What a cool, yet bizarre turn of events! It was clearly meant to be? 
Looking forward to your thoughts comparing the CS to the TCR.
It was rather surreal. Apparently he's bought 50+ cars from them over the last few years. He must have a thing for white cars as he had a white CS40 sitting there too.
I think that sticking with a FWD Golf rather than moving to a RWD BMW was a good decision when you’ll be using it all year round in all weather conditions. I look forward to seeing the pictures; are you going to disclose what colour it is or make us wait until you post up some pictures?
Like @clubsport, I also look forward to hearing your thoughts on your new car when you get it
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You're right about FWD vs RWD, but I wanted a change so looked at lots of options. Clubsport was right though when he said the performance Golfs were the best all rounders. Even though there are elements of the 8.5 interior that I'm not keen on, as soon as I got in and went for a drive I was sold.
It's another Oryx white. I really wanted red and a sunroof, got neither of those. But it's a Black Edition with Performance Pack includind Akra exhaust and Estorils (the hated diamond cut unfortunately but they look good for now, if they don't last I'll get them powder coated black) with HUD and area view. It does look very smart.