I am overjoyed with the purchase of my Golf. Now overwhelmed by reading all the comments by fellow tbhpians. Thanks a lot.
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Originally Posted by poloman But why you had to wait for 3 months for delivery? Do we see such long waiting periods even in developed markets. |
2-3 months is quite normal here for all manufacturers. Though average time for transformation of a metal sheet into a car in a week, the waiting list makes you wait longer. Also if you order the car with specific configurations (for example, a specific high end version of Navi etc.) the wait can be even longer.
Some dealers do have stocks readily available. Even though you would get good discounts on these and can take delivery straight away, you lose out on the fun of configuring your car and getting it manufactured just for you.
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Originally Posted by quadmaniac Also, that "TEAM" logo reminded me of the "TEAM in the TEAM BHP" sticker! |
Coincidently, even the font type matches
The special edition is part of VW's campaign for this year's worldcup soccer.
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Originally Posted by rejoycjohn So how much did this Golf cost you ? |
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Originally Posted by avishar Just out of curiosity how much did you pay for it?(in euros). |
Costed me 20,948 EUROs after discount.
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Originally Posted by rejoycjohn Also the prices and specs for our own Polo ? |
Polo is available in the following series here:
- Trendline
- Comfortline
- Highline
- Bluemotion
- GTI
- CrossPolo
- Team
Each of these series have different engine options and configurations. You could buy any series and configure it to add features from any higher versions (even though all features cannot be added atleast 75% could be).
The least powerful one has 80PS and the most powerful one 180PS. 7 airbags, ABS, ESP are standard on all models. The German Polo catalog is available here:
http://www.volkswagen.de/etc/mediali...polo_kw_22.pdf. Sorry that it is in German. Incase, you need some help in translation, I could give a try.
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Originally Posted by sureshaddagalla I wish we had access to such cars in India. |
I hope it comes to India soon (as we saw some spy shots of test cars already). It will be interesting to see where VW India places it.
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Originally Posted by sajo May I ask why not the diesel? |
I had overshot by budget already with petrol version. Here too the diesel version costs more. Plus the yearly tax is much higher for diesel. With the kms I travel I found that it wouldn't break even for me. However, I drove a Golf TDI and immediately fell it love with it.
Also recently they introduced a concept for environment protection here where all vehicles should display a green, yellow or red sticker (green being the most environment friendly vehicle). There are areas marked where you are allowed to travel only if you have a green sticker. A diesel vehicle could get a yellow sticker as early as in the 5th year.
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Originally Posted by sidindica Congrats nirmalts on becoming the first team-bhpian to become an owner of this Euro bestseller. |
Never realized that I am the first one to own the 6th generation Golf here. I am honoured.
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Originally Posted by sidindica 1.4 twincharger is a dream to drive, isn't it? |
Indeed it is. I still need to discover its full potential.
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Originally Posted by sidindica Some more pics of the golf and polo, please! |
Will post this in my next thread
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Originally Posted by joe1980 By the way, I live in Bonn. Let's organize for a Team-BHP meetup here in Germany. It is summer time here in Germany. |
Thats a great idea. We should do it this summer. Will open a thread soon.
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Originally Posted by theragingbull Do you have more pics of the delivery towers? |
Yes I do. Will post in my next thread