My white, manual, xenon, sunroof is arriving in a few weeks.. It's on the boat now. :thumbsup: I'll keep a lookout for you around town. If we start getting a few more Canberrans on here we'll have to start organising some cruises... :thumbup:
I'm getting it from out of town too... Lennock VW sucks...
I paid a bit over $47k on road. No real discount for me. I ordered mine when sales were piling up with 800+ orders and waiting lists were blowing out to 12 months plus :frown: over $1000 better than the price from Lennock tho.. I'm not too phased tho.. I'm leasing mine.
She's on the Medea somewhere in the southern indian ocean... :thumbup:
As for the drive back, it's not necessary to drive it like a nanny and sit under 100kph.. My suggestion (and what I'm doing) is stay off the highway and drive it back using varied gears, load and revs. Breaking in engines isn't a crucial now as it was back in the old days. They're apparently redlined at the factory for a while (not sure how true that is) so as long as you've let it warm up well, there shouldn't be any problems with getting a bit spirited. bear in mind that the rest of the car has to "bed in" too, like the brakes and gearbox etc. I'm picking mine up in Sydney and driving it south to Batemans bay then up the range to Canberra.. If you're picking yours up in Melbourne, i'd suggest taking some backroads as far as you can on the way back to Canberra so it's not just sitting on 110 in 6th with no load for 8 hrs straight on the hume. The best bet is a nice variety of revs, throttle positions, gears and load (high gears up moderate slopes)
As for the 18's, they're not available in Australia (and I think they're called "Detroit" here too..) A guy on the 'tex ordered a set in from Hong Kong a few months back.. Pretty sure it cost in excess of $4000.
Welcome to the forum too :thumbsup: