New car collected!

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It was a fantastic machine. The noise and pace were glorious.




He's getting another for longer in December when the Audi driving experience cars come back, should also get TTRS and RS6.

In other news my brother has said that some time next year he will be looking to get his fiancée onto the scheme so either I or my parents would need to come off the scheme. I knew it would come eventually, so no shock. My parents have said they would be OK coming off if I didn't want to, so I have said I'll see how I feel with my next choice. Another 3rd choice and it will make the decision easier. Besides, my parents have far more money than me. At the same time, September next year my twice a week commute of 90 miles will become a walk to a train station and a train into London, meaning I won't need a car much as I'll be WFH the other 3 days.
 
Picking up the Passat tomorrow, quite surprised at the price seeing it on the order form £31,895.. crazy.

Anyway, looks like the scheme will be coming to an end for me next year, the last car will be the one I pick up in April. With my brother looking to add his fiancee to the scheme that leaves either me or my parents to forfeit. It makes sense for me to drop out of the scheme especially as next year I'll be doing next to no driving for work, and I have my Honda Civic to use as our family car on weekends. I'll probably pick up a cheap run about for the times when we need 2 cars. However 3-4 days a week I'll be WFH with 1-2 days in London, and I can walk to the train station in 15mins.
 
Looks like the last car on the scheme for me will be a decent one, confirmation just came through.

Audi Q5 S line 2.0 TFSI quattro 252 PS S tronic - Monsoon Grey - £228pm.

Should be pretty damn good.
 
Do you know what the prerequisite are to be on this scheme? I ask as I'm looking at applying for a job at VW HQ in Milton Keynes and this would be a nice benefit to have

Also, nice choice on the Q5 :)
 
I don't I'm afraid, my brother would know. He works at HQ in MK so your paths may cross if you ever go into the work shops :)
 
LiE said:
Picking up the Passat tomorrow, quite surprised at the price seeing it on the order form £31,895.. crazy.

Anyway, looks like the scheme will be coming to an end for me next year, the last car will be the one I pick up in April. With my brother looking to add his fiancée to the scheme that leaves either me or my parents to forfeit. It makes sense for me to drop out of the scheme especially as next year I'll be doing next to no driving for work, and I have my Honda Civic to use as our family car on weekends. I'll probably pick up a cheap run about for the times when we need 2 cars. However 3-4 days a week I'll be WFH with 1-2 days in London, and I can walk to the train station in 15mins.
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So the saga may not be over. My brother's fiancée has a new job at Scania which being part of VAG group means she has access to her own scheme. Going to chat with my brother on the weekend, but he says it looks promising for me staying on the scheme.

Enjoying the Passat as solid all-rounder, but cannot wait to get into the Q5. Loved the 252ps in the A4 and looking forward to it again in Q5.
 
Q5 has landed in the country, awaiting inspection, should have it in the next couple weeks.

There are some big changes coming to the scheme which will make it worse in terms of car selection. Straight off the bat, no more Audis... unless you work directly for Audi. It seems due to the emissions scandal, they are going to be restricting the list quite heavily. The list is usually out first of the month, but it should be released in it's new format on Monday. I'll see what the damage is then, my brother seems to think it will be limited to only certain models e.g. Golf, Leon, Octavia etc. It's like getting the 3rd choice every time.

If that's the case I may look at leaving the scheme at some point next year.
 
My cousin works for VWFS, and had S3 delivered earlier this month on this same scheme, jammy **** :p
 
I finally have the new "cut down" list. It doesn't seem too bad really, the biggest difference I can see is obviously no Audi.

Most of the engines are 150ps variety, but there are a couple stand out cars to me.

PASSAT SALOON PETROL R-LINE PASSAT SALOON R-LINE 2.0 TSI 220PS DSG £169pm
GOLF SPORT DIESEL GTD GOLF A7 SPORT GTD 2.0 184PS TDI 5DR DSG6 £161pm
ARTEON DIESEL R-LINE ARTEON R-LINE 2.0 TDI 190PS 7SPD DSG £187pm

Allocations
PASSAT SALOON PETROL: 25
GOLF SPORT DIESEL: 30
ARTEON PETROL: 30

They have a high allocation of Tiguans this time round, but the 190ps isn't in R-Line. For R-Line I'd have to go 150ps.

TIGUAN DIESEL SEL TIGUAN SEL 2.0 TDI SCR 190 PS 4MOTION 7 SPEED DSG £186pm

Allocations 167!

I will probably pick the Passat Petrol first choice and Tigaun as the fall back option.
 
Steedie said:
RIP Thread, choices blow
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The lack of Audi does suck. I'm looking at the scheme now as a cheap way to run our work horse / main family car, which these cars do well. Trouble free motoring for 150-180pm is great.

Then for our 2nd car, get something a bit more exciting e.g. M235i, Z4 35iS, etc.

[TW]Fox said:
Surely the Arteon is the best in the list?
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The Arteon is a strong choice, but not too different to the Passat. I'd prefer the 220ps petrol over the 190ps diesel. Both have weak allocations anyway, so may put the Tiguan as the first choice to be safe.
 
The SEL is exactly the same spec wise as the R-line apart from the steering wheel, R line logos and bodykit etc (R badge on the seats)
Plus you don't get sports suspension you get comfort. Who wants sports suspension on an SUV anyway :p
 
Just had a chat with my brother and he wants to make some changes. His fiancée is on the Scania scheme, which is the exact same list, just more expensive. He wants to have me go onto the Scania scheme and his fiancée on the VWG scheme which is cheaper.

Cost is about 30-40pm more, not massive, and I still think it's good value, just not as good value as before.

Coming off the scheme and buying a car would be a bigger cost impact.
 
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