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Deejbb wrote:My flash red 3 door arrived in the UK on Tuesday, so hopefully should get it some time next week.. Hope it's not quite as disappointing to drive as I have found my 6R GTI to be!!

I had the 6r too, think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

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Ordered my car two weeks ago and dealer told me he'd managed to get me into Build Week 44. Got an update from VW Tracker this morning confirming it will actually be Build Week 45. I'm OK with that! Getting excited now. Should hopefully have it for late November/very early December, all being well.

Mine is in the UK too, had a call from the dealer yesterday to say it had arrived and that they're hoping to take delivery early next week so I should have it by next weekend.

Had another call from the dealer just now, it's arriving with them on Monday & I should be able to collect it from them on Thursday.

jacksb7 wrote:Had another call from the dealer just now, it's arriving with them on Monday & I should be able to collect it from them on Thursday.

Wow ur dealer is very good, mines called me a few times but normally tells me what I've found out myself lol

Andy4791 wrote:Mine just arrived in UK according to tracker

Brilliant news - finally!

I hope you like it as much as the rest of us do!

Ian

Penarth Blues wrote:

Andy4791 wrote:Mine just arrived in UK according to tracker

Brilliant news - finally!

I hope you like it as much as the rest of us do!

Ian

Cheers m8, I'm sure I will. [emoji1]

I take back my earlier comment lol, just got call from dealer. Gotta go Monday to sort paperwork and looking to pick up after work Wednesday possibility.

Had confirmation my car has arrived.Sorting Paperwork tomorrow.Collecting Car next Saturday.Will Post plenty of pics.Very excited

Andy4791 wrote:I take back my earlier comment lol, just got call from dealer. Gotta go Monday to sort paperwork and looking to pick up after work Wednesday possibility.

Awesome mate, hope all goes smoothly!

@tomaspolo7 and @jacksb7 - which week were they built?

Just been informed my car is currently being loaded onto 'City of Rome' at the port and should arrive next Wednesday.

I finally managed to give the GTI a decent run out over the past two days, so here's some observations.

I got around 40mpg average on a motorway run with it occasionally going higher. That's better than I've had on the commute so far (28mpg).

It's a great motorway cruiser, comfortable and easy to overtake with.

The engine feels more like a larger capacity, naturally aspirated engine - power seems quite linear and doesn't have the obvious tail off you get with a turbo. Not sure how much off this effect is down to DSG changing gear for me though.

You could probably do without the Sport button although I've not had chance to test it properly. Tried it today on quite a smooth but up-and-down road and the suspension was a bit too firm. On a flatter road it might not be too bad.

DSG is great, even without using kickdown, you get great acceleration and the gear changes are seamless.

Some quick photos:
https://instagram.com/p/8WCQqeobFX/
https://instagram.com/p/8WCpUnIbGK/

Andy 4791 great that you should be picking it up next week which is great! Do post some pics when you get it.


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Yeah i will do, hopefully ill be home before its dark to take a couple lol