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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.

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.

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...

Was talking the spoiler. But yea I’ve asked about the mirrors. I’ll see what they propose. I’ve used my detailer for many years so all will be good. Not sure I want them to come off first case they don’t reapply the same. Let’s see. I’ll let you know

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