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Congrats Michele and Paul, the advance party on ordering. 😁

Mad or not, as long as it’s affordable you might as well buy the car you want. 

I sat and watched the first couple of YouTube vids earlier on UK specific speccing from the usual suspects.
For someone that spends a lot of time driving, reviewing and researching - one of them didn’t seem to know one end of a car to the other. That one was abandoned half way through.
Thankfully the other one was far more switched on. Like Mr Chapple himself I’d been looking forward to the Ed50 ever since I had my Ed40, and like him I think I’ll sit this one out for the foreseeable.
For a laugh, as it’s been raining here all day so stuck indoors, I pumped in a PCP quote on VW UK. Using a guesstimate part-ex value on my current car (on PCP but maximum deposit/equity) my fairly modestly spaced Ed50 would cost nigh on double what I pay now per month which would be £10k give or take over the 48 months. The Ed50 would have to have an enormous retained value to narrow the difference in ££££ for me to even remotely consider it.
I’ll take my pleasure in seeing other people’s on here instead! Funnily enough I always get far more excited seeing other people order and receive their cars than I ever do my own.

Slapshot, you have joined a UK forum asking US specific questions.

Sirius/XM is a US/Canada only satellite radio service that UK GTI owners will have no access to nevermind knowledge of.

The 40th anniversary GTI you own is also a US only market limited edition.
https://media.vw.com/releases/1715

You should therefore not be at all surprised at the lack of response.

Tornado Red witb Performance Pack - black Warmenau

Ordered 16.01

There can be risks associated with polishing out scratches on a windscreen if not done correctly or if the scratches are considered too deep to be suitable for polishing out. Polishing too aggressively or using too aggressive a polishing compound can result in dips and hollows in the glass. If this happens and if the polished area is in the driver’s line of sight, the view through the glass could be distorted - similar to wearing someone else’s prescription glasses.

I read somewhere (sorry, can’t remember where) that it’s not recommended polishing out scratches in windscreen glass that are in the driver’s line of sight for the above reasons. However, if the scratches are very light, you might get away with having them polished out - probably best to seek advice from a car glass replacement / repair company.

Hi fellow gti owners

I stupidly used a cheap ice scraper on my windscreen recently and it’s left some tiny scratches. Most I can only see when the sun is low in the sky but there are a couple right in my line of vision. Any thoughts on if I can get them polished out or best to just try and ignore them. Lesson learnt