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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Hawaii-Five-O on 15 June 2013, 08:00
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I'll kick this off.
As many may know I had to re-orde my GTD due to a shocking dealer/broker/customer bust-up/cock-up.
Anyways my new estimated build week is 43 (but, I'm told may come forward, though not hopeful). Car was re-ordered 13-6-13 (original order was 9-4-13).
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I ordered beginning of May.
Estimated build week is 38.
Should I expect some sort of alert if this changes or is this something I would only find out about if I contact my dealer?
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I ordered beginning of May.
Estimated build week is 38.
Should I expect some sort of alert if this changes or is this something I would only find out about if I contact my dealer?
It depends on your dealer really, some are proactive in telling you any movement but others may only tell you if it goes to a confirmed BW, best bet is to keep in touch with your dealer.
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Ordered 1st week April
Confirmed bw26
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Ordered 15th of May, still processing but estimated build week of 33.
Thinking of cancelling as it looks unlikely I will get it before October which is just too long.
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Just had it confirmed from my dealer that I have been allocated build week 28, which is week beginning 8th July. I ordered the car in May.
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This is the thread that I knew was seriously going to pi77 me off. Ordering may and getting delivery fully 8 weeks before me who ordered 2nd April!! Not a pop at the individuals in any way more VW.
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This is the thread that I knew was seriously going to pi77 me off. Ordering may and getting delivery fully 8 weeks before me who ordered 2nd April!! Not a pop at the individuals in any way more VW.
Yeah the VW system, whatever it is, is is utter sh!t. If you place an order earlier you expect earlier delivery. What possible reason could VW have for delaying orders placed a month earlier until 2-3 months after later orders? BS in my opinion.
Like you say, pleased for those getting fast delivery but I honestly feel like VW should be giving some compensation of something for those of us facing months and months extra for no apparent reason. They should knock a grand off for that sh!t, I'll be losing about that in my p/x anyway!
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This is the thread that I knew was seriously going to pi77 me off. Ordering may and getting delivery fully 8 weeks before me who ordered 2nd April!! Not a pop at the individuals in any way more VW.
Come on mcmaddy, surely nothing beats ordering early April, waiting a full 2 months only to find out the car was never ordered :tongue:
Now that is the definition of screwed! :wink:
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What build week are we today? It's been so long, i've lost track (end of week 24?)
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I ordered my GTD on 27th April and have a confirmed build week of 38.
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GTD ordered 19th May - estimated build week 34
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What build week are we today? It's been so long, i've lost track (end of week 24?)
End of 24 / Beginning of 25.
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What build week are we today? It's been so long, i've lost track (end of week 24?)
End of 24 / Beginning of 25.
Only 15 weeks till they think about building mine! WOOHOO!! ::)
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Ordered 12/05 estimate BW week is 35.
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ordered 2nd April and have a build WK of 34 at the moment but who knows!
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What build week are we today? It's been so long, i've lost track (end of week 24?)
End of 24 / Beginning of 25.
Expecting to see some movement into Transit for my dad's at the end of next week then (went into "build week confirmed" on the Thursday of week 21).
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I am tempted to change to a GTI if it meant getting one quicker.
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I am tempted to change to a GTI if it meant getting one quicker.
It won't. You'll end up at the back of the queue again...
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I am tempted to change to a GTI if it meant getting one quicker.
It won't. You'll end up at the back of the queue again...
Maybe the Scirocco GTS? Looks nice.
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Ordered 16th May
Original BW28
Now moved to BW33
Still not confirmed.
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Ordered 16th May
Original BW28
Now moved to BW33
Still not confirmed.
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Ordered BW20 and possibly getting it made in BW33? I think you've been quite lucky, Many of us here ordered BW13/14 and are getting them made in BW33-38. Just pray they don't alter it any further back (always a possibility).
I feel like Lando Calrissian just after Han has been encased in Carbonite, VW obviously being Darth Vader.
Me: "BW33 was never part of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter" :angry:
VW: "Do you think you are being treated unfairly? It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a Garrison at your dealership and cancel your order". :shocked:
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I feel like Lando Calrissian just after Han has been encased in Carbonite, VW obviously being Darth Vader.
Me: "BW33 was never part of our agreement, nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter" :angry:
VW: "Do you think you are being treated unfairly? It would be unfortunate if I had to leave a Garrison at your dealership and cancel your order". :shocked:
:grin: :grin: :grin:
So true.
"I am altering the deal as I see fit. Pray I don't alter it any further..."
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:grin: Loving the SW references!
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Ordered 26th April, BW confirmed week 25 (this week) and told should be with dealer for 22nd July. After all the push backs been shown on here I've asked for confirmation that the build has / is starting this week. Watch this space........ :wink:
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and of course the immortal line from Yoda....
"When 900 years old you be.....still your build week you wait for.....hmmmm" :laugh: :laugh:
or Leia....
""Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope, VW keep putting my build week back." :grin: :grin:
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We need a new thread for this sh!t!
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We need a new thread for this sh!t!
Indeed!
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Back on topic I made a call to VW to see if my dad's GTD DSG was being built this week as planned. They confirmed that the bodyshell is in the paintshop right now and should be on a train to Emden on Thursday or Friday at the latest.
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Back on topic I made a call to VW to see if my dad's GTD DSG was being built this week as planned. They confirmed that the bodyshell is in the paintshop right now and should be on a train to Emden on Thursday or Friday at the latest.
Some good news around here at last :smiley:
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Ordered 26th April, BW confirmed week 25 (this week) and told should be with dealer for 22nd July. After all the push backs been shown on here I've asked for confirmation that the build has / is starting this week. Watch this space........ :wink:
how? how? and how again?? I ordered 3 and half weeks before and have an unconfirmed bw 9 weeks later than you. this is what pi77es me off with VW!!!
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Ordered 26th April, BW confirmed week 25 (this week) and told should be with dealer for 22nd July. After all the push backs been shown on here I've asked for confirmation that the build has / is starting this week. Watch this space........ :wink:
how? how? and how again?? I ordered 3 and half weeks before and have an unconfirmed bw 9 weeks later than you. this is what pi77es me off with VW!!!
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Crazy
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Ordered 26th April, BW confirmed week 25 (this week) and told should be with dealer for 22nd July. After all the push backs been shown on here I've asked for confirmation that the build has / is starting this week. Watch this space........ :wink:
If yours does get built this week, it looks like this is the week for black DSGs to be made. Ring VW UK up and quote your order number the dealership should have given you e.g. 2323xxxx, they'll tell you exactly where it is at. Of course, if you have the order number you should go to the "track my order" at the VW UK website and hopefully your status will be "build week confirmed", if not then it's probably been put back.
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It's still build week confirmed and has been for about 4 weeks. VW confirmed it was on track a couple of weeks ago, they have promised to come back tomorrow to confirm if it's still on track...I'll update as soon as I have the info.
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VW track my order now showing "in transit" for my pure white, 5 door GTD with DSG and panoramic roof. Getting more than a bit excited
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VW track my order now showing "in transit" for my pure white, 5 door GTD with DSG and panoramic roof. Getting more than a bit excited
That is exciting :smiley: :smiley: How long did your order sit at Build week confirmed status?
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VW track my order now showing "in transit" for my pure white, 5 door GTD with DSG and panoramic roof. Getting more than a bit excited
This is just hilarious. VW have variously claimed that the DSG, the sunroof and the GTD are all reasons for a delay. Yet here we have all three in a single vehicle that is one of the very first to be built. When did you place the order dervy?
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VW track my order now showing "in transit" for my pure white, 5 door GTD with DSG and panoramic roof. Getting more than a bit excited
I think we can definitely rule out pano roof as a potential source of delays. DSG isn't an issue either as my dad's should be in transit in the next few days.
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Hello guys, I ordered the car on 3rd April and had a provisional build week of 36 which moved to 25 about 5 weeks ago. 4 weeks ago it showed "build week confirmed" on the tracker which it showed until this morning. Better pull my finger out in terms of putting my number plate on retention.
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As George K has said the DSG could be a hold up if only a certain number of dsg boxes are built or allocated at a time. Its not only VW that use the dsg box so if they are sharing it round then it may well be a hold up option.
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Good news just got this back:-
There have indeed been delays of approximately 4-6 weeks on the Golf GTD however your vehicle already had a confirmed build date and once it's confirmed it won't change. Your vehicle is being built this week and we hope to see it in 4-5 weeks. So all good news.
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Hello guys, I ordered the car on 3rd April and had a provisional build week of 36 which moved to 25 about 5 weeks ago. 4 weeks ago it showed "build week confirmed" on the tracker which it showed until this morning. Better pull my finger out in terms of putting my number plate on retention.
That's a hell of a shift up the queue - perhaps people ahead of you in your supplying dealership's allocation queue have been choppiing and changing their orders and as a result your car got bumped to the front?
This very thing seems to have happened with my dad's order - 3rd in the queue and now first due (I think) to the fact that mcmaddy added some equipment that may have delayed his build and I had a colour change that was not executed for ages as they changed the colour of my dad's car in error weeks before instead and then changed my colour afterwards. For all of those changes, ironically my dad's change (which should not have been made) was the earliest spec change out of the 3 of us and had the least negative effect on scheduling (again, just my theory), putting it at the front of the Pulman Sunderland allocation queue.
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Ordered beginning April, just had a confirmed build week 35. Order number 23175xxx. Told to expect four weeks after the car will be ready to hand over taking it to wk39. 14 to 39 = 25 week lead time!!!!!!!!
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oops sorry guys misread its gtd build dates
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Ordered mine beginning of May, build week is supposed to be 34 but its a works lease car so I can't contact the dealer direct to check fingers crossed
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Ordered beginning April, just had a confirmed build week 35. Order number 23175xxx. Told to expect four weeks after the car will be ready to hand over taking it to wk39. 14 to 39 = 25 week lead time!!!!!!!!
I can't remember if I posted this all ready, but when I spoke to the VW Executive Office he confirmed that if your delivery is over 20 weeks from the order date that VW are obligated to give you a courtesy car from week 20 till delivery. This may help those who have cars on lease for example that have to go back on a certain date. It'll be a sh!tty billy basic golf I'm sure but at least it's a "free" car.
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Ordered beginning April, just had a confirmed build week 35. Order number 23175xxx. Told to expect four weeks after the car will be ready to hand over taking it to wk39. 14 to 39 = 25 week lead time!!!!!!!!
I can't remember if I posted this all ready, but when I spoke to the VW Executive Office he confirmed that if your delivery is over 20 weeks from the order date that VW are obligated to give you a courtesy car from week 20 till delivery. This may help those who have cars on lease for example that have to go back on a certain date. It'll be a sh!tty billy basic golf I'm sure but at least it's a "free" car.
When do they consider the "order date" to be. Is it actual order date, or car release date?
Obviously prior to BW22 they couldn't control delivery, so lets say you order in week 16. Does that mean they consider it week 36 when they have failed to meet 20 week delivery, or would they hold it over until week 42?
On the one hand its unfair to expect them to deliver in 20 weeks if you placed your order 10 weeks before the first available build.
On the other hand they need to get their arses in gear, so screw it, they should call it 20 weeks from the real order date. 20 weeks is 5 months after all!!
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I would say point of order is point of acceptance of order from VW. When they provide you with with an order number they've definitely accepted your order. Week 13 for me, expected week 13 build, which means 2 to 4 weeks beyond 20 weeks.
The "free" courtesy car doesn't necessarily come into play if you have a part ex and the dealership haven't insisted on getting their mitts on it 20 weeks after ordering whether your new car is ready or not. If you can keep your p/x until the GTI/GTD is ready then a courtesy car isn't needed.
I read/heard somewhere that in that case the dealership might get some compo for depreciation of the p/x over and above 20 weeks of waiting, which is considered excessive.
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monkeyhanger is right, the 20 weeks start from the date of your order.
I am in this situation monkeyhanger, I am doing a part ex. However, I've said to my dealer if the 20 weeks is up and they want to flog my car they can have it in exchange for a courtesy car. Or if they're happy to wait then that's fine too. I'm assuming they will just want me to keep mine. Either way doesn't bother me!
Hopefully it won't be 20 weeks though.... :rolleyes:
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monkeyhanger is right, the 20 weeks start from the date of your order.
I am in this situation monkeyhanger, I am doing a part ex. However, I've said to my dealer if the 20 weeks is up and they want to flog my car they can have it in exchange for a courtesy car. Or if they're happy to wait then that's fine too. I'm assuming they will just want me to keep mine. Either way doesn't bother me!
Hopefully it won't be 20 weeks though.... :rolleyes:
Looks like my equity in the P/X has opened up from £1700 at point of ordering to £2800 currently, and anticipated £3500 at end of Aug/first few days of Sept. If it drags on much longer they'll end up owing me money. My dealer has never discussed wanting my car any earlier than the new car being ready, which is probably one of the reasons i'm not that bothered about my car being late - if i'd been stuck in a 1.6TDI Golf match and they'd sold mine on then I might've been more impatient.
Really wondering about CSG right now, my last Golf (Tornado Red) was jinxed.
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I read/heard somewhere that in that case the dealership might get some compo for depreciation of the p/x over and above 20 weeks of waiting, which is considered excessive.
That happened with my Mark 6 - it was originally supposed to be delivered in July, but because VW lost the order, I took delivery at the end of October (34 weeks after ordering!). The dealer took my Mini off me at the start of September (seldom have I been so glad to get rid of a car) and I drove a basic Polo (no A/C!) for seven or eight weeks. The dealer principal told me that VW would be compensating them for the drop in value of my existing car as it was VW's fault that delivery was delayed - not mine or the dealer's.
Fortunately for me, the value of my P/X was fixed when I placed the order, so I didn't lose out financially.
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I also had a loan car after 20 weeks, my car should have been delivered in Jan but didnt arrive until May!
Oh well, should be worth the wait.
Pushed and got £250 of accessories last time, rubber mats, first aid/breakdon kit, luggage, ??? am gonna push for the same this time too....... :whistle:
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If I may play Devils advocate for a second though....
Being hypothetical for a moment, lets say you order 20 weeks before the first on sale date (ok I know this isn't possible, but roll with it for a second). Now in this situation the instant you place the order they are "late" as they have no way of meeting the 20 week limit.
Ok, so what about if you order 16 weeks before, allowing for time to build and ship that is probably the same thing. So what about ordering 12 weeks before? Assuming about 4 weeks from start of build to delivery that leaves them just 4 weeks to meet the 20 total.
Here is my point, where is the cut off? For the sake of procedure if nothing else I wouldn't be surprised if they start the clock on the on sale date otherwise all the time an order spends in 'pre-order' is time they can't use.
However, I can see one argument against the above. A pre-order allows VW to plan ahead so the time isn't being 'wasted'. But in terms of keeping to an agreement where there is the possibility of compensation and therefore reduced profit I can't see them going with that, can you? My experience dealing with companies says they won't be caught out by the pre-order period, it will be in the small print that this period does not count towards the 20 weeks.
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My order went through around about 18th April. This is the date they use Bear, ie. the date the order hits the system. This could be classed as a 'pre-order' as the car wasn't on sale till June ( :rolleyes:) but its up to VW to work in the build to 20 weeks or less.
Basically, they didn't realise the demand they were going to get, due in the main to the excellent press they've been getting, and also unforeseen problems with production - allegedly. So for me for example, they would expect delivery end of July/Mid August ie. 16/18 weeks tops. As it is it looks like 22 weeks.
The point being that the 20 weeks starts from the date your order was put onto the system. :smiley:
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You ordered in wk16 so that gives them only 14 weeks to get your order built and delivered.
All I'm saying is that if they for some reason decided to look at what later than 20 week orders were costing them, and if they didn't like the answer, I don't think it would take them long to decide that those 6 weeks (in your case) don't count towards the 20.
To be safe I'd probably get it in writing from them now what they will offer and at what point.
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Or to put this another way, where does it say when the 20 weeks starts from? As far as I can tell both VW and us are 'assuming' from the order placed date, but if its not in writing somewhere they are free to change the definition at any point by putting it in writing.
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The point being that the 20 weeks starts from the date your order was put onto the system. :smiley:
I would say exactly that. When VW accept your order the clock starts ticking. If they take orders from BW13 they should be able to deliver in BW33 as long as the car is actively on sale 3 or 4 weeks before this expected delivery date.
Benfield were approaching p/x pricing in a slightly different way when I was there this weekend. They were saying:-
"right now your car is worth £1900 more than your settlement figure. We will guarantee that equity in the car at point of delivery, and if true p/x price in Nov or whenever allows for a bigger equity we will give you it, but it won't be less than £1900, whatever happens".
First time I have never been offered a fixed p/x price at point of potentially ordering (which may seem low for anticipated value in a few months time etc). With that logic they shouldn't need any assistance from VW for depreciating p/x value as they are giving you less every month that passes and so protecting themselves from that depreciation.
A dealership that grabs your p/x at week 20 to sell and puts you in a courtesy car until your new one turns up shouldn't need any depreciation money from VW, perhaps assistance in provision of the courtesy car (will the courtesy car be supplied centrally by VW uk, or from the dealership's own fleet?
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The new GTD is available to order now and will cost from £25,285 for a manual, three-door car and top out at £27,355 for a five-door model equipped with a DSG gearbox. First deliveries will start On August 5 but, Volkswagen says that many are expected to wait an extra month so that deliveries coincide with the 63 plate change in September.
By James Richardson
This copied from an autotrader article.............
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Monkeys dads gtd is coming in about three weeks time so the article may well be wrong as has everything been with press/delivery/prices/options/ordering/everything!!
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The new GTD is available to order now and will cost from £25,285 for a manual, three-door car and top out at £27,355 for a five-door model equipped with a DSG gearbox. First deliveries will start On August 5 but, Volkswagen says that many are expected to wait an extra month so that deliveries coincide with the 63 plate change in September.
By James Richardson
This copied from an autotrader article.............
Autotrader are talking sh!te, my dad's DBP 5DR DSG GTD was in the paint shop on Monday - it's probably finished building by now and likely going through final checks right now prior to starting it's journey to the UK.
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I think what the chap means is that many customers will wait till Sep, not VW, to get the new 63 plate.
Maybe. :lipsrsealed:
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I think what the chap means is that many customers will wait till Sep, not VW, to get the new 63 plate.
Maybe. :lipsrsealed:
Yes, I'd think that was what he meant too. The factory closedown will push the cars towards late August so you may as well wait the extra time for the plate change. Given the option I would.
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I think what the chap means is that many customers will wait till Sep, not VW, to get the new 63 plate.
Maybe. :lipsrsealed:
Yes, I'd think that was what he meant too. The factory closedown will push the cars towards late August so you may as well wait the extra time for the plate change. Given the option I would.
If mine is built in week 33 I will be waiting for the new plate should it arrive early - 2 weeks after the Monday of BW33 is literally a couple of days until September. I can wait those extra few days and get the new plate.
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At this rate I'll be wondering what model year 15 changes will be affecting my car as it arrives mid 14 plate!!! :laugh:
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At this rate I'll be wondering what model year 15 changes will be affecting my car as it arrives mid 14 plate!!! :laugh:
What's your estimated build week? Mine is 43 at present but you guys ordered much earlier than me.
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At this rate I'll be wondering what model year 15 changes will be affecting my car as it arrives mid 14 plate!!! :laugh:
What's your estimated build week? Mine is 43 at present but you guys ordered much earlier than me.
40 last I heard. Mid April order, no spec changes. Suspected allocation queue from dealer. C'est la vie.
