MK5 Golf GTI
General => New Member Intro's => Topic started by: paddy on June 03, 2009, 08:39:14 pm
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Hi,
been lurking for a while and thought I would introduce myself. Been looking for a Ed 30 or a Pirelli for a couple of months but found nothing suitable. Ordered a Focus RS in March but have been messed about with dates etc. Happened upon a new Pirelli yesterday, a good selection of extras and put an offer in. If they take it Iwill bin the RS and add my own "extras" to the Pirelli.
Quality site.
Cheers.
Paddy
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Hello and Welcome Paddy :happy2:
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welcome paddy - yep get the golf its the right choice :signLOL:
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Welcome Paddy! :drinking:
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Indeed welcome Paddy, hmmm which badge to own, isnt really a tough decision in my book. :happy2:
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Paddy welcome get a Pirelli as there are some great bargains on new ones, love ours :happy2:
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Thanks for the welcomes.
Definately love the ED 30 and the Pirelli but very hard to get the exact spec and price. The Pirelli I found is 3 door, Silver, DSG, reversing sensors, cruise control, sat nav, MFSW, luxury pack and highline. I'm sure some are not extras but I am more than happy. I thought I saw it had uprated lights but when I rang to confirm they said it had not.
Cheers.
Paddy
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welcome paddy pirelli :happy2:
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Welcome Paddy, sounds like a nice spec on the Pirelli does that :happy2:
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Top of the morning Paddy! :jumpmove:
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Thanks for the welcomes. Still no answer from the dealer although he did say he was off today.
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Hi Paddy and welcome,
I'm a newbie on here as well. Was just wondering if you managed to haggle the steelers down at all?
I'm in the same boat as you and looking to buy from them but could only manage £300 off the asking price. :surprised:
So I left there very dissapointed and carless :angry015:
Hope you're having more success.....
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If you have a deposit down on the RS i'd look at selling you order on, there are some people on pistonheads that will take over your order. Some cars seem to be selling for 30k + at the minute so it might be worth considering.
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Pirelli was up for £23,000, £2000 off for scrappage and I offered £20,000. They wanted £21,000 but came down to £20,500. I stuck to my guns and said I couldn't pay more than £20,000 for an out of date car. He said he would speak to his manager and let me know either way. If he rings tomorrow I'll have it if not I won't. As for the RS that sounds like a really good plan, I never thought of that. I did get about £3000 off it as well so could be a deal to be had.
Cheers .
Paddy
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theres an un registered pirelli on the autotrader, its silver not sure on the spec but its £20500 if its new you might get the trade in allowance too.
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sorry not autotrader but pistonheads....
http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/1072720.htm
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Sound like a great deal to me....Those kind of figures off the car make sense, unlike the tight buggers at the steelers I visited last sat.
I hope you get that phone call Paddy, the Pirelli is gorgeous mate :party:, I need to take you to haggle for me next time :fighting:.
As for the RS, You're sittin on a nice little earner there mate. I saw one going for near to £30k on the trader not too long ago.
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The Pistonheads one looks good. I would prefer DSG and Satnav but if I got a discount and the srappage I could be tempted. I e-mailed them ages ago about one of their cars, twice actually, and had no reply. A bit off putting but it would do no harm to ring them and see. Again the RS could be good. Never done anything like that. The only thing with the RS is if somebody took it over I would have to be the first owner if only for 1 minute or no discount.
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Even if you sold the RS at list price you would still make a good profit, they have increased since they originally went on sale and i'm sure someone would snap your hand off. If you have an order the dealer should be able to give you a build date with an ETA on delivery to dealer. I ordered a Transit about 6 weeks ago and it was built on time and is destined to be dealer delivered on the 13th June. Pester your dealer a bit more but don't let them think your thinking abut dropping out.
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Originally, delivery was end of June, then July then Sept. I ordered it before the price increase so saved £800 ish there and £1250 off the price and a bit off the extras, leather and luxury pack 2 , so looking at it now saved about £2,200. Have an order number from the dealer but I am off work ( owed holidays ) for about 4 and 1/2 months so really would like a good car through the summer rather than a banger.
Paddy
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Hello and Welcome
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hello and welcome
The VW stealers are very tight. When buying the GTi last year one of them insulted my intelligence on the offer for my car not sure how i kept my hands off him. Almost stopped me buying the car to be honest. Thankfully other stealers gave me sensible quotes and i sold the car to my brother and became a cash buyer and got a great deal on the car.
Are you trading in or cash buyer? As if cash their are some out their who are ready for a deal if you phone round the country :drinking:
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Cash. Not many Pirellis about that are new and the 2nd hand ones are quite dear.
Again thanks for the welcomes.
Paddy
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Morning Paddy and welcome to the site.
Your first choice Pirelli sounds very nice and a great spec to, don't forget you've got to very good options in the Sat Nav and the DSG, where as the one in Norfolk doesn't have those...so I would try and go for the first one if I was you...good luck by the way.
My next door neighbour has just cancelled his order with Ford for his Focus RS and they could not give a definate date for delivery... :chicken:
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Welcome to the forum Paddy :happy2:
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Thanks WHITEGTI. Rang the dealer on Pistonheads and made them an offer as well. All just a waiting game now.
