New car collected!

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Ridiculously cheap...very lucky to have a scheme like this. £138 a month for driving round in a decent new car seems trivial in comparison to what it would cost without that scheme.
 
Yea it's extremely good value, considering the other perks that come with a new car like warranty, no service, tax and tires. The usual costs you'd have to pay for.
 
A1 goes back tomorrow, it's been a good 6 months but I'm looking forward to getting back in the Leon.

It's a very nippy car considering it's power of 185ps it manages to just squeeze under 7s 0-62, no doubt helped by the 7 speed DSG. It does struggle to put the power down in the first 2 gears if you don't ease it in but after than it just goes. 7k red line and twin charged provides a good power delivery which is effortlessly applied in sport mode. I didn't find myself using the paddles but I'm a lazy driver!

Overall I think it's a good little car, but for me it's too small and the ride isn't as refined when I'm not having a spirited drive. Interior is finished nicely in the black edition with a variety of decent materials used. The media system isn't the latest version and has issues with displaying tracks from my iPhone, not what you'd want from a car build in 2014.

I've done 5,000 miles since owning it and unfortunately had at some point slightly kerbed one of the alloys. I should get away with not having to pay for repair as I believe 1 minor repair is covered FOC.

Won't be ordering another but glad I gave it ago. Now time for something bigger in the Leon then hopefully even bigger in the Passat.

Here's a pic from today. I have to say the colour was a good choice I think.

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They're fine :) that rear wheel in the photo was the one I kerbed and it was only very minor scuff.
 
LiE said:
Next car has been confirmed, I didn't get my first choice this time. I guess they don't see too much demand for the Sirocco.

So next up will be the Seat Leon 5dr FR 2.0TDI 184ps 6-speed DSG in White.

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be interesting to see what you think of it. I got the same in red a couple of weeks ago with the manual box rather than DSG.
 
I'll just leave this here

johnny6 said:
Prepare yourself for list creep. You start off setting yourself a budget which you tell yourself you absolutely will not go over, then after a while you add another 10 quid here and 10 quid there and then start justifying to yourself that an extra 50 quid is nothing to get a brand new TT or Qsomething for 6 months.

Takes a lot of will power
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You'll be in something costing you tree fiddy a month before you know it.
 
dod said:
be interesting to see what you think of it. I got the same in red a couple of weeks ago with the manual box rather than DSG.
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I already rate the Seat Leon FR very highly, I had one as my first car on this scheme (first post in this thread). I decided this time round to try the TDI, which I expect to drive just as well as the TFSI.

johnny6 said:
You'll be in something costing you tree fiddy a month before you know it.
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Ha! I think the most expensive car on the list this time round was:

New TT Coupe 2.0 TFSI quattro S line 230 S tronic @ £184 month.

My brother managed to sweet talk someone in the department to get my parents a 3.0 TDI V6 Touareg for their next car which is about £240/month.
 
Collection of the Leon was this morning, and it was a nervous wait while they inspected the A1. Took 3 guys round the front of the car to decide that the bonnet needs a respray. Too many deep stone chips which failed their criteria. Not good, so got stung with a bill along side some other bits including the kerbed alloy which they included in the 1 free smart repair. £153 for the bonnet respray isn't too bad I think?

Some pics.

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