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I love your optimism monkeyhanger that you believe you will get your car 2 weeks after build :laugh:
My guess is mid Sep therefore we'll both have the new plate :cool:
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I love your optimism monkeyhanger that you believe you will get your car 2 weeks after build :laugh:
My guess is mid Sep therefore we'll both have the new plate :cool:
It is a definite possibility. Look at HA54SYM's entries on the delivery thread - it arrived in the UK yesteday, 6 days after appearing "in transit" on the tracker. That car will probably be at the dealership in 2 or 3 days time. Benfield's "for sale" full UK spec GTI seemingly only took 9 days assuming it was built at the start of BW22. 2 weeks is looking very favourable, unless volume increases for the new plate deliveries affect how quickly the cars get a space on a ship to the UK
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I really hope you're right, as that will mean we will get our motors for 1st Sep - driving home, new plate, will be awesome!! :cool:
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So considering my week build is estimated week 33, and it still shows as 'still processing' on the website, when could I reasonably expect a delivery?
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So considering my week build is estimated week 33, and it still shows as 'still processing' on the website, when could I reasonably expect a delivery?
Consensus is 2-4 weeks post BW for delivery and prep and so forth. So wk 36-38 (allowing them a week to build it). So that is about mid-September I think.
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Corrected for awful maths error.
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So considering my week build is estimated week 33, and it still shows as 'still processing' on the website, when could I reasonably expect a delivery?
I'm exactly the same (although I have had my build week confirmed by the VW Executive Office) and I'm expecting a mid September delivery. This is based on have ordered 2 previous GTI's from new, both taking 4 weeks from build to delivery. However, I'm hoping monkeyhanger is right as he's expecting 1st Sep delivery! I'm just thinking worse case scenario and then if it comes sooner that's a bonus!
PS My tracker still says processing too, you won't see that change until BW29.
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sh!t, Matchboy is right I screwed up there.
Mid Sept, not mid August. Sorry! :embarrassed:
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Well I suppose that's not too bad since June is nearly over. IF the build week stays as week 33, and September is the month, then I can wait.
I have to say though, I have looked at alternatives, and no-one can supply a car of decent spec unless it's ordered and it will still take about 12 weeks.
And I mean the following:
Merc A-Class AMG
Merc C-Class coupe AMG
Scirocco GTS / R-Line
Astra GTC BiTurbo
SEAT Leon 184 TDI FR / 1.8 TSI FR
BMW 320d M Sport (Yawn)
I mean, what's the alternatives? Wait? Looks like it.
(My company car is returned the 1st week of July)
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Well I suppose that's not too bad since June is nearly over. IF the build week stays as week 33, and September is the month, then I can wait.
I have to say though, I have looked at alternatives, and no-one can supply a car of decent spec unless it's ordered and it will still take about 12 weeks.
And I mean the following:
Merc A-Class AMG
Merc C-Class coupe AMG
Scirocco GTS / R-Line
Astra GTC BiTurbo
SEAT Leon 184 TDI FR / 1.8 TSI FR
BMW 320d M Sport (Yawn)
I mean, what's the alternatives? Wait? Looks like it.
(My company car is returned the 1st week of July)
Or go 2nd hand, then you can have it straight away! You won't be happy though!!
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
There's nothing like "Rubbing It In!" :grin: :grin: :grin: ...... Seriously though, I couldn't be more pleased for you mate.
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
There's nothing like "Rubbing It In!" :grin: :grin: :grin: ...... Seriously though, I couldn't be more pleased for you mate.
Cheers Mate, it will be good to have my own wheels again I have been sharing the wives car for the last 6 weeks!
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
Hi Kendo. That's great news. You'll be among the first mainland UK people to drive a GTD! We want lots of pics when it arrives :laugh:
If its in transit you could well receive the car mid-end of July, never mind August. Lucky sød.
Just out of interest, what date did you place your order? And is it manual or DSG?
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
Hi Kendo. That's great news. You'll be among the first mainland UK people to drive a GTD! We want lots of pics when it arrives :laugh:
If its in transit you could well receive the car mid-end of July, never mind August. Lucky sød.
Just out of interest, what date did you place your order? And is it manual? I'm guessing it is as GTD's with DSG boxes seem to be delayed.
GTD's with dsg aren't delayed!! monkeyhangers dad's car will be delivered in 2 to 3 weeks and it has dsg and it's a gtd.
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
Hi Kendo. That's great news. You'll be among the first mainland UK people to drive a GTD! We want lots of pics when it arrives :laugh:
If its in transit you could well receive the car mid-end of July, never mind August. Lucky sød.
Just out of interest, what date did you place your order? And is it manual? I'm guessing it is as GTD's with DSG boxes seem to be delayed.
GTD's with dsg aren't delayed!! monkeyhangers dad's car will be delivered in 2 to 3 weeks and it has dsg and it's a gtd.
Ahem..... corrected :whistle:
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Mine also DSG and been built this week...... :drool:
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
Hi Kendo. That's great news. You'll be among the first mainland UK people to drive a GTD! We want lots of pics when it arrives :laugh:
If its in transit you could well receive the car mid-end of July, never mind August. Lucky sød.
Just out of interest, what date did you place your order? And is it manual? I'm guessing it is as GTD's with DSG boxes seem to be delayed.
GTD's with dsg aren't delayed!! monkeyhangers dad's car will be delivered in 2 to 3 weeks and it has dsg and it's a gtd.
Ahem..... corrected :whistle:
:grin: :grin: :laugh: :laugh:
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Hi Guys, my tracker changed to in transit tonight, ties in with early August delivery date I got from my delaer :grin:
Hi Kendo. That's great news. You'll be among the first mainland UK people to drive a GTD! We want lots of pics when it arrives :laugh:
If its in transit you could well receive the car mid-end of July, never mind August. Lucky sød.
Just out of interest, what date did you place your order? And is it manual? I'm guessing it is as GTD's with DSG boxes seem to be delayed.
GTD's with dsg aren't delayed!! monkeyhangers dad's car will be delivered in 2 to 3 weeks and it has dsg and it's a gtd.
Ahem..... corrected :whistle:
:grin: :grin: :laugh: :laugh:
Hawaii, I ordered it about the 18th April I think, I posted all the details including the full order into Bill the Bear's s/sheet at the time so maybe now he will start spotting some trends. Mine is manual and I ordered it from a dealer in Stirling, Scotland. I got a good deal and the salesman Graham was excellent to deal with. I think dealer allocation has a lot to do with it, because Edinburgh dealers were quoting me October / November deliveries at the same time, whereas Advantage Stirling thought it would be late August / September. He then contacted me a few weeks ago to say early August. And tonight he asked me to send my retention certificate for my plate, so I am hoping mid to late July (fingers crossed). Oh and plenty pics will be forthcoming :-)
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Bear, has any of the confirmed 'in transit' users had the Panoramic option?
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Bear, has any of the confirmed 'in transit' users had the Panoramic option?
Valenni, mines has the panoramic sunroof and it is in transit :-)
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I'm sure there is a pan roof already built. I'll have to check my sheet. (EDIT: I see Kendo's post, it is his I'm thinking of then).
On the trends, unfortunately each theory has been shot down in flames. You're right to say it seems like dealer allocation makes a big difference but this is hard to confirm. Firstly, it could be that dealers are often very ignorant of the lead time so their quotes are somewhat random. Secondly, in some cases they may be modifying an existing order, so they are able to give some people order now or recently a very good deal delivery wise, while the rest of us are stuck in the queue.
The real problem is that their darn estimates go up and down like a yo-yo. So we can confirm a few orders are in BW confirmed on the tracker, but it is virtually impossible to judge anything because all the remaining orders not confirmed could end up being built any time, so even if there is a good split on options until some start to be confirmed no conclusions can be drawn.
We've heard VW say that both the DSG and sunroof cause delays, yet some of the first orders to arrive have DSG and (I will confirm) at least one is with the sunroof. I'll check colour too, but I'm sceptical.
Frankly if they set out to produce the least helpful system they could it would be hard for them to improve on this one.
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Gone to In Transit on Track My VW, come to daddy!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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The tracker set up is just plain wrong. At the point at which it has been built you have 3 status updates (in transit/in UK/arrived at dealership), which happen within the space of 1-2 weeks. On the other hand you could wait months for any progress at the first stage "order processing" to "build confirmed" (a 4 week window that still doesn't give you an idea of actual build week (although it is assumed it will be the 4th week). Dealerships can tell you exactly what planning stage it is at and anticipated build week, yet the tracker is largely useless until the car is built and on it's way.
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Gone to In Transit on Track My VW, come to daddy!!! :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
Well done matey!
When it arrives we want pics. Lots of pics. And from every angle :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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The tracker set up is just plain wrong. At the point at which it has been built you have 3 status updates (in transit/in UK/arrived at dealership), which happen within the space of 1-2 weeks. On the other hand you could wait months for any progress at the first stage "order processing" to "build confirmed" (a 4 week window that still doesn't give you an idea of actual build week (although it is assumed it will be the 4th week). Dealerships can tell you exactly what planning stage it is at and anticipated build week, yet the tracker is largely useless until the car is built and on it's way.
Agreed. It could be much better.
I wish they'd do some 'market research' and ask for feedback on it. I've got plenty to offer! haha
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I have also been told that I will receive the car in August. Unfortunately because I have ordered through a broker on vehicle lease I dont have access to a tracker (I dont think :undecided:) Anyway the broker has said they are 100% certain I will have my car in August. :cool:
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I have also been told that I will receive the car in August. Unfortunately because I have ordered through a broker on vehicle lease I dont have access to a tracker (I dont think :undecided:) Anyway the broker has said they are 100% certain I will have my car in August. :cool:
If you can acquire your order number then you can track it (for all the good that will do, tracker reveals very little info).
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Unfortunately because I have ordered through a broker on vehicle lease I dont have access to a tracker
Tuscan, I did the same but the broker told me where they ordered it from. Give them a call & ask them for your order number (all you should need to give is your name?), that way you will be able to track it.
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Let's all cancel, at the same time, on the same day and then see what happens!
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Let's all cancel, at the same time, on the same day and then see what happens!
Okay, you first :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Ummmm, maybe not eh :drool: Mawahhhh
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Well my original order was due bw28, then put back to bw33, now it's bw35! :cry:
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When and who have you ordered from nuggsy? Pulman Durham?
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Yeah, Pullman durham, ordered 6th may. I went in last week to see if I could alter colour to CSG, and was told that would put build week back, so didn't bother, now wish I had!
On another note, changed jobs recently, so do extra miles to work, and getting on average 61mpg out of mk6 gtd, sometimes think is it worth changing to mk7 !!??
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I've seen the pure white gti at Sunderland Pulman and it looks even better than any pictures. I toyed with changing mind to csg but didn't and I'm pleased now. I ordered mine from Sunderland on 2nd April and have a build week of 35!! can't get any explanation as to why mine has such a long wait.
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my mk6 is dpb, and when it's washed, theirs no better colour, it looks amazing, but the next day it's covered in dust and bird cr*p, and looks a mess, I also made a mistake in washing it with a sponge! (sorry!) so in a way I'm glad I chose the pure white. (I do have a lambs wool mit now) :embarrassed:
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BW35 isn't that bad. I reckon I should have got 32 (ignoring shutdown) based on my order date so 35 would be irritating but acceptable. I'm currently looking at 39+... probably +. :sad:
The rule that every week that passes sees my BW pushed back by al least 1 week continues to hold... :cry:
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Ordered mine beginning of May, build week is supposed to be 34 but its a works lease car so I can't contact the dealer direct to check fingers crossed
oh well now build week 36 deep joy!!!!!
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Ordered mine beginning of May, build week is supposed to be 34 but its a works lease car so I can't contact the dealer direct to check fingers crossed
oh well now build week 36 deep joy!!!!!
If you can just get the order number for your car you can track it yourself online:
http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/track-my-order
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Just been told by VW that my build week has slid another week. Now wk 35 with no explanation apology, f*** all!!!!!
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Just been told by VW that my build week has slid another week. Now wk 35 with no explanation apology, f*** all!!!!!
Oh no. Not what we wanted to hear! :cry:
Lets hope this is just a slip from a wk 34 Friday to a wk 35 Monday for one car and not everything being bumped 1 week back! :undecided:
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To be honest im that pi44ed off with the whole thing im tempted to keep my current car!!!!!!!
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To be honest im that pi44ed off with the whole thing im tempted to keep my current car!!!!!!!
Was it a confirmed date that slipped, or estimated?
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unconfirmed but as of Monday this week it was bw34. next day appears to be on bw35!
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unconfirmed but as of Monday this week it was bw34. next day appears to be on bw35!
I think I told this to Bill - they press an "add 1 week to order" button every time you ring VW UK up.
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unconfirmed but as of Monday this week it was bw34. next day appears to be on bw35!
I think I told this to Bill - they press an "add 1 week to order" button every time you ring VW UK up.
Yeah if anyone is gonna call them to get the truth on this camera thing can it not be me? I'm dead serious I've called/emailed too much this last couple of weeks!
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mcmaddy: I assume that when they confirm a build week they also are pretty sure what day any given car will be getting started in the build process +/- one day. Perhaps yours is always on the cusp of BW34 to BW35 as it always seems to be bouncing between BW34 and BW35?
For everyone past BW35, don't forget that there'll probably be 3 week of no tracker updates as 4 weeks before scheduled BW will actually be beyond shutdown:-
Tracker update to BW confirmed BW
26 33
27 34
28 35
32 36
33 37
So BW36ers - don't fret if you don't get a tracker update in 2 weeks time, it should be 5 weeks time.
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What is this shutdown? Surely the wouldn't shut their factory down before September? When you'd imagn he'll be at their busiest.
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The shutdown is a three week holiday for the workers on the assembly line. During this time they'll do any work that needs to be done in the factory, such as retooling and giving tired robots a break.
Why would they be busy "before September"? What's so special about this time? They're busy all year round, but the guys on the line do need a break.
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The shutdown is a three week holiday for the workers on the assembly line. During this time they'll do any work that needs to be done in the factory, such as retooling and giving tired robots a break.
Why would they be busy "before September"? What's so special about this time? They're busy all year round, but the guys on the line do need a break.
More new car orders are placed around spring time as people want to take delivery in summer (and with new plates in UK case). So it does seem odd to shutdown now in this sense. However, the workers don't want to have holiday in winter so they couldn't very well stop then.
That said, its not a *full* shutdown. They're trying to keep production running, I guess at some reduced level but how reduced it is impossible to say.
EDIT:
Nice table MH. Why no one has thought to do that before I don't know, we're forever discussing what BW means what your idea of a table answers those questions! Could add a column for date week commencing too for those who don't have the week numbers in their calenders.
That said, its not a *full* shutdown. They're trying to keep production running, I guess at some reduced level but how reduced it is impossible to say.
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That said, its not a *full* shutdown. They're trying to keep production running, I guess at some reduced level but how reduced it is impossible to say.
I read on another forum (sorry cant remember where) that VWUK said that during shutdown no GTI/GTD model will be built, only normal models.
I'd take this with a pinch of salt as its obvious VWUK have communication issues and dont know whats going on themselves!!!
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I'd take this with a pinch of salt as its obvious VWUK have communication issues and dont know whats going on themselves!!!
Its actually worse than this. IF every time we talked to them they said "We're sorry we don't know what is going on and can't tell you anything." that would actually be an IMPROVEMENT over the current system where each time you talk to them you get a different story and it conflicts with the half a dozen previous stories which are also each conflicting with each other.
They actually think they know what is going on, or at least they tell us that they know what is going on. Once they realise they don't know then we'll be better off than we are now, though not much. :angry:
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H, I ordered mine (Tornado Red GTD manual with Park Assist and Sat Nav) on the 15th April. The Tracker still saying processing my order.
I have spoken to my dealer who has given me a BW of 38.
They also told me that UK spec GTDs will start being built on 3rd July. the first lot made had no ADC.
I have seen some people on here saying there car is in transit (some weeks ago), this doesn't fit with what the dealer is saying.
Either the dealer is lying, people are winding us up or they are mixing up Golf GT diesels with the GTD.
Either way I cant find a picture of a GTD in the UK.
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H, I ordered mine (Tornado Red GTD manual with Park Assist and Sat Nav) on the 15th April. The Tracker still saying processing my order.
I have spoken to my dealer who has given me a BW of 38.
They also told me that UK spec GTDs will start being built on 3rd July. the first lot made had no ADC.
I have seen some people on here saying there car is in transit (some weeks ago), this doesn't fit with what the dealer is saying.
Either the dealer is lying, people are winding us up or they are mixing up Golf GT diesels with the GTD.
Either way I cant find a picture of a GTD in the UK.
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254838.70 :wink:
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That looks sweet.
Why are the dealers telling us that they don't exist?
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H, I ordered mine (Tornado Red GTD manual with Park Assist and Sat Nav) on the 15th April. The Tracker still saying processing my order.
I have spoken to my dealer who has given me a BW of 38.
They also told me that UK spec GTDs will start being built on 3rd July. the first lot made had no ADC.
I have seen some people on here saying there car is in transit (some weeks ago), this doesn't fit with what the dealer is saying.
Either the dealer is lying, people are winding us up or they are mixing up Golf GT diesels with the GTD.
Either way I cant find a picture of a GTD in the UK.
There appear to be no demo GTDs in the UK, certainly not any that were built before BW22 (to be missing the ADC). As you can see in the linked pics, my dad has his already (and it has ADC) - it was built 2 weeks ago. With a BW of 38 and ordered on BW16, your delay to build seems similar to a lot of us early adopters, and I would say you're probably 2 or 3 people behind in your supplying dealership's allocation.
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I have sneaky suspicion that the dealer delayed my order. when I ordered it I said that if it was going to arrive in august I would collect it in September to get the new plate.
I think they tried to engineer a September delivery but it has backfired a bit.
on the up side in October my car will be brand harry spankers, not 3 months old. This will be my first new car, looking forward to it.
Monkey hanger, I'm really impressed with the pics you uploaded. these are the first non press pics I have seen of a GTD.
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now dumped to wk36 and still no explanation. anyone who has ordered a rear view camera and is unconfirmed build might want to check your build week. mines dropped 2 weeks since Monday!! totally piss poor and pathetic treatment of customers.
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now dumped to wk36 and still no explanation. anyone who has ordered a rear view camera and is unconfirmed build might want to check your build week. mines dropped 2 weeks since Monday!! totally piss poor and pathetic treatment of customers.
That's rubbish...what a joke! We'll be getting our cars in the rainy season at this rate :angry:
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After speaking with my dealer this morning I was told that you have to wait 2 weeks to get an order number? Is this right? They said that the factory has to accept the order first and then they'll give you an order number which apparently takes 2 weeks. Anyone got any idea if this is total bull?
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Total bull. I had mine within 2 days.
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That looks sweet.
Why are the dealers telling us that they don't exist?
I think the only reasonable explanation for this would be the Magic 8 Ball they are using!
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Interesting. Up to yesterday the tracker was showing build week confirmed (week 28) but today tracker does not recognise my order number. I hope it has been removed because it is due be built next week and that the next notification I shall get will be that it is in transit. Tracker needs sorting IMO
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After speaking with my dealer this morning I was told that you have to wait 2 weeks to get an order number? Is this right? They said that the factory has to accept the order first and then they'll give you an order number which apparently takes 2 weeks. Anyone got any idea if this is total bull?
Total BS! I ordered mine and got an order number the next day AND it show up on the tracker website.
You need to press them hard as with my first order this year I was given the same run around. I eventually moved to another dealer after a big row and the supplying dealer didn't want my business any longer. Messy affair. But they did lie to me about not placing my order at the factory. They waited two months to tell me this. Bunch of shysters!
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mcmaddy: I assume that when they confirm a build week they also are pretty sure what day any given car will be getting started in the build process +/- one day. Perhaps yours is always on the cusp of BW34 to BW35 as it always seems to be bouncing between BW34 and BW35?
