[PEN]

Thought I'd sign up and say hello as I pick up my Eos on Friday.

Really loved the style of it since they came out but only now upgrading from my Golf.

Buying a 2008 2.0TDi CR DSG in Shadow Blue with Beige Leather which I'm sure the missus will have off me in a flash, leaving me with the Touran. Hey Ho.

Anyway really excited and just look forward to having a wee bit of nice weather so I get to go topless.. lol.

Cheers

PEN
(Surrey, England).

 

[CIB]

Picking mine up on Friday too. Isn't it exciting?? Also 2.0TDI CR bla bla Shadow Blue with beige leather - but 2009. And my husband is having my lovely Passat!

 

[John_F]

Pen & CIB,

Anticipation is 50% of the enjoyment.
I had to drive 220 miles across country to Brighton to collect mine which took about 5 hours (not much motorway between Devon & Brighton!).
On arrival at the dealer in Brighton, I had to wait about an hour while the car was given its final wash & polish & to complete the handover of my p/ex with the dealer. A quick run through with the dealer on the controls, especially the roof controls, and then it was on my way back to Devon with the roof down, as it was a glorious December afternoon, not a cloud in the sky. It only took 4 hours on the way back & I didn't feel tired after 9 hours at the wheel. I now have nearly 6000 miles on the clock & still look forward to getting in the driver's seat, no matter how short the jourey.
I have another run up to London this weekend to look at an example of the Eos's predecessor, an old Beetle Cabrio which I am interested in purchasing - something to while away my time on improving the interior.
Anticipate & enjoy!

 

[SKIDOO]

Anyway really excited and just look forward to having a wee bit of nice weather so I get to go topless.. lol.

Cheers

PEN
(Surrey, England).

PEN if you check out some of the other threads on the forum you will note that it does not need the weather to be anything other than 'not raining' to go 'topless' once you are an EOS owner - wind deflector in place, bug catcher up, bum warmers on (if a bit of a chill in the air) and off you go!
Good luck to both you and CIB, don't expect we will hear much from either of you for a while once you have picked your cars up!!!
Gary

 

[Doolallygirl]

Hi and welcome!

 

[Scooby Doo]

Thought I'd sign up and say hello as I pick up my Eos on Friday.

Welcome! Thank goodness we've still got nice friendly people joining our forum, unlike the couple of horrible ones recently. Have we just been lucky before

Anyway, enjoy your EOS, I've had Daisy nearly 2 years and I love her to bits and still enjoying plenty of EDA's

 

[Doolallygirl]

Welcome! Thank goodness we've still got nice friendly people joining our forum, unlike the couple of horrible ones recently. Have we just been lucky before

Anyway, enjoy your EOS, I've had Daisy nearly 2 years and I love her to bits and still enjoying plenty of EDA's

??? Horrible ones?

 

[Lucari]

I'm relatively new and very friendly. I've had mine for 2 weeks now and loving it. I've been topless nearly everyday. I just managed to chase the rain home today.

Have fun on Friday.

 

[CIB]

I am so excited now, I think I feel sick!!!
I am also relatively new and also very friendly, honest, so who are the horrible ones???
Roll on the morning

 

[silvershadow]

I am so excited now, I think I feel sick!!!
I am also relatively new and also very friendly, honest, so who are the horrible ones???
Roll on the morning

Welcome from our "Downunder" members and we look forward to your future contributions.

As far as the "horrible ones" are concerned, they do not keep their forum membership for long if I get to them

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[Scooby Doo]

??? Horrible ones?

I'm referring to the ones either with malware/virus's in the thread or where it's just spam!

 

[Jaydee]

So how is it PEN - you must have her by now. Or are you too busy scudding about the country with the top down??

BTW, I have a wind deflector, but Ioften see 'bug catcher' mentioned separately. What is this, or am I being blonde?

 

[lanmarc]

G'day JayDee.
The "bug catcher", aka the wind deflector. is the pop-up screen that is found on the top edge of the front windscreen.
It is in the perfect place to catch bugs.
Not to be confused with the wind blocker which is the optional accessory that fits over the rear seats just behind the front seats.
That one is good for catching leaves and bird crap.

