Price Increase

[Rolfe]

I wonder if something just got lost?  We're not talking about any fly-by-night outfit here, this is Verve in Bogside, which used to be Ian Skelly, and has been there as long as I can remember - my mother bought her Polo there some time in the 1980s.

Rolfe.

[Rolfe]

Just spoke to the dealer this afternoon, and before I opened my mouth he said, sorry, his mistake, so long as the car is locked in the system by 1st September, no price shenanigans.  (I'd already shunted some money into my current account so I could have paid him, but he said no, don't bother, keep it till you take delivery.)

I mentioned paperwork, and he said he hadn't sent anything on, he'd just filed it all at the dealership.

Then we had a chat about SCO number plates and stuff.

Rolfe.

[p3asa]

Rolfe were you given a delivery date considering your car should have been built last week?

[Rolfe]

The dealer offered to log on to the system to see what it said, but I was anxious to get home at the time, and the dealer is very busy because of all the 59 plate cars being picked up tomorrow, so I said not to bother.

I'm going on a Mediterranean cruise for a week, starting 8th September, and since the car is unlikely to show its face before then, I'm quite content to see where we've got to when I get back.

Rolfe.

[p3asa]

Your off your head 
VW seem to be a bit ahead of themselves, it could be arriving any day and you could have it before you go away.
My biggest worry is something happens to my trade in before I actually trade it in, like my timing belt going and costing me a fortune. So on that alone I'm keen to get my car 

[Rolfe]

Au contraire, I'm off to Knockhill tomorrow morning to do their "performance car" driving course in my scrappage deal.

Reasoning being, if I damage a tyre or sprain its bumper or something, well, who cares?  And I'd like to do the tuition in a manual, just for the experience, so this is my last chance on that one.  And if I actually enjoy it, as opposed to scaring myself witless, and it turns out it's not really bad for the car, then I can have another go in the spring, when the Golf is properly run-in and hopefully I've got the hang of the DSG.

Might be interesting to see what 120,000 miles-on-the-clock pushing 12-years-old Peugeot can still manage.

Rolfe.

[rjwojcik]

Enjoy the cruise and let us know how you get on, on the performance car course.