For everyone past BW35, don't forget that there'll probably be 3 week of no tracker updates as 4 weeks before scheduled BW will actually be beyond shutdown:-
Tracker update to BW confirmed BW
26 33
27 34
28 35
32 36
33 37
So BW36ers - don't fret if you don't get a tracker update in 2 weeks time, it should be 5 weeks time.
Excellent table and information the only actually usefull one on the GTI 7 forum so far, many thanks monkeyhanger :smiley:
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mcmaddy: I assume that when they confirm a build week they also are pretty sure what day any given car will be getting started in the build process +/- one day. Perhaps yours is always on the cusp of BW34 to BW35 as it always seems to be bouncing between BW34 and BW35?
For everyone past BW35, don't forget that there'll probably be 3 week of no tracker updates as 4 weeks before scheduled BW will actually be beyond shutdown:-
Tracker update to BW confirmed BW
26 33
27 34
28 35
32 36
33 37
So BW36ers - don't fret if you don't get a tracker update in 2 weeks time, it should be 5 weeks time.
Excellent table and information the only actually usefull one on the GTI 7 forum so far, many thanks monkeyhanger :smiley:
I did say "probably" don't shoot me if it doesn't turn out that way, it's an assumption based on sound logic (something VW may not be using!).
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mcmaddy: I assume that when they confirm a build week they also are pretty sure what day any given car will be getting started in the build process +/- one day. Perhaps yours is always on the cusp of BW34 to BW35 as it always seems to be bouncing between BW34 and BW35?
For everyone past BW35, don't forget that there'll probably be 3 week of no tracker updates as 4 weeks before scheduled BW will actually be beyond shutdown:-
Tracker update to BW confirmed BW
26 33
27 34
28 35
32 36
33 37
So BW36ers - don't fret if you don't get a tracker update in 2 weeks time, it should be 5 weeks time.
Excellent table and information the only actually usefull one on the GTI 7 forum so far, many thanks monkeyhanger :smiley:
I did say "probably" don't shoot me if it doesn't turn out that way, it's an assumption based on sound logic (something VW may not be using!).
Don't worry it's good stuff, will see if mine changes next week at some point :smiley:
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now dumped to wk36 and still no explanation. anyone who has ordered a rear view camera and is unconfirmed build might want to check your build week. mines dropped 2 weeks since Monday!! totally piss poor and pathetic treatment of customers.
Did you not cancel. I may have misunderstood but thought you did.
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My confirmed bw26 only went to transit on tracker at the end of wk27(today).
Not to sure how accurate the web tracker is.
Is it only there to keep us punters in the loop and therefore way behind actual car build???
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now dumped to wk36 and still no explanation. anyone who has ordered a rear view camera and is unconfirmed build might want to check your build week. mines dropped 2 weeks since Monday!! totally piss poor and pathetic treatment of customers.
Did you not cancel. I may have misunderstood but thought you did.
spoke to the salesman today after thinking about it overnight. if it slides from 36 though it will be cancelled no ifs or buts.
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now dumped to wk36 and still no explanation. anyone who has ordered a rear view camera and is unconfirmed build might want to check your build week. mines dropped 2 weeks since Monday!! totally piss poor and pathetic treatment of customers.
Did you not cancel. I may have misunderstood but thought you did.
spoke to the salesman today after thinking about it overnight. if it slides from 36 though it will be cancelled no ifs or buts.
Glad you're not out, but could understand if you were!
Was just reading some very flattering reviews of the Fiesta ST (the car I wanted 4 years ago but Ford refused to make) and given that you can have one now with no delay and for 60% the price of a GTI and 0-60 in 6.9s... I could live with losing that 0.4s in exchange for £12k no waiting and a car a lot of people are describing as the best hot hatch. Knowing how my current Fiesta drives I don't think this is idle talk either. :wink:
I really wanted a GTI though so I'm sticking with it. :evil:
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I'm a bit concerned that I've not even got an order number yet...hope the garage aren't trying to pull a fast one and fiddling their sales numbers by delaying my order.
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I'm a bit concerned that I've not even got an order number yet...hope the garage aren't trying to pull a fast one and fiddling their sales numbers by delaying my order.
Don't wish to alarm you but that's exactly what could be happening.
Read my plight here:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254909.0
It gets worse the further on you read it :sad:
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I'm a bit concerned that I've not even got an order number yet...hope the garage aren't trying to pull a fast one and fiddling their sales numbers by delaying my order.
Don't wish to alarm you but that's exactly what could be happening.
Read my plight here:
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=254909.0
It gets worse the further on you read it :sad:
Hmm, think I'll ring back and kick up a bit of a stink tomorrow. Cheers for the heads up.
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I'm a bit concerned that I've not even got an order number yet...hope the garage aren't trying to pull a fast one and fiddling their sales numbers by delaying my order.
It took 8 weeks for my order number to arrive. I had to pester the dealer for it, apparently it arrived just after I called, hmm.
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I'm a bit concerned that I've not even got an order number yet...hope the garage aren't trying to pull a fast one and fiddling their sales numbers by delaying my order.
It took 8 weeks for my order number to arrive. I had to pester the dealer for it, apparently it arrived just after I called, hmm.
Seems a bit dodgy that some people are getting their order numbers in a couple of days, some in a couple of weeks.
Although reading the way that VW allocate BWs maybe it's the same with order numbers! :drool:
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My order number is on the documentation I signed so I had it before anything was official or my deposit had been paid. I Think this may even have been before the order was processed but not sure. I can check though as I know when I signed and when the submitted it. They should be able to give you one immediately. No reason fora delay at all.
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they can't immediately give you an order number as it needs to go through the VW ordering system. within 2 days would be the norm depending on which day you order or bank holidays.
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My order number is on the documentation I signed so I had it before anything was official or my deposit had been paid. I Think this may even have been before the order was processed but not sure. I can check though as I know when I signed and when the submitted it. They should be able to give you one immediately. No reason fora delay at all.
Hmm I have an "enquiry number" on my Lookers documentation but nothing else.
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My order number is on the documentation I signed so I had it before anything was official or my deposit had been paid. I Think this may even have been before the order was processed but not sure. I can check though as I know when I signed and when the submitted it. They should be able to give you one immediately. No reason fora delay at all.
Hmm I have an "enquiry number" on my Lookers documentation but nothing else.
I just checked. The order form was posted to me the day after my order was placed and it has the order number on it. If they can't give you an order number within 2-3 days something is up!
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Just checked the VW tracker, and mine is now build week confirmed, feels like I've lost an old friend - no more order processing !
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Hooray mine has now been build week confirmed its only been 2months not that long :drool: But still don't know what week it's guna start building. Anyone else had a change on the tracking and do you's have a build week.
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Just checked the VW tracker, and mine is now build week confirmed, feels like I've lost an old friend - no more order processing !
Ooooh. :smug:
- loads tracker :whistle:
- types number :huh:
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- dammit :sad:
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does any1 know how long it takes to build the car from your confirmed build date and when it will actually land at my door step? VW customer services has told me late sept early oct and i ordered mine at the end of april and have a build week 35 JOKE!
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does any1 know how long it takes to build the car from your confirmed build date and when it will actually land at my door step? VW customer services has told me late sept early oct and i ordered mine at the end of april and have a build week 35 JOKE!
From the day your tracker changes to bw confirmed it will take 4 weeks for the car to actually be built and then it should move to the in transit stage. It will then take approximately another 4 weeks before you can collect it. That appears to be the current trend
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Almost had a heart attack there. Went in to the tracker (for the millionth time) and its actually changed to build week confirmed!!!!
Now to e-mail the dealer to see which week I've got...
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does any1 know how long it takes to build the car from your confirmed build date and when it will actually land at my door step? VW customer services has told me late sept early oct and i ordered mine at the end of april and have a build week 35 JOKE!
Don't complain too much, I ordered a little earlier than you and have not even got a confirmed BW yet! :sad: You're lucky! :wink:
Anyway, to answer your question, its usually 4 weeks from changing to confirmed BW to the BW, right now its 7 due to the 3 weeks shutdown. Its something like 3-4 days to build the car, so assume the whole of that BW is needed. It can then be up to 6 weeks before you're driving away in it. Probably that could drop to as little as 3 weeks given the right circumstances but I would assume 4-6 to be safe.
So you could have the keys around wk40-42. That is first half of Oct in real money.
Assumptions are being made here of course!
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does any1 know how long it takes to build the car from your confirmed build date and when it will actually land at my door step? VW customer services has told me late sept early oct and i ordered mine at the end of april and have a build week 35 JOKE!
Don't complain too much, I ordered a little earlier than you and have not even got a confirmed BW yet! :sad: You're lucky! :wink:
Anyway, to answer your question, its usually 4 weeks from changing to confirmed BW to the BW, right now its 7 due to the 3 weeks shutdown. Its something like 3-4 days to build the car, so assume the whole of that BW is needed. It can then be up to 6 weeks before you're driving away in it. Probably that could drop to as little as 3 weeks given the right circumstances but I would assume 4-6 to be safe.
So you could have the keys around wk40-42. That is first half of Oct in real money.
Assumptions are being made here of course!
thanks bear for that im happy in one way that iv got a build week confirmed now but at the same time am not coz of the wait as if we all havent waiting long enough and new we have to wait a further 2 months i just hope it'll be built and delivered within 4 wks from build date.
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does any1 know how long it takes to build the car from your confirmed build date and when it will actually land at my door step? VW customer services has told me late sept early oct and i ordered mine at the end of april and have a build week 35 JOKE!
I wouldnt have minded 35 if id ordered late april but i ordered 2nd april and have got wk 36!! which may get bumped back even more.
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Just had unconfirmed build week 36 From VW :smiley:
I ordered on 1st June so that's not too bad from what I have read on here
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Just had unconfirmed build week 36 From VW :)
I ordered on 1st June so that's not too bad from what I have read on here
WTF!!!! You've gone for near identical spec to me and my order was in when the books opened and i've got week 36! >:(
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Just had unconfirmed build week 36 From VW :)
I ordered on 1st June so that's not too bad from what I have read on here
WTF!!!! You've gone for near identical spec to me and my order was in when the books opened and i've got week 36! >:(
sorry jimble
, it must be the extra weight of the PP pack that's slowing your car down :whistle:
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Just had unconfirmed build week 36 From VW :)
I ordered on 1st June so that's not too bad from what I have read on here
WTF!!!! You've gone for near identical spec to me and my order was in when the books opened and i've got week 36! >:(
Likewise, and I still don't have any week... :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Just had unconfirmed build week 36 From VW :)
I ordered on 1st June so that's not too bad from what I have read on here
WTF!!!! You've gone for near identical spec to me and my order was in when the books opened and i've got week 36! >:(
sorry jimble
, it must be the extra weight of the PP pack that's slowing your car down :whistle:
Nope! It's being vandalised at Goodwood!! :angry:
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/image_zps01c4c2f7.jpg)
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Seriously guys, VW are seriously taking the mick. This is beyond a joke grrr :angry:
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Just had unconfirmed build week 36 From VW :)
I ordered on 1st June so that's not too bad from what I have read on here
WTF!!!! You've gone for near identical spec to me and my order was in when the books opened and i've got week 36! >:(
sorry jimble
, it must be the extra weight of the PP pack that's slowing your car down :whistle:
Nope! It's being vandalised at Goodwood!! :angry:
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/image_zps01c4c2f7.jpg)
Cruel.
But :cool:
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09 Jul 2013 09 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 14 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-23-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
...I guess this is good!
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09 Jul 2013 09 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 14 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-23-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
...I guess this is good!
Gordor, what is this I'm looking at? Seems interesting.
(http://i762.photobucket.com/albums/xx265/blaarp1/image_zps01c4c2f7.jpg)
Cruel.
But :cool:
Ok, I want one of those little model cars on the windscreen! :cool: WHERE DO I GET ONE? :evil: ...Tell me now.
EDIT:
That's not a very good paint job.
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Hi Bill, this is the weekly update from my lease company...
Rich
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Bill: You can get them from your dealership or on ebay (German ebay has biggest variety). I have a MK5 R32 in the classic blue (Deep Blue?), they very detailed for the size and very pricey for what they are, about £32. Haven't seen a GTI model out yet, just standard MK7.
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09 Jul 2013 09 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 14 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-23-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
Gordor, I see you & I raise you :tongue:
10 Jul 2013 10 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-09-09 to 2013-11-04-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
05 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
04 Jun 2013 04 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order checked - no change to stock date
04 Jun 2013 Ordered ETA Stock Proposed Stock Date 09-09-2013
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09 Jul 2013 09 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 14 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-23-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
Gordor, I see you & I raise you :tongue:
10 Jul 2013 10 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-09-09 to 2013-11-04-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
05 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
04 Jun 2013 04 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order checked - no change to stock date
04 Jun 2013 Ordered ETA Stock Proposed Stock Date 09-09-2013
Mate... they put you back 2 months! :cry:
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My dealer came back to me with a confirmed build week of 35 for my 1st May GTD order. I had been getting unconfirmed updates of week 32, so three weeks behind that. I've gone for the reversing camera, so at least there is an obvious reason for my delay.
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My dealer came back to me with a confirmed build week of 35 for my 1st May GTD order. I had been getting unconfirmed updates of week 32, so three weeks behind that. I've gone for the reversing camera, so at least there is an obvious reason for my delay.
It's not the camera causing the delay then, i ordered way before you and still don't have a confirmed BW.
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It can't be the camera, as I ordered early/mid April, and I've already got a confirmed BW32. It could be the Performance Pack maybe?
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It's probably difficult to directly compare GTI and GTD orders. My dealer had always said week 32, then I saw the issue with the camera and ended up delayed by three weeks, so that kind of makes sense. The delays other people are facing don't really make sense at all.
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It can't be the camera, as I ordered early/mid April, and I've already got a confirmed BW32. It could be the Performance Pack maybe?
PP won't affect delayed GTD orders, maybe you got a confirmed build just before they decided they had a camera shortage (supplier let them down after stock was allocated to your order perhaps?
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09 Jul 2013 09 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 26 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 14 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-08-26 to 2013-09-23-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
Gordor, I see you & I raise you
10 Jul 2013 10 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
03 Jul 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
26 Jun 2013 03 Jul 2013 Prop Stock Change From 2013-09-09 to 2013-11-04-Factory delay (due to volume of orders)
19 Jun 2013 19 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
12 Jun 2013 12 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
05 Jun 2013 05 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order progressed-no change to stock date
04 Jun 2013 04 Jun 2013 Prop Stock Change Order checked - no change to stock date
04 Jun 2013 Ordered ETA Stock Proposed Stock Date 09-09-2013
Mate... they put you back 2 months!
Gordor...........I've given up caring (and admitted defeat) it will be here when the dealer phones me.
The best things come to those who wait! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Just found out that my car should be in Port of Tyne tomorrow. :smiley: Anyone know which ship this might be? Also, are cars usually lying a while before transporter comes? Getting excited now!! :smiley: :smiley:
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Just found out that my car should be in Port of Tyne tomorrow. :smiley: Anyone know which ship this might be? Also, are cars usually lying a while before transporter comes? Getting excited now!! :smiley: :smiley:
Can't see anything arriving direct from Emden to Tyne before the 20th (City of Barcelona - callsign MRDP6).
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Strange.. :huh:.the good lady from VW said it would be there tomorrow. How did you find that out?
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Strange.. :huh:.the good lady from VW said it would be there tomorrow. How did you find that out?
Actually, It may have arrived today. The "City of Sunderland" arrived from Emden this evening, I saw it come in (I overlook the mouth of the Tyne at the end of my street), assumed it was a Nissan ship. You can look up Port of Tyne arrivals/expected arrivals on their website and each ship has an origin. It probably won't be on it's way to your dealers for a day or 2 after today - my dad's GTD was specially collected by the supplying dealer from the dockside, bypassing the usual VW UK red tape once it had cleared customs. He had to hurry it becuase if he didn't collect it when he did, he'd have to wait a few weeks for it.
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Got an estimated BW of 42 from my dealer last night but when checking the website it says that it's processing order (first option). Is that normal?
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yes it wont change to the 2nd stage until 4 weeks before
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yes it wont change to the 2nd stage until 4 weeks before
Cheers mate!
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Ordered my GTD DSG 3 door in Pure White with the Winter Pack mid June and have finally found out from my dealer today that I have an unconfirmed build week of BW43 with delivery approximately 18 November.
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Ordered my GTD DSG 3 door in Pure White with the Winter Pack mid June and have finally found out from my dealer today that I have an unconfirmed build week of BW43 with delivery approximately 18 November.
Good for you matey. Welcome btw.
Stick your spec up on the sticky thread: Spec No Spam
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Hopefully pick my gtd before the end of the month.
If so, will be more or less 16 weeks from dealer order till collection.
Fingers crossed xxx
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Hopefully pick my gtd before the end of the month.
If so, will be more or less 16 weeks from dealer order till collection.
Fingers crossed xxx
Has it arrived in the UK rick?
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Who knows!!!
Dealer told me today that its on a boat
That could mean it was on the boat that arrived earlier on today in grimsby, the one that's currently in the North Sea, or the one that's just left emden. Or it could be on the boat to tyne tomorrow. Either way, it is in the uk or will be by tomorrow, if the dealer is right.
Fingers (and toes) crossed xxxxxxxxxx
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Who knows!!!
Dealer told me today that its on a boat
That could mean it was on the boat that arrived earlier on today in grimsby, the one that's currently in the North Sea, or the one that's just left emden. Or it could be on the boat to tyne tomorrow. Either way, it is in the uk or will be by tomorrow, if the dealer is right.
Fingers (and toes) crossed xxxxxxxxxx
There's a ship coming in at 8pm tomorrow night so fingers crossed yours is in that (and maybe mine). Otherwise the ships seem to be every 4 days with the next one arriving on 24th
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Build dates gone backwards again!!!
Was originally BW34, then BW36 and now informed its bumped back another week to BW37 w/c 09.09.13!! :angry:
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Build dates gone backwards again!!!
Was originally BW34, then BW36 and now informed its bumped back another week to BW37 w/c 09.09.13!! :angry:
Any reason given? Bad luck pal :sad:
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Build dates gone backwards again!!!
Was originally BW34, then BW36 and now informed its bumped back another week to BW37 w/c 09.09.13!! :angry:
Was it ever "confirmed" at BW34 maybe a week or 2 ago, or did it slip to 36 before BW34 would have been confirmed on BW27 (due to shutdown)?
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Its always been at BW34 since ordering in May.
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I ordered my GTD on 17/7/2013 through our lease company - they told me 21 weeks (beginning of December)
The dealer they use, Sytner, Leeds have called me and told me to expect the car at the end of October... If they do that it'll arrive about 14 weeks after ordering...
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I ordered my GTD on 17/7/2013 through our lease company - they told me 21 weeks (beginning of December)
The dealer they use, Sytner, Leeds have called me and told me to expect the car at the end of October... If they do that it'll arrive about 14 weeks after ordering...
If it turns up in October it will be a miracle, I ordered mine on the 15th April and have been given a build week of 36. This means it will arrive in the middle of October I think.
December is probably more realistic for you.
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I ordered my GTD on 17/7/2013 through our lease company - they told me 21 weeks (beginning of December)
The dealer they use, Sytner, Leeds have called me and told me to expect the car at the end of October... If they do that it'll arrive about 14 weeks after ordering...
If it turns up in October it will be a miracle, I ordered mine on the 15th April and have been given a build week of 36. This means it will arrive in the middle of October I think.
December is probably more realistic for you.
Depends purely on allocation with the supplying branch - Oct delivery is entirely possible from a branch that hasn't dipped into it's dealership allocation more than once, maybe twice already.
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I ordered mine 3rd of June and was told to expect it middle to end of September, not even got a build week confirmed yet but my current GTD somehow managed to evade the VW order tracking system completely and turn up two months earlier than indicated by VW at ordering. Not expecting that to happen again though.
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I'm hoping to have my build week confirmed in the next 2-3 weeks.
