Cupra Born

Can anyone tell me how long it takes to do the deal? Do they take long inspecting the trade-in car? If they call me on a work day I'm just wondering if I have enough time before work or even on a lunch break to collect it. Won't need to be shown around the car as I'm already familiar so it's just down to the trade-in and paperwork.

Spirit

Not me so. Airside for me.

I reckon there will be some cancelled orders, the way things are at the moment people are putting their name down on more than one car and if something comes up sooner they'll cancel the other one and the dealer will have something that's already on the way for someone else. I think a few dealers ordered some of their own stock too, after I ordered mine the salesman said the eboost orders had opened and they wanted to get a few of their own in.

Have any of you started looking into home chargers? I didn't realize it was such a complicated decision.

Just the different brands and choices such as tethered vs untethered. I really only started looking up things yesterday though.

Picked mine up this morning, I'll post some pictures up tomorrow after I go somewhere that isn't outside my house!

Got a call just before I was due to head down that their finance system was down, I was gutted! Fortunately they called back 45 minutes later. The process was super quick.

Car had carpet floor mats and a full charge. I didn't get my welcome box and I forgot to ask!

Make sure your vents are open! They slide to the side to close as opposed to the little wheel. I was absolutely sweating on the way home even though I had auto speed on 3 haha.

That massage seat is actually nice. Some people say it's crap and it's not actually a proper message it's just lumbar going up/down but it's nice.

When you're in the exterior settings and you see the car you can swipe to the side for more settings, some people seem to miss that. Have a good look through the menus, I recommend lights on early, ACC speed sign off as it will automatically slow down on some roads as it has incorrect speed limit on some.

Also the stock sound system has a nice punch. I forgot that the car uses USB C and didn't have time to connect Android Auto wireless so just had Bluetooth so not the best sound quality, set the sound on the bass preset and it's good.

Apparently you can turn off the steering wheel button clicking sound, while adjusting your volume there's a setting button on the screen and it only shows up while adjusting volume.

Car is nice and smooth, huge huge improvement over the Peugeot 2008 I was driving temporarily. It will be interesting going back to my old Golf to compare them in future.

Only downside so far, the app is €160 per year after the first year. So depending on how much you like preheating you may or may not want to continue.

@DaveyDave : "Only downside so far, the app is €160 per year after the first year. So depending on how much you like preheating you may or may not want to continue."

Really? mine has come with a 3 year subscription. Says valid till 9/2025

I like that the key for the car clips into the keyfob, my keys would always pop out while in my pocket. It also isn't finicky to get out of the fob either which is nice since it has its own button.

I initiated conversation today just following up so thats how I found out

Follow it up today if you're curious, be nice to have a date to work towards

Happy days!

For those waiting don't be afraid to give them a call to see if it's at the port or not, if you don't you'll be wrecking your head waiting by the phone for a call. Once it's at the port, then you can track if there's any ships from Emden which take 2-3 days, then 7-10 days to go through NVD and onto the dealer. If it's not at the port you'll just have to sit tight and they should give you a call eventually when it's at the port finally.

Landed in Dublin Port. Must have arrived last week though. Haven't got a collection date yet.

There are two VW Group car carriers that deliver to Dublin. The mv Parana, due in Dublin tomorrow morning, and the mv Patara. They often dock in Dublin within a few days of each other.

I've emailed dealer and will update with response when received. Will we meet the boat 🤣 I can't believe I just googled the navigation information on a ship!