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Just to let you all know there has been a solution but sadly the solutionwill loose me £1000 Obviously I cannot get back the optional extra payment but today Motability have agreed to let me terminate if I so wish to ? They have also waived the £250 cancellation fee and rounded my good condition bonus up to help Motability also informed me that I could of tried the car on the day before entering the pin and rejected it then. Instead the salesperson steamrollered me into a seat and made me sign everything over before getting the car for me Its amazing what you find out later……………………………….. We are currently having a domestick here though as its been made clear Sam (My Friend/Flatmate/Carer delete as applicable) is not happy its going back. Deep down I want another Volkswagen and thats causing a row Dealership I went to for years has really gone down hill but to me though boring VW are a comfortable pair of shoes Will keep you all posted Thank you for all your support and advice you have been brilliant

Sorry to hear about your experiences with the X1. My wife and I have had an X1 for 3 years now. My wife (who has MS) finds the seats OK for her, it’s me (the driver ) who struggles with them. They’re OK for short journeys but we just did a trip up to Speyside (from Leeds) and I arrived pretty tired and sore. Our previous car was a VW CC and we did a trip to Devon. We both arrived fresh as a daisy after that one. Seats are like chalk and cheese. We have struggled with the car over the years because as my wife’s leg strength has dwindled I’ve struggled to get her in the car due to the small door opening. The doors don’t open very wide either. Other than these issues it’s been a bloody good car.

We were going to order a Mazda 6 Tourer as out next car. The seats are gorgeous in that car, and it’s a lot easier to get my wife into, but as per usual for us, the bloody car was taken off the scheme! So we went back to see Steve Thompson at VW JCT600 in Bradford (Steve and this dealer are superb) and are ordering a VW Passat Estate. Luckily this car was put back on the scheme. An absolute joy to be back in a VW – they are always seen as boring but they do their job so well.

 

I know the Golf is off the scheme, but have you thought about a Passat as your next car? Or if you want a Golf sized car, the Mazda 3 has very comfortable seats and is a lovely car to be in.