Went in to dealer today to buy a new gearknob and gaitor and would have cost me £61+ VAT told em where to stick it (put this way, an audi A6 genuine black leather gaitor is about £20.90!! inc VAT albeit the knob is £35+).
Anyway new punto was under a cover, asked to have a look and they let me, seems so much better built than anything before!! Even got a funky electric boot opener (boot is like new astra size, and its got a full size spare under it too), rear leg room in the 3dr looks **** poor though
and the door cards are a bit naff but then all models get a blaupunkt cd player and just overall a better car than previous puntos. Dashboard is so massive and A pillars slope at about 5degrees and have quarter lights to aid parking the massive thing!
Asked about prices and apparently the base model grande is £1 less than the base model active mk2b!! and a JTD 130 with sporting body kit etc (no extras, yet ) would be about the £8,500-£9000 mark, so its still cheap aswell (a similary specced fiesta, well there isn't a 130bhp diesel in that for a start only a 85!!) would be £10,400 OTR
Anyway launch night is 12-13th feb at dealership and there should be one of each engine variant (launch models) for demonstating on the weekend, but will have to book em a while early I would think, and food drink etc!!!
Anyone fancy coming down?
Anyway new punto was under a cover, asked to have a look and they let me, seems so much better built than anything before!! Even got a funky electric boot opener (boot is like new astra size, and its got a full size spare under it too), rear leg room in the 3dr looks **** poor though
and the door cards are a bit naff but then all models get a blaupunkt cd player and just overall a better car than previous puntos. Dashboard is so massive and A pillars slope at about 5degrees and have quarter lights to aid parking the massive thing! Asked about prices and apparently the base model grande is £1 less than the base model active mk2b!! and a JTD 130 with sporting body kit etc (no extras, yet
) would be about the £8,500-£9000 mark, so its still cheap aswell (a similary specced fiesta, well there isn't a 130bhp diesel in that for a start only a 85!!) would be £10,400 OTRAnyway launch night is 12-13th feb at dealership and there should be one of each engine variant (launch models) for demonstating on the weekend, but will have to book em a while early I would think, and food drink etc!!!
Anyone fancy coming down?
