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It seems the Aussie journo's attempt at grammar is as bad as the South African journo's!
satanboy
Psychonaut seven
I bet not.
Tsepz_GP
Executive Member
Been seeing the ad for this, must say not a bad looking thing, IMO, looks better than a standard Golf 7, but this being VW, one has to wonder how ridiculously expensive will the optionals be compared to competitors?
The Ford Fiesta ST is one hell of a thing, although when it comes to powerful Hot hatches, for me nothing beats a Mini Cooper S...except a Mini John Cooper Works, but the pricing is way off the chart for those things, the Fiesta STs and Polo GTIs make far more sense.
The Ford Fiesta ST is one hell of a thing, although when it comes to powerful Hot hatches, for me nothing beats a Mini Cooper S...except a Mini John Cooper Works, but the pricing is way off the chart for those things, the Fiesta STs and Polo GTIs make far more sense.
Agree with you, the Polo does look sharper than the Golf to me as well, though it obviously isn't quite as fancy inside. Optional pricing isn't too bad.. Only real must have's are curtain airbags (2,400), cruise control (1,700), and maybe a maintenance plan. Sunroof is 9k for a full panoramic, climate control aircon 3,500, and then light/rain sensors and related items is 3,650.
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
+1 applies to all their models and buyers too.
Fazda
Honorary Master
The only must haves in that list for me are the curtain airbags - I can live without cruise control and sun roof in Durban is ridiculously hot - climate control is nice, but not essential.
Largely agree. The first two are what I considered must haves, the rest were possible considerations. I love using some cruise control
Sunroof I couldn't care less about honestly, but we both know that to some it is a must have.... for some reason.
Brenden_E
Executive Member
Ha! Touche...
Electric
Honorary Master
lol, that took a while.
Brenden_E
Executive Member
Took a while to notice this thread. Eh...
Tsepz_GP
Executive Member
Thanks a lot
Not bad at all, I'd like the curtain airbags, panoramic sunroof and parking sensors if they aren't standard.
Parking sensors are 3,500 for full house if I'm not mistaken.. 3,000 more for Rear camera. Could be a bit off since I'm typing on the phone out of memory though.
To me it would have to be extra airbags, cruise control, full PDC, climate control, and maybe the fancier display. On the DSG model of course!
To me it would have to be extra airbags, cruise control, full PDC, climate control, and maybe the fancier display. On the DSG model of course!
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R1700 for cruise control is a damn bargain. Hyundai wants R9000 to add it to my i30 :erm:
I'd rather drive around with a brick on the pedal
I sat in a pre-facelift model Polo today and the first thing that struck me was how narrow the cabin was. Are all Polo's like this or was I imagining myself? I am not comparing it to an i30 for argument's sake, but even to my boss' i20 it feels cramped inside, very Spark-like :wtf:
I'd rather drive around with a brick on the pedal
I sat in a pre-facelift model Polo today and the first thing that struck me was how narrow the cabin was. Are all Polo's like this or was I imagining myself? I am not comparing it to an i30 for argument's sake, but even to my boss' i20 it feels cramped inside, very Spark-like :wtf:
medicnick83
Paramedic
You boring too eh.
R1700 for cruise control is a damn bargain. Hyundai wants R9000 to add it to my i30 :erm:
I'd rather drive around with a brick on the pedal
I sat in a pre-facelift model Polo today and the first thing that struck me was how narrow the cabin was. Are all Polo's like this or was I imagining myself? I am not comparing it to an i30 for argument's sake, but even to my boss' i20 it feels cramped inside, very Spark-like :wtf:
9k for cruise? Nee *** dit!
SauRoNZA
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R1700 for cruise control is a damn bargain. Hyundai wants R9000 to add it to my i30 :erm:
I'd rather drive around with a brick on the pedal
I sat in a pre-facelift model Polo today and the first thing that struck me was how narrow the cabin was. Are all Polo's like this or was I imagining myself? I am not comparing it to an i30 for argument's sake, but even to my boss' i20 it feels cramped inside, very Spark-like :wtf:
Experienced the same thing when a mate took me for a ride in his Polo GTI.
Considering I have a Golf 5 GTI that is a bit older the Polo had a much nicer interior but the fact that we sat in each other's laps would still let me choose the Golf if the money was the same.
The 1.4 Polo GTI was exceptionally frugal when driven kindly, I wonder if the new 1.8 will manage to do the same with the larger capacity.
Airbags I tend to agree, though I would rather have it as an option than not being able to get curtain airbags at all.
Climate control isn't plain Aircon, it's the one where you set X temperature and the car adjusts it to that temp. I can accept that as optional on a Polo, less so on more expensive cars (Merc CLA at 500k is a good example)
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
I know exactly what climate control is and just feel we've moved onwards and it's 2014 and with cars costing what they do this really should be standard.
It's almost as ridiculous as Toyota offering a Yaris without aircon at all a few years ago. If we loved I could understand it.
Surely the more things are optional the more expensive it is to manufacture, meaning the base cost goes up for everyone.
Especially in our market where the Polo is the premium small segment car compared to their other version the Vivo which is the cheap and nasty. Make that one aircon only so that people also know why they should pay more for the "new" Polo.
It's almost as ridiculous as Toyota offering a Yaris without aircon at all a few years ago. If we loved I could understand it.
Surely the more things are optional the more expensive it is to manufacture, meaning the base cost goes up for everyone.
Especially in our market where the Polo is the premium small segment car compared to their other version the Vivo which is the cheap and nasty. Make that one aircon only so that people also know why they should pay more for the "new" Polo.