Km yes it was Farnells that came back to me with a slightly better offer than I managed to get my supplying dealer up to, but their car had a few other bits I wasn't bothered about but had the body colour roof, we wanted black, black veneer trim, we wanted the standard metal trim & also it never had the full size spare which is a no brainier for me. Our car we are getting has all of these as we wanted. When I called the Farnells guy back to let him know I was going elsewhere he said he would better the deal again or try to get me another car to my exact spec, but he did say this would probably not be easy/possible. I explained I had the other exact one slightly more expensive elsewhere but would rather pay the little extra to get exactly what I want just now, he was fine with that & I will definitely return to him for the next one. I have taken stock cars in the past which weren't ideal spec/colour & ended up not being happy with it so I'd rather wait or pay extra to get exactly what I want when paying these prices.

Car is to be delivered to the dealership tomorrow, side steps etc fitted Thursday & Friday then we pick it up on Saturday morning. Can't wait hopefully a good one as it must be one of the last my17 cars built. Fingers crossed!

Congratulations m13 Enjoy.
KM what do you have in mind when you change then? SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

m13lky wrote:

Car is to be delivered to the dealership tomorrow, side steps etc fitted Thursday & Friday then we pick it up on Saturday morning. Can't wait hopefully a good one as it must be one of the last my17 cars built. Fingers crossed!

Good luck! Looking forward to seeing the pics

TDV8HST wrote:

KM what do you have in mind when you change then?

I have a Mini Countryman PHEV on extended test drive this week and am very impressed with it. The car I have has just about every option box ticked except the pano roof so the price is a wallet numbing £45,000 - yes it has £14,000 of extras on top of the basic (before govt allowance of £2500) £31500 list price.......... 26 miles on a charge and it has a 1.5ltr turbo 3 cylinder petrol as well, goes very nicely too. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Thanks Tim, interesting you mention the Mini Countryman. I considered one before we got the Golf last year, but the boot and rear legroom weren't adequate enough for our needs (2 toddlers and all the paraphernalia they bring!). The Golf swallows luggage and children, it's incredible what the boot will take, it beat the mini hands down if that's what you require.

The engine in the GTE is the same 1.4TSi unit we have in our current Golf and IMO it's brilliant. Revvy, returns 45+ on a run and it's so quiet (at traffic lights you can't hear it!). Mating it with the 101hp Electric engine gives a really good combo, especially when you have the sublime double clutch DSG box as standard.

I guess what I'm saying is if you're impressed with the Mini, I'd strongly recommend you trying the Golf, it might surprise you even more. Also GTE residuals are rock solid.  SOLD - MY16 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic - Fire Engine Red, Fixed contrast pan roof, TV, Dual Screen, 5+2, Privacy, Noble paddles.

I shall add it to my list of cars to try, problem here is the VW dealership is part of the awful Arnold Clark empire...... 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Picked up our new AB dynamic on Saturday from taggarts Glasgow south, great bunch of people & the kids soft play area kept them amused until we got the handover sorted out. Very impressed with the new car, drives similar to our last one as I expected but the active cruise, New ict, more luxurious interior all add to the driving experience making it even better.

Really pleased with it, here are a few pics

Lovely congratulations. Very similar to Km,s.  SVR 2018 in Santorini Black.

lovely, looks great with the stealth and firenze

is it worth the extra £$£ over dynamic spec for interior trim Malc?

Chris really pleased with it, after all the discount/number crunching it cost me £79.5 with the extras, deployables, mud flaps, service pack, guard x etc, list on my/our Hse dynamics was around £79k pre discount, with them gfv being over £10k more on the AB this is costing me around £200 a month less than the last one.

The drive is a lot better & more luxurious that the Hse dynamic, it was good but everything seems better quality in the AB.

The (Electric)Tesla X got awful results and feedback on the What Car reliability of less than 50% came bottom of vehicles using electric, and in bottom 5 over all. Quite a surprise until you look at the Forum and see number of problems and complaints, the Range was less than half stated! Yes I know the JLR was down with it.  John

RRS MY12 SDV6 HSE. Sumatra Black/Ebony & Walnut + Dynamic Pack, + Cold Climate Pack + Memory Pack, Digital TV/DVD, Premium Leather, Cornering Lights, Cooler/Fridge Box, & most Options.

Congrats, looks great. Welcome the 'Fire Engine' club.  SOLD - MY16 SDV6 Autobiography Dynamic - Fire Engine Red, Fixed contrast pan roof, TV, Dual Screen, 5+2, Privacy, Noble paddles.