First post in a while! My car has finally arrived in the UK, and I'm hopefully picking it up 1st March on an 18 plate.
Ordered back at the end of October, so it's been a lonnnggg old wait - was originally told we'd be getting it in January! But about a week after we ordered the Catalonia independence stuff kicked off, which I'm guessing is partially why things got a bit delayed.
Also we did go for an Xcellence with a few options, so that probably held things up too, but it will have been 18 weeks when we pick the car up, which is a hell of a long wait. Maybe could have been a bit less than 18 weeks if we didn't hold out an extra week for an 18 plate, but we've waited this long already so what the hell.
Anyway really glad the car exists and is in the UK! I'm getting a call from the dealer later today to pick an 18 plate, so the excitement is starting to build.
Also I'm now regularly seeing a few other new
Ibiza's on my commute now, whereas a couple of months ago they were a rare sight.
If anyone is interested we went for an Xcellence 1.0 TSI 95 PS in Midnight Black.
Options:
- 17" 'Dynamic' bi-colour machined Alloy wheels
- Full LED Headlights
- Beats Sound System
- 18" spare wheel for Beats Audio
- Adaptive Cruise Control
Really can't wait to see it! Think the only thing I would have liked is for the 115 PS or the 1.5 TSI engine to be available to spec for the Xcellence as it's the range topper - but that said I was really impressed with how fun and responsive the 95 PS engine actually was when I test drove it.
I'm interested to see what happens with the dashboard when it turns up, as I've seen a couple of people who ordered the Alcantara seats on their FR's ended up getting "leather" dashboards instead of the piano black. Guessing this must have been an error at the factory? I'm not sure which one I'd prefer, and I haven't seen anyone with an Xcellence that also got a leather dashboard. Think I'll be happy with either to be honest.