after dealer phoned on thursday to say 184 delivery now nov / dec they asked me to take 150 for test well it drove quite good and in sport mode it seems as quick as my 170 and the specs show it about 0.2 of a second slower than the 170 , so now i decided not to wait and ordered the 150 like my 184 original order of con pack 18" wheels tech pack and space saver they said they would give me the original trade in price for my 170 they quoted of which was £1000 higher than the glasses quote i had last night . they said they have located one in the system with same spec delivery end of next week /early week after .
I find it quite reassuring that so many other people have now been told Nov/Dec for the 184 as I didn't believe my dealer when he told me that and wouldn't take an order for one.
I did go last week and test drive the 150 but had already made up my mind if I liked the general feel of the car to put in an order for the 184.
I wish I had thought about the sports mode when I had the test drive in the 150. I never even thought about that and just felt that it didn't quite have the power of my current 170.
As stated earlier in this thread I came away having ordered a 1.8 tsi which will be a complete change for me as my last 4 cars have been diesels (2 Leons and previosly VW Golf tdi's). I don't do very high annual mileage and do lots of short jouneys during the week and so I don't think the
lower mpg will bother me too much especially with cheaper petrol prices than diesel.
Having read reports of how good the 1.4 tsi is to drive I'm really looking forward to getting my 1.8 hopefully as I've been told around May/June. I've ordered the 1.8 tsi but not heard from anyone else who has or read any
reviews of it. I've ordered it in non metalic red with 18" wheels and the tech pack at £500. The salesman said that although he's only had half a dozen orders for the new Leon so far, everyone has ordered it with the reduced price tech pack.