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[turbo]

HI Guys,

I just wanted to introduce myself I have been reading this forum for a while. I am currently looking to buy a new (or near new at the right price) Polo GTI. I am in Perth, and there are none to test drive at the dealers currently! Their only suggestion is to order one with it subject to a test drive!

Also looking at 1-2 year old astra turbos as well but swaying towards the polo. Just a hard car to come by in Perth!

[VW GTI]

HI Guys,

I just wanted to introduce myself I have been reading this forum for a while. I am currently looking to buy a new (or near new at the right price) Polo GTI. I am in Perth, and there are none to test drive at the dealers currently! Their only suggestion is to order one with it subject to a test drive!

Also looking at 1-2 year old astra turbos as well but swaying towards the polo. Just a hard car to come by in Perth!

Welcome...

I first test drove a Polo GTI in Perth at Osbourne Park. They just took one out of the lot and went around the commercial area behind.

You won't be disappointed when you do drive it.

[runamuk]

G'day and welcome.

There are a few Polo GTI drivers in Perth on here, maybe if you asked one really nicely

HI Guys,

I just wanted to introduce myself I have been reading this forum for a while. I am currently looking to buy a new (or near new at the right price) Polo GTI. I am in Perth, and there are none to test drive at the dealers currently! Their only suggestion is to order one with it subject to a test drive!

Also looking at 1-2 year old astra turbos as well but swaying towards the polo. Just a hard car to come by in Perth!

[marko]

That's a bit of a bugger.
I test drove one less than 2 weeks ago at John Hughes. They had one red one on the showroom floor. They also had one red one in the holding yard in welshpool, which I am taking delivery of tomorrow
Maybe the one in the showroom has sold as well? Whatever you do, don;t go and try to take mine for a drive before I pick it up tomorrow.

[Buller_Scott]

welcome, turbo! as im sure you are aware, the people in this forum have a HUGE wealth of knowledge when it comes to these little rippers..

as for the astra- arent the current model a korean car? nooooooooooo

go vw, man. as i think golf man had in his sig: "vw aint a car, its a way of life".........

[Grant]

as for the astra- arent the current model a korean car? nooooooooooo

the current barina/viva/epica/captiva are korean

the astra is still an opel (german), but not sure where it is built - i think spain from memory

[turbo]

That's a bit of a bugger.
I test drove one less than 2 weeks ago at John Hughes. They had one red one on the showroom floor. They also had one red one in the holding yard in welshpool, which I am taking delivery of tomorrow
Maybe the one in the showroom has sold as well? Whatever you do, don;t go and try to take mine for a drive before I pick it up tomorrow.

Haha dont worry I wont be taking your future car for a flogging. Yeah I did call John Hughes and they said they had all been sold. I live right next to the osborne park dealership so I went their first and there was a red one in the showroom but he wouldn't let me drive it as it had just been sold. At least they are not letting out new customer cars for test drives I guess! Nice car, and definitely more roomy than I was expecting just wanna see what it drives like now!

The astra is german but built in Belgium. Its a nice car but more expensive, and the rear vision in the coup is crap for one!

[VW GTI]

the rear vision in the coup is crap for one!

So is the badge

[Whubbsie]

Someone in perth take him out in a chipped Pogo, that will cancel out any though of an astra

[RhysQ]

Also looking at 1-2 year old astra turbos as well but swaying towards the polo. Just a hard car to come by in Perth!

i did the same thing there mate and was almost set on a late '06 astra turbo (new shape) but spoke to my old mechanic and he said that holden have had several being returned with problem after problem after problem of all types (his cousin or brother is one of the mechanics and surfers city holden). once i jumped in a new polo i knew it was what i was looking for. then i test drove the car i have now (it was already chipped when i test drove it) and whilst still on the test drive i told the dealer i will take it with a look similar to this .

seriously, contact a perth owner of a chipped Polo and you will not even think about another car again.

Cheers,
Rhys

[Bukefal]

welcome, turbo. the biggest thing that put me off the astras was the interior. the dash and console area look like they were designed in the 80's. i considered the usual suspects too (xr4, ralliart colt, swift sport, etc), but since i got the GTI i have never looked back. good luck!

i was at VW vic park the other day and a red Pogo in the showroom had a big red 'sold' banner on the window. people are suddenly getting interested in our little rocket!

[turbo]

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback, yes I would love to see what one of the chipped polo's are like! I agree about the astra interior, and I have heard things about their reliability as well. They just don't seem as much of a cohesive package. The thing that attracted me to the astra was more that they are really cheap for an 06 or 07 model and the luxury items etc. I would definitely be looking to chip the polo after a while, that kind of power increase for such a relatively small outlay is just too good to pass up!

[DaveMack]

Hey guys thanks for all the feedback, yes I would love to see what one of the chipped polo's are like! I agree about the astra interior, and I have heard things about their reliability as well. They just don't seem as much of a cohesive package. The thing that attracted me to the astra was more that they are really cheap for an 06 or 07 model and the luxury items etc. I would definitely be looking to chip the polo after a while, that kind of power increase for such a relatively small outlay is just too good to pass up!

Welcome to the forum, Turbo. Don't worry, be happy ... drive a Polo GTI (chipped, of course).

Dave

[geoff_gti]

Hi turbo, welcome aboard!

Hopefully you will find one soon...there is a tonne of stuff you can do to them if you're interested. Unfortunately another bloke in Perth I know of has just sold his GTI in the last couple of weeks otherwise you might have been able to take a look at his.

Good luck in the search!

What's the waiting period like on these now from the dealers?

[marko]

Wow, sounds like I was really lucky picking up the one I did. Basically it seemed like John Hughes had 2 in stock last week when I bought mine...and now they have none!