Clubsport order thread

[SRGTD]

Would anyone consider cancelling a mk8 CS build for a late 2019 TCR with akra?

Mk8 CS was base plus colour DCC and Winter now on estimated wk10 plus delivery.
TCR similar monthly but it’s now 2 yr old with 15k on it.

I’ve a base golf 7.5 now and I like the interior and infotainment, the TCR would be free from mk8 glitches.

From what I’m reading the situation is getting worse with Wolfsburg closing the line again for another 2 weeks. Adding to this lorry driver issues this side of the North Sea.

This is so frustrating

If the TCR was sensible money, then I’d definitely go for it. Otherwise, I’d keep your Golf and sit it out and play the waiting game. Who knows, maybe VW will have sorted most of the software glitches out by the time your car’s built.

I read yesterday on a forum (may have been this forum) that WBAC valuations have just started to drop now, so IMHO buying a two year old TCR at the top of the market doesn’t make good financial sense.

Your 7.5 base Golf is still a pretty decent car to be driving while you’re waiting.

[Carl_45]

Back in January when my company car (GTD) was written off I requested the car allowance scheme and put a £99 holding deposit down on a TCR with the intention to purchase if my request was approved.

My request wasn’t approved, I was asked to use a Focus our company had in stock and get the allowance at the end of its lease (now), hence I’ve order a 45.

Anyway, the point is, the TCR I put a deposit down on was a fully loaded, ex demo, Oryx White with 3000 miles on the clock…. It was £1 under £30k and the dealer hinted at discounts once I’d been to look at it.

I fear if you purchase now, unless you keep for a long time, there’s big financial losses if/when the supply market recovers.

The choice is yours of course, and the TCR is (to be honest) a nicer looking car in my opinion. However, I have had this before, I purchased my MK2 focus RS over the odds when supply was low and demand high, I sold after recovery and Ford had flooded the market…. Big losses.

[Watts]

As good a car as the TCR is, I too wouldn't go for it in the current circumstances.

[ar899]

Back in January when my company car (GTD) was written off I requested the car allowance scheme and put a £99 holding deposit down on a TCR with the intention to purchase if my request was approved.

My request wasn’t approved, I was asked to use a Focus our company had in stock and get the allowance at the end of its lease (now), hence I’ve order a 45.

Anyway, the point is, the TCR I put a deposit down on was a fully loaded, ex demo, Oryx White with 3000 miles on the clock…. It was £1 under £30k and the dealer hinted at discounts once I’d been to look at it.

I fear if you purchase now, unless you keep for a long time, there’s big financial losses if/when the supply market recovers.

The choice is yours of course, and the TCR is (to be honest) a nicer looking car in my opinion. However, I have had this before, I purchased my MK2 focus RS over the odds when supply was low and demand high, I sold after recovery and Ford had flooded the market…. Big losses.

How are you bridging the gap between the end of your lease and arrival of your 45?

[Carl_45]

How are you bridging the gap between the end of your lease and arrival of your 45?

The 45 was expected October (the same month as the lease end) when I ordered back in May. Delivery is now feb/March 🙄.

Luckily, I work for a decent company who use LEX for their company cars, LEX allow us to extend the cars indefinitely as long as it doesn’t start to cost more on maintenance than they budget for. So it’s actually worked out ok in my circumstance. I’m eager to get the car of course, but, not desperate like some.

I do feel for all those that have ordered a replacement car in time to replace an existing PCP deal that’s ending, only to find the new car is delayed. I’ve read that the manufacturer’s are unsympathetic and in my opinion this isn’t right.

[SRGTD]

I can remember a time when VW used to provide you with a loan car free of charge if you were waiting longer than a specified period of time (can’t remember what the period was, sorry) for a new car to be built. With the number of people having considerable waiting periods for their cars, VW would probably struggle to supply loan cars to everyone that previously met the qualifying criteria.

[carbon337]

Doesnt VWFS offer options if new cars are delayed, i heard they can extend PCP into loans for example or extend them.

[phope]

yes, they offer short term extensions to leases or PCPs, and have also recently started offering 1 year PCP deal

https://businessmotoring.co.uk/vwfs-develops-short-term-pcp-to-beat-supply-delays/

[fredgroves]

VWFS extended my previous PCP by 6 months because no new cars were available because of covid.

6 months was the maximum you could do.

For the 6 months, every single penny of the (same) monthly payments though was mine - ie increased my equity in the car.

[carbon337]

Next query, has anyone had the situation where the new car is delayed, beyond the original expectation. The VW trade-in is now due a service and MOT. My dealer is kind of brushing it under the carpet and not giving me straightforward answers.  Another salesman in the same group but a different branch told me they have a process to cover this scenario but my salesman is on about me speaking to VW customer services direct and they would then apply services to my new car  (makes no sense)

Opinions?