New car collected!

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As some of you may have read, I've been waiting to collect my new car which I got through a scheme as described in this thread: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18590450

Here's a summary of the scheme:
- Car is ordered 6 months in advance.
- You keep the car for 6 months or 8,500 miles, after which you get your next car.
- Being a new car you don't have to worry about tax (it has 12 months), tyres, warranty or services/mots.
- It's only available through employees of VW group

For this car I pay £119/month.

It's a Seat Leon SC 1.8 TSI DSG FR in Lima Green with 180ps. It was specced with Technology pack by VW, I wasn't able to choose options, only my colour preference.

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My next car in October is an Audi A1 Sportback 1.4 TFSI Black Edition 185 S tronic.
 
Cannot argue with that value. The interior still isn't as nice as the VW / Audi cars but looking a lot better than it used to.

Not sure about the colour
 
Wow that's a great perk! New Leon looks great too, interior looks to be a huge improvement over the previous one.
 
Howard said:
Wow that's a great perk! New Leon looks great too, interior looks to be a huge improvement over the previous one.
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Yea interior is pretty good.

=XDC=FluphyBunny said:
£119 per month for that must be a bargain. I do like the Leon FR's.

Having said that the only choice you had was the colour......:eek:
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:p I think it looks good in this colour!

bazzabear said:
So all you get to pick is model and colour?

What about engine? Manual v auto?
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I'm given a list, which contains cars from VW, Skoda, Seat and Audi. There will be various models/engines. The only option we get is the colour. I went for an Auto purely because it will be nicer on my commute in traffic.
 
Seeing a lot more of these around, looks like a good little fun car. Definitely can't complain for the price!
 
I work for a big Logistics company and the contract I work on is for Bentley motors UK.
a LOT of people here (Bentley not my company) are on that scheme, my old boss (left to work at Bentley) is currently driving an S3, which he pays a bit of a premium for but loves it.

Question - do you have to pay your own insurance on top of that £119 or does that cover the lot ?

I think I need a job at VW :p
 
Freefaller said:
For the deal it's really impossible not to say that that's a cracking deal, and a great car for the price.
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I'll give it a few months putting my thoughts together on the car.

MassiveJim said:
I work for a big Logistics company and the contract I work on is for Bentley motors UK.
a LOT of people here (Bentley not my company) are on that scheme, my old boss (left to work at Bentley) is currently driving an S3, which he pays a bit of a premium for but loves it.

Question - do you have to pay your own insurance on top of that £119 or does that cover the lot ?

I think I need a job at VW :p
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I have to pay insurance. I have a fuel card through work so I don't pay that so really all I'm paying is £119 + insurance.

My dad is driving an S3 on this scheme, although he lucked when getting that as it's not a choice on the list. Sometimes when both 1st and 2nd choice cars are denied they allow you to choose from the stock list which can contain more interesting cars ;)
 
I saw a sirocco in a similar colour and thought to myself it was quite sharp.

Nice car. Can almost smell the new car smell. Ummmm....
 
I'm sure by the time the new car smell is getting low I'll have my next new car :D
 
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