Where are used car prices with the MK8 launch and other worldly troubles?

[p3asa]

So.......here we are on 1 July 20. Any thoughts on when orders might open for the Mk8 GTI? And delivery?
Just trying to breathe life into the forum.....

I was told it could be ordered in September by a salesman this week. He didn't know for definite but he was told there was a good chance it was September.

[p3asa]

Interestingly WBAC have emailed me saying my valuation has just went up by £1400!!

How does that work?

they've obviously stopped the pi44 taking then 😂. How does that compare to motorway?

WBAC beat motorway by £50.
With Motorway the quotes are set out a bit like gocompare but with mine it just says all the individual dealers then next to it "Valuation unavailable". I wonder if it doesn't actually cover Scotland.

I totally forgot my car has the 4 year manufacturers warranty from new  so I might appeal more to an individual.

[jv]

WBAC online price quotes don't have any relation to what they will actually pay. It's all a game.

[p3asa]

Interestingly I got another email from WBAC saying my valuation had went up again.

I wonder if the market is starting to improve?

[clarky92]

WBAC online price quotes don't have any relation to what they will actually pay. It's all a game.

I always use WBAC to gauge my cars. On the last 5 I’ve traded in the WBAC figure has been within £500 of the dealer offer

[monkeyhanger]

WBAC online price quotes don't have any relation to what they will actually pay. It's all a game.

I always use WBAC to gauge my cars. On the last 5 I’ve traded in the WBAC figure has been within £500 of the dealer offer

The important note here is that you gauge the "in theory" valuation you get online from WBAC, not the actual value offered when they've looked at it and decided to knock you down £200 for 3 tiny stone chips on a 3 year old car etc.

Out of interest I got a valuation for my Polo GTI+ and it came in at £14500. I was offered £15k elsewhere - not a gell of a lot in it if they didn't keep chipping you down once inspected. When "Tootle" was around, the dealers on there were offering significantly more money than Motorway or WBAC.

[kmpowell]

My direct neighbour is the lead VW salesman at the local Driftbridge dealer, and last night he brought home a MK8 for the first time. It was in cooking spec and my god it’s dull but that’s a different story! I asked him about the MK8 GTI timelines and he said he was expecting orders to open “later in QTR3 with deliveries very early Q2 2021.

I asked about the TCR and he looked blankly at me stating there was no news on that and he didn’t expect anything like that until well into 2021. The TCR name hasn’t even been confirmed for the UK at all. He said it would be GTI then R, then a higher power GTI of some sort.

 

[monkeyhanger]

My direct neighbour is the lead VW salesman at the local Driftbridge dealer, and last night he brought home a MK8 for the first time. It was in cooking spec and my god it’s dull but that’s a different story! I asked him about the MK8 GTI timelines and he said he was expecting orders to open “later in QTR3 with deliveries very early Q2 2021.

I asked about the TCR and he looked blankly at me stating there was no news on that and he didn’t expect anything like that until well into 2021. The TCR name hasn’t even been confirmed for the UK at all. He said it would be GTI then R, then a higher power GTI of some sort.

 

I think you misunderstood. He said Chris (McMaddy)'s TCR wouldn't be here until 2021.

My neighbour borrowed a MK8 the other day, really don't like that thin and pointy front end with the squinty headlights.

Here it is:-

[mcmaddy]

It gets even worse, VW have decided to send city of Rotterdam to Grimsby instead of Tyne so at this rate it could be 2021 

[monkeyhanger]

It gets even worse, VW have decided to send city of Rotterdam to Grimsby instead of Tyne so at this rate it could be 2021 

Could it be going to Grimsby and Tyne in the 1 trip?