Thank you all for the welcome and advice, much appreciated.
Hadn’t thought about the 18” Seville wheels, yes they look great and the red pinstripe would look good with the tornado red. I’m guessing now the build date is confirmed and only three weeks away the spec is probably “locked” by now.
Most of the options are for SWMBO’s benefit, she chose tornado red, (I took a liking to white silver) she prefers automatic hence DSG; I would probably gone manual for greater interaction, although we have PDK on the Boxster which is a similar double clutch auto-box. As mentioned earlier she is very sensitive to a firm ride, so to avoid any risk of it being too firm we opted for DCC, although the demo car we drove didn’t have it and ride was excellent. Rear seat airbag system is to provide maximum safety for grand-sprogs. We live in the New Forest with unlit roads and free roaming ponies and cattle so the best lights are essential - hence dynamic lights. We have a reversing camera on the Volvo and it’s great so we included it. I like the idea on the Golf where the camera is located behind the tailgate badge keeping it clean, the Volvo’s isn’t and any wet weather the lens becomes dirty and blind. We nearly chose the keyless entry but there are doubts over security of the system - never had it on previous cars so I guess what we’ve never had we won’t miss.
My son came with me when we tried the GTI - he was so impressed he has also ordered one! (Indium grey, 3 door manual). He had his mind set on a Skoda Octavia VRS, which on paper is cheaper but on PCP very little difference due to the much higher residual value of the Golf. So shortly two GTI’S in the dreamcar family!!