The estimated Build Week currently keeps shifting between Week 37 and 38. 4 weeks prior to that is W/C 12.08.13 so fingers crossed I get some solid info soon.
I ordered mine on 27th April and was given a delivery date of 1st week in August at the time. Obviously something they just wildly guessed at.
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I ordered mine 3rd of June and was told to expect it middle to end of September, not even got a build week confirmed yet but my current GTD somehow managed to evade the VW order tracking system completely and turn up two months earlier than indicated by VW at ordering. Not expecting that to happen again though.
I really don’t think that will happen again (getting it 2 months earlier than planned). The dealer will be able to find out the current situation on estimated build week any time they ask VWUK. The estimated build week will be just that until approx. 4 weeks before they decide they are going to build it and the build week is confirmed. If you have an estimated build week that is quite close (Sept/Oct) relative to your order date it would suggest to me that the dealership has plenty of unused allocation.
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They could well do they're not a large city dealership but more a medium sized one, to be fair to the salesman the whole way through the haggling process he did point out that he cannot guarantee September but he was confident and I was one of the first to order a GTD through them.
My current car has to go back by the end of September so they have promised to provide me a car until mine turns up, I've not really been pushing them too much for info but the last e-mail I got confirming the order number did say that while a build week isn't confirmed they were still hoping for late September.
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I was the first person at my dealership to order a GTD and they had only had 1 GTI order then, so I dont think dealer allocation has much to do with the wait we are experiencing and the build weeks slipping back!
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I was the first person at my dealership to order a GTD and they had only had 1 GTI order then, so I dont think dealer allocation has much to do with the wait we are experiencing and the build weeks slipping back!
When did you order and what is your current estimated BW?
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I was the first person at my dealership to order a GTD and they had only had 1 GTI order then, so I dont think dealer allocation has much to do with the wait we are experiencing and the build weeks slipping back!
But you do have the rear view camera! How long ago did your order start slipping and what was it originally intended to be before slippage?
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Think my lack of confirmed build date is to do with the rear view camera.
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I see no sign of a confirmed BW, but the dealer says build will be 8th Aug !!
Only option I chose was the Nav Pro.
I'm about to ring VW !
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I see no sign of a confirmed BW, but the dealer says build will be 8th Aug !!
Only option I chose was the Nav Pro.
I'm about to ring VW !
Dealer is talking out of his ar7e as earliest date for build currently is 12th Aug ie BW33 because of the shut down. Also, if that was the case you'd be showing BW Confirmed on the tracker - are you?
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I see no sign of a confirmed BW, but the dealer says build will be 8th Aug !!
Only option I chose was the Nav Pro.
I'm about to ring VW !
Dealer is talking out of his ar7e as earliest date for build currently is 12th Aug ie BW33 because of the shut down. Also, if that was the case you'd be showing BW Confirmed on the tracker - are you?
That depends on whether they had a 3 or 4 week shutdown. All sources agree shutdown started BW29, but was it 3 weeks (to end of BW31) or 4 weeks (to end of BW32)? How hard should it be for us to know how long the shutdown is? :huh: 8th Aug is in BW32 (should they be working), but they state the week and not an exact day so that should be sometime in w/c 5th Aug.
As above, if the BW is 32 or 33 then the OP will be confirmed on the tracker by now, if not we're talking minimum of BW36 (which would probably be confirmed Thurs/Fri next week if it is BW36)
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I see no sign of a confirmed BW, but the dealer says build will be 8th Aug !!
Only option I chose was the Nav Pro.
I'm about to ring VW !
Dealer is talking out of his ar7e as earliest date for build currently is 12th Aug ie BW33 because of the shut down. Also, if that was the case you'd be showing BW Confirmed on the tracker - are you?
That depends on whether they had a 3 or 4 week shutdown. All sources agree shutdown started BW29, but was it 3 weeks (to end of BW31) or 4 weeks (to end of BW32)? How hard should it be for us to know how long the shutdown is? :huh: 8th Aug is in BW32 (should they be working), but they state the week and not an exact day so that should be sometime in w/c 5th Aug.
As above, if the BW is 32 or 33 then the OP will be confirmed on the tracker by now, if not we're talking minimum of BW36 (which would probably be confirmed Thurs/Fri next week if it is BW36)
That's the problem, I expected a confirmed BW on the tracker by now :cry:
I have just called VW, they say it may be because of the shut down, and are looking into it for me - I have to call back later this afternoon. Fingers crossed eh!
As its taken this long, to be honest, I would not want the car until September (for the new reg) - may as well have some small benefit for the long wait!
I must admit - I am totally peed off with seeing "Processing your Order" on the tracker!! - A confirmed build date would at least give me a date to look forward to
Rik
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I see no sign of a confirmed BW, but the dealer says build will be 8th Aug !!
Only option I chose was the Nav Pro.
I'm about to ring VW !
Dealer is talking out of his ar7e as earliest date for build currently is 12th Aug ie BW33 because of the shut down. Also, if that was the case you'd be showing BW Confirmed on the tracker - are you?
That depends on whether they had a 3 or 4 week shutdown. All sources agree shutdown started BW29, but was it 3 weeks (to end of BW31) or 4 weeks (to end of BW32)? How hard should it be for us to know how long the shutdown is? :huh: 8th Aug is in BW32 (should they be working), but they state the week and not an exact day so that should be sometime in w/c 5th Aug.
As above, if the BW is 32 or 33 then the OP will be confirmed on the tracker by now, if not we're talking minimum of BW36 (which would probably be confirmed Thurs/Fri next week if it is BW36)
That's the problem, I expected a confirmed BW on the tracker by now :cry:
I have just called VW, they say it may be because of the shut down, and are looking into it for me - I have to call back later this afternoon. Fingers crossed eh!
As its taken this long, to be honest, I would not want the car until September (for the new reg) - may as well have some small benefit for the long wait!
I must admit - I am totally peed off with seeing "Processing your Order" on the tracker!! - A confirmed build date would at least give me a date to look forward to
Rik
I'm BW33 and I (and other confirmed BW33'ers) got my notification towards the end of BW26 - although that is 7 weeks notice, it is only 4 production weeks notice (assuming 3 week shutdown). I do think VW UK are spinning you a yarn that it may be "due to the shutdown" that you haven't heard if you are confirmed BW32/33 but hopefully they will have some answers for you today either way.
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I agree with the above, if you were BW33 then you would be confirmed on the tracker by now - they are telling you porkies. I hope I'm wrong though!
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I'm forever the optimist ! and cant complain too much - look at bear, he has been waiting an age!
Will let you know what they tell me
Rik
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That depends on whether they had a 3 or 4 week shutdown.
It's a four week shutdown according to this dealer document posted elsewhere by AAddict... (info in the red box at the top right)
(http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e314/AnthonyAndrades/Screenshot2013-07-22at183019_zpsa5ca9d0d.png)
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I was b/w34 before it started slipping - yes camera may have a part in this, I definately don't think dealer allocation has in my case.
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Something else to consider is that each European territory has both a 'private' and 'fleet' sales allocation that will be considered. Essentially there will be two waiting lists, one for each.
Ultimately there is limited supply of MK7 GTD & GTI per year, over the model life. They are so confident they will hit there numbers they are not worried about complaints over long lead-times.
For example, although the skoda yeti is still being made, the order list for some specific models is so long the book has now been closed.
Much like popular football teams who have a season ticket waiting list, they increase ticket prices, lifted in the knowledge they will always find a buyer; its only possible if the product is amoung the best available.
I see the class leading efficiency and historically low interest rates as the biggest reason for such huge demand across Europe at the moment for what is a slightly over priced product.
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Something else to consider is that each European territory has both a 'private' and 'fleet' sales allocation that will be considered. Essentially there will be two waiting lists, one for each.
Ultimately there is limited supply of MK7 GTD & GTI per year, over the model life. They are so confident they will hit there numbers they are not worried about complaints over long lead-times.
For example, although the skoda yeti is still being made, the order list for some specific models is so long the book has now been closed.
Much like popular football teams who have a season ticket waiting list, they increase ticket prices, lifted in the knowledge they will always find a buyer; its only possible if the product is amoung the best available.
I see the class leading efficiency and historically low interest rates as the biggest reason for such huge demand across Europe at the moment for what is a slightly over priced product.
^ Aye, but I wish we say the same interest rates as VW give its German customers – finance at 1.9% APR, we get 6.4% in the UK. As it turns out I’m avoiding VW finance this time around (but usually I go through VW finance) so it won’t affect me.
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I'm forever the optimist ! and cant complain too much - look at bear, he has been waiting an age!
Will let you know what they tell me
Rik
Spoke to them again.....
:cry: :cry: :cry:
Now estimated BW 37 (2nd week September) with delivery around 3rd week Oct :cry:
Not a happy bunny !
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Spoke to them again.....
:cry: :cry: :cry:
Now estimated BW 37 (2nd week September) with delivery around 3rd week Oct :cry:
Not a happy bunny !
sh!t. :cry:
I feel for you. If they ever bother to reply to my email I sent this morning I expect the same.
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Well - that will be the 21 weeks then 16th May to 3rd week Oct, might actually be 22 !!
sh!t is the right word there Bill !!
Next call - Leasedrive Velo to complain and wait for it to go up the chain!
I wasn't happy about beginning of September, but excepted it - 3rd week of October is taking the pi$$
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Well - that will be the 21 weeks then 16th May to 3rd week Oct, might actually be 22 !!
sh!t is the right word there Bill !!
Next call - Leasedrive Velo to complain and wait for it to go up the chain!
I wasn't happy about beginning of September, but excepted it - 3rd week of October is taking the pi$$
Look on the bright side, you ordered a month after me an have the same delivery date
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Well - that will be the 21 weeks then 16th May to 3rd week Oct, might actually be 22 !!
sh!t is the right word there Bill !!
Next call - Leasedrive Velo to complain and wait for it to go up the chain!
I wasn't happy about beginning of September, but excepted it - 3rd week of October is taking the pi$$
Unconfirmed date !! Madness !
Spoke to Leasedrive - they have not been informed of any delay and still expect a build on 8th Aug and delivery beginning of September...
Something fishy is going on at VW ! :angry:
Leasedrive are chasing them now
Look on the bright side, you ordered a month after me an have the same delivery date
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Unconfirmed date !! Madness !
Spoke to Leasedrive - they have not been informed of any delay and still expect a build on 8th Aug and delivery beginning of September...
Something fishy is going on at VW ! :angry:
Leasedrive are chasing them now
Be interested to see what they come back with.
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Have you seen this one.....
Just received a letter from VWUK
I am pleased you have chosen to order a VW golf and thank you for your custom. I regret however, that the delivery times for some models have extended significantly beyond the norm, something which has impacted your order.
The delays have been caused by the actual level of demand exceeding planed production and we have taken all steps available to overcome this in the shortest possible timescale. I fully understand this explination does not resolve any inconvience or disappointment you may have experienced as a result, for which I apologise.
I am pleased to advise that we now have secured a build slot for your order and hence, from this point onwards, your VW retailer will be in a position to provide progress updates on build, shipping and handover.
In recognition of the delay and your patience, I have enclosed a small goodwill gesture in the form of some "Lesiure vouchers" that can be redeemed against a wide range of goods and services.
Once again, I apologise for the delay and hope when you take delivery of your new car, it will make the wait worthwhile and provide many years of pleasurable driving.
Yours sincerely
Robert Hazelwood
Director of Volkswagen
Vouchers were worth £50, and I got my confirmed BW two weeks ago (wk35). Only think I received this letter because I had a rant at my dealer last week regarding the delay (was originally told end of July delivery, now going to be end of September). Either that or VW are sending these letters out to people who are waiting longer than expected.
EEK!
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Gosh the memories come flooding back!
I received vouchers when my Mk6 GTD wait had gone over VW's normal time, looks like I'm heading that way again with the Mk7 - you'd think they'd get their act together by now!! :angry:
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Dunno if I'm missing something but why the hell would we want vouchers? Vouchers for what? I'm buying a car here no looking for some offers to entice me into spending money on something I don't need or want.
Also £50 is basically pretty to close to what I'll lose on my p/x, right? Right? So I guess that's alright then, thanks VW!
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Dunno if I'm missing something but why the hell would we want vouchers? Vouchers for what? I'm buying a car here no looking for some offers to entice me into spending money on something I don't need or want.
Also £50 is basically pretty to close to what I'll lose on my p/x, right? Right? So I guess that's alright then, thanks VW!
I would imagine you would loose more than £50 in part x by the time you get it buddy! unless its guaranteed
They probably give you VW vouchers too, so you can buy accessories for the car you don't have ! LOL
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Just got an email regarding my expected delivery date from fleet, 29th November! Ordered on 16th June, hope this helps anyone else that is going down the company car route.
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Just got an email regarding my expected delivery date from fleet, 29th November! Ordered on 16th June, hope this helps anyone else that is going down the company car route.
That's about right with what info I have - ordered 16th May, date now end October :(
Leasedrive Velo
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I ordered 2nd April and still no confirmed build week. monkeyhanger ordered a couple of days before me and I think his is confirmed bw33. its just piss poor customer service in my book.
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You guys are depressing me lol, I think I'll be giving the dealer a shout to see if they can get me some more detailed info and what is happening with the order. Least they've promised to give me a car until mine turns up.
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I ordered 2nd April and still no confirmed build week. monkeyhanger ordered a couple of days before me and I think his is confirmed bw33. its just piss poor customer service in my book.
I ordered early too, got the single dealer unit allocated to them.
I have a theory that perhaps cars paid for by VW finance get some form of priority. It would make some sense. Did you arrange the finance by any chance?
I have had a confirmed spot and hoping for early September but am starting to fear tat might be optimistic.
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vw finance definitely don't get priority unless you call 24weeks plus priority :grin:
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vw finance definitely don't get priority unless you call 24weeks plus priority :grin:
And they don't know you're definitely going to take out the finance until you come to pay for it. Getting a finance quote when ordering isn't a commitment to buy on finance.
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OK that theory is was short lived! Perhaps they just don't give a fcuk!
I WANT MY CAR!!!!!!!!! :laugh:
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Got an e-mail back from the dealer today, September delivery shot out of the water my car is pencilled in for the first build week in october, they estimate they'll have my car by the end of that month. Just over a month late, if it all comes true though.
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I WANT MY CAR!!!!!!!!! :laugh:
Me and you both :grin:
Seeing others get theirs is making the wait even worse!
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Perhaps they just don't give a fcuk!
The most solid theory yet. :whistle:
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Perhaps they just don't give a fcuk!
The most solid theory yet. :whistle:
Agreed. Although I'd modify it slightly. "Perhaps they just don't give enough of a fcuk to make enough of an effort!"
Not got the same ring to it, but I'm sure they care and that they are doing something about it. What I'm not sure is if they care very much and consequently if they are doing enough. At the end of the day its easiest for them to apologise, throw some worthless vouchers out, and make small changes to their future production schedules to stop new orders continuing to pile up. Any of this gonna help us? No.
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That's about right with what info I have - ordered 16th May, date now end October :(
Leasedrive Velo
Just as an aside - I got a call from my lease company confirming my delivery date and I quizzed her about my order number not working on the tracker. She told me the correct order number (which still didn't work btw) and also stated that the tracker on the VW web-site is more, and I quote, "just a bit of fun" :cry: and I should phone her for a more comprehensive update.
Thanks for that luv :laugh:
Hope you guys are having as much fun as I am waiting :rolleyes:
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Well here goes - an update!
Yesterday I contacted Leasedrive to say that their system was still showing a build date of 8th August (which incidentally had moved twice). They told me that they still expected this date and that they would have the most up to date view. I asked them to get it confirmed as VW were now telling me that it would be end oct.
Well today I get an email from Leasedrive, explaining that the date had been changed but nobody had been informed. So the end of October is the current un-confirmed date. Even Leasedrive are shocked. Moving the date a whole month 1 Week before the original date.
I have lodged a complaint through leasedrive to VW. I await their response.
So over 5 feckin months wait for a car - and what makes it worse is that that is still un-confirmed date!
Its like - VW: thanks for your money, we will build it when we can be bothered!
Rant Over!
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Well here goes - an update!
Yesterday I contacted Leasedrive to say that their system was still showing a build date of 8th August (which incidentally had moved twice). They told me that they still expected this date and that they would have the most up to date view. I asked them to get it confirmed as VW were now telling me that it would be end oct.
Well today I get an email from Leasedrive, explaining that the date had been changed but nobody had been informed. So the end of October is the current un-confirmed date. Even Leasedrive are shocked. Moving the date a whole month 1 Week before the original date.
I have lodged a complaint through leasedrive to VW. I await their response.
So over 5 feckin months wait for a car - and what makes it worse is that that is still un-confirmed date!
Its like - VW: thanks for your money, we will build it when we can be bothered!
Rant Over!
Similar patterns emerging here. At the time I was told BW26 definite, then went to BW28 (highly unlikely to move per VW) - then moved another 5 weeks to BW33. No reason. No explanation. I know its a new model and all that, but 5 months for a car - really?? :rolleyes:
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it'll be one day short of six months for mine if it arrives for 1st October delivery so behave and pipe down :tongue: :tongue: :wink:
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it'll be one day short of six months for mine if it arrives for 1st October delivery so behave and pipe down :tongue: :tongue: :wink:
Mine is the same, just under 6 months if my assumption of a 3 week wait after build is correct.
I am fairly happy with the wait as its not far off what the dealer told me but it would be nice to get it sooner.
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it'll be one day short of six months for mine if it arrives for 1st October delivery so behave and pipe down :tongue: :tongue: :wink:
Mine is the same, just under 6 months if my assumption of a 3 week wait after build is correct.
I am fairly happy with the wait as its not far off what the dealer told me but it would be nice to get it sooner.
To be honest if id been told it would have been this long then thats fine but when your lead to believe you'll have a new car by July and its really October then thats whats pissed me off. Up front truth would a quelled a lot of angry people.
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To be honest if id been told it would have been this long then thats fine but when your lead to believe you'll have a new car by July and its really October then thats whats pissed me off. Up front truth would a quelled a lot of angry people.
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That's the thing isn't it, My dealer told me that VW were saying about July but he didn't think it was realistic, September is more like it, sounds like your dealer made the mistake of believing what he/she was told by VW.
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Just heard my car gets built w/c 10th August.
ETA to the keys, 2nd week September. Good news :embarrassed:
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Well yesterday they told me 20th October delivery, today 30th October :huh: :angry: :huh:
Its like the lottery!
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Just wondering what people think about this; I rang my dealer a couple of weeks ago trying to add a bit if spec to my car (I can't get it out of my head that I should have got Keyless).
He said that I couldn't add more spec at this stage. I have no confirmed build week online and I'm still at provisional BW38.
What do you think? Am I being told porkies or is is possible I can't add spec before the BW is confirmed?
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if it's unconfirmed then you should be able to unless you aren't 38 and it's too close to change anything. I'd be asking why not and then what's my actual build week.
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Just wondering what people think about this; I rang my dealer a couple of weeks ago trying to add a bit if spec to my car (I can't get it out of my head that I should have got Keyless).
He said that I couldn't add more spec at this stage. I have no confirmed build week online and I'm still at provisional BW38.
What do you think? Am I being told porkies or is is possible I can't add spec before the BW is confirmed?
I was told by VW UK that the order is locked out from further changes about a week before the tracker goes confirmed, perhaps you are that close to your order going confirmed on the tracker. If you think your dealer is telling porkies then ring VW UK and ask them yourself whether your order is still open to change. I wouldn't lose sleep over keyless. Unless you are a woman with a Mary Poppins style bag full of sh!te that has trouble finding her keys at any given time (but knows they are in there somewhere), then the keyless is a bit of a gimmick. It was on the Demo I was in last week - I could very easily live without it even if it was a £100 option.
