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Quote from: MrEdition50 on 08 May 2026, 22:33

Hey garwen, this is now my car delivery is Tuesday/Wednesday next week number 19 I’ve ordered the AV steering wheel and will be putting the black warmenau’s on for summer and the red alloys will be winter wheels,

Congratulations MrEdition50, love the new car. Enjoy the pick up and great if you could post a review.

Thanks, and I will do, away on holiday a day after I get it so won’t be able to use it for a week just move it into the garage haha

Quote from: MrEdition50 on 08 May 2026, 22:33

Hey garwen, this is now my car delivery is Tuesday/Wednesday next week number 19 I’ve ordered the AV steering wheel and will be putting the black warmenau’s on for summer and the red alloys will be winter wheels,

Apologies for going off topic, but something to consider with your plan to run the red / black Queenstown alloys on your car during the winter months;

• The red / black Queenstown alloys are diamond cut (the finish on the red sections is described as a red glaze by VW - essentially a red tinted lacquer over the diamond cut sections). The finish on diamond cut alloys isn’t renowned for good durability when subjected to winter road conditions (road salt, grit, snow, slush) and they often succumb to unsightly white worm corrosion.
• To get rid of white worm corrosion requires a professional refurb which probably costs in the region of £125 + VAT per wheel these days, and AFAIK not all alloy wheel refurb companies will do the colour tinted lacquer finish.

The black Warmenau’s have a painted / powder coated finish which is highly durable and should be able to withstand winter road use without issue. If I had a two sets of alloys - one set with a diamond cut finish and the other with a painted / powder coated finish - I know which I would fit for winter use and it wouldn’t be the diamond cut set.

As a matter of interest, many aftermarket alloy wheel retailers will include a set of filters on their websites to help narrow down the search criteria. If one of those filters is ‘winter use’ then it’s highly unlikely any selection of alloys intended for winter use will include diamond cut wheels because of the poor durability of finish when compared to alloys with a painted / powder coated finish.

Ah good advice! Maybe I’ll not use them in the winter then! Maybe just for shows 

Your car looks fab Joe, I love the paint and wheel combo. Must have been a tough decision to order the ED50.

Thanks Paul 
Yeah the current car is so nice, it doesn’t make any logical sense to change it. But I justified it to myself somehow. I’ve been in GTI’s for 20 years and I always really wanted an “edition” model but the timing was never right on previous occasions. And seeing as this could be the last ICE Edition GTI, I said it’s now or never.

Great to hear Joe I can see your point re your position coming from a clubsport, mine is a lot different going back to GTIs from years of family wagons aka Allspace Tiguans. Good to see one with performance pack on anyway and I'd say in your case the true difference will be when driving.

After 7 and a half years I have finally had to order a new battery.

Car didn’t start on Friday. I jumped it and gave it a long run, but that hasn’t worked, it was dead again yesterday morning.

Ordered a Bosch EFB from an online company called batteries on the web.

I’m only using the car once a week now, after pretty regular use for the first few years but I’m pleased to have got over 7 years from the original.