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Offline The WolfMan

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #60 on: 21 March 2026, 21:11 »
Unless you plan on never driving it, there’s no need for any of that stuff. In fact you might do more harm than good putting a cover on it. You’re fortunate to have a garage, keeping any car in from the winter elements is good.
Life is more than cars and there is a strong possibility that I need to store my Edition 50 for 5-6 months.

During storage, there are four aspects that concern me: battery, body, fuel, and tyres. I have been researching how to properly care for these components.

Battery is easy, a battery charger. CTEK is a good choice.

Fuel, the tank should be full of petrol to avoid condensation inside and a petrol stabilizer I think is a good idea, like this one from Liqui Moly:
https://www.liqui-moly.com/en/gb/petrol-stabilizer-p000050.html#21646

Tyres one can also overinflate the tyres for storage, but a "tyre saver" should help.

Finally body. Before putting a cover the car needs to be washed, otherwise the cover can damage the paint. The car will be in a garage, but a cover will prevent dust to settle in the paint. There are lots of covers on the market and I don't know what to buy. I would like to have a cover with a soft cloth in contact with the paint, not a "plastic" one.

Order placed January 27th
So you are receiving the build week at least four weeks in advance. I think that is the normal "time frame".

Offline Garwen

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #61 on: 27 March 2026, 20:03 »
Latest email from Vw anyone else had one regarding there car


Offline MrEdition50

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #62 on: 28 March 2026, 01:12 »
Is this for an edition 50? And are you from the uk?
2026 Volkswagen Golf GTI Edition 50

Dark moss green
Performance pack
Area view & Reversing camera
HK sound system
AV Steering Wheel
Sports tyres
Front & Rear wind deflectors
GTI Edition 50 pattern fabric seats

Offline Garwen

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #63 on: 28 March 2026, 08:15 »
Yes and yes

Offline Paul70

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #64 on: 29 March 2026, 15:40 »
Latest email from Vw anyone else had one regarding there car


Received my ‘Build Complete’ email confirmation today 😊
2026 Golf GTI ED50 ordered
2016 MK7 Clubsport ED40 - still hanging around

Offline JoeGTI

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #65 on: 29 March 2026, 18:47 »
Fellow Irish members, I’ve had it confirmed by VW via my dealer that the extra cost for the semi-slick tyres in the configurator is a mistake. The tyres are included “free” in the performance pack.
MK8.5 GTI Clubsport. Moonstone grey. Queenstown 19’s. DCC. Harmon Kardon sound. Pano roof.

Offline king monkey

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #66 on: 29 March 2026, 18:50 »
Hi Paul and Garwen,

What were your original build dates??

Cheers
Ordered: GTI Edition 50. Tornado Red, Performance Pack

Current: Clubsport45, white, DCC.

Past: Mk5 gti blue graphite, mk6 gti carbon grey, mk6 gti edition 35 candy white, Mk7 pp gti tornado red, 2016 Audi S3 sportback, 2019 7.5 Golf R.

Offline The WolfMan

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #67 on: 29 March 2026, 21:09 »
By backreading the thread, Paul ordered on 16.01 and Garwin left a deposit in the dealer on 25.05 and called the dealer on 13.01 to confirm the order.

Offline Legally Binding

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #68 on: 29 March 2026, 21:09 »
I placed my order for a Dark Moss Green Edition 50 with most of the bells and whistles expect pan roof and leather seats in early Feb. I asked my dealer for a build week in early March and he said its week 26, but could be sooner. The VW tracker at some point in the last few weeks has moved to step 2 - your order is with our factory.

I hope it comes slightly early as I've booked A/L in mid August for a car trip around Scotland for a car I yet don't have...  :grin: It'll still need to be run in and oil changed too before I can drive it freely.

I going to take the car on many trips and drive it as intended. So I've been looking at getting PPF to protect the paintwork, but the cost is about 4k. By the time you add in the initial detailing to prep for the PPF and maybe ceramic coating you could easily get to 5k, or just shy of 10% of the value of the car. Not sure If I should go down the PPF route or just leave it completely. Any thoughts?

Offline king monkey

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Re: GTI Edition 50 order thread
« Reply #69 on: 29 March 2026, 21:26 »
By backreading the thread, Paul ordered on 16.01 and Garwin left a deposit in the dealer on 25.05 and called the dealer on 13.01 to confirm the order.

Yeah. It’s the build date I was asking about, not the date of order. Cheers.
Ordered: GTI Edition 50. Tornado Red, Performance Pack

Current: Clubsport45, white, DCC.

Past: Mk5 gti blue graphite, mk6 gti carbon grey, mk6 gti edition 35 candy white, Mk7 pp gti tornado red, 2016 Audi S3 sportback, 2019 7.5 Golf R.