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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by JoeGTI on Today at 09:10 »
Quote from: Kgti8 on 09 February 2026, 23:43
Quote from: JoeGTI on 09 February 2026, 18:45
Its definitely always been this way on the Irish configurator.

These configurators are always full of holes. AFAIK, the "Black pack" on the GTI / CS is still something mad like £1500 on the UK configurator whereas its only a couple of hundred in every other market (including Ireland).

Agreed Joe, it was that way on the Irish configurator from launch. I should know, spent a while playing when it when I was flirting with the idea of buying one haha!

To be fair, while not perfect either, the Irish configurator tends to be more reliable than the UK configurator.


haha yeah!
One possible "glitch" I've seen on the Irish one is that the "Discover media" (Sat nav basically) is down as an optional extra. Surely this can't be right, seeing as Nav is standard on basic Golfs these days as far as I know. I dare not ask a dealer, just incase it becomes costly!!

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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by Watts on Today at 08:41 »
Quote from: Yorkshire gti on Today at 08:35
Thank you for your suggestions. I have been thinking along the lines of is it best to leave electric cars to develop further.
My local VW dealer has a 25 CS in at the moment. Maybe it’s time to do a test drive?

Definitely :smiley:
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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by Yorkshire gti on Today at 08:35 »
Thank you for your suggestions. I have been thinking along the lines of is it best to leave electric cars to develop further.
My local VW dealer has a 25 CS in at the moment. Maybe it’s time to do a test drive?
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by Kgti8 on 09 February 2026, 23:43 »
Quote from: JoeGTI on 09 February 2026, 18:45
Its definitely always been this way on the Irish configurator.

These configurators are always full of holes. AFAIK, the "Black pack" on the GTI / CS is still something mad like £1500 on the UK configurator whereas its only a couple of hundred in every other market (including Ireland).

Agreed Joe, it was that way on the Irish configurator from launch. I should know, spent a while playing when it when I was flirting with the idea of buying one haha!

To be fair, while not perfect either, the Irish configurator tends to be more reliable than the UK configurator.
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by JoeGTI on 09 February 2026, 18:45 »
Its definitely always been this way on the Irish configurator.

These configurators are always full of holes. AFAIK, the "Black pack" on the GTI / CS is still something mad like £1500 on the UK configurator whereas its only a couple of hundred in every other market (including Ireland).
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by Garwen on 09 February 2026, 16:03 »
Just come off the phone to the dealers and they had a bulletin come through yesterday saying if you speck the performance pack then they have to buy the tyres at £880
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by Garwen on 09 February 2026, 16:01 »
That wasn’t there in the uk until yesterday
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Golf mk8 / Re: More decisions
« Last post by Watts on 09 February 2026, 14:33 »
I looked at quite a few cars and very nearly bought a 230i coupe, but it didn't feel right. When I test drove my CS I knew within a minute it was the one for me. Considering the VED will be the same, why not look at a CS? Enjoy a few more years of ICE and give electric car technology more time to evolve, it might be the better choice in another 5 years.
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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by JoeGTI on 09 February 2026, 14:05 »
I thought it was always known that adding the PP forced you to also spec the semi-slicks. Is there a suggestion here that the configurators are misleading and the semi-slicks shouldn't add any extra cost above the PP cost? On the Irish configurator, it adds another €1400 ish, making the total cost of the PP over 7k!



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Golf mk8 / Re: GTI Edition 50 first press release
« Last post by SRGTD on 09 February 2026, 13:22 »
Quote from: CrunchtheApple78 on 09 February 2026, 13:12
What I’m amazed at is you’re all getting build dates immediately after ordering. I ordered my CS on 5th December and still have no build date! I spoke to the dealer only yesterday and I couldn’t get them to understand my confusion on this. They just thought I was moaning and wanting the car earlier than the initial April date!

But are they actual confirmed build dates? VW didn't used to confirm a car’s build date until around a month before it was scheduled for production.


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