stevereeves wrote: ↑Sun Apr 22, 2018 2:28 am
clidds wrote: ↑Sat Apr 21, 2018 11:18 pm
I’ve given up and cancelled my Polo GTI order. Swapped to a Golf GTI, only added £40 per month to the PCP payments and expected to be built and with me in under 8 weeks. Time will tell...
S'what I said and something defo worth considering, a review in The Times newspaper basically says "at the new Polo price point (s'pecially with a few extras added) why not just buy a Golf SE or SE NAV ?". Polos apparently in short supply, I have yet to see one on the road....
I have ordered a POLO SEL 115 DSG. MY rational of buying one in stead of the golf SE (apart from the saving of about 2k on the golf or Q2). I live in a city and I do drive about 14k a year. I like small cars but needed a car with room in the back for 2 adults (I'm on my own in the car 80% or the time with my partner 15% then about 5% have rear seat passenger/s). Its our only car my partner does not drive. We are not short of funds so wanted a reasonable quality brand that I could spec up.
The rub is my parking space on by drive is only 4100mm long and I don't want the car to hang over onto the pavement. So all BMWs & Mercs are out even the X1 is 4350 long. The Audi Q2 was a close call but is 4200 the golf is 4250. The new polo is 4050 its almost as wide as the golf and inside dims are almost identical to the current golf. So for me it is the POLO due to its length.
Yes I could have gone for the JAZ but I hate the CVT gearbox. I could have gone for a less premium brand (Citroen or Peugeot) but I test drove those and they are ..shall we say not quite up to a VW build quality.
The old Polo was too small but for me and my particular situation this NEW Polo seems like a perfect fit. For my £21k I am getting a semi premium brand, good levels of spec, one of the best gear boxes there is, a reasonable responsive car that is easy to drive and FITS ON MY DRIVE with just about enough room inside for 4 comfortable adults.
The Audi Q2 was coming in at 24k and in point of fact has lest width and headroom than the new polo...yes check that out a Q2 has less room in the back. The golf at 23k and although nicer general level of comfort, more importantly neither would fit on my drive.
So the POLO is a city car that can be driven on 4 hour runs if you need to , can sit at 70 on the motorway all day if you need it to and will nip about town with ease. In short it the most up market car I could buy that would fit on my drive.
To be honest about it if the NEW polo was not there (the old one was too small) I would have gone for the Q2 and had to join the daily fight for a street parking space. NOT FUN.
I think motoring journalists need to understand that not everyone lives in a place where vehicle size is not a consideration. Otherwise we would all drive around in 6m long Bentleys.