn't take that long to deliver :shocked:
Did they give you an initial delivery time?
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I ordered mine on November 6th and got the call today to say it had just arrived at the dealers :laugh:
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I'm pretty sure my order went through on the 29th of October, was told at the time it would be about 14 weeks :huh:
With this i was expecting it to arrive mid to late Feb, the dealer agreed to store it and register it on the 1st of March. If it turns up early as in the next week or two i'm not sure if i would be able to tell them to store it for 5 weeks! Stick a 57 plate on it and give me the keys :laugh:
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With all these Ed30's still waiting to arrive and be registered, PLUS the fact that you can still spec new ones at Dealers it does beg the question that Hurdy asked earlier in this thread of how many Ed30's VW are actually bringing to the UK !
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I dare someone to write to VW UK and get an explanation! :grin:
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I should have mentioned that i'm waiting on a normal Gti not an ED30 but still i wouldnt have expected there to be a big difference in the delivery times.
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I ordered mine on November 6th and got the call today to say it had just arrived at the dealers :laugh:
Congrats, make sure you post some pics when you get it :smiley:
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Im still in shock that some chap has ordered his in March and its still not arrived, that is just MENTAL !
What the hell is going on? Have you been in contact with your stealer to see what they are playing at?
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I ordered mine on November 6th and got the call today to say it had just arrived at the dealers :laugh:
Congrats, make sure you post some pics when you get it :smiley:
Of course I will! I'm hoping to get some pics before it's on my drive anyway. I'm going to the dealers tomorrow to take my retention certificate to get it registered with my personal plate, so might ask if I can have a gander whilst I'm there! :cool:
Im still in shock that some chap has ordered his in March and its still not arrived, that is just MENTAL !
What the hell is going on? Have you been in contact with your stealer to see what they are playing at?
Yes that is rather worrying!
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With all these Ed30's still waiting to arrive and be registered, PLUS the fact that you can still spec new ones at Dealers it does beg the question that Hurdy asked earlier in this thread of how many Ed30's VW are actually bringing to the UK !
no word of a lie but i have seen more ed30's on the road than the standard GTI??? there must be more that 1500!! i rekon i see 2 a week, they are all red silver and black thow, no white ones!! white ed30 black detroits!!! :tongue: :tongue: :drool: :lipsrsealed:
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OK its a long story but in brief.....car was ordered on 23rd March 2007 with a delivery date of some time end of June beginning of July, two weeks before it was due myself and a number of people were sent a letter saying VW had tried to stop grey imports so all cars had to be reordered.
Next delivery date was September (some of you might recall the thread ''Week 30 build'' that ran for a while about this subject), heared nothing until mid October when I was told it 'd be here in 7 days, 7 days came and went and was then told car had been damaged when the top level of the transporter came down on the roof of the car...therefore the car had to be reordered yet again !!
So here I am hopefully getting it within the next couple of weeks !!!
Question - do I have the patients of a Saint....or am i stupid ??????
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OK its a long story but in brief.....car was ordered on 23rd March 2007 with a delivery date of some time end of June beginning of July, two weeks before it was due myself and a number of people were sent a letter saying VW had tried to stop grey imports so all cars had to be reordered.
Next delivery date was September (some of you might recall the thread ''Week 30 build'' that ran for a while about this subject), heared nothing until mid October when I was told it 'd be here in 7 days, 7 days came and went and was then told car had been damaged when the top level of the transporter came down on the roof of the car...therefore the car had to be reordered yet again !!
So here I am hopefully getting it within the next couple of weeks !!!
Question - do I have the patients of a Saint....or am i stupid ??????
I personally could not have waited that long, I have had to wait just under two months for my car and that was plenty, but then again I do have the patience of a 7 year old.
What was your spec on the car? I bet you could have found an almost identical spec with little or no miles on somewhere, I suppose it just depends on how patient you are.
So the answer to your question = You have the patience of a saint.
I bet Volkswagen have lost a lot of customers due to this grey import scenario.
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Bolton pal, not 2 far
No not to far away are there any meets on soon that you are going to go to?
Not had a look if there's anything going on to be honest Tom, have been snowed under with work, do you know of any locally happening soon to save me searching?
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Bolton pal, not 2 far
No not to far away are there any meets on soon that you are going to go to?
Not had a look if there's anything going on to be honest Tom, have been snowed under with work, do you know of any locally happening soon to save me searching?
Not a clue mate as I have not really bin to that many so I dont really know where to look.
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I bet Volkswagen have lost a lot of customers due to this grey import scenario.
Usually the UK "importers" just buy them off the likes of say VW dealerships in Holland - If this is the case then I'm not sure there's much VW AG can do to stop it :grin:
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Bolton pal, not 2 far
No not to far away are there any meets on soon that you are going to go to?
Not had a look if there's anything going on to be honest Tom, have been snowed under with work, do you know of any locally happening soon to save me searching?
Not a clue mate as I have not really bin to that many so I dont really know where to look.
I'll have a nosey and let you know
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Bolton pal, not 2 far
No not to far away are there any meets on soon that you are going to go to?
Not had a look if there's anything going on to be honest Tom, have been snowed under with work, do you know of any locally happening soon to save me searching?
Not a clue mate as I have not really bin to that many so I dont really know where to look.
I'll have a nosey and let you know
Cheers Pal.
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Ok Tom, have a look at uk-mkivs and search Rochdale meet or have a look in northwest meets its there, if this goes ahead I might be able to make it, its not to far
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Ok Tom, have a look at uk-mkivs and search Rochdale meet or have a look in northwest meets its there, if this goes ahead I might be able to make it, its not to far
I got it up but I cant seem to find the time/date and location :embarassed:
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Ok Tom, have a look at uk-mkivs and search Rochdale meet or have a look in northwest meets its there, if this goes ahead I might be able to make it, its not to far
Yeah Im up for that I may have the car by the hopefully :tongue:
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Gaz - Tom
There is usually a meet in Huddersfield on the first Sunday of each month. See thread below. It hasn't been updated for this month and so I am unsure whether it is going ahead, although you could contact md1980 by PM to confirm. :smiley:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=71163.0
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Gaz - Tom
There is usually a meet in Huddersfield on the first Sunday of each month. See thread below. It hasn't been updated for this month and so I am unsure whether it is going ahead, although you could contact md1980 by PM to confirm. :smiley:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=71163.0
Sounds good Hurdy, gonna be going to a lot more meets when my new car comes. :smiley:
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Theres a new thread about the Rochdale meet Tom, or a re-run of the old pre-christmas meet, think it says the 13th, at the same place
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Theres a new thread about the Rochdale meet Tom, or a re-run of the old pre-christmas meet, think it says the 13th, at the same place
Yeah I saw that im preey sure I will be going to that one hopefully in the new car :rolleyes:
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U got a date yet pal
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U got a date yet pal
Its in the country so if all goes to plan I should have it by the end of next week :smiley:
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nice 1, just gotta put a few miles on it and your sorted
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nice 1, just gotta put a few miles on it and your sorted
Yeah you got that right I think im gonna have a non stop driving session for a few days, see what this car is all about :laugh:
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I ordered mine in back end of november I think. Have you had the call yet to tell you it has been built? I know they look relly good in white and they are quite rare to which is good :smiley:
I got an email on Friday saying it'll be ready to pick up in a week :laugh:
So that was a tad under 3 months from placing the order (assuming it's ready when they said). I'll post again when I've got it.
On the colour... lots of people seem to be mentioning white cars right now... it looks like white is catching on a bit (still probably will end up the connosieur's choice!)