We ordered a MK6 Golf SE 2.0TDI in Red - not a hard car to get hold of you might think, but it took about 6 months from order to delivery, finally arriving this Tuesday.

It was driven from Cardiff to Birmingham where it was delivered onto the drive and the car stank of hot oil, however we put this down to a brand new car on its first high speed journey. The delivery guy was in a rush and left quickly, however on an initial inspection of the car, besides brake dust, the car seemed fine.

Started the car, the oil light is on, there is loads of oil beneath the car and still some dripping from the bottom, call out the RAC who inspects the car - there is no oil in the car at all and the tray underneath the engine is full of oil, the back wheels are also covered in spots of oil, and it's clear that the vehicle had been driven for a while in this state.

The RAC man has told us that he would reject the car if he was in our shoes, the driveway is also covered in oil. I would consider the car dangerous - the car was handed over to my sister who is 6 months pregnant - and obviously showing.

We were told by a Volkswagen garage that the car should have had a quart of oil in the boot - and this wasn't there, but I'm not sure how true this is? We have two 2.0TDI A4's and neither of these were delivered with one - although if Golfs do have one it would suggest the delivery guy stopped to top it up.

We're trying to reject the car - at the moment a (very arsey and decidedly unapologetic) VW finance are trying to say that there was no way the delivery driver could have known the car was in that state and that they will have the engine taken apart and inspected for damage.

Is it unreasonable to not want a brand new '10 registered car that:
a) was driven for over 100 miles with oil leaking out and potentially no oil in the system
b) has been taken apart and put back together

Anyway, over than that it appears to be a beautiful car that we wish we didn't have to reject, and I just wanted a rant!!!