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Just wondering what people think about this; I rang my dealer a couple of weeks ago trying to add a bit if spec to my car (I can't get it out of my head that I should have got Keyless).
He said that I couldn't add more spec at this stage. I have no confirmed build week online and I'm still at provisional BW38.
What do you think? Am I being told porkies or is is possible I can't add spec before the BW is confirmed?
Did he actually try and add it? Or just fob you off without checking?? Give VWCS a call and see if you can add it through them.
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I rang him 3 weeks ago. I tried to add the climate screen and also keyless.
I got a call back the following day telling me that the order was locked out for changes. I'm still currently at provisional BW38 (Have been for around 2 months now). That's why I tried to add it as we're still quite a way off with no confirmed date.
I have previously added to the order after my intial spec but this was mid May, and the changes were done no problem.
It just seems strange why they wouldn't add it if it was still possible? It's more money for them at the end of the day.
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I'd go with Jimble and call VW Customer Services to find out where you are regarding the build date. As already said, if you are more than a week away from confirmed, you should be able to make changes (but understand this could push it back further). I know people say stuff like keyless is a gimmick, but my take on things is that anything surplus to making the car go forwards, backwards, turn, and be as safe as it can be, is unnecessary to the act of getting from A to B, so if you want it, and it can still be added, go for it.
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Can anyone tell me the number for VW? I am still showing as processing since 15th of May.
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It doesn't change until you have a confirmed build week. Ive been showing as processing since April. Customer services should be able to tell you an unconfirmed build week. 0800 0833 920
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Can anyone tell me the number for VW? I am still showing as processing since 15th of May.
Try 0844 375 4625. People on the end of that line know all about GTIs and the problems we are facing!
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Alright guys, spoke to VW UK this morning and they've told me by provisional BW has come forward to 37. He said it came forward from 38 a while back and has stayed static since. So i'm pretty confident that this will become confirmed in a couple of weeks. The nice chappy said the same also.
Anyway - He couldn't be 100% sure that i'd still be able to add spec at this stage, but did mention if I did it 'could' push the BW back.
At this point I just got too frightened to consider this possibility, threw my phone against the wall and then ran around the office flapping my arms about. Well not quite, I politely thanked him and finished the conversation.
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Also I just want to add that not adding the options isn't a disaster. They weren't in my 'Must have' list like the Leather and Dynaudio was.
So i've got what I want as it is, and don't want to delay the arrival of the car any further as I ordered in April.
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Thanks for the help chaps.
Just called and got week 36 as my unconfirmed but pretty certain build date. Looks like the back end of September for delivery. I can live with that, but October / November would be taking the urine!!
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Thanks for the help chaps.
Just called and got week 36 as my unconfirmed but pretty certain build date. Looks like the back end of September for delivery. I can live with that, but October / November would be taking the urine!!
I'm BW33, for mid Sep delivery; 3 weeks later for you means first week of Oct for delivery IMO. Hopefully earlier for all our sakes though!
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Thanks for the help chaps.
Just called and got week 36 as my unconfirmed but pretty certain build date. Looks like the back end of September for delivery. I can live with that, but October / November would be taking the urine!!
I'm BW33, for mid Sep delivery; 3 weeks later for you means first week of Oct for delivery IMO. Hopefully earlier for all our sakes though!
Yeah I would agree. Hopefully we will edge a week or two sooner though. You never know! :wink:
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Thanks for the help chaps.
Just called and got week 36 as my unconfirmed but pretty certain build date. Looks like the back end of September for delivery. I can live with that, but October / November would be taking the urine!!
I'm BW33, for mid Sep delivery; 3 weeks later for you means first week of Oct for delivery IMO. Hopefully earlier for all our sakes though!
Yeah I would agree. Hopefully we will edge a week or two sooner though. You never know! :wink:
I would love that, especially if I can pick it up Mon 2nd Sep - new plate, most of the week off, lots of driving for me!! :cool:
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Sounds like a few GTD's are getting built Weeks 36/37/38.
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Well lets hope VW stick to the BW's of 36-38 as there's a lot of anxious new owners waiting for their cars to be produced - me included in BW37 :huh:
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Well lets hope VW stick to the BW's of 36-38 as there's a lot of anxious new owners waiting for their cars to be produced - me included in BW37 :huh:
Shall we be blood 'BW37' Brothers??
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Here is what the leasedrive system says today...
Order accepted date 16 May 2013
Vehicle ordered by WEBB, Rik
Delivery available from Not Yet Confirmed
Expected factory build date 10 Sep 2013
Vehicle expected to arrive with dealer 20 Oct 2013
Confirmed delivery date Not Yet Confirmed
Lets see if the tracker changes tonight ! - hahahaha - and if does, I need to get a lottery ticket!
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My delivery date is set for 3rd October and has been for ages
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Here is what the leasedrive system says today...
Order accepted date 16 May 2013
Vehicle ordered by WEBB, Rik
Delivery available from Not Yet Confirmed
Expected factory build date 10 Sep 2013
Vehicle expected to arrive with dealer 20 Oct 2013
Confirmed delivery date Not Yet Confirmed
Lets see if the tracker changes tonight ! - hahahaha - and if does, I need to get a lottery ticket!
That will be super quick compared to a lot of us, nice one. I should have gone to lease drive.
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Well im wk 36 and still no change on the tracker. Anyone else with Bw36 had a change yet?
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Well im wk 36 and still no change on the tracker. Anyone else with Bw36 had a change yet?
Would’ve expected it last night or this morning if the tracker admin aren’t off on shutdown, but they probably are! If they are off, they’ve got some catching up to do next week, so maybe Mon or Tues if nothing has adversely moved on the order. Maybe at this stage it is worth ringing up VW UK and asking if it is theoretically too late to make a change to your order. If it is then your order has been locked out for confirmed build week.
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Had both customer services and Mick confirm on wednesday that i was still bw36. VW actually said that they thought i would remain at 36 now but not to quote them on it haha
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Supposedly 36 but no change on the tracker.
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Tracker was down early this morning (very early) so I was getting hopeful my BW36 would be confirmed. Nothing so far though.
VW actually said that they thought i would remain at 36 now but not to quote them on it haha
They say this every time I call them! I think every estimated BW I've been given has been "unlikely to change". :rolleyes:
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I'm beginning to wonder if BW36 is the GTI/GTD equivalent of a mirage.......
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I'm beginning to wonder if BW36 is the GTI/GTD equivalent of a mirage.......
Or that the second wave of allocation has come up and a whole group of right hand drive production is being prepared. (I know this is total conjecture, but we can only hope!)
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Just got back from birmingham Volkswagen, test drive on the GTD, it's the dogs b*******s
What a drive. Mrs wasn't too impressed but what does she know about cars. Been told that my GTD goes to build in build week 34 (19 August) pushed back a week was initially told BW 33. Assured that the car will be here with me mid sept.
Anyone else driven it.
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Just got back from birmingham Volkswagen, test drive on the GTD, it's the dogs b*******s
What a drive. Mrs wasn't too impressed but what does she know about cars. Been told that my GTD goes to build in build week 34 (19 August) pushed back a week was initially told BW 33. Assured that the car will be here with me mid sept.
Anyone else driven it.
I'm currently sat at BW33, and have been quite a while (initially BW26). Dealer rang yesterday to say i'm still BW33, so haven't slipped. Was in a GTD DSG for a 90 min test drive on my own - everything great except my strong dislike of the DSG box.
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Just got back from birmingham Volkswagen, test drive on the GTD, it's the dogs b*******s
What a drive. Mrs wasn't too impressed but what does she know about cars. Been told that my GTD goes to build in build week 34 (19 August) pushed back a week was initially told BW 33. Assured that the car will be here with me mid sept.
Anyone else driven it.
I'm currently sat at BW33, and have been quite a while (initially BW26). Dealer rang yesterday to say i'm still BW33, so haven't slipped. Was in a GTD DSG for a 90 min test drive on my own - everything great except my strong dislike of the DSG box.
I was initially BW26 too, then I was pushed back to BW33 now BW 34 iv waited this long what's one week. Birmingham VW don't allow a test drive on your own I had like half hour. I ask for a line test drive they said no because of too many accidents.
The DSG is what I ordered seemed capable in this one, but I can see why people dislike them.
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I was initially BW26 too, then I was pushed back to BW33 now BW 34 iv waited this long what's one week. Birmingham VW don't allow a test drive on your own I had like half hour. I ask for a line test drive they said no because of too many accidents.
The DSG is what I ordered seemed capable in this one, but I can see why people dislike them.
I like to keep control of my gear changes, the DSG seems to have 2 modes - sedate (very early change ups) and manic. I did give the paddles a go, but the box still wants to change up when it wants to rather than when I want to - could understand if my preferred changes would mean frigging the car, but that wasn't the case. It was very smooth though. A few times I went to change up and it went up twice because it had literally just changed when I was asking it to. If you like auto, you'll like DSG.
Dealer was fine letting me out on my own as it's my 2nd car with him and my dad bought a car off him too.
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I was initially BW26 too, then I was pushed back to BW33 now BW 34 iv waited this long what's one week. Birmingham VW don't allow a test drive on your own I had like half hour. I ask for a line test drive they said no because of too many accidents.
The DSG is what I ordered seemed capable in this one, but I can see why people dislike them.
I like to keep control of my gear changes, the DSG seems to have 2 modes - sedate (very early change ups) and manic. I did give the paddles a go, but the box still wants to change up when it wants to rather than when I want to - could understand if my preferred changes would mean frigging the car, but that wasn't the case. It was very smooth though. A few times I went to change up and it went up twice because it had literally just changed when I was asking it to. If you like auto, you'll like DSG.
Dealer was fine letting me out on my own as it's my 2nd car with him and my dad bought a car off him too.
This is my second dsg and is way more refined then previous models but I can see the draw to the manual. Just looked its obviously cheaper to buy but also 100 a year less on the tax (every little helps)
Brum volkswagen would let me have a courtesy car until this one arrives 'we don't have the capability'.
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Monkeyhanger, does the DSG definately come with paddles?
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Monkeyhanger, does the DSG definately come with paddles?
Yes it comes with paddles.
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yes as above.
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Also forgot to mention. When speaking to the guy at Brum VW he was quite adamant that vw would try and meet the demand by getting gti and gtd variants out as soon as they are built. He mentioned getting them shipped and ready in 3 weeks after being built. This is apparently to get their top end models on the road.
Take that as you will
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Also forgot to mention. When speaking to the guy at Brum VW he was quite adamant that vw would try and meet the demand by getting gti and gtd variants out as soon as they are built. He mentioned getting them shipped and ready in 3 weeks after being built. This is apparently to get their top end models on the road.
Take that as you will
3 weeks after build isn't exactly fast, it's what we've been typically seeing already.
For the ones we've seen here, they generally get to Emden port via train within 24 hours of plant release and sit at port for 7 to 10 days, missing 3 ships in the meantime. Average sailing time to UK is less than 24 hours (Sheerness/port of Tyne). They then usually sit at arrival port for 3 days before VW even think about transporting them to the dealership. If they gave priority to GTI/GTD (who have already been waiting ages) rather than 10 week build standard Golfs to get them on the next ship, they could easily have them from Wolfsburg to dealership in 7 -10 days.
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Also forgot to mention. When speaking to the guy at Brum VW he was quite adamant that vw would try and meet the demand by getting gti and gtd variants out as soon as they are built. He mentioned getting them shipped and ready in 3 weeks after being built. This is apparently to get their top end models on the road.
Take that as you will
I'd love to believe that this is going to happen - but sadly the evidence is that it's a minimum 4 weeks after build.
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Also forgot to mention. When speaking to the guy at Brum VW he was quite adamant that vw would try and meet the demand by getting gti and gtd variants out as soon as they are built. He mentioned getting them shipped and ready in 3 weeks after being built. This is apparently to get their top end models on the road.
Take that as you will
I'd love to believe that this is going to happen - but sadly the evidence is that it's a minimum 4 weeks after build.
My dad's GTD got delivered to customer in 12 days from Wolfsburg release, but it did have a lot of help at the UK dealership end.
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That's the thing monkeyhanger - you got dealer service over and above the norm. Plus you're near the port, I don't live anywhere near the sea!! Don't get me wrong, I'd love it to be 3 weeks, would mean I could pick it up 2nd Sep (Monday) and be one of the first cars on the road with the new plate - but that's just not going to happen! :cry:
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That's the thing monkeyhanger - you got dealer service over and above the norm. Plus you're near the port, I don't live anywhere near the sea!! Don't get me wrong, I'd love it to be 3 weeks, would mean I could pick it up 2nd Sep (Monday) and be one of the first cars on the road with the new plate - but that's just not going to happen! :cry:
Being close to the port does make a lot of difference - not unknown for VW to leave cars at the UK port for a week before sending them on their way to the dealerships.
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Anyone else been asked to pick their number plate yet. I was asked on sat some real poor plates. I don't know what I was expecting. All the plates were BX63. For those that don't know in birmingham all police and most other public transport use BX. It's how you spot an unmarked police car.
I think I might get a private reg.
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Anyone else been asked to pick their number plate yet. I was asked on sat some real poor plates. I don't know what I was expecting. All the plates were BX63. For those that don't know in birmingham all police and most other public transport use BX. It's how you spot an unmarked police car.
I think I might get a private reg.
I bet the DVLA banned HU63 NOB and HU63 COK/HU63 KOK. :laugh:
Never been asked to pick a plate, all my previous ones have started NA/ND/NG
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Anyone else been asked to pick their number plate yet. I was asked on sat some real poor plates. I don't know what I was expecting. All the plates were BX63. For those that don't know in birmingham all police and most other public transport use BX. It's how you spot an unmarked police car.
I think I might get a private reg.
I've only ever been asked once to pick a plate, but this time I'm putting on a private plate, of which they already have the pre-signed certificate so will be on the car when I go to collect it.
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I haven't been asked to pick my plate but I have done in the past and will do this time. Your dealer will have a list of available reg's, you can then just pick the one you want!
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Any idea when they get this list?
Given that I don't even have a confirmed BW yet it seems silly to ask now, but if I do ask wouldn't want to leave it too late.
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Any idea when they get this list?
Given that I don't even have a confirmed BW yet it seems silly to ask now, but if I do ask wouldn't want to leave it too late.
I've just called my dealer to find out but he's off today - ill phone him tomorrow and find ou, and let you know.
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Any idea when they get this list?
Given that I don't even have a confirmed BW yet it seems silly to ask now, but if I do ask wouldn't want to leave it too late.
I've just called my dealer to find out but he's off today - ill phone him tomorrow and find ou, and let you know.
From what I gather they should of had the list by now.
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Any idea when they get this list?
Given that I don't even have a confirmed BW yet it seems silly to ask now, but if I do ask wouldn't want to leave it too late.
I've just called my dealer to find out but he's off today - ill phone him tomorrow and find ou, and let you know.
From what I gather they should of had the list by now.
Emailed my dealer, he says he doesn't have the list as yet, but will send it to me nearer the time - and then I can pick!
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Well if the tracker is anything to go by ive finally moved to build week confirmed. Only taken them 18 weeks!!
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Well if the tracker is anything to go by ive finally moved to build week confirmed. Only taken them 18 weeks!!
Really up pleased for you. We seem to be getting some movement at long last!
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I was actually starting to seriously look at alternatives and was really non plussed about the golf. Im back up to semi excited now :grin: :grin:
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According to the Tracker 5 minutes ago I am now Build Week Confirmed at Week 36. I ordered end of March. Let's hope it stays at Confirmed and the Dealer backs this up.
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Whoops my bad, just realised I posted in the GTD build dates. Ignore my previous post guys. Early morning.
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I'm still at estimated BW37 - but accept that especially as today I have had a 1 hour test drive in the dealers Carbon Grey GTD demonstrator. It will definately be worth the wait. The Mk7 is definately a drivers car - the performance, the steering, the looks - it has it all. Roll on estimated pick up from the dealers in October - not that I'm wishing the summer away though!
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Can anyone tell me the number for VW? I am still showing as processing since 15th of May.
Try 0844 375 4625. People on the end of that line know all about GTIs and the problems we are facing!
I got chastised for calling the 0844 number :grin: he changed his tune when I told him I was seriously considering cancelling if I didn't get some answers.
Anyway ladies and gents the nice young lady grumpy boy put me through to told me I am provisionally build week 40 :shocked: and to expect my car by the end of october, about 6 weeks late.
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Just spoke to VW again today and i'm still down as Estimated BW37.
Praying for confirmation sometime this week!
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20 weeks after ordering my car the tracking tool confirms my car is being built. By he time the keys are in hand that will be around 24 week lead-time. Better the 12 months for my MK6. I suppose one could argue thats a real improvement! Well done VW :laugh:
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Just spoke to VW again today and i'm still down as Estimated BW37.
Praying for confirmation sometime this week!
This... After them telling you that you had been pushed to BW51?
BW37 should be confirmed on tracker now - are you?
This is all getting confusing...!
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Just spoke to VW again today and i'm still down as Estimated BW37.
Praying for confirmation sometime this week!
This... After them telling you that you had been pushed to BW51?
BW37 should be confirmed on tracker now - are you?
This is all getting confusing...!
BW37ers should definitely be confirmed now on the tracker - I doubt anyone unconfirmed at this stage will be getting a car built on BW37. More VW porkies? Definitely need to check that tracker.
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This... After them telling you that you had been pushed to BW51?
BW37 should be confirmed on tracker now - are you?
This is all getting confusing...!
BW37ers should definitely be confirmed now on the tracker - I doubt anyone unconfirmed at this stage will be getting a car built on BW37. More VW porkies? Definitely need to check that tracker.
Scratch that. OF1 post was made last week. Well before he cancelled!
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Just thought i'd let everyone know where i'm at now; BMW 320d M Sport Saloon. Estoril Blue with Black leather.
Went to check out the 1 Series and got an unbelievable deal on a new 3 Series with Media Pack Professional, M Sport Plus Pack, Heated Seats, Lumbar Support, PDC and Folding Mirrors.
Got a better trade on my Mini, £2,610 deposit contribution and 6% off List.
All in all for a car with a list price of nearly £38k, it's working out at £30 per month more than my GTD. Which had a list price of £28k.
Car due mid October.
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Just thought i'd let everyone know where i'm at now; BMW 320d M Sport Saloon. Estoril Blue with Black leather.
Went to check out the 1 Series and got an unbelievable deal on a new 3 Series with Media Pack Professional, M Sport Plus Pack, Heated Seats, Lumbar Support, PDC and Folding Mirrors.
Got a better trade on my Mini, £2,610 deposit contribution and 6% off List.
All in all for a car with a list price of nearly £38k, it's working out at £30 per month more than my GTD. Which had a list price of £28k.
Car due mid October.
I was looking at the same thing last night. What dealer was this with.
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Having had a 320d (not this new shape) I can tell you right now its a much better car than a GTD, which is why its more expensive. But if you can get one for nearly the same price as the Golf then go for it - beautiful car and drives like a dream.
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Just thought i'd let everyone know where i'm at now; BMW 320d M Sport Saloon. Estoril Blue with Black leather.
Went to check out the 1 Series and got an unbelievable deal on a new 3 Series with Media Pack Professional, M Sport Plus Pack, Heated Seats, Lumbar Support, PDC and Folding Mirrors.
Got a better trade on my Mini, £2,610 deposit contribution and 6% off List.
All in all for a car with a list price of nearly £38k, it's working out at £30 per month more than my GTD. Which had a list price of £28k.
Car due mid October.
I was looking at the same thing last night. What dealer was this with.
It's with Bowker Blackburn. However the deposit contribution is blanketed across all dealers as it's on the BMW website!
I do agree they are a wonderful car. My dad is driving a new 330d M Sport and it's rather special. I thought when looking for a new car the 3 Series would be way out of my budget.
