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Offline daviescotland

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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #20 on: 17 January 2010, 23:49 »
Anyone know if there are any in central/southern Scotland???

Not off again until Thursday and might go and have a look if there are?
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #21 on: 18 January 2010, 07:07 »
Quote from: daviescotland on 17 January 2010, 23:49
Anyone know if there are any in central/southern Scotland???

Not off again until Thursday and might go and have a look if there are?

I called my dealer on Friday to ask if they had one... He didn't belive there were any until he checked his dialogue system.  To say he was angry when he found out that there were TWENTY already was an understatement considering he was sure they were only for customer orders.  Unfortunately for us Scots, and those in Wales and Ireland - they are ALL in England!
He wrote an email to VW customer services demanding an explanation.
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #22 on: 18 January 2010, 17:41 »
Quote from: p3eps on 18 January 2010, 07:07
Quote from: daviescotland on 17 January 2010, 23:49
Anyone know if there are any in central/southern Scotland???

Not off again until Thursday and might go and have a look if there are?

I called my dealer on Friday to ask if they had one... He didn't belive there were any until he checked his dialogue system.  To say he was angry when he found out that there were TWENTY already was an understatement considering he was sure they were only for customer orders.  Unfortunately for us Scots, and those in Wales and Ireland - they are ALL in England!
He wrote an email to VW customer services demanding an explanation.


Which dealer did you contact? i can see why he would be annoyed.
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #23 on: 18 January 2010, 18:19 »
Quote from: daviescotland on 18 January 2010, 17:41
Which dealer did you contact? i can see why he would be annoyed.

I thought it would be pretty obvious...  He was told he could only get customer orders, yet other dealers are getting them without asking for them.  I totally understand his point, as to be honest I'm pretty annoyed too.  I put a deposit down in May 2009 for this car!  Surely the customer orders should be turning up before some random stock cars.
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #24 on: 18 January 2010, 19:20 »
stopped by a dealer in Surrey this afternoon and they had a Scirocco R, but not the Golf. The Scirocco looked stunning in rising blue.
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #25 on: 18 January 2010, 19:44 »
Went back this morning, carbon grey, they were 19" (looked like 18's), leather and RCD510.  £34K!!!!!!!!

Apart from the ludicrous price, it really didn't look anything special at all, it was next to a new Polo and the front bumpers looked identical in shape (and similar to newer Audis with the two 'pointy' bits.

Not impressed, think the GTI looks much better but I must admit i'd love a mapped R, all wheel drive and around 320 horses would be fun, i have struggled to get all my power down to the road in this recent weather.

I think in the right colourway the R would look much better than the one I have seen, maybe blue with the black wheels or white with black as has been shown.
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #26 on: 18 January 2010, 20:19 »
Forgot to add, there are little plastic guards that are attached to the wheels arches, presumably to stop debris flying off of the wider wheels and tyres? Look rubbish and a complete afterthought. For £34K I would want custom wider arches if the wheel/tyre choice is an issue.

I don't want to sound too down on the R, those that have ordered are obviously not put off by the premium but I just wanted to give my thoughts. I just looked at it today, looked outside at my mapped MK6 and could not see where VW have come up with the pricing.
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #27 on: 18 January 2010, 20:24 »
Quote from: gossa on 18 January 2010, 20:19
Forgot to add, there are little plastic guards that are attached to the wheels arches, presumably to stop debris flying off of the wider wheels and tyres? Look rubbish and a complete afterthought. For £34K I would want custom wider arches if the wheel/tyre choice is an issue.

Yeah - I've seen those in photos. Exact same thing attached to rear wheel arches of Merc C-classes with 18" alloys (std is 17"). Must be some weird German law. :rolleyes:

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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #28 on: 18 January 2010, 20:35 »
They don't look anything like that but similar in function I suppose. Like I said, they look like an afterthought. I know it's not in the same category cost wise but surely VW could have made a wider set of wings like the RS4 or M3 if the wheels require it? They're only 235's though, can't see the issue?
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Re: R testdrive
« Reply #29 on: 18 January 2010, 20:53 »
Quote from: mac7 on 18 January 2010, 19:20
stopped by a dealer in Surrey this afternoon and they had a Scirocco R, but not the Golf. The Scirocco looked stunning in rising blue.

Be interested to hear what was the spec/price .......
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