N.Ireland Owners?

[Valenni]

Reporting for duty! Watch me on the Antrim / Belfast commute every morning / evening! (Normally cruising past the traffic on the inside lane as people just love hogging the outside lane)!

[Rossc0]

Rossc0 did you get the feeling from Agnews many had placed orders for R's?

I got the opposite feeling from them tbh, they were practically begging for the business.

I low-balled them by bringing in a quote from carwow and they matched it with ~10% off!

[mk7gti]

Rossc0 thats very interesting it sounds like you got a cracker of a deal. Whats spec did you go for? What do you currently drive?

[Rossc0]

Currently have an oynx white mk6 GTI

I wanted a 3dr, DSG with keyless entry, lapis blue and advanced phone connection.

Tempted by the pro nav screen, but it's a lot of money as is the cow hide seats. Cloth are just fine for me, and look the dogs danglies.

[davyk31]

I bought my GTD from England too. All the local dealers were quoting 4 to 6 months delivery times, found out agnew mallusk had one in the showroom. They wouldn't shift as far on the discount as I wanted, another 2% or so would have done it but they thought they had me as they had a physical car. They seemed pretty shocked when I walked out, came home and ordered a car that night in England from the dealer on here who are forum sponsors. Went really smooth, the car was on its way to them and it arrived with them about 10 days later. Rather  than go myself I got a transport company to pick it up, they collected it on a Thursday morning and it was sitting on my drive by 5.00pm the next day. All very smooth and easy and a great price. Had a warranty issue in the early days which Edwin May were more than happy to handle so that went good too.

Go shopping across the pond seems the message for a good deal and use something like Carwow to see what you should be aiming for.

[peterdoherty]

I bought my GTD from England too. All the local dealers were quoting 4 to 6 months delivery times, found out agnew mallusk had one in the showroom. They wouldn't shift as far on the discount as I wanted, another 2% or so would have done it but they thought they had me as they had a physical car. They seemed pretty shocked when I walked out, came home and ordered a car that night in England from the dealer on here who are forum sponsors. Went really smooth, the car was on its way to them and it arrived with them about 10 days later. Rather  than go myself I got a transport company to pick it up, they collected it on a Thursday morning and it was sitting on my drive by 5.00pm the next day. All very smooth and easy and a great price. Had a warranty issue in the early days which Edwin May were more than happy to handle so that went good too.

Go shopping across the pond seems the message for a good deal and use something like Carwow to see what you should be aiming for.

Just out of interest - how much did the transport cost? was it covered transport or just a spot on a big car trailer?

[davyk31]

It was just a normal car transporter but they came highly recommended by a dealer I know who use them all the time. Depends a bit on what part of country the car is, mine was Cheltenham and cost me £380. I used Eamon McLaughlin from Greysteele and they were excellent. Have also used Woodside on other occasions who were great too but for this one they were a bit more expensive.

[peterdoherty]

It was just a normal car transporter but they came highly recommended by a dealer I know who use them all the time. Depends a bit on what part of country the car is, mine was Cheltenham and cost me £380. I used Eamon McLaughlin from Greysteele and they were excellent. Have also used Woodside on other occasions who were great too but for this one they were a bit more expensive.

Cheers - just curious for next time!

[davyk31]

As with dealers here there are good times to go car shopping in England and they are different months to here. For example January here is a mega month but in England it's mega quiet as is February as everyone over there wants to wait for the reg change in March. That means dealers should be hot for a deal in those months as they won't be shifting much metal.

[silver38]

Ordered on 21/2/14 BW16 from Agnew Mallusk, just over 10% discount.

GTD
Gearbox - Manual
Doors - 5
Paint - Pure White
5 year warranty
ACC - Adaptive chassis control
Advance telephone connection
Climate comfort windscreen
Discover nav pro
High beam assist
Keyless entry
Sport and Sound pack
Park assist system with steering assist
Rear view camera
Rear side airbags with rear seatbelt warning
Winter pack