Seems like the GTD fiasco has been a blessing in disguise after all.
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Hi,
New to this forum and seems like plenty of people are pulling their hair out like me.
Ordered a 3 door standard GTD May 15th and still don't have a confirmed build date, dealer says at the min it's BW51 but it seems that can change at the drop of a hat.
This is getting beyond a joke now. I have to wait though, not many sporty diesels that match the golf in terms of performance and price.
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Phoned for another update and I have had my build week moved but only by a week from 40 to 41. I asked why others were getting moved into next year and she said that she could only comment on my particular case and that the delays with mine were probably down to the reversing camera.
Said I should phone again in a couple of weeks to make sure the build week hasn't moved again.
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that the delays with mine were probably down to the reversing camera.
I don't want to say they're lying to you but I wouldn't put much stock in this explanation if they gave it to me!
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Yeah I got the feeling it was a standard answer being reeled off to anyone who had a reversing camera in their order. Last time I asked they never said the camera was the reason for the delay.
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Phoned for another update and I have had my build week moved but only by a week from 40 to 41. I asked why others were getting moved into next year and she said that she could only comment on my particular case and that the delays with mine were probably down to the reversing camera.
Said I should phone again in a couple of weeks to make sure the build week hasn't moved again.
Well I suppose thats good news that not *every* GTD is being moved to BW51. Just out of interest - when did you order?
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I think we need a Poll to find out who is cancelling due to this order mess !!
If anybody from VW took a look - maybe it would spur them into some sort of action??
I have started to look at what other cars are about now - I'm fed up with the wait and lack of information.
I expected my BW to be confirmed (again) this week.
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Just checked and tracker now showing build week confirmed for w/c 15/9 so week 38. My dealer has been saying week 38 for a while, started at 36 and slipped a couple of weeks. At least its not week 51 and my build has the infamous reversing camera and DSG
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I think we need a Poll to find out who is cancelling due to this order mess !!
If anybody from VW took a look - maybe it would spur them into some sort of action??
I have started to look at what other cars are about now - I'm fed up with the wait and lack of information.
I expected my BW to be confirmed (again) this week.
They don't give a toss. Even my dealer who is a nice chap said if my client was to cancel his GTD order then it doesn't bother him as he'll sell it tomorrow such is the demand.
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Just checked and tracker now showing build week confirmed for w/c 15/9 so week 38. My dealer has been saying week 38 for a while, started at 36 and slipped a couple of weeks. At least its not week 51 and my build has the infamous reversing camera and DSG
I have been told mine is being built on the 10th Sept - but still no confirmed date on the tracker!
When did you order?
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I think we need a Poll to find out who is cancelling due to this order mess !!
If anybody from VW took a look - maybe it would spur them into some sort of action??
I have started to look at what other cars are about now - I'm fed up with the wait and lack of information.
I expected my BW to be confirmed (again) this week.
They don't give a toss. Even my dealer who is a nice chap said if my client was to cancel his GTD order then it doesn't bother him as he'll sell it tomorrow such is the demand.
I am beginning to honestly believe that mate - disgusting!
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I have been told mine is being built on the 10th Sept - but still no confirmed date on the tracker!
When did you order?
Keeping my fingers crossed for you Rik! Perhaps with some people cancelling they can drop those slots and move other orders in sooner? :cool:
Well we can hope. I suspect they'll keep those cars building and flog them for the full retail though. :sad:
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At foooooooookin last!
Checked the VW order tracker today - Confirmed build week 38 !!
Will be getting built W/C 15.09.13
(To be fair to my dealer, they have always quoted this build week but could never confirm until the tracker did it today)
However, they originally kept telling me that this date would come forward (it obviously didn't)
Bill, sorry to hear you have cancelled your order................hope the M135 makes you happy. Never driven one myself so I wouldn't know & as mine is a Company Car the best available 1 series on the list is the 116 M Sport, that's why I've stuck out the wait for the GTD
Only another 3 months to wait!! :rolleyes:
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Just checked and tracker now showing build week confirmed for w/c 15/9 so week 38. My dealer has been saying week 38 for a while, started at 36 and slipped a couple of weeks. At least its not week 51 and my build has the infamous reversing camera and DSG
I have been told mine is being built on the 10th Sept - but still no confirmed date on the tracker!
When did you order?
Order confirmed on May 7th
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I have been told mine is being built on the 10th Sept - but still no confirmed date on the tracker!
When did you order?
Keeping my fingers crossed for you Rik! Perhaps with some people cancelling they can drop those slots and move other orders in sooner? :cool:
Well we can hope. I suspect they'll keep those cars building and flog them for the full retail though. :sad:
Thanks Bill
With all these BW38 being confirmed - I once again think the 10th is bull :(
Looks like I will be at least BW39
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Just checked and tracker now showing build week confirmed for w/c 15/9 so week 38. My dealer has been saying week 38 for a while, started at 36 and slipped a couple of weeks. At least its not week 51 and my build has the infamous reversing camera and DSG
I have been told mine is being built on the 10th Sept - but still no confirmed date on the tracker!
When did you order?
Order confirmed on May 7th
Mine was ordered on the 16th May - which is close, so there may be hope that although their date is again wrong, it may not be long
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Phoned for another update and I have had my build week moved but only by a week from 40 to 41. I asked why others were getting moved into next year and she said that she could only comment on my particular case and that the delays with mine were probably down to the reversing camera.
Said I should phone again in a couple of weeks to make sure the build week hasn't moved again.
Well I suppose thats good news that not *every* GTD is being moved to BW51. Just out of interest - when did you order?
Ordered 3rd of June.
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I think we need a Poll to find out who is cancelling due to this order mess !!
If anybody from VW took a look - maybe it would spur them into some sort of action??
I have started to look at what other cars are about now - I'm fed up with the wait and lack of information.
I expected my BW to be confirmed (again) this week.
I think the cancellers are pretty all much GTIers. There are cars that compare well to the GTI on performance, price, residuals etc. The GTD doesn't have as much viable competition, so we're stuck waiting.
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I think we need a Poll to find out who is cancelling due to this order mess !!
If anybody from VW took a look - maybe it would spur them into some sort of action??
I have started to look at what other cars are about now - I'm fed up with the wait and lack of information.
I expected my BW to be confirmed (again) this week.
I think the cancellers are pretty all much GTIers. There are cars that compare well to the GTI on performance, price, residuals etc. The GTD doesn't have as much viable competition, so we're stuck waiting.
Yeh, unfortunately I think your right! - nothing really compares
I need to punch something ! - LOL - frustrating is not the word...
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Yeh, unfortunately I think your right! - nothing really compares
I need to punch something ! - LOL - frustrating is not the word...
Maybe the moderators can commission a batch of Simon Thomas dartboards to sell to forum members, i'm sure they'd move fast. :laugh:
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Yeh, unfortunately I think your right! - nothing really compares
I need to punch something ! - LOL - frustrating is not the word...
Maybe the moderators can commission a batch of Simon Thomas dartboards to sell to forum members, i'm sure they'd move fast. :laugh:
hahahahahaha :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: sure would
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Here we go RikWebb and monkeyhanger and a couple of darts to get you started.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jijr7xy89nhohr/dartboard.jpg
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Here we go RikWebb and monkeyhanger and a couple of darts to get you started.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jijr7xy89nhohr/dartboard.jpg
LOL - brill - that will get well used :D
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Phoned for another update and I have had my build week moved but only by a week from 40 to 41. I asked why others were getting moved into next year and she said that she could only comment on my particular case and that the delays with mine were probably down to the reversing camera.
Said I should phone again in a couple of weeks to make sure the build week hasn't moved again.
I don't have the reversing camera but I have been moved to BW51, (ordered 15th April)
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Here we go RikWebb and monkeyhanger and a couple of darts to get you started.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jijr7xy89nhohr/dartboard.jpg
Great! I can see this being a big Christmas seller with those GTDers that have been shafted into a BW51 slot.
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Question??
Are we all waiting Tornado Red ? - or is that just a coincidence !
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Question??
Are we all waiting Tornado Red ? - or is that just a coincidence !
You, me and MH that I know of off the top of my head - so yes!!
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Question??
Are we all waiting Tornado Red ? - or is that just a coincidence !
You, me and MH that I know of off the top of my head - so yes!!
Might be colour related? I ordered may 15th and have confirmed BW 1/9/13 and I ordered pure white. (no camera)
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I'm waiting for Tornado Red, that must be the problem as its such an unusual colour. :drool:
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You wait nearly 3 weeks for a ship fom Emden to port of Tyne and 2 come in at once!
Both the "City of Barcelona" and "City of Rome" are due in on the 28th of September, sailing on the 27th from Emden. If my car is actually getting built now (or at least was started since my Tuesday phone call) and they don't drag their heels getting it on the train to port, there is the faintest chance it could be on one of those boats....Who am I kidding? :angry:
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Question??
Are we all waiting Tornado Red ? - or is that just a coincidence !
Mine is tornado red but not been shifted to bw51........yet. I did mention how others had been moved to then and they seemed in the main to have ordered before me but she was fairly adamant I was still down for October.
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CSG - unconfirmed BW 38 a month ago - no tracker update so I must have been shoved back - time to call the dealer on Mon/Tue and VWUK (dealer never gives me a BW)
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Had a confirmed BW34 was due to be built this week. Still no update on the tracker to say that it's been built which is very annoying. As I have previously said I ordered end of April and was told that I would have a GTD by end of July mid August but 'conveniently' was delayed to Bw 33.
I called VWCS women was quite helpful, explained that the delays were causes by the factory shutting down for 4 weeks. Also advised that because of this the build may go into the following week. I enquirer as to why you would call it a build week. She asked that I contact them on tue as the relevant department is closed to allow them to give me a full update.
I then emailed the dealer and advised that what i am being told is not good enough and that if itsnnot reaolved by tuesday/wednesday I will seek to cancel as I am having to spend more money in getting around without a car as I have had to rent a car on a few occasions.
The dealer replied as follows:
Thank you for your email.
I have checked on our ordering system today, and it is still saying build week 34. I don't know if it may not have updated because we are now at the weekend or not - but I have spoken to my Sales Manager today and he has asked if you can bear with us until Tuesday when VW re-open after the Bank Holiday so we can call them to see if there is anything we can do to help with your current situation.
Obviously, I do not want to lose you as a customer and I want you to be driving a Golf GTD, so I will do all that I can to keep your order here with myself.
I will call you on Tuesday to update you with what we can do for you.
This is like the blind leading the blind.
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I am also waiting on GTD in tornado red, 3 door. Have had BW confirmed for 36, 1st sept but I really am not liking the feedback guys who should have been built by now are getting. I ordered on 28th march and patience is really starting to wear thin. I'm severely hoping something happens when we get to BW 36 or there is going to be a row lol
On another note, I see GTI with leather and red stitching, do we think this comes in GTD? As I have ordered leather on mine?
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I am also waiting on GTD in tornado red, 3 door. Have had BW confirmed for 36, 1st sept but I really am not liking the feedback guys who should have been built by now are getting. I ordered on 28th march and patience is really starting to wear thin. I'm severely hoping something happens when we get to BW 36 or there is going to be a row lol
On another note, I see GTI with leather and red stitching, do we think this comes in GTD? As I have ordered leather on mine?
Gtd has grey stitching I believe
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The dealer I spoke to says he can get me a factory order GTD in December...
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I am also waiting on GTD in tornado red, 3 door. Have had BW confirmed for 36, 1st sept but I really am not liking the feedback guys who should have been built by now are getting. I ordered on 28th march and patience is really starting to wear thin. I'm severely hoping something happens when we get to BW 36 or there is going to be a row lol
On another note, I see GTI with leather and red stitching, do we think this comes in GTD? As I have ordered leather on mine?
Gtd has grey stitching I believe
I bet that looks great!
Regarding BW33 delays, did we ever consider this was related to knock on effects as they try to deal with the damaged cars from hailstorm. Could be a thousand and one things they have problems with from respraying damaged panels to not having sufficient capacity to transport cars around until they've cleared the backlog!
Also the factory shutdown is an inadequate excuse. It was a scheduled event so could only cause a delay if there was another delay first that pushed the car back to BW29-32, at which point there would technically be a delay from shutdown...but that's not the real cause!
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I wonder what the chances would be of asking for the GTI red stitched leather in a GTD???? :laugh:
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On-line tracker just updated and is telling me the GTD is 'In transit'. Was BW32
MkVIIGTD, two hopes, bob and none!
I wouldn't believe a dealer telling me a new factory order would be ready for collection in December this year. I reckon February......
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On-line tracker just updated and is telling me the GTD is 'In transit'. Was BW32
MkVIIGTD, two hopes, bob and none!
I wouldn't believe a dealer telling me a new factory order would be ready for collection in December this year. I reckon February......
That's what I thought, but I want to try and get a part ex value in writing for December collection
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That's not what I like to hear... That's two weeks to build JJH?
Anyone any thoughts on who best to ask about the leather thing in GTD? Might be worth an ask but then again VW can't seem to do anything they are asked lol
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On-line tracker just updated and is telling me the GTD is 'In transit'. Was BW32
MkVIIGTD, two hopes, bob and none!
I wouldn't believe a dealer telling me a new factory order would be ready for collection in December this year. I reckon February......
That's what I thought, but I want to try and get a part ex value in writing for December collection
that shouldn't be a problem, they would have no reason not to if they beleive what they are telling is true.
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I am also waiting on GTD in tornado red, 3 door. Have had BW confirmed for 36, 1st sept but I really am not liking the feedback guys who should have been built by now are getting. I ordered on 28th march and patience is really starting to wear thin. I'm severely hoping something happens when we get to BW 36 or there is going to be a row lol
On another note, I see GTI with leather and red stitching, do we think this comes in GTD? As I have ordered leather on mine?
Gtd has grey stitching I believe
I bet that looks great!
Regarding BW33 delays, did we ever consider this was related to knock on effects as they try to deal with the damaged cars from hailstorm. Could be a thousand and one things they have problems with from respraying damaged panels to not having sufficient capacity to transport cars around until they've cleared the backlog!
Also the factory shutdown is an inadequate excuse. It was a scheduled event so could only cause a delay if there was another delay first that pushed the car back to BW29-32, at which point there would technically be a delay from shutdown...but that's not the real cause!
I don't think the hailstone issue has caused delays(yet!) - inspections and repairs are being done externally. Neil's replacement order is being done after BW 38/39, I suspect the rest will be the same - after the most recent confirmed orders (they can delay an unconfirmed order for these replacements without it officially being an issue. The only potential delay issue would be if they've run out of parking for new output prior to transport. Doubt if they'd stop for that - they'd get those damaged ones carted out to a field or aerodrome somewhere I would imagine, so they can carry on making cars.
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Like others who face the same prob in BW 33, the whole week goes by and no update then last night before bed the tracker updates to being built. What are the turn around times anyone know.
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Like others who face the same prob in BW 33, the whole week goes by and no update then last night before bed the tracker updates to being built. What are the turn around times anyone know.
Are you BW34? So as suspected, as soon as your build week has officially passed (Saturday night on the week your car was supposed to be getting built), the tracker defaults to "build in progress".
No one on BW33 who hasn't been built yet knows the turnaround. If between now and Tues when I ring VW UK back the car is in transit then it'll be 2 weeks, if it still hasn't been touched it'll be 3 and upwards. There are some white BW33ers who've been built and shipped out early in BW33, but Tornado Red cars seem to be a real issue right now.
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Like others who face the same prob in BW 33, the whole week goes by and no update then last night before bed the tracker updates to being built. What are the turn around times anyone know.
I think the build is spread over something like 3 days, and they are pretty quick to transport the car to Emden. From there, how long it takes to ship depends on a umber of factors, but mine only took 2.5 weeks from the day the build started to get to the dealership.
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I think the build is spread over something like 3 days, and they are pretty quick to transport the car to Emden. From there, how long it takes to ship depends on a umber of factors, but mine only took 2.5 weeks from the day the build started to get to the dealership.
Hoping mine is built and released to Enden tomorrow for nigh-on immediate shipment to port of Tyne on one of the 2 VW carrier ships leaving Emden on Tuesday. Fat chance!
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Hoping mine is built and released to Enden tomorrow for nigh-on immediate shipment to port of Tyne on one of the 2 VW carrier ships leaving Emden on Tuesday. Fat chance!
Fingers crossed mate!
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I think the build is spread over something like 3 days, and they are pretty quick to transport the car to Emden. From there, how long it takes to ship depends on a umber of factors, but mine only took 2.5 weeks from the day the build started to get to the dealership.
Hoping mine is built and released to Enden tomorrow for nigh-on immediate shipment to port of Tyne on one of the 2 VW carrier ships leaving Emden on Tuesday. Fat chance!
So I'm hoping for the car to be at the port for tues
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I think the build is spread over something like 3 days, and they are pretty quick to transport the car to Emden. From there, how long it takes to ship depends on a umber of factors, but mine only took 2.5 weeks from the day the build started to get to the dealership.
Hoping mine is built and released to Enden tomorrow for nigh-on immediate shipment to port of Tyne on one of the 2 VW carrier ships leaving Emden on Tuesday. Fat chance!
So I'm hoping for the car to be at the port for tues
Is the factory shut this monday bank hol though? If the car isnt built already it wouldnonly start build tues?
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I think the build is spread over something like 3 days, and they are pretty quick to transport the car to Emden. From there, how long it takes to ship depends on a umber of factors, but mine only took 2.5 weeks from the day the build started to get to the dealership.
Hoping mine is built and released to Enden tomorrow for nigh-on immediate shipment to port of Tyne on one of the 2 VW carrier ships leaving Emden on Tuesday. Fat chance!
So I'm hoping for the car to be at the port for tues
Is the factory shut this monday bank hol though? If the car isnt built already it wouldnonly start build tues?
Not a bank holiday in Germany though!
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More than a little annoyed that there are 26 GTD's available for purchase throughout the UK some at reasonable prices yet those of us who ordered at the beginning are still waiting with possible further delays
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More than a little annoyed that there are 26 GTD's available for purchase throughout the UK some at reasonable prices yet those of us who ordered at the beginning are still waiting with possible further delays
Same here mate - its just plain wrong!
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Yay...had it confirmed today that mines on the boat - so just a week or so to go. Getting really excited now.
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Yay...had it confirmed today that mines on the boat - so just a week or so to go. Getting really excited now.
Top stuff - bet your chuffed mate :)
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Well done mate !
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Nice one Norbreck :) Here's hoping it won't be long for you to wait to collect!
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Yay...had it confirmed today that mines on the boat - so just a week or so to go. Getting really excited now.
Isn't it great to still get excited at our age :laugh:
Chuffed for ya matey, you've not waited long :wink:
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How ironic - the GTD I cancelled back in June now has a confirmed build week of 15/09/13 :rolleyes:
Feels weird snooping on somebody else's car :evil:
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How ironic - the GTD I cancelled back in June now has a confirmed build week of 15/09/13 :rolleyes:
Feels weird snooping on somebody else's car :evil:
You hacker you
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How ironic - the GTD I cancelled back in June now has a confirmed build week of 15/09/13 :rolleyes:
Feels weird snooping on somebody else's car :evil:
FFS ! - Ordered mine in May and still no build date !
Do they put order numbers in a hat and draw them?
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How ironic - the GTD I cancelled back in June now has a confirmed build week of 15/09/13 :rolleyes:
Feels weird snooping on somebody else's car :evil:
FFS ! - Ordered mine in May and still no build date !
Do they put order numbers in a hat and draw them?
Is that a sign of the demand for the GTD perhaps :sad:? I ordered same day as you but a GTI...
