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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI | 50 INFO
« Last post by fredgroves on 27 April 2026, 22:29 »
They don't make 1500 though and the contract with the parts suppliers (vw are basically assemblers of parts) is agreed at a maximum volume that they may or may not reach. There is no extending.

It's fairly normal tbh in JIT manufacturing of small runs of complex stuff.

The balance either gets cancelled or continues into the spare parts inventory over several years.

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Golf mk8 / Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Last post by Watts on 27 April 2026, 21:17 »
Quote from: Exonian on 27 April 2026, 20:57
Sometimes you get a couple years free services thrown in with a PCP so the original owner might have secured that.

Most likely. With the money saved I can pay for the insurance mileage limit to be upped :rolleyes:
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Golf mk8 / Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Last post by Exonian on 27 April 2026, 20:57 »
Sometimes you get a couple years free services thrown in with a PCP so the original owner might have secured that.
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Golf mk8 / Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Last post by Watts on 27 April 2026, 20:51 »
Quote from: Legally Binding on 27 April 2026, 20:45
I believe that may be part of the proactive passenger protection inside the front assist ADAS. I've been driving my dad's new Dacia Duster Hybrid recently, and my the grace of god, it has a 1 button to take all the ADAS off. It like a routine from the Golf. Get in > seat belt > engine > lock door > turn autostart off > drive.

How on earth do you have a free service plan, and where do I get me one of those  :grin: Perhaps you've already paid for it upon when you got your car?

I can only assume that the first owner paid albeit unlikely as he is a serial swapper of cars every few months. So possibly it was a VW offer or the garage added it in. Very odd but no complaints here!
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Golf mk8 / Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Last post by Legally Binding on 27 April 2026, 20:45 »
Quote from: Watts on 06 April 2026, 18:35
Yesterday we had a nice day out but as my CS was blocked in, we took my OH's Fiat 500. 150 mile roundtrip, 50/50 motorway/A roads from west London down to East Sussex/Kent border. The Fiat (1.0 mild hybrid) is not a bad drive with a great 6 speed manual box and can maintain speed around bends pretty well but, any uphills at speed were a real pain, foot to the floor and it was still losing speed so a fair bit of cog swapping going on. Ride is rather fidgety too which I suppose is the 25+ year old chassis design. Overall though it was quite good fun.

Today we got the CS out. Another longish run and a far more sophisticated ride plus the joy of being able to overtake without having to plan it in advance! One thing though that I've not encountered before was it erroneously thought we were about to crash and our seatbelts tightened up. Was a bit of a shock! They loosened off very quickly but it was all a bit OTT.

As good as the 500 is for the money, you can see where your money goes in a Golf. A very good two car combo though.

I believe that may be part of the proactive passenger protection inside the front assist ADAS. I've been driving my dad's new Dacia Duster Hybrid recently, and my the grace of god, it has a 1 button to take all the ADAS off. It like a routine from the Golf. Get in > seat belt > engine > lock door > turn autostart off > drive.

How on earth do you have a free service plan, and where do I get me one of those  :grin: Perhaps you've already paid for it upon when you got your car?
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI | 50 INFO
« Last post by Legally Binding on 27 April 2026, 20:30 »
Quote from: fredgroves on 27 April 2026, 08:10
1500 was just a production planning number. The most the factory might make... Rather than being a concept of deliberate rarity, it was a reflection of limited customer base.

Speaking as someone who works in manufacturing...

So If I read this right, and I did read it several times to understand, if 1500 was the VW UK's max, then they anticipated they will sell not that many? Why would they have initially gone with 1000 and then later changed to 1500? I would have assumed it was because many order were coming in, so they have to rightly capitalise on it, else their leaving chips on the table. Gotta make up that 5/6 billion EV R&D write off somehow. I'm doing my bit  :grin: :grin:

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The garage / Re: Intermittent starting issues
« Last post by Hampshire rubber burner on 27 April 2026, 19:49 »
I'd probably change batteries in you key or fob as it might be immobiliser issue
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by Pooksta_5 on 27 April 2026, 18:36 »
Quote from: WelshGolf on 27 April 2026, 10:39
Quote from: Pooksta_5 on 26 April 2026, 19:19
Quote from: king monkey on 26 April 2026, 11:14
Order cancelled yesterday. After lots of thinking, I’m still not convinced about the ride quality and I’m not buying a car that can’t be discounted.

There was £1000 discount available for a very short period if you were on the button like me 🤣 I have to say, there is a lot of debating (whining) about the lack of discount on the ED50. This is a £50K vehicle, the APR is a lot lower than the other more heavily discounted GTIs, when you add of all this up, you are probably debating about a couple of grand here or there. Which, for a £50K car is not a lot. And when you include what options DCC etc this car already has, and the fact it is a special edition, I really don’t understand the frustration. If you like the car and can afford it, pay the premium, if you don’t wanna, then don’t, but I’m not sure VW can really be targeted. It is what it is :)

At the end of the day, it's just another variation of the Golf and after years of buying performance golfs with great discounts, no way could I buy this without one. I'd rather have that couple of grand in my pocket than watch it burn away instantly on deprecation. I'm just going to keep an eye of they don't sell that well and see if decent discounts become available.

Considering you’re already in an 8.5 clubsport, I can understand the rationale. I wouldn’t change from that for any amount of discount personally. But as someone coming into the market fresh like me, I think the lack of whatever discount may or may not be is kinda nor here nor there.
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Golf mk8 / Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Last post by Watts on 27 April 2026, 17:39 »
Mine hit it's first 10k miles today and will be 1 in a couple of days. I've put 8.4k miles on it and it has been excellent.

Booked it in for it's first service this morning and had a nice surprise, it has a service plan in place! Two free services, brilliant!
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Last post by WelshGolf on 27 April 2026, 10:39 »
Quote from: Pooksta_5 on 26 April 2026, 19:19
Quote from: king monkey on 26 April 2026, 11:14
Order cancelled yesterday. After lots of thinking, I’m still not convinced about the ride quality and I’m not buying a car that can’t be discounted.

There was £1000 discount available for a very short period if you were on the button like me 🤣 I have to say, there is a lot of debating (whining) about the lack of discount on the ED50. This is a £50K vehicle, the APR is a lot lower than the other more heavily discounted GTIs, when you add of all this up, you are probably debating about a couple of grand here or there. Which, for a £50K car is not a lot. And when you include what options DCC etc this car already has, and the fact it is a special edition, I really don’t understand the frustration. If you like the car and can afford it, pay the premium, if you don’t wanna, then don’t, but I’m not sure VW can really be targeted. It is what it is :)

At the end of the day, it's just another variation of the Golf and after years of buying performance golfs with great discounts, no way could I buy this without one. I'd rather have that couple of grand in my pocket than watch it burn away instantly on deprecation. I'm just going to keep an eye of they don't sell that well and see if decent discounts become available.
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