So, after patiently waiting, I finally collect my 55-plate GTI tomorrow - and I can't wait.
As I've previously mentioned in posts, I have a friend who is a salesman at our local VW dealer, so the day after my Skyline sold I was straight down to see him - to see if they had anything that matched my requirements. My needs were quite simple, it had to be Steel grey, had to be within my budget had to be 3-door and HAD to have the 18" Monza's.
With those details to hand we searched the VW dealer network and found an exact match. A couple of calls later to confirm the 18's (as they weren't specified on the paperwork and we'd just gone off the photo's) and all was looking good. An HPI type check and a service history check and all was great. So, I put down a holding deposit and my local VW dealer effectively bought the car (with me still having the option to turn it away if I was not happy).
The car turned up on the 16th and I was given a call to come and take a look (normally cars are fully prepped first - but I was invited to see it in it's "just arrived" state). I was very pleased with what I saw...it had the 18's, it has the 10-speaker upgrade, it has an armrest, it has a 6-disc changer in the armrest and also has cruise control. The only issue was that there was very minor curbing to a couple of the wheels. On pointing this out I was informed that the wheels would be sent away and sorted. These arrived mid-last week, but unfortunately they wheel refurbers hadn't returned the centre pieces - so a new set was ordered. No problem though - as while they were on their way the car was going to be valeted.
So, tomorrow is the big day and I cannot wait for the day at work to end so that I can go and collect my new car.
As soon as I get the opportunity I'll post up some snaps. In the meantime I will be mostly doing this -->
Daz
