I got a surprise call from my dealer yesterday telling me that the car had arrived - a week earlier than expected! So I took a day off work and went to collect it.
Had a 240 mile drive home and couldn't resist a little blast here and there along the way. It's great to have a fast car again - I've been tootling about in an old Golf Tdi for the past months while I've waited for this.
The car felt better than I remembered from the test drives. Great sporty note from the exhaust and not a bad cruiser on the motorways either.
Just planning my day now...... what to do? what to do?
Last edited by steve on Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.
That feeling of the dealer calling out of the blue to say your car is here early is amazing Mine is 2 weeks early, promtly followed by a gutted feeling that I couldn't get there for 4 days
Couldn't resist getting the camera out, here it is:
I just love the Sumatra paintwork! Got to confess I'd had second thoughts about ordering a car whose colour I'd not seen before getting it but glad I took the plunge now the truffle leather looks great with it too.
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A brave combination of choices that has totally paid off - it looks gorgeous mate! Now you just need to set aside a day for the obligatory wash, polish, wax etc. Another 'chore' that you'll love doing! Very nice indeed
Fabulous looking car Steve! Got me thinking now - should I have gone for Sumatra, or rising blue, or Viper - too late, Candy White it is, car is stunning whatever - enjoy!
andy wrote:looking great steve, the sun realy shows that colour off
rehmondo wrote:Great spec, nice plate too!
polts23 wrote:A brave combination of choices that has totally paid off - it looks gorgeous mate! Now you just need to set aside a day for the obligatory wash, polish, wax etc. Another 'chore' that you'll love doing! Very nice indeed
skippy wrote:Fabulous looking car Steve! Got me thinking now - should I have gone for Sumatra, or rising blue, or Viper - too late, Candy White it is, car is stunning whatever - enjoy!
alex wrote:Very nice and discreet colour combo!
Thanks for all the feedback guys. I've not checked the forum for a while - I don't need to tell you why!
Off out this afternoon for another spin..... it's such fun to drive
I deliberated about the colour as well but went for Pewter Grey in the end, just collected mine last Friday. Sumatra is something i would love to see in the flesh but not seen one as yet, pictures vary alot from what i have seen but would like to see in day light becuase i think it looks nice from what i have seen. Its a bit different which is alway turns heads on a nice looking car.
danmachin wrote:What colour is Sumatra - it's quite difficult to tell?! Is it brown or grey?
It's a dark grey with copper metallic flakes. When the sun hits it the metallic copper colour shines through and the paintwork really comes to life. I love it!
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On the German VW site they have all the same colours except Pewter and Sumatra.
They do have a Dark Maroon metallic - does that sound like Sumatra ? Such a difficult colour to judge from pics on the web.
Car does look great in Sumatra but would agree with the comments on the truffle leather, Not for me! A bit too in you face, think black would be better.
Mine is 2 weeks early, promtly followed by a gutted feeling that I couldn't get there for 4 days 
I've not had that since I got rid of my old Boxster a few years ago.
