Please help disabled driver choose a car

Mental Mickey

vectra wrote: »

LOL
€1300 to go from a Fiesta to a golf

Get me two please :cool:

I'm being asked to fork out almost 2000 to change up - does that sound right?

vectra

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I'm being asked to fork out almost 2000 to change up - does that sound right?

2k to go up 2 years and to a better car.. !
I would say it is well worth it.. I am going to have to fork out almost 8k to change up

Mental Mickey

vectra wrote: »

2k to go up 2 years and to a better car.. !
I would say it is well worth it.. I am going to have to fork out almost 8k to change up

VW golf 1.2TSI DSG 3dr €22923

Metallic paint €535
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Total €23458

less vrt €3271
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Total €20187


Less trade in €8500
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Total payable to dealer €11687


Less vat €3289

_________
Total €8398


This is the quote I've been given.

EPM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

VW golf 1.2TSI DSG 3dr €22923

Metallic paint €535
____________
Total €23458

less vrt €3271
________
Total €20187


Less trade in €8500
__________
Total payable to dealer €11687


Less vat €3289

_________
Total €8398


This is the quote I've been given.

How is that €2k?

Am I missing something here?

Mental Mickey

EPM wrote: »

How is that €2k?

Am I missing something here?

I meant the difference between the two quotes is 2k. Sorry bout that.:rolleyes::o

Another dealer wanted me to pay him almost 13k to change up!!!!

EPM

Probably one is valuing your current car lower/giving you more discount/has a buyer interested/has a car in stock...go with lower obviously. That's a nice cost to change to be honest considering what you're getting in return:)

Mental Mickey

EPM wrote: »

Probably one is valuing your current car lower/giving you more discount/has a buyer interested/has a car in stock...go with lower obviously. That's a nice cost to change to be honest considering what you're getting in return:)

That's what I'll be doing!

EPM

What colour spec did you go for in the end out of interest?

Mental Mickey

EPM wrote: »

What colour spec did you go for in the end out of interest?

I'm going for "United Grey", and the spec I am going for is the "Comfortline" model.

I also want the dealer to include the "Light & Vision" pack. It takes me longer to get in/out of my car(because I have to load/unload my wheelchair), so I want this for safety reasons in poorly lit/strange places.

EPM

That'll be nice. I have a Leon with around the same power as the Golf and it's fine for everyday. But looking more closely at the way the Golf develops it's torque it should be a nice drive

vectra

EPM wrote: »

That'll be nice. I have a Leon with around the same power as the Golf and it's fine for everyday.

Is that the 1.4tsi ?

EPM

vectra wrote: »

Is that the 1.4tsi ?

Hell no, the old 1.6 8v.

~ same power as the 1.2 now. Think it's the replacement finally for the 1.6. The 1.4tsi is nice enough in them though

Mental Mickey

EPM wrote: »

That'll be nice. I have a Leon with around the same power as the Golf and it's fine for everyday. But looking more closely at the way the Golf develops it's torque it should be a nice drive

Explain please?

EPM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Explain please?

The 1.6 has 102 brake at 5600 rpm and 109 lb/ft torque at 3800 rpm.
The 1.2 has 105 brake at 5000 rpm and 129 lb/ft torque at 1550-4100 rpm.

Basically it has peak torque and power lower and wider it would seem in the rev range. That will make it much more responsive

Mental Mickey

EPM wrote: »

The 1.6 has 102 brake at 5600 rpm and 109 lb/ft torque at 3800 rpm.
The 1.2 has 105 brake at 5000 rpm and 129 lb/ft torque at 1550-4100 rpm.

Basically it has peak torque and power lower and wider it would seem in the rev range. That will make it much more responsive

EPM

You wont need to rev the sh1te out of it to make decent progress basically

Mental Mickey

EPM wrote: »

You wont need to rev the sh1te out of it to make decent progress basically

. BTW, is that a Golf in your profile pic?

EPM

No it's the leon

Mental Mickey

I've got the day off tomorrow, so I'm goin to head over n put the deposit on that car for meself!!!!

Mental Mickey

.....................................deposit on the car paid today!! And I've added the "Light & Vision" pack to the car.

10 weeks time, and I'll have my new baby!

vectra

Mental Mickey wrote: »

.....................................deposit on the car paid today!! And I've added the "Light & Vision pack to the car.

10 weeks time, and I'll have my new baby!

And I will have to wait another 10 after that for my baby

Now to decide....!!

White
or
Race Blue

R.O.R

vectra wrote: »

And I will have to wait another 10 after that for my baby

Now to decide....!!

White
or
Race Blue

I've got one coming in Anthracite Grey in a few weeks so I'll post a picture. Sent a Silver one out last week and it loses a lot of the VRs impact in Silver, but that's what the driver wanted.

They only used to be available in Blue, Red, Black or Silver so they must have added further colours to the range.

Car that's on it's way was ordered on the 2nd February and goes in to production next week. Usually 2-3 weeks from production to landing. The VRs has been delayed a bit from usual because they were having issues with the Radio. Are you going for a DSG? If so, it could be a much longer wait - I ordered a DSG Elegance on the 2nd Feb as well and that hasn't even got a factory production date yet.

Mental Mickey

vectra wrote: »

And I will have to wait another 10 after that for my baby

Now to decide....!!

White
or
Race Blue

what car are ye getting again?

vectra

R.O.R wrote: »

Are you going for a DSG? If so, it could be a much longer wait -t.

No DSG
Out of my price range

Mental Mickey wrote: »

what car are ye getting again?

Either white



Or Race Blue

Mental Mickey

vectra wrote: »

No DSG
Out of my price range



Either white



Or Race Blue

Looks nice in blue.

.Longshanks.

Blue every time for me on that model

Mental Mickey

One more thing:

Wouldn't I be entitled to the VAT off the Metallic Paint too??

Altreab

Mental Mickey wrote: »

One more thing:

Wouldn't I be entitled to the VAT off the Metallic Paint too??

strictly speaking NO ...how ever if its not mentioned on the invoice it will more than likely not be picked up.

colm_mcm

blue for the Octavia deffo. white might work on a BM or Merc etc. but on a Skoda it just looks cheap.

TestTransmission

vectra wrote: »

No DSG
Out of my price range



Either white



Or Race Blue

Sigh

So jealous