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Gtd has outstripped gti orders massively due to low emissions etc. company car drivers dream or so I was told :wink:
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Yeah it seems pretty clear to me that GTD is vastly outselling the GTI, which is good as it makes mine just a little bit more special :grin:
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Yeah it seems pretty clear to me that GTD is vastly outselling the GTI, which is good as it makes mine just a little bit more special :grin:
VW are making us all feel special by making us wait a ridiculous length of time for our cars. Feel like I could've had an Audi R8 V10 quicker.
I wouldn't say vastly outselling - it's about 5:2, and less discount offered as a result.
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VW are making us all feel special by making us wait a ridiculous length of time for our cars. Feel like I could've had an Audi R8 V10 quicker.
I wouldn't say vastly outselling - it's about 5:2, and less discount offered as a result.
Haha, as much as I'd love an Audi R8 V10, I don't think they could discount it enough for me! :grin: Still, the old marketing trick of high price and throttling production does give the GTI/GTD a slightly more exclusive feel, warranted or not!
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VW are making us all feel special by making us wait a ridiculous length of time for our cars. Feel like I could've had an Audi R8 V10 quicker.
I wouldn't say vastly outselling - it's about 5:2, and less discount offered as a result.
Haha, as much as I'd love an Audi R8 V10, I don't think they could discount it enough for me! :grin: Still, the old marketing trick of high price and throttling production does give the GTI/GTD a slightly more exclusive feel, warranted or not!
The GTI and GTD drivers will have a whole new image. People will take note that you're in a GTI or GTD and say "damn, he must have the patience of a saint!" - not quite the image most buyers were looking for.
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The GTI and GTD drivers will have a whole new image. People will take note that you're in a GTI or GTD and say "damn, he must have the patience of a saint!" - not quite the image most buyers were looking for.
I nearly posted something similar to what I'm going to say here in another thread that's just talking about how understated the car is. Of course I do care about how a car looks, the performance and the level of kit, otherwise I wouldn't have bought one in the first place. But, the reality is, I bought a Mk7 for myself to enjoy - any image somebody has as a result of me owning one, good or bad, is immaterial.
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Yeah it seems pretty clear to me that GTD is vastly outselling the GTI, which is good as it makes mine just a little bit more special :grin:
VW are making us all feel special by making us wait a ridiculous length of time for our cars. Feel like I could've had an Audi R8 V10 quicker.
I wouldn't say vastly outselling - it's about 5:2, and less discount offered as a result.
When you take into account private and lease sales its vastly outselling the GTI.
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GTI: being vastly outsold by the GTD….does that make it less desirable or more exclusive, or a bit of both? Either car will please their owners when they finally arrive!
If I’d have been able to get £3k off a GTI and the same p/x price for my Scirocco vs £800 of freebies and a very good part-ex price, I might have been slightly tempted towards a GTI.
Slightly lower residuals and 3 years of higher fuel economy might have been almost mitigated with a deal for a GTI which would in effect be £2200 better than the deal I got. GTD loses around £1500 less (over 3 years on average mileage, using GFV figures) and will probably cost the average 10k miler an extra £500 a year to fuel a 40mpg Golf than a 60mpg GTD.
It was never a consideration when I first put pen to paper because I didn’t anticipate generous discounts being possible on the GTI less than a month after I ordered my GTD. GTD discounts have been low and hard to find (especially without a raft of optional extras, which I don’t want), so I don’t feel particularly short changed on my GTD deal, especially given the equity that has opened up with my p/x due to the wait. I’m glad I stuck with the GTD, but not by a huge margin – fuelling on a weekly basis would have blunted my enthusiasm for the GTI a little because it’s that money you notice being spent, the money you saved up front on the purchase price is always at the back of your mind.
I think in the end I am just about better off with the GTD. I drive my Scirocco 170TDI quite hard to get up to speed and enjoy the use of torque in gear with very little fuel penalty – I would probably be driving the GTI with a far lighter right foot to save fuel, making a GTI in my hands slower and less fun than a GTD in my hands. Someone else may hardly consider fuel costs at all and will have a hoot hammering the GTI.
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Pretty much bang on there monkeyhanger. No matter what the owner buys, they will be happy with it, period, because it is right for them. How much financially better off you actually are with one over the other will vary greatly depending how long you keep it, how many miles you do, how you drive the thing etc. I did the maths on a spreadsheet and yeah, if I forget relative depreciation because I plan on keeping it, the extra per year in fuel and tax for the GTI was an insignificant few hundred quid a year. Insignificant in that it equates to just over one monthly payment of my three year loan for the car, which will be paid off either on or before the end of the term.
I also have a GTI right now so the fuel costs are going to be lower, if not by much. On the whole I don't go caning it around, and accelerate quite gently most of the time. I prefer the GTI, being blunt, for its red accents! I also prefer driving a smooth petrol engine, although I grant you that modern diesels are very, very good. For me though, it's not about outright acceleration, top end and torque, or indeed economy.
As for exclusivity, I'm obviously biased but can see both sides of the coin. In a way it makes it more exclusive because there are less of them on the roads. I guess in terms of desirability, you can look at it two ways as well - either it's not what people want these days, or they do, but just want obvious lower running costs, as significant/insignificant as they might be.
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My build week is 35, with a confirmed build week of w/c 25th aug, any idea when this will change to build in progress?
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My build week is 35, with a confirmed build week of w/c 25th aug, any idea when this will change to build in progress?
If my experience and others are To go by, it will go to build Saturday night. Then take forever and a day to build as it is 'caught up in plant closure delays' I was BW 34 wc 18/08 still showing as build in progress 5 days after the BW finished and still not in transit.
Hope that helps.
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My build week is 35, with a confirmed build week of w/c 25th aug, any idea when this will change to build in progress?
tomorrow all being well.
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My build week is 35, with a confirmed build week of w/c 25th aug, any idea when this will change to build in progress?
If my experience and others are To go by, it will go to build Saturday night. Then take forever and a day to build as it is 'caught up in plant closure delays' I was BW 34 wc 18/08 still showing as build in progress 5 days after the BW finished and still not in transit.
Hope that helps.
As above. Right now your build week is not meaning a lot, and if your car hasn't been touched by the time the quoted build week ends, the car will move from "build week confirmed" to "buiild in progress" on the tracker so as not to look late. My BW33 car was built on the Sunday and Monday of BW35 - so 2 weeks late, as were all the other Tornado Red GTIs and GTDs here with a confirmed BW33.
Hope for prompt build but expect a 2 week delay.
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Thanks for the replies and information, (not what I wanted to hear though!) the wait goes on................ :rolleyes:
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Finally, after much stress and being d!cked about my car is 'build week confirmed' for the 22nd September. :smiley:
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Finally, after much stress and being d!cked about my car is 'build week confirmed' for the 22nd September. :smiley:
And me!
Confirmed Build for w/c 22nd Sept!
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Finally, after much stress and being d!cked about my car is 'build week confirmed' for the 22nd September. :smiley:
And me!
Confirmed Build for w/c 22nd Sept!
Damn - no movement on mine. Wonder when the next GTI/D slot will be? I did order mine a couple of weeks after yours tbf.
Glad things are moving on for you guys though :cool:
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me too confirmed for BW39 - 22/9!!!!
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me too confirmed for BW39 - 22/9!!!!
When did you order yours?
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me too confirmed for BW39 - 22/9!!!!
When did you order yours?
Mid May - was an unconfirmed BW38 (although only checked this once) which changed to a BW39 unconfirmed when I called up last week.
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Do my eyes deceive me??
Your order has been confirmed for production week commencing 22/09/2013
:smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
about fekin time!
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Good news on the confirms :smiley:
I ordered 02/05 - very similar to Peterdoherty's only less options and I've been bumped to BW51. Feel a call to VW CS coming on. Cant understand why my order has been delayed by 3 months. :angry:
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I ordered 02/05 - ... and I've been bumped to BW51.
This is completely unfair on you! VW bastards.
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Good news on the confirms :smiley:
I ordered 02/05 - very similar to Peterdoherty's only less options and I've been bumped to BW51. Feel a call to VW CS coming on. Cant understand why my order has been delayed by 3 months. :angry:
Didn't someone else on another thread mention their 51 was now back to a more reasonable, but still delayed, BW? Hopefully this is the case for you but looking at your spec I cant understand why mines is being built before you. VW logic strikes again I'm afraid.
I was dreading becoming a member of the BW51 club
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Good news on the confirms :smiley:
I ordered 02/05 - very similar to Peterdoherty's only less options and I've been bumped to BW51. Feel a call to VW CS coming on. Cant understand why my order has been delayed by 3 months. :angry:
Sh!t, that's unreal. I didn't get my order confirmation until mid July. I reckon I'll be lucky to see it this year at this rate :shocked:
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My order arrived at the factory this morning :)
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Good news on the confirms :smiley:
I ordered 02/05 - very similar to Peterdoherty's only less options and I've been bumped to BW51. Feel a call to VW CS coming on. Cant understand why my order has been delayed by 3 months. :angry:
Didn't someone else on another thread mention their 51 was now back to a more reasonable, but still delayed, BW? Hopefully this is the case for you but looking at your spec I cant understand why mines is being built before you. VW logic strikes again I'm afraid.
I was dreading becoming a member of the BW51 club
Yes that was me, it moved from 38 to 51 and then back to 39 in just over a week, i only made one call to vwcs and then went on holiday. It sorted itself out while I was away
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I've just spoken to my dealer...
Provisionally week 46 (w/c 10/11/13) with estimated delivery w/c 2/12/13
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Hello Ricepop . Delighted to see you have some better news. I've followed your advice and delayed till September and I pick up tomorrow. Keep your eyes open for a CSG.
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Hi all,
Delivery confirmed at last!!!!!!
Newly registered user here but been following all your posts in all year waiting for my GTD!
This will be a lease car through a company scheme but after 6 months waiting have a confirmed delivery date of 6th Sep to dealer so should have it 1 week after that
Ordered: GTD 5dr manual, solid black, ACC, & keyless entry
Will post pics once received as there really aint many photos of the GTD in black :whistle:
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Will do, if you spot me in my 67 beetle give me a wave :smiley:
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Hi all,
Delivery confirmed at last!!!!!!
Newly registered user here but been following all your posts in all year waiting for my GTD!
This will be a lease car through a company scheme but after 6 months waiting have a confirmed delivery date of 6th Sep to dealer so should have it 1 week after that
Ordered: GTD 5dr manual, solid black, ACC, & keyless entry
Will post pics once received as there really aint many photos of the GTD in black :whistle:
I too have ordered a GTD in DPB it was BW 34 wc 18/08. Now at 30 aug and still showing as 'build in progress' website says takes 30 hours to build. That's a lie.
Just want it to read in transit :angry:
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Lucky chaps with their new GTD's!! I'm looking for a Mk6 if anyone wants to offload their old 170??
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Lucky chaps with their new GTD's!! I'm looking for a Mk6 if anyone wants to offload their old 170??
Be plenty of them coming up on the used market, had a couple of offers for mine but thats up to the lease company.
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And me!
Confirmed Build for w/c 22nd Sept!
I was so excited to get my BW confirmed I mistakenly posted in the GTD thread, and only just realised... :embarrassed:
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I have one for sale johanr77 currently on the forecourt of Capital VW Merthyr who are trying to sell it for me http://www.monmotors.com/used-cars/4669/volkswagen-golf
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Hi all,
Delivery confirmed at last!!!!!!
Newly registered user here but been following all your posts in all year waiting for my GTD!
This will be a lease car through a company scheme but after 6 months waiting have a confirmed delivery date of 6th Sep to dealer so should have it 1 week after that
Ordered: GTD 5dr manual, solid black, ACC, & keyless entry
Will post pics once received as there really aint many photos of the GTD in black :whistle:
If you want to see Black GTD pics, have a look on new arrivals page 8 or 9 (can't remember which) for my dad's after a coating of GTechniq C2V3.
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I have one for sale johanr77 currently on the forecourt of Capital VW Merthyr who are trying to sell it for me http://www.monmotors.com/used-cars/4669/volkswagen-golf
Ive seen that one before- looks nice! Could you email me what you'd take for it privately?
Thanks, Dan
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Hi everyone
Just last week ordered a GTD after finally persuading my husband that he also wanted one. my first car was an old 1.3 golf. I've always wanted a GTI but couldn't afford one, and the running costs put us off, so I'm over the moon :grin:
Dealer said we should get the car in December, but after reading your posts I'm getting rather worried! Do you think the waiting times for recent orders may be less as the initial 'rush' is over? Or are we in for an even longer wait than we originally thought?
Hope I've posted this correctly, my 1st time!
Thanks/diolch
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Hard to say for definite as there doesnt appear to be any logic in the VW system but I would say that your dealer is being optimistic. I think a realistic time frame for cars ordered now is Jan/Feb
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I think it's best to assume there is a long wait and then be pleasantly surprised if there isn't. GTD demand is very high by all accounts.
If you've always wanted one then stick in there!
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Thank you both, we will :smiley:
Going to be torture though, especially when we start seeing them on the road....
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Wales has gotta be a fab place to drive one though. Much better than boring flat Cambridge!
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Yeah.. shout out to Llanelli!
I grew up in Gorseinon... Very nice part of the country :smiley:
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Sat with me mate who's the sales manager at a VW garage yesterday. He tried to order a GTD for a customer on Friday and was told March delivery :(
Hope yours has found one "on order" for someone
Diolch!
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Oh dear, so do I. We've ordered the red with no extras so I'm hoping it'll be a straightforward build? :undecided:
Bill, will let you know when we eventually get the car...
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Yeah.. shout out to Llanelli!
I grew up in Gorseinon... Very nice part of the country :smiley:
Sut mae Dippy. Do you support the Swans? Good win for them today :smiley:
We've ordered the car from Sinclairs in Gorseinon
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Oh dear, so do I. We've ordered the red with no extras so I'm hoping it'll be a straightforward build? :undecided:
Bill, will let you know when we eventually get the car...
Adding extras doesn't really complicate things or delay the car (unless it is something they're in short supply of).
I put an order in at the end of March for a Red GTD with no extras - it will probably be delivered next week (24 weeks) - so March 2014 for a new order placed now seems to be realistic. Hang in there - it'll be worth it.Don't forget to order your next VW 6 months before you actually want it. :whistle:
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Might be sooner than March if the dealer had not used all their allocation up. Apparently each dealer can order so many GTIs and so many GTDs per month.
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I've not ordered a GTD, but the GTI.
I'm sure all will be good with your order e.l.s :smiley:
Well done anyway on getting the VW GOLF :wink:
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Thank you, to be honest we don't really mind waiting (I've waited 17 years, what's another 6 months :smiley:)
We just don't want to be told December and then it ends up being march. Hubby phoning the dealer tomorrow
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I've not ordered a GTD, but the GTI, so feel like I'm slightly intruding here.
I'm sure all will be good with your order e.l.s :smiley:
Well done anyway on getting the VW GOLF :wink:
No intrusion - they're both subject to the same build timelines and delay causes right now. When is yours due? Must be getting near.
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Thank you, to be honest we don't really mind waiting (I've waited 17 years, what's another 6 months :smiley:)
We just don't want to be told December and then it ends up being march. Hubby phoning the dealer tomorrow
Aye you might score on the allocation (dealer dependent) to get it by Christmas, or maybe the dealer has a recently cancelled GTI from one of the BMW turncoats (only joking fellas! :tongue:) that he can adjust the spec to your needs.
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:laugh:
Although safely it would appear that my dealer canned mine. I think because it was a fleet sales rather than retail they no longer wanted it.
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:laugh:
Although safely it would appear that my dealer canned mine. I think because it was a fleet sales rather than retail they no longer wanted it.
If fleet are less subject to allocation considerations than retail then I suppose it makes sense for them to cancel it. Or maybe the dealer hasn't had many GTI enquiries and don't want to be stuck with a car that doesn't have a buyer (especially if it is packed with options that some may not want to pay for).
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:laugh:
Although safely it would appear that my dealer canned mine. I think because it was a fleet sales rather than retail they no longer wanted it.
If fleet are less subject to allocation considerations than retail then I suppose it makes sense for them to cancel it. Or maybe the dealer hasn't had many GTI enquiries and don't want to be stuck with a car that doesn't have a buyer (especially if it is packed with options that some may not want to pay for).
Yes my crazy options might have made it tough to sell. Personally I think they just dropped it because they are fleet and people aren't going to be coming in the door to see what is in stock.
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Just checked the tracker and its gone from build week confirmed 1.9.2013 to "Your order has been confirmed for production. Please contact your Volkswagen retailer for further information" What does this mean in real world terms? Has my car started to be built??
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Just checked the tracker and its gone from build week confirmed 1.9.2013 to "Your order has been confirmed for production. Please contact your Volkswagen retailer for further information" What does this mean in real world terms? Has my car started to be built??
I'm also that week and mine now says the same... Hmmm!!!
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My Missus ordered a five door GTD mid may, standard spec - manual, supposed to be here this week they said, turns out now it's gonna be the first week in December..
Funny enough, I just seen one of them old VW campers from the 70's - it was on an 09 plate so I guess the guy driving it had a long wait for that too
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Just checked the tracker and its gone from build week confirmed 1.9.2013 to "Your order has been confirmed for production. Please contact your Volkswagen retailer for further information" What does this mean in real world terms? Has my car started to be built??
Maybe they're being a bit more honest on the tracker rather than saying it is being built when it is not. VW UK will know whether it is being built or not. I'd give them to the end of the build week, it's not officially late in building until Saturday (by the old rules) or next Saturday (by the new rules, whch claim BW is a 2 week window).
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don't know why I rechecked but it's gone back to what it said before! wtf VW!! useless set of ar4eholes! :angry: :angry:
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Just checked the tracker and its gone from build week confirmed 1.9.2013 to "Your order has been confirmed for production. Please contact your Volkswagen retailer for further information" What does this mean in real world terms? Has my car started to be built
I'm waiting on my GTD being built W/C 15/09. A fella I work with ordered his company lease car, a Golf 1.6 TDi SE. His was showing confirmed build week and scheduled for production W/C 25/08. I checked the tracker on Sunday morning, the 1st Sept (a previous thread said that the VW system updates on a Sat night. I did check on Sat night but it never recognised either of our tracker numbers so must be the case) Any way! When I checked the tracker for his car on the Sunday morning it had gone from 'confirmed build week' to 'in transit' and missed out the 'build in progress' part altogether.
Just saying as it may miss it out for most of us & is most likely to change on Sunday (8th) for you too.
Here's hoping :smiley:
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Yay...happy days are here again................. :whistle: :whistle:
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Yay...happy days are here again................. :whistle: :whistle:
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Hey Norbreck, That screen grab looks sweet (I'm still at number 2 btw). I had no idea you were this far advanced. Happy for you mate. Love to see it when it arrives :smiley:
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No worries Mike, when I eventually get my clammy hands on it, "THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW ABOUT IT" :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
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No worries Mike, when I eventually get my clammy hands on it, "THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW ABOUT IT" :grin: :grin: :grin: :grin:
I was always a month behind you damn it :)
Mine still on track to be in stock for 10th October available 17th-20th had confirmation to this yesterday.
Looks like I will be getting my final teaser moments from yours given mine is the same GTD 5 Door DSG White with the ACC also.
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just called VW CS - they have told me (after I held for 10 mins) that my BW34 GTD is now at stage 5 of the build process during BW36 (what ever that means in layman terms)
anyone know how many stages there are. knowing my luck there are prob 20 or summat. :cry: :cry:
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just called VW CS - they have told me (after I held for 10 mins) that my BW34 GTD is now at stage 5 of the build process during BW36 (what ever that means in layman terms)
anyone know how many stages there are. knowing my luck there are prob 20 or summat. :cry: :cry:
There are 8 stages to build (the dealers have access to the 8 stage process, but we don’t), the last one being the quality control sign-off on your car. Stage 5 would seem to be early/mid assembly. The car is probably no more than 15 hours away from finishing.
