Waiting and waiting.

[Snoopy]

I think from previous posts denyason actually bought the car i was offered in early August.

[denyason]

I think from previous posts denyason actually bought the car i was offered in early August.

u could be right.  black metallic and the standard 17 inch alloys which they swapped to 18's.

[Snoopy]

That sounds like the one. It was one of only two cars on the system at the time the day i asked. The other was black metallic with 18s, winter & lux pack, leather & satnav. All the local delaers i went to, to enquire about it would not do a deal i was happy with. So i decided to look down south and decided to get what i wanted as a factory order and in the process got a decent discount too.

[denyason]

That sounds like the one. It was one of only two cars on the system at the time the day i asked. The other was black metallic with 18s, winter & lux pack, leather & satnav. All the local delaers i went to, to enquire about it would not do a deal i was happy with. So i decided to look down south and decided to get what i wanted as a factory order and in the process got a decent discount too.

what dealer mate?mine was in newcastle.got 7 grand for a golf 2.0 tdi mark 5 which is pretty good considering my brother had put petrol in it.  luckily the dealer didnt know about it. 

[Snoopy]

I tried Benfield Newcastle and silverlink, Cars of hexham (another benfield) (all benfield dealers work independent so do compete with each other they don't like helping each other out ) & also tried Pulman Durham.

[denyason]

I tried Benfield Newcastle and silverlink, Cars of hexham (another benfield) (all benfield dealers work independent so do compete with each other they don't like helping each other out ) & also tried Pulman Durham.

ah a fellow geordie.  it was at benfield-  i thought the service was pretty good, v friendly.  they even let me off as i'd lost my old certificate - would of meant i couldnt get the car.  funny thing was- my old golf -the battery of the remote had died just a wk b4.   

[avalon]

I too tried Benfield and Pulman in Durham.

Both were friendly and stuff [the former offered some loot off as I knew someone who bought an Eos from them!] but very coy on availability and didn't really want to take my money.


Ava

[Snoopy]

Must admit the guy at Pulmans i went to speak too could have not been more helpful or enthusiastic. He just could not get cars in the time scale i was looking at. I would happly go see him about new cars in the future though seemed a genuine bloke rare in the car trade  Benfield Newcastle was a different matter.
The fun part is working out what to do for servicing if i decide i want a VW stamp as i have heard ok but also real bad things about both from trade contacts.