Taking delivery of my matte black Volkswagen Polo GT TSI

Before getting the Polo GT TSI, I had cancelled my bookings for the Toyota Innova MPV and Honda Jazz hatchback.

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Hi,

After cancelling the bookings for the Innova and Jazz, we finally took delivery of our first choice, a Volkswagen Polo GT TSI. We were lucky to get one in matte.

The car looks much better in the flesh than in pictures. SA has advised me against using any wax, polish, chemicals on the paint surface. Normal wash at a washing center/pressure spray is ok. Also to not use anything but a microfiber cloth to dry wipe the car.

The ACC unit display font is different in this GT TSI and the position of the temperature and blower speed has been interchanged. Will click a picture tomorrow and post it.

I got the wheels painted gloss black, an OE armrest and a reverse camera from the dealer. I'm not too happy with the guided lines of the camera, the perspective seems very off, for now, will speak to the SA about it.

Update

We had booked an Innova Crysta GX 8STR 2.4D AT but cancelled it reading about the BS6 DPF issues being faced and my usage would not exceed the 6 km one-way commute on most days. Did not want to live with an unreliable family car. I had agreed for the Innova because we have a 2-year-old kid now and I was willing to use it as a daily but the more I read, the more I realised how complex and new the tech is, and with norms getting stricter in 2023, I did not want to spend 25 big ones and live in uncertainty.

With the Innova cancelled I still needed a car. With an 8-seater car out of the equation, I decided to just get a small personal car. My first choice was always a GT TSI but with none available immediately (I needed a car asap), I decided to check my second favourite hatchback, the Jazz. The lack of magic seats and ISOFIX was a real bummer, but we still ended up booking a Jazz ZX CVT. The 1.2 NA did not excite me much, but then I needed a car and assumed I would be able to live with it. The LED headlamps and sunroof were slight pacifiers, but I was still miraculously hoping to get myself the GT TSI. I even sent my SA the Jazz and Innova booking receipts and told him to do whatever it takes.

In the meanwhile, reading a BHPian's Polo x Safari crash episode, and the Linea toppled loaded container episode, I was sure that I needed a Polo over the Jazz as I'm not sure how the Jazz would have fared in both the incidents.

I was letting out massive energy in the universe to get me a GT TSI, and just 3 days before delivery of the Jazz, I got a call from my SA that a matt GT TSI can be made available if I was willing to commit. I told him to book it without wasting even a second.

And here she is!

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