dealer prep

[CraigW]

Looks excellent Joe. Love the pics. I think from my point of view it was definitely the right route to go down and now everything I see the water beading of the car it just brings a smile to my face.

[JoeGTI]

Looks excellent Joe. Love the pics. I think from my point of view it was definitely the right route to go down and now everything I see the water beading of the car it just brings a smile to my face.

Yeah I'm glad I did it. It's CQuartz too, similar to yours I'd say. Will be interesting to see how long lasting it is but I've heard first hand that it lasts for ages.

[CraigW]

Looks excellent Joe. Love the pics. I think from my point of view it was definitely the right route to go down and now everything I see the water beading of the car it just brings a smile to my face.

Yeah I'm glad I did it. It's CQuartz too, similar to yours I'd say. Will be interesting to see how long lasting it is but I've heard first hand that it lasts for ages.

Yip my detailer had tested it up to 18 months and it was still going strong

[EpicUsername]

I want to thank all you guys for the hints and tips contained in this thread. I've ordered my GTD from the garage in Rutherglen, so will probably be going down a route similar to most of you and having it power washed at the dealership then professionally detailed after pick up.

Of course the delivery date is Oct 30 so I have plenty of time to change my mind lol.

[p3asa]

Did you get a decent deal with them?
I ordered my last Golf through them when they were the Verve and didn't get much of a deal. Went back to them to see
what they could offer on a new Mk6 GTD. They tried to give me a decent deal but couldn't quite get there.
They said they would see if they could get me more on my trade in and give me a call.
I got a call eventually, 4 months later to see if I was still looking for a new Golf!!
By that point I had factory ordered a new A1 and had just taken delivery of it.

Not the sharpest organisation 

[EpicUsername]

Did you get a decent deal with them?
I ordered my last Golf through them when they were the Verve and didn't get much of a deal. Went back to them to see
what they could offer on a new Mk6 GTD. They tried to give me a decent deal but couldn't quite get there.
They said they would see if they could get me more on my trade in and give me a call.
I got a call eventually, 4 months later to see if I was still looking for a new Golf!!
By that point I had factory ordered a new A1 and had just taken delivery of it.

Not the sharpest organisation 

I had been to another Verve garage closer to me and they tried to take me for a ride (offering me 2k less for my S2000 than what Glassnet suggests among other things) so I politely informed them I wasn't going to take any bull.

They really wouldn't move on the stock price, and seeing the demand for the GTD I can understand why. I did however get them to throw in some bits like the Navigation system and a full tank of fuel so all in all I probably got almost 900 off the price. At first I thought I could have pushed for more but reading all the posts on here I'm starting to think I was quite lucky considering how rubbish I am at negotiating 

[CraigW]

I want to thank all you guys for the hints and tips contained in this thread. I've ordered my GTD from the garage in Rutherglen, so will probably be going down a route similar to most of you and having it power washed at the dealership then professionally detailed after pick up.

Of course the delivery date is Oct 30 so I have plenty of time to change my mind lol.

Detailer is the way forward my friend. The guy i went to did an excellent job on mine and you can really see the effects when it's been raining. Also no requirement for any sort of waxing in between washes 

[EpicUsername]

Yeah I'm thinking I'll contact that guy you were talking about earlier in the thread. I'm from North Lanarkshire so if he covers Glasgow I can't see him saying no lol

[DougL]

I emailed my dealer to say that I didn't want the car touched before collection. They did what I said, but I didn't really expect them not to have removed the stickers and transport protection. At least they did remove the suspension pucks!

[CraigW]

  that's following your request to the letter. I think I would maybe get them to remove the stickers.

Looking really good