Ibiza FR 1.4 EcoTSI ordered

j.owen

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It wasn't good - really wanted an Ford XR2 but they were hard to find - went for the MG thinking it would be similar. Ha ha. My daughters are getting towards driving age so I keep telling them not to bother with second hand and to lease a small car for under £100 a month as they will spend less on repairs, MOT's etc and have a decent car to boot.

Yeah you're right in telling them to do so, I strongly recommend it!
 

MattH345

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I've read this thread with interest as a potential owner of an Ibiza ST 1.4 150 FR
I normally buy nearly new to 1year old or so to save money but suitable cars are scarce,so I looked at new possibilities and was surprised to see that an on line search showed that big discounts were available.
An example (from a SEAT dealer not far away, so believable):

List price (including the options I picked) £18330
Discounted price £14429

Anyone else want to share their discount/buying experiences?

What options is that with? Have you tried car wow?

Just looked up list price for mine was £17275 and ended up paying £13131 so £4144 off list. Just bare in mind I was quoted 24 weeks delivery for a factory order.
 

Oldbutswift

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Yes, that quote was Carwow.
I suppose quotes can differ because they seem to go to the dealers near you.
Mine (the best one) was from the dealer at Leicester.
Don't think I would want to wait 20 weeks tbh.
 

markm49uk

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Yes, that quote was Carwow.
I suppose quotes can differ because they seem to go to the dealers near you.
Mine (the best one) was from the dealer at Leicester.
Don't think I would want to wait 20 weeks tbh.

The 1.4 seems to be in short supply across the VW group - from the experiences on here if you seem to add any options the lead-time appears to be going out to 20-30 weeks!
 

MattH345

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Yes, that quote was Carwow.
I suppose quotes can differ because they seem to go to the dealers near you.
Mine (the best one) was from the dealer at Leicester.
Don't think I would want to wait 20 weeks tbh.


Leicester were cheapest for me on car wow too however they wouldn't honour the seat deal of £500 off is you order in Feb and collect in March so I went with the next cheapest who were Gloucester.
 

markm49uk

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The ship my car is on (not sad or anything....)

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markm49uk

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My Merc went back to the leasing company today so will be driving around in my 9 seat minibus for a week or so - full steam ahead captain if you please.
 

MattH345

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My Merc went back to the leasing company today so will be driving around in my 9 seat minibus for a week or so - full steam ahead captain if you please.

When does it dock in the UK? Which dealer are you getting it from?
 

Fr2013

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The ship my car is on (not sad or anything....)

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Not sad at all...I had email updates on the location of mine haha!

Dealer called today, mine will be ready for collection on Tuesday. I'm in to sign the finance documents tomorrow :D
 

markm49uk

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When does it dock in the UK? Which dealer are you getting it from?


It docks in Sheerness on 27th apparently - my screenshot from dealer shows Tyne as the port so I assume it may move into there after this - not sure.

I'm in Hull - the dealer is Peter Stockhill.
 

markm49uk

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Not sad at all...I had email updates on the location of mine haha!



Dealer called today, mine will be ready for collection on Tuesday. I'm in to sign the finance documents tomorrow :D


Well the wife thinks I'm a sad b***ard but who cares - I get excited by new cars.

Good news on yours then - look forward to the pics on Tuesday !
 

RUM4MO

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I left the VW dealer alone when my wife's new Polo was being built etc, and when I eventually asked which boat it was on, was gutted to find that it had just left Holland on its way to Emden in Northern Germany! I could have spent weeks tracking it from South Africa and through the Med, I had been looking for on that site for a while but I had assumed that it would go round the bottom of Africa - wrong, these VW etc carrying boats go up docking at some Arab countries and then through the Suez canal - hours wasted looking at the wrong part of the seas, wife took the view that "it will arrive when it arrives" - but where is the fun in that?
 

markm49uk

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I left the VW dealer alone when my wife's new Polo was being built etc, and when I eventually asked which boat it was on, was gutted to find that it had just left Holland on its way to Emden in Northern Germany! I could have spent weeks tracking it from South Africa and through the Med, I had been looking for on that site for a while but I had assumed that it would go round the bottom of Africa - wrong, these VW etc carrying boats go up docking at some Arab countries and then through the Suez canal - hours wasted looking at the wrong part of the seas, wife took the view that "it will arrive when it arrives" - but where is the fun in that?

:lol: You too could have tracked the boat 200 times a day just like me.......
 

RUM4MO

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Yup, sometimes life can be cruel!

I did discover a lot about what boats and types of boats use some of these ports in Africa though, mainly boring utility stuff like tugs etc!

Edit:- there was even a guy in Newcastle that showed us a link to the Tyneport camera and claimed he saw his boat coming in, I watched that for days, same picture every day - cruel, cruel, cruel!!
 
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