Paddy
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Go for the first one, has the better spec... :happy2:
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MOSCHOPS,
I would prefer the first one but looks like they are staying at £20,500 as I have had no call today. The second I have offered £17,500 ( both offers with scrappage ) but potentially there is a £3000 difference. Makes the decision hard. To make it worse I went into see a friend in a Ford dealership ( not the one the RS is ordered with ) and with my build number he said he is sure it will be here Sept. Decisions decisions.
Paddy
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That's a PITA then if they won't / don't want to call back... :angry015:
Hmmm...as a fellow former RS owner myself, the wait would kill me especially if it's september, I know I waited 3 months for my Edition 30 and that was long enough, but the dealer gave me a brand new Polo to thrap around in until the ED30 arrived. I just paid the difference on the loss of the car being registered/used and what they would sell it for, but had it 3 months. :happy2:
I did think about the new Focus RS, but a White R32 caught my eye instead.... :love:
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Hello and Welcome...... :driver:
Rich.
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Also forgot to say that there is going to be another price increase from Ford. At the moment I think it is just the RS, he said about £600 pounds increase from 1st July. All told the increase takes the standard car up to £26,300 ish. Never had a call back from either dealer today, obviously too busy selling cars to have the good manners to ring me and say no thanks.
Paddy
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Cash. Not many Pirellis about that are new and the 2nd hand ones are quite dear.
Again thanks for the welcomes.
Paddy
Paddy i was toying with selling the roc and getting a second Pirelli (gave up as wanted a graphite blue 3 door), second hand at stealers are serious money at moment as they have woken up, a few good deals on un reg though
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Proper money
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Any news today Paddy? :smiley:
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Nothing so far. Don't know if it is a game they play but really annoyed to have no calls from either of the dealers to accept or turn the offer down. I hate people who say they will ring back and then don't. Makes me think if they are that unprofessional what trouble will I have if I have a problem with the car.
Paddy
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Hello and welcome Paddy :)
Hope you get a call that is so unprofessional. I called for a Altea for the wife had a good trade in they said call you back with a price and they didn't. Makes you think they can't be bothered to earn the crust.
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I rang Robinsons about 2 hours ago to speak to the sales woman, she was busy so left a message with reception. No call. So rang again an hour later she was still busy so left another message.
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Hello mate, hopefully you can get a deal sorted on a Pirelli, I love mine and there's plenty more power/handling potential in the car to come. I got a brand new un-reg Pirelli 2-ish months ago, lower spec than your 1st choice car, but I got 11% off list price offered v.quickly and took it, so it's worth pushing for the right deal as there are still these un-reg 'old model' ;) cars lurking in VW dealer stock!
Am sure the RS is awesome to drive but, having seen one on the road today, it looks pretty chavvy. Although at the time I was tailgating my old Mk 4 R32 Golf, which I haven't seen since the day I part ex'd it 5 years ago, and so the RS only got a fleeting glance!
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welcome along here mate. i really would get the RS and sell it on. trouble is, would you find a similar spec pirelli intime or be able to get them both?
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I am still looking for a Pirelli or Ed 30 but I will definately be getting the RS. I haven't decided whet to do with it yet but I will buy it.
Paddy
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Whats the full list of options with the Pirelli and what comes std. Does it have auto wipers and lights? I have searched :fighting2:
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Good info here:
http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=4402.0
Pirelli gets Centre arm rest, MFSW and tints as standard over the ED30 :happy2:
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Just a quick update if anybody is interested. Looks like it will be a RS for me. It will be here by the first week of August but I will leave it until Sept. it has all been confirmed by the dealer and a friend. Would love to have joined the form properly as it seems a really friendly place and obviously I would have loved to own a ED 30 or Pirelli. Thanks for the warm welcomes and good luck.
Paddy
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good luck and get some pictures up. I'm sure you will enjoy the RS just as much, at least you should be able to run it for the year and probably make a small profit on it.
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Good luck Paddy, don;t forget to come back and post pictures of the "Rusty Shovel".... :happy2:
My next door neighbour has cancelled his order for his RS and bought an ST... :sad:
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Will do. Still on here every day. Had 3 ST s, really very good cars especially after a remap and some bolt ons. Only downer I found was the fuel consumption.
Cheers.
Paddy
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Will do. Still on here every day. Had 3 ST s, really very good cars especially after a remap and some bolt ons. Only downer I found was the fuel consumption.
Cheers.
Paddy
Hmmm, I'm waiting for next door to tell me his MPG....it's been in and out of the dealers for the past week as it was sold with blue tooth, but in fact doesn't have it...he's getting a Parrot kit installed by Ford FOC... :happy2:
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mpg is a concern otherwise i'd have an ST, i'd have the mountune exhaust and the mountune kit, that would be more than enough, the other option is the GOlf GTi ... hence me being on here !
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On a motorway normal speed I was seeing 35 mpg but most of my driving was non motorway. Normal driving about 23/25 mpg but down to 5 mpg when battering it. I have to say was no worse than the Scoobies I had before that.
Paddy
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25-28 average i could handle, i'd guess the golf would be 27-30 average .. i just prefer the golf inside oh and the low driving position, st does look great in orange though.
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Orange!!!, oh dear, that colour has lost its appeal.
The Black, white and Blue are much nicer.
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Orange!!!, oh dear, that colour has lost its appeal.
The Black, white and Blue are much nicer.
I like them in Red and Orange too.... :signLOL: