GTI Edition 50 first press release

[Watts]

Given that you don't want most of what sets the Ed50 apart from a regular CS, why get one? I've been thinking about it a fair bit and feel the same way, the main thing for me would be to get the Tornado Red. A bit of an expensive way of doing it!

[CrunchtheApple78]

It's not that I don't want it... but I've reached a certain age where you consider practicalities more than my younger self would..  I am still very much undecided, but yes, one of the main reasons is I love the tornado red and the last bright red car I had was my Clio R27 nearly 20 years ago!!  If there was the PP option but keeping standard road tyres that would sway me much more towards going for it.  I've been researching the potenza race tyre and it doesn't look great in wet weather which I'm not surprised at, clue's in the name!

[Dav3smith]

It wouldn't cost that much to put four new tyres of your choice on and sell the supplied tyres if you so desired.

[Watts]

With a bit of luck they'll be a sales flop and there'll be a load of cheap basic spec red ones being given away at the end of production

[Davey-c]

I believe this is what happened with the Golf GTI Edition 40, quite a few basic spec in stock that were discounted.

[Exonian]

With a bit of luck they'll be a sales flop and there'll be a load of cheap basic spec red ones being given away at the end of production

And an even nicer white one that’s £500 cheaper with my name on it.

(Disclaimer, I’m weirdly more interested in the upcoming leccy GTI than the Ed50 for some reason)

whilst I sit (im)patiently waiting for the order books to open...

What are other buyers doing?  thoughts appreciated!

Whilst sitting (im)patiently crunching apples and refreshing VW UK’s configurator multiple times a day in case something appears on there (full of errors) maybe consider your own usage rather than other people who will quite possibly use the car very differently to you.
Will it be a main car or a garage toy?
What other cars are there in the household?
Do you commute in it and if so what sort of commute?
What type of passengers do you carry and how often?
What’s the likely annual mileage you’ll cover in it?
Will you use it for long holiday road trips?
Will you take it to car shows?
Will you ever use it on track days?
Do you have a ceiling budget?

Literally every purchaser will have a different criteria and buyers of second hand special edition VW’s tend to be particularly anal and weird about specs (despite them paying damn near as much for one that’s a few years old as the original purchaser would have bought it for new with discounts)

It wouldn't cost that much to put four new tyres of your choice on and sell the supplied tyres if you so desired.

Indeed, that’s my thoughts too.

[CrunchtheApple78]

With a bit of luck they'll be a sales flop and there'll be a load of cheap basic spec red ones being given away at the end of production

And an even nicer white one that’s £500 cheaper with my name on it.

(Disclaimer, I’m weirdly more interested in the upcoming leccy GTI than the Ed50 for some reason)

whilst I sit (im)patiently waiting for the order books to open...

What are other buyers doing?  thoughts appreciated!

Whilst sitting (im)patiently crunching apples and refreshing VW UK’s configurator multiple times a day in case something appears on there (full of errors) maybe consider your own usage rather than other people who will quite possibly use the car very differently to you.
Will it be a main car or a garage toy?
What other cars are there in the household?
Do you commute in it and if so what sort of commute?
What type of passengers do you carry and how often?
What’s the likely annual mileage you’ll cover in it?
Will you use it for long holiday road trips?
Will you take it to car shows?
Will you ever use it on track days?
Do you have a ceiling budget?

Literally every purchaser will have a different criteria and buyers of second hand special edition VW’s tend to be particularly anal and weird about specs (despite them paying damn near as much for one that’s a few years old as the original purchaser would have bought it for new with discounts)

It wouldn't cost that much to put four new tyres of your choice on and sell the supplied tyres if you so desired.

Indeed, that’s my thoughts too.

Thank for the reply.  Yes I'm fully considering my usage, but posted hoping to hear thoughts and opinions from other forum users on what they were going to be speccing and why.  Maybe for instance someone on here has used semi-slicks on the road for a sustained period and had a helpful piece of insight? Or maybe someone more qualified than me may be able to shed some light on the 20% increase in spring stiffness in real world experience.  You know, helpful stuff.

[Exonian]

I’ll excuse your sarcasm and put my answer a bit more bluntly:

If we know what you would be using the car for we can actually target some assistance.
Me: 38 years of GTI and R ownership including Ed40 and TCR which had factory stiffened suspension closely related to but not identical to Ed50 of which NOBODY in the UK currently has any direct experience of. 

[CrunchtheApple78]

You’ll excuse my sarcasm? I must have imagined your sarcasm towards my user name and apparent belief I’m just sat at my PC constantly refreshing the configurator….

Don’t worry, I shall indeed be making my own mind up. As you’ve quite rightly said everyone will have a different requirement.

Thanks though.

[Exonian]

It was a poor attempt at humour trying to put a smile on your face and to encourage you to state your usage criteria so people could indeed be helpful.
A bit of leg pulling and irreverence is just my style of posting, if you spend a bit of time here you’ll see it often enough. No offence intended.
Indeed I started this thread to be helpful.

I’ll shut up now and leave those actually intending to buy the model to discuss it before the YouTubers spread their invaluable opinions far and wide once the press cars are punted out…