Hi Andy,
At the beginning of this year I was quoted a similar price from a dealers for 2 Continental contisport 3's - as someone has pointed out in a previous post these are the tyres that the gti comes with when new....I called my hubby and asked his opinion. He had a quick check on the net and compared to other tyre sellers (black circles, tyreshopper, etc) the dealers were offering the best price.
I also managed to get them to fit 4 new VW badges in the centre of the wheels for £20 all in, as the old ones were shot.
Contisports are a good tyre, in my opinion better than the vreds that were on previously.