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Offline Stiggy

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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #10 on: 07 September 2007, 22:22 »
Ed30 revisited for you then illyun. Thats passed very quickly. Enjoy, but theres no need to tell you that. :grin:
Good of the dealer to get you seven days insurance.  :smiley: Makes a change really, mind you you have spent quite a bit of money with them of late...


No, I dumped my regular dealer after he tried to take the p1ss on my old Ed30 - and let the sales managers know about it too... I told them I was getting my Ed30 from Solihull VW in Birmingham who had given me a much better offer...  :grin: :grin: :grin:

If you don't mind me asking, who was your original dealer?  Also, are Solihull VW in partnership with Birmingham VW?
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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #11 on: 08 September 2007, 09:23 »
if yours is a basic spec one, they id swope it, and id throw in a bag of Worthers origonals to make up the difference in trade value!  :evil: :evil:, but hopefully youve loaded yours too, enjoy it and maybe keep this one??


Fully loaded apart from sunroof and 5 doors... and I intend to keep this - fingers crossed... but Worthers originals are sooo tempting  :tongue:
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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #12 on: 08 September 2007, 09:25 »
Ed30 revisited for you then illyun. Thats passed very quickly. Enjoy, but theres no need to tell you that. :grin:
Good of the dealer to get you seven days insurance.  :smiley: Makes a change really, mind you you have spent quite a bit of money with them of late...


No, I dumped my regular dealer after he tried to take the p1ss on my old Ed30 - and let the sales managers know about it too... I told them I was getting my Ed30 from Solihull VW in Birmingham who had given me a much better offer...  :grin: :grin: :grin:

Original dealer was Wolsey VW in Ipswich... I still go to them for minor stuff like servcing and parts as they are local but never again for a new car.  They should have been decent enough to offer a loyal customer a fair price.
If you don't mind me asking, who was your original dealer?  Also, are Solihull VW in partnership with Birmingham VW?
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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #13 on: 08 September 2007, 09:27 »
if yours is a basic spec one, they id swope it, and id throw in a bag of Worthers origonals to make up the difference in trade value!  :evil: :evil:, but hopefully youve loaded yours too, enjoy it and maybe keep this one??


Fully loaded apart from sunroof and 5 doors... and I intend to keep this - fingers crossed... but Worthers originals are sooo tempting  :tongue:

 :laugh: forgot what colour have you gone for?? black

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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #14 on: 08 September 2007, 09:31 »
if yours is a basic spec one, they id swope it, and id throw in a bag of Worthers origonals to make up the difference in trade value!  :evil: :evil:, but hopefully youve loaded yours too, enjoy it and maybe keep this one??


Fully loaded apart from sunroof and 5 doors... and I intend to keep this - fingers crossed... but Worthers originals are sooo tempting  :tongue:

 :laugh: forgot what colour have you gone for?? black

black it is... again.
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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #15 on: 09 September 2007, 20:52 »
Obviously been to busy driving his new car to even tell us or show us pics of his car!!!!

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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #16 on: 10 September 2007, 12:05 »
Yes, sorry guys. I have taken photos and they will be posted later today.  Just frustrating having to run it in - but that should be done by the end of the week  :evil:  Don't regret buying DSG although I have to learn how to use the paddle shifts correctly - RedRobin might be able to give some advice on that - as it can be a bit of a bummer negotiating a tight corner when suddenly the transmission decides to shift up a gear midway, but hey I knew that when I decided on getting DSG.  The only other thing that slightly concerns me is the torque limitation issue when REVO'ing the car.  I spoke to the dealer about it and he said it was ok to 275bhp. 

By the way, Solihull VW were absolutely brilliant from beginning to end.  They gave me a grand more on my previous Ed30 than Wolsey Ipswich and 2 grand more than other dealers who made ridiculous offers  :shocked:  They discounted my current Ed30 to the tune of £900 - free GAP, Autoglym Lifeshine and £250 off.  Finally, when I went to pick the car up the saleman Matt Ike, told me if I ever wanted a valet or have the car washed or even checked without there being any specific issue, I could bring it in and it would be done for free.  He also told me to phone him in the event of an accident which wasn;t my fault and he would ensure that the insurance company would have to use the main dealer for any repairs etc...  :smiley:  He even told me that in the event of an accident or warrnty work, they would supply a like for like courtesy car  :rolleyes:  Not sure how Ed30's they've got in the back.  On top of all that, they have stored my Mk2 Golf GTI 16v for a week with no charge as I couldn't drive 2 cars back to Ipswich from Birmingham. 

On the downside, the muppet who did my Autoglym managed to impart very very fine scratches to the paintwork - visible under petrol station sodium light at certain angles - I'm quite fussy  :rolleyes:  Also, I think the brake discs may be warped as there is a slight judder when I brake and I can feel the vibration on the brake pedal.  Something to sort out on Saturday if it doesn't disappear.
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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #17 on: 11 September 2007, 14:56 »
Great to here you got your car.
Second one this year! And still ED30!

Lucky....... I want pictures lol.


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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow
« Reply #18 on: 11 September 2007, 17:31 »
Pics as promised:




















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Re: Picking up my Ed30 tomorrow - NOW WITH PICS
« Reply #19 on: 11 September 2007, 18:01 »
I want  :sad: Stupid ED30 Is not available here in Gibraltar!!!!

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