Golf R Special Edition

[bkpr]

Haha, well, umbrellas are handy. In the US you got a set of rubber wet weather mats, at least with the GTI. I found them incredibly useful. Do y’all know if these come with the car in Oz? I’m getting the sense that very few extras, save perhaps for some umbrellas, come with new VWs.

[gregozedobe]

The only thing I got with mine was a full tank of petrol - no umbrellas and only cheap looking carpet mats.

[Dutch77]

I got an email subscription with mine as well.

[slin]

Get the accessories options brochure and tell them you are going to tick every item on the list...I got a track day,family photo shoot, R cap, mats ,email sub, beer bottle openers come in so handy!
beach towel , boot liner, umbrellas and the tank was full without even asking. I even told the dealer it would be the easiest sale he would make. At the end of the day you got to play the game hard and fair and have fun doing it while you are buying the flagship of all flagships.

[Dutch77]

Get the accessories options brochure and tell them you are going to tick every item on the list...I got a track day,family photo shoot, R cap, mats ,email sub, beer bottle openers come in so handy!
beach towel , boot liner, umbrellas and the tank was full without even asking. I even told the dealer it would be the easiest sale he would make. At the end of the day you got to play the game hard and fair and have fun doing it while you are buying the flagship of all flagships.

Dealers don't mind this as the average person perceives value in these items (when to the dealer they are near worthless - not that I'm suggesting this was your example). As long as you've already got the dollars sorted then a few freebies can always sweeten.

Does raise a couple of points though..

1. Are there dealers who actually don't fill the tank these days?

2. Why did VW drop the most ingenious creation ever from the Mk5/6 - the cup divider / bottle opener??

[gregozedobe]

1. Are there dealers who actually don't fill the tank these days?

IIRC my salesperson told me they normally only fill the tank for "performance" VWs.

[Dutch77]

IIRC my salesperson told me they normally only fill the tank for "performance" VWs.

Haha serious? Wow.. there would be quite a scene if a dealer tried to pull that stunt on me.

Although I do recall a Holden dealer in the 90s handing me my "performance" Holden with barely enough fuel to get to the nearest servo.

[slin]

Can’t quite remember how much delivery charge was but it was at least a couple thousand.
That tank should be full at least.

[bkpr]

Delivery charge on the quotes for the Special Edition in Melbourne have all been ~$3K. Stamp duty ~$3–4K, rego/onroad costs ~$900. So far.

[slin]

Delivery charge on the quotes for the Special Edition in Melbourne have all been ~$3K. Stamp duty ~$3–4K, rego/onroad costs ~$900. So far.

That looks right... I refused the dealer delivery preparation, the car came to the showroom floor with wax and contamination marks, swirls and holograms in the paint. Not to worry as mine got a paint correction and wax by a professional detail company and wheels got nano ceramic coated. The result for spending the $1100 were night and day. The car was transformed into the next level of defect free paint.
To date a year later I have managed to keep the paint free from swirls, scratches or any other defects by regular washes and clay bar then waxing but that might not be the general case for everyone’s ride, some might be daily drivers and tough to maintain in that condition.
I do get into strife from the wife for taking so much pride in my car. Better still she hates driving it so it’s mine, hehehe!

@bkpr Lapiz swirls easily I saw a beautiful example today in great condition (daily driver) but with swirls on the front bumper, I am not surewhat type of paint protection it had on but the rest of the body was great , probably some nano tech as I don’t think it was wax ... I walk past this one every afternoon and look at it - nice colour