Pirelli Buyers

[Pirelli_P]

Hi all, heard this was the place to be for GTI owners!

I have placed an order for a new GTI Pirelli, due Sept! My current car is a Mk 3 Golf 1.4 SE 3dr in Candy White, '96 P-reg 40,000 miles. Still looks reasonable but obv performance isn't its strong point! As this is my first new car and having only driven my current Golf, the performance of the Pirelli should be a revelation! Other than a short 10min test drive in a standard gti I haven't driven one properley so rather excited to get it now.

In my view the seats look far better in the flesh than they do in the promotional material. I myself wasn't too struck by them either however having seen and sat in one my opinion did change massively; also love the wheels and the contrasting yellow stitching too. For me it was between a Pirelli (see spec below) and a standard GTI with recaro's, xenons and same as the Pirelli spec i chose. I did enquire about any remaining new ed30 but of the 4 left all were v basic and not my dream purchase. I squeezed close to £1000 off the price from the dealer in Reading.

So anyway wondering who here has a GTI Pirelli or has one on order or thinking of getting one. Post any pics if you have any, I shall once I take delivery.

My spec options:
3dr, manual
Diamond Black Perl
Xenons
Luxury pack
Parking sensors
Multifunction steering wheel with Highline
Service Pack

Upon delivery I shall upgrade the stereo, add headlight protectors and change the front and rear VW badges to black ones.

Thanks!
Paul

[joesgti]

hey mate, congrats on the purchase   bet theres alots of difference coming from a mk3 1.4 to a mk5 2.0t  how much did you get for the mk3? 

oh and welcome 

[bobotheclown]

Welcome to the asylum, once in, you can never leave!

Well done on the new purchase, I'm sure it's going to be a wonderful car. The difference in power is amazing. My previous car was a Saxo diesel and going to a turbo powered GTI was a bit of a shock!

When I press the loud pedal, it still makes me giggle like a little girl!

[182_blue]

welcome to the madhouse

[fantazia92]

I have been after an Edition 30 for a while and have found a few but the finance on them is too much p.m and it worked out better if I actually go for a new GTI due to lower APR's on newer cars (this is on PCP) . However I found a 5dr DSG Ed 30 un-registered today which has Sat Nav, the works for £22,490 but it's red and not sure if I want red (although it does look lovely to be fair!).

Anyway, having specced up a 'standard' GTI on-line via a broker, I suddenly realised that most of the extras I wanted (armrest, tints, 18inch wheels) actually come as standard on the Pirelli so I think I will be going down this route now.

Broker4cars.com OTR price with MFSW/Highline is £22,877.37 for a Pirelli and that is around the same price as speccing up a GTI with extras.

I want to just go for the Pirelli but im worried that I will not like the seats/yellow stitching - this is the only thing holding me back at the moment and trying to find a dealer who has one to see in the flesh is just not happening. I can just see my car being delievered and me hating the seats to death and wishing I had an ED30!!

[gazbutmk5gti]

Where are you, Bolton VW have 1, I went and had a look and the seats aren't any better in the flesh

[Greenouse]

Congrats on the new purchase and welcome to the ''soon to have no spare cash'' forum!!  

Although I don't like what I've seen so far with the seats etc, I will reserve judgment until I actually see one in the flesh. Would like to have seen one at the motorshow but as VW were not present   I couldn't!!

[Horney]

I want one in yellow. But I'm not going to be able to buy one until they drop into my sub £1K price range, so about 2020!

Nick

[Pirelli_P]

The Reading dealer has one too, thats where Iv got mine from. I agree though, you'd need to come clear in your mind that you def wanted the Pirelli package because it is a little different, which i like. Shame i haven't actually got mine otherwise id post some pics.

I had a similar dilemna with which version to get.. All ED30's left had minimal spec and wrong colour etc. and a specced up standard gti came to same price as my specced Pirelli so I went for the Pirelli. Plus i love the wheels and there aren't gonna be too many of them around!

[fantazia92]

Where are you, Bolton VW have 1, I went and had a look and the seats aren't any better in the flesh

Im in Surrey so a bit of a trek just to look at some seats 

Maybe I will just have to hang fire for a bit til some come to light or hope that an ED30 comes in that I can tinker the finance to my liking if I can.

It's a bit silly that VW expect you to buy a car that you can't actually see in the flesh.