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Congrats to all picking up their brand new shiny Edition 50s.

Pooksta - The darken taillights and badge on the Tornado Red looking cracking, as does the alcantara steering wheel! What did you get done detailing wise?

Garwen - has your dealer called you back to get you plaque added post taking delivery of your car?

What's people's thoughts on running summer (Potenza Race) and Winter 18 inch tyre set up. I don't think you'll be able to extract much in the deep winter days with the semis. I would prefer VW OEM 18s but there was no option when ordered unlike in the EU. Always liked the Golf R's Pretoria alloy. Perhaps I can run 18 inch pretoria in sliver in the winter If I can find some at reasonable price, and the 19s Warmenau on sliver in the summer.

As for my order, it's currently stuck in the gulag. Sept build slot now, but unconfirmed build slot, so likely Oct/Nov Delivery.

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.

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.