Evening all,
Bought myself the above car on the 4th of October. Been browsing the forums for a week or so now, so thought I'd finally join and say hello.
I'm moving on from a 1.5L Yaris T-Sport. I was tempted to say 'upgrading' from, but that TS is a frickin' awesome car and I'll be incredibly sad to see it go.
I'm changing to the Ibiza because I needed a car with better economy that still had a bit of kick. The TS has a 0-60 of 8.7 seconds... more like 9.2-9.5 with its age (7 years), but it's bloomin' quick for a non-hot hatch. The Ibiza is only slightly slower at 10.5s I believe so it wont be a massive slow down.
Basically I was looking for a car with decent acceleration and good economy. Only the Ibiza SC, Golf TDi and Astra SRi met that criteria really. The Astra was good, but a bit boat-like and the Golf is so damn common (and I like something a bit standy-outy). That Ibiza ticked all the boxes and I enjoyed the test drive, so I went ahead and ordered one.
I got most of the extras I thought were important. I skipped out on the panoramic sunroof (£470 for a bit of plastic?), but I got the EBS pack, electric mirrors, ipod dock, 17" Alloys, Bluetooth, Cruise Control and Climate Control. Spent £13K which I thought was a good deal. Since seen a few better deals, but nothing majorly lower.
Only got two issues now. Selling the TS... which I cant do until I've got my delivery date, and of course waiting for the delivery date! I was quoted 8-12 weeks, is that realistic? I'm expecting I'll received it end of January?
Bought myself the above car on the 4th of October. Been browsing the forums for a week or so now, so thought I'd finally join and say hello.
I'm moving on from a 1.5L Yaris T-Sport. I was tempted to say 'upgrading' from, but that TS is a frickin' awesome car and I'll be incredibly sad to see it go.
I'm changing to the Ibiza because I needed a car with better economy that still had a bit of kick. The TS has a 0-60 of 8.7 seconds... more like 9.2-9.5 with its age (7 years), but it's bloomin' quick for a non-hot hatch. The Ibiza is only slightly slower at 10.5s I believe so it wont be a massive slow down.
Basically I was looking for a car with decent acceleration and good economy. Only the Ibiza SC, Golf TDi and Astra SRi met that criteria really. The Astra was good, but a bit boat-like and the Golf is so damn common (and I like something a bit standy-outy). That Ibiza ticked all the boxes and I enjoyed the test drive, so I went ahead and ordered one.
I got most of the extras I thought were important. I skipped out on the panoramic sunroof (£470 for a bit of plastic?), but I got the EBS pack, electric mirrors, ipod dock, 17" Alloys, Bluetooth, Cruise Control and Climate Control. Spent £13K which I thought was a good deal. Since seen a few better deals, but nothing majorly lower.
Only got two issues now. Selling the TS... which I cant do until I've got my delivery date, and of course waiting for the delivery date! I was quoted 8-12 weeks, is that realistic? I'm expecting I'll received it end of January?
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Thought it was you, Can't check on the system yet as Seat are having a brand new ordering system put on, so after that we can track car's so much better. It also means we can now log on and track cars' and see whats in the UK without having to go to the admin team and ask!