 

[SKIDOO]

G'day JayDee.
The "bug catcher", aka the wind deflector. is the pop-up screen that is found on the top edge of the front windscreen.
It is in the perfect place to catch bugs.
Not to be confused with the wind blocker which is the optional accessory that fits over the rear seats just behind the front seats.
That one is good for catching leaves and bird crap.

Couldn't have put it better myself Leo
Gary

 

[Jaydee]

Thanks Gary, Leo - how does one find/activate said item? (I shhould put this in Q&A really, apologies)

Jan

 

[Steve0]

With the sunroof open, reach up to the middle of the front edge of the opening in the roof. There should be a black plastic piece there. It is spring-loaded. Press down on it and it should release the "bug catcher" into the up position. Be sure to press down on it again to secure it in the down position, before closing the sunroof!

The "bug catcher," for me, was an important objection-handler that led me to buy the Eos. With said item down, there is a thunderous noise in the cabin as the car is in motion, which is significantly mitigated when it is up.

Enjoy!

Steve
(in NJ, USA, where it was raining all last week and will again this week)

 

[John_F]

Be sure to press down on it again to secure it in the down position, before closing the sunroof!

Steve,
There should be no need to do this. The sunroof automatically folds the bug catcher down when closing.

 

[PEN]

Hi again.

Well drove the 200-odd miles to Norwich (man, that place is *really* in the middle of nowhere).

All fine except when I double grilled them on whether the engine was CR as advertised and not PDI (or whatever) works out it wasn't actually CR. Hey ho, no biggie I spose but I got them to throw in a few extras for goodwill.

Great drive back.... got a tad worried at 80 in topless mode that I was going to start losing what hair I had left then realised it's a lot better with the windows up

Put the roof up before hitting the M25 and, joy of joys, straight into a traffic jam. Spent the next 20 minutes debating with myself how close the car behind me was and whether I could drop the roof without embedding my boot lid into his bonnet (boy it does swing out some doesn't it!).

Took the family out in it..... hmm cream leather and 6 year-old twins.... let me rephrase that. Scrubbed the children, checked their hands, made them take their shoes off, put a rug on the backsit under their boosters, dug out a couple of caps and then took the family out in it... lol.

They all loved it as do I.

I've decided that my 11-mile commute on country roads is too short and think I need to rent offices a good deal further away.

All-in-all love it.

I do have the windshield thing for the back seat - does it make a big difference???

Also, had no idea about the bug shield. Am half tempted to go outside and look now but think I'll get some odd looks. One for the morning perhaps.

I do have a question though.... I know I should probably migrate them to another thread but anyway..... There's a space in the boot with two straps on the back wall.... what's that for. I imagine it's a warning triangle but I'm wondering if there's something more exciting I'm missing

Scooby, bizarrely / coincidentally (whichever way you look at it), one of my twins is called Daisy (and Charlie). hmmm not sure whether that's a good thing or not now. lol.

Anyway, going to bed and can't wait to go to work tomorrow as I get to drive - gee that makes a change

 

[Darren]

Hi again.

I do have a question though.... I know I should probably migrate them to another thread but anyway..... There's a space in the boot with two straps on the back wall.... what's that for. I imagine it's a warning triangle but I'm wondering if there's something more exciting I'm missing


Anyway, going to bed and can't wait to go to work tomorrow as I get to drive - gee that makes a change

Glad to see your excitement. A favorite quote I remember when on a scenic trip was "It's not about the destination, it's about the journey."

The space in the trunk with the straps is indeed for a warning triangle; standard in some countries. Otherwise, I've heard folks to have stored a small umbrella there too.

Enjoy!

 

[Scooby Doo]

Scooby, bizarrely / coincidentally (whichever way you look at it), one of my twins is called Daisy (and Charlie). hmmm not sure whether that's a good thing or not now. lol.

I wanted to call my now 12 year old daughter Daisy but hubby wasn't keen, but he doesn't have any say on what I call my car