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just called VW CS - they have told me (after I held for 10 mins) that my BW34 GTD is now at stage 5 of the build process during BW36 (what ever that means in layman terms)
anyone know how many stages there are. knowing my luck there are prob 20 or summat. :cry: :cry:
There are 8 stages to build (the dealers have access to the 8 stage process, but we don’t), the last one being the quality control sign-off on your car. Stage 5 would seem to be early/mid assembly. The car is probably no more than 15 hours away from finishing.
Mate you are a fountain of knowledge. Not long then until its on a boat to the uk.
On another note still waiting on a temp car. I was told I would be in one today.
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I think you need to kick some arses! If they told you you would have a hire car today I think you are within your rights to say you will be hiring a car yourself and expect VW to pick up the cost until the car they are supposed to be providing you has arrived.
Also their idea of what constitutes a build week has evolved as far as I can see along these lines:
1. BW = Fully build within that week
2. BW = Started build within that week, might finish next week
3. BW = Built in this week, or in the following week
4. BW = Might still not be build over two weeks later
I'd be pressing very hard for an answer from them on when it will be done and WHY the delay. No BS. Personally I didn't believe a word they told me and I am 100% convinced they are just spinning crap in order to fob you guys off long enough so that the cars arrive and their problem (angry people calling) goes away. I'm not sure if this strategy of fob off excuses is intentional or if it is merely a by product of their lack of information and their inclination to be wildly optimistic and assume the best case all the time.
Interestingly I was telling my Dad about this constant changing of excuses the other day and he related to me something that happened when he was the foreman at an engineering firm that made marine and power equipment. He is sitting next to the production manager who gets a call from an irate customer who has a bunch of marine tugs or some sh!t that are awaiting parts from this company and the parts are late.
The production manager explains, in a cool manner, exactly what the problem is. He has these parts and has been dealing with them personally and is doing all he can. Problem is there is some machine that is broken and they require some other parts and then x and y must happen and so on and so forth and the customer is sure to get his parts delivered by such and such a date. The explanation takes 10 minutes it is so involved and detailed.
The conversation ends and my Dad turns to the production manager and says "give me the part numbers, I'll go down there now and get this sorted". The production manager says not to bother as everything he said to the customer was made up to just get them off the phone and buy more time to deliver the parts.
Now I don't know if that is what VW are doing, but they've given me no reason to believe its not what they are doing!
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Bear is right. If you're due your courtesy car today, what are you doing on here?! Me, I'll be going down to my dealer on Friday afternoon as that's my due date. If they've sorted the car as requested I'll drive it away. If they haven't then I'll be driving away whatever they've got lying around (personally, I'd take the white GTD which I saw flying down the A505 this morning as it looked the t!ts :laugh:)
Either way, I'll be dropping off my TT on Friday. And I won't be leaving till I've been given a courtesy car - whether it comes from Europa Car or from their stock isn't my problem. :smiley:
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Tbh, they said today but its me that isn't pushing it now as I am out of birmingham for work and I will be going by train in an hour and just before I am I am collecting it. its why I haven't marched down there. I thought If I had it in the morning I would drop it home and catch a taxi back to work. But id rather pick it up tomorrow when I know the guy I'm dealing with is In So I can give him what for. The car vw uk will provide will be delivered to me on 26 sept at which time I will return the bettle they have got for me.
My gripe is the BW shenanigans. It's a build fricking fortnight for me
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Just had a call from the dealer, we've ordered a red GTD and were advised delivery end Dec or early Jan, but he's now found one that we could have in Oct. it has a panoramic sunroof so will be slightly more per month but that's ok. We want it but before we say yes just wondering whether there are any known problems with them?
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Just had a call from the dealer, we've ordered a red GTD and were advised delivery end Dec or early Jan, but he's now found one that we could have in Oct. it has a panoramic sunroof so will be slightly more per month but that's ok. We want it but before we say yes just wondering whether there are any known problems with them?
Problems with the sunroof? Slightly harder to clean is all I should think.
Is this car a demo or is it brand new? Where did he "find" it? Other thing to watch out for is possibly this is one of the damaged ones from the hailstorm. If so that's not a problem but I'd maybe get it in writing from them whether it was or was not so you are in a strong position should any future argument ensue.
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Just had a call from the dealer, we've ordered a red GTD and were advised delivery end Dec or early Jan, but he's now found one that we could have in Oct. it has a panoramic sunroof so will be slightly more per month but that's ok. We want it but before we say yes just wondering whether there are any known problems with them?
Problems with the sunroof? Slightly harder to clean is all I should think.
Is this car a demo or is it brand new? Where did he "find" it? Other thing to watch out for is possibly this is one of the damaged ones from the hailstorm. If so that's not a problem but I'd maybe get it in writing from them whether it was or was not so you are in a strong position should any future argument ensue.
He says it's not built yet. I don't really understand the lingo! He had promised to keep an eye out for one that would be available sooner, and he's found this one that he can 'take'
He's getting back to us tomorrow to confirm that he's definitely got it so I'll clarify things with him then
Thanks Bill :smiley:
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Just had a call from the dealer, we've ordered a red GTD and were advised delivery end Dec or early Jan, but he's now found one that we could have in Oct. it has a panoramic sunroof so will be slightly more per month but that's ok. We want it but before we say yes just wondering whether there are any known problems with them?
Sunroof is very troublesome - lack of sun is the main issue for most UK owners! This is one of those classic delay options for most VWs through the years - seems that they have their supply of the parts sorted at the moment - go for it!
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Just had a call from the dealer, we've ordered a red GTD and were advised delivery end Dec or early Jan, but he's now found one that we could have in Oct. it has a panoramic sunroof so will be slightly more per month but that's ok. We want it but before we say yes just wondering whether there are any known problems with them?
Sunroof is very troublesome - lack of sun is the main issue for most UK owners! This is one of those classic delay options for most VWs through the years - seems that they have their supply of the parts sorted at the moment - go for it!
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Just a few days behind you - my car is on a ship and heading into Tyne tonight (scheduled 6pm). Do I have a walk to the end of my street and watch the "city of Rotterdam" makes it's way into the Tyne later?
If my dealer pulls his finger out (like he did with my dads), mine could be at the dealers Thurs/Fri for pick-up.
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Now comes the really interesting part that after all this effort could sour the whole deal.
My current Scirocco has a private plate on it, and that plate is being transferred to the new Golf at first registration. Now about 4 weeks ago, the dealer advised that I put my plate on retention with DVLA so that it was available to just pop on - they organised and were to pay the £140 for this. I was a little surprised then when nothing arrived in the post, and upon challenging the dealer to make sure they had sent the paperwork off, they said no.
They then said that after all it wasn't necessary, that due to the recent changes with first registration tax disc rules (i.e. you don't one straight away, but is sent from the DVLA), it could be done almost immediately. They said when the car arrives at UK port they will apply for a V55 (with my personal registration) and as soon as it's registered with DVLA on their computer (which according to them only takes a couple of days), they are then free to issue the new car with my old plate. It was something about it's fine if the car has never had a plate on before (i.e. first registration), but it does in fact take 3-4 weeks if the car I'm transferring the plate to has already had a plate assigned to it ? I'm sure it was a bit more complicated than I've explained, but basically they were 100% adamant, that there would be zero issues with getting my personal reg no onto the new car in just a couple of days.
To be honest, I have serious reservations, and have told them, if they screw this up, and it takes another 3 weeks, I will create merry hell and will take this up with my contact at VW UK, but they seem to be very calm and reassuring that it will all be fine. I'm sure I'll find out in the next few days, as I've provisionally scheduled to pick up the car a week Saturday on 14th September. Currently crossing and clenching everything :laugh:
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Now comes the really interesting part that after all this effort could sour the whole deal.
My current Scirocco has a private plate on it, and that plate is being transferred to the new Golf at first registration. Now about 4 weeks ago, the dealer advised that I put my plate on retention with DVLA so that it was available to just pop on - they organised and were to pay the £140 for this. I was a little surprised then when nothing arrived in the post, and upon challenging the dealer to make sure they had sent the paperwork off, they said no.
They then said that after all it wasn't necessary, that due to the recent changes with first registration tax disc issues, it could be done almost immediately. They said when the car arrives at UK port they will apply for a V55 (with my personal registration) and as soon as it's registered with DVLA on their computer (which according to them only takes a couple of days), they are then free to issue the new car with my old plate. It was something about it's fine if the car has never had a plate on before (i.e. first registration), but it does in fact take 3-4 weeks if the car I'm transferring the plate to has already had a plate assigned to it ? I'm sure it was a bit more complicated than I've explained, but basically they were 100% adamant, that there would be zero issues with getting my personal reg no onto the new car in just a couple of days.
To be honest, I have serious reservations, and have told them, if they screw this up, and it takes another 3 weeks, I will create merry hell and will take this up with my contact at VW UK, but they seem to be very calm and reassuring that it will all be fine. I'm sure I'll find out in the next few days, as I've provisionally scheduled to pick up the car a week Saturday on 14th September. Currently crossing and clenching everything :laugh:
Why wait another week to pick up? My dealer did a same day PDI for my dad. Don't fancy keeping the car on shiny new 63 plates until the "14" plate is due and then getting your private plate put on?
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I've just had to put my private reg on retention so it can be put on my new car straight away, if your scirocco was registered with your private plate then it'll need to have a new registration number assigned to it from the year it was built, i was told it could take up to 6 weeks to turn around so i could potentially have to wait this extra time before being able to collect my new car! :shocked:
It only took 8 days in the end but it is a bit of an inconvenience cos i needed to get new plates made up and put on plus changing my insurance and i've still got to change my breakdown cover, it cost £105 which includes the retention fee for a year.
All sorted now ready for the new one. :cool:
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Work commitments this weekend unfortunately, so next weekend is the earliest I can collect.
To be honest, with the Scirocco, I did exactly that, let then put an '11 plate on it then waited about 3 weeks until the paperwork arrived then put my private plate on. Problem was, the dealer didn't tell VW Finance (who tried to charge me £50 to change the details), VW Assist who had no record on the system on my new reg plate and VW network themselves when it came to service the car for the first time (I had got a 3 year service package free). They had no record on my car (with the new reg plate) on the system at all, and it took many weeks of phoning filling in forms etc. to get it all sorted. I don't want all that hassle this time so asked the dealer to make sure my private plate was the only one to go on from first registration.
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I've just had to put my private reg on retention so it can be put on my new car straight away, if your scirocco was registered with your private plate then it'll need to have a new registration number assigned to it from the year it was built, i was told it could take up to 6 weeks to turn around so i could potentially have to wait this extra time before being able to collect my new car! :shocked:
It only took 8 days in the end but it is a bit of an inconvenience cos i needed to get new plates made up and put on plus changing my insurance and i've still got to change my breakdown cover, it cost £105 which includes the retention fee for a year.
All sorted now ready for the new one. :cool:
Yeah, that's my fear. To be honest, my Scirocco had an '11 plate assigned to it at first registration, (i still have the number plates), and in my experience, it's usually that number that goes back on. But the dealer seems 100% confident that none of this will be an issue, but do we really trust what the dealer says ?
So, I'll collect my new Golf GTD either a week Saturday, or any Saturday over the next month if it all goes pear shaped !
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Now comes the really interesting part that after all this effort could sour the whole deal.
My current Scirocco has a private plate on it, and that plate is being transferred to the new Golf at first registration. Now about 4 weeks ago, the dealer advised that I put my plate on retention with DVLA so that it was available to just pop on - they organised and were to pay the £140 for this. I was a little surprised then when nothing arrived in the post, and upon challenging the dealer to make sure they had sent the paperwork off, they said no.
They then said that after all it wasn't necessary, that due to the recent changes with first registration tax disc rules (i.e. you don't one straight away, but is sent from the DVLA), it could be done almost immediately. They said when the car arrives at UK port they will apply for a V55 (with my personal registration) and as soon as it's registered with DVLA on their computer (which according to them only takes a couple of days), they are then free to issue the new car with my old plate. It was something about it's fine if the car has never had a plate on before (i.e. first registration), but it does in fact take 3-4 weeks if the car I'm transferring the plate to has already had a plate assigned to it ? I'm sure it was a bit more complicated than I've explained, but basically they were 100% adamant, that there would be zero issues with getting my personal reg no onto the new car in just a couple of days.
To be honest, I have serious reservations, and have told them, if they screw this up, and it takes another 3 weeks, I will create merry hell and will take this up with my contact at VW UK, but they seem to be very calm and reassuring that it will all be fine. I'm sure I'll find out in the next few days, as I've provisionally scheduled to pick up the car a week Saturday on 14th September. Currently crossing and clenching everything :laugh:
I don't think I would have trusted the dealer to do this. I transferred my private plate off my old car well in advance of collecting the new one as I was told it would take approximately 4 weeks for all the paperwork to come through which it did.
Once I had the retention form I handed it to the dealer a few weeks before collection and he took over from there. I hope your dealer is right that it hardly takes any time but its not my experience of dealing with the DVLA
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Thanks for cheering me up Craig :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Thanks for cheering me up Craig :grin: :grin: :grin:
Sorry pal :smiley:. I just know how annoyed I would be if I went to collect and the dealer had f**ked it up with the reg plate. I hope everything goes well mate
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I have had a nightmare in the past with plates, my last transfer took about 2 months (may this year). My wife bought a new Peugeot (I know I know) that took 3 months.
The whole process is unbelievably crap and should be done on the internet like taxing your car. Its not what you want to hear but I wouldn't believe the dealer.
The whole idea of having a private plate is ruined by the transfer process.
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I ordered my GTD back in March, and the salesman advised me it was due for delivery in Sep, been pushed back to Nov perhaps late Oct. He advised me its around build week 45. I keep up to date with the car tracker but still wating for a confirmed BW, how long does this take? I didnt think id have to wait this long still not to have anything confirmed
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I ordered my GTD back in March, and the salesman advised me it was due for delivery in Sep, been pushed back to Nov perhaps late Oct. He advised me its around build week 45. I keep up to date with the car tracker but still wating for a confirmed BW, how long does this take? I didnt think id have to wait this long still not to have anything confirmed
It'll be confirmed 4 weeks before the confirmed build week e.g. to be built in BW45, and you'll get "confirmed build week" in BW41 etc.
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I ordered my GTD back in March, and the salesman advised me it was due for delivery in Sep, been pushed back to Nov perhaps late Oct. He advised me its around build week 45. I keep up to date with the car tracker but still wating for a confirmed BW, how long does this take? I didnt think id have to wait this long still not to have anything confirmed
You're having to wait longer than anyone I've seen so far :shocked:
I ordered in July and I've been told end of November, which is obviously bull**** :huh:
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First post..no longer a virgin :-)
ordered mk7 gtd about a month ago with Red pan roof dynoaudio, reverse camera. Dealer called back a week later stating big delays in reversing camera components and that the factory will delay the build possibly by an extra 3 months, VW have decided to stop offering the RV until further notice...
Has any body placed an order with RV extra, if so whats the delivery week.
Have purchased ABT headlight cover, 30mm lowering springs as think the golf has slighlty a bit too much gap in the arches, mudflaps and JL sub and amp.......
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I ordered my GTD back in March, and the salesman advised me it was due for delivery in Sep, been pushed back to Nov perhaps late Oct. He advised me its around build week 45. I keep up to date with the car tracker but still wating for a confirmed BW, how long does this take? I didnt think id have to wait this long still not to have anything confirmed
It'll be confirmed 4 weeks before the confirmed build week e.g. to be built in BW45, and you'll get "confirmed build week" in BW41 etc.
So ages away then!!! Damn it. Getting more impatient as the weeks go by. Doesnt help seeing 1 or 2 out on the road either
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Heard this morning my wk33 order arrived in the UK yesterday, planned collection next Friday!
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Hi New to the forum. I ordered my GTD start of May, been told that it will be built mid September and I should have it about 3 week's after that. Need to add, mine is a company lease car, so I'm being told everything 3rd hand. Dumb question, but does build week start from 1st Jan?
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yes it does :grin:
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Thanks :wink:
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Hi New to the forum. I ordered my GTD start of May, been told that it will be built mid September and I should have it about 3 week's after that. Need to add, mine is a company lease car, so I'm being told everything 3rd hand. Dumb question, but does build week start from 1st Jan?
Just out of interest, what colour have you gone for and what have you specced (if anything)? And welcome btw :smiley:
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Ordered mine on the 25th July been told build week 45...still bing delay on the reversing camera :undecided:
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Ordered mine on the 25th July been told build week 45...still bing delay on the reversing camera :undecided:
So have they solved their camera problems then? I know that sounds strange given the delay you are facing but they were saying that all orders placed from 1st July onwards would not even have the option of a camera, yet you seem to have got it on there. That must mean that the system is now allowing it again as at least one user on here actually made a different change to a long standing order and found the system rejected his order due to no longer allowing the camera option. Caused no end of trouble.
So anyway, they are allowing cameras again... but still with huge delays.
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I dont think its available on the config screen still but if you order through a broker then it appears to still let you.
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I dont think its available on the config screen still but if you order through a broker then it appears to still let you.
Khan, if the above is the case I would check what's up with VWCS... and make sure they give a believable answer!
One of us had high beam assist on his order for ages and when it turned out to be not allowed it also causes a lot of issues, including VW taking a long time and several denials before they recognised the problem and then revealed the delays that would result.
Long story short it is probably worth a call to VW and make sure they actually check and don't just "assure" you there are no problems only for the problems to become apparent later on!
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Bill,
This is the only new car that I have ordered that I have been involved in. Usually company order the car or previous vehicles are ready to collect at dealers.
Thanks Bill :wink:
Thinking back the broker did try to mess around with the prices and I had to find a previous quote to show him that he has increased the figures with no extra equipment. On to the blower I get !!!
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Hi New to the forum. I ordered my GTD start of May, been told that it will be built mid September and I should have it about 3 week's after that. Need to add, mine is a company lease car, so I'm being told everything 3rd hand. Dumb question, but does build week start from 1st Jan?
Just out of interest, what colour have you gone for and what have you specced (if anything)? And welcome btw :smiley:
Of the top of my head. I went for standard black, with winter pack voice activation and privacy heat reflective glass
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First post..no longer a virgin :-)
ordered mk7 gtd about a month ago with Red pan roof dynoaudio, reverse camera. Dealer called back a week later stating big delays in reversing camera components and that the factory will delay the build possibly by an extra 3 months, VW have decided to stop offering the RV until further notice...
Has any body placed an order with RV extra, if so whats the delivery week.
Have purchased ABT headlight cover, 30mm lowering springs as think the golf has slighlty a bit too much gap in the arches, mudflaps and JL sub and amp.......
It seems to be a bit wishy washy whether the reverse cam is causing delays. Some GTD'ers ordered in May and before and have confirmed build weeks in sept. Some GTD'ers ordered in May with this option and have had delays to their builds. I get the impression they use what ever excuse comes to hand.
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I really wanted this option :sad:
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Good news for me albeit 11 days after the build week finished I tracked my order and this is what I get
Your car has been built and has now left the factory. On average it takes 4 weeks from build for this model to reach your local Volkswagen Retailer.
now on to tracking Ships. at least I wont have to put up with ppl taking the P1ss because I am driving a baby blue VW Beetle with racing stripes.
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I am driving a baby blue VW Beetle with racing stripes.
Ahhhh, that's cute! :grin:
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Can you post some pics so we can share in the hilarity?
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Can you post some pics so we can share in the hilarity?
My dealer said either that or an up with no central locking or electric windows.
I will try and post some pics later.
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Kind of off topic, kind of not...
I previously had ordered a tornado red GTD with park assist and rear view camera. With all the faffing about with the rear view camera and the inability of the dealer to give me a build week (ordered 26th April) I cancelled the order as I was offered a standard black stock GTD for delivery in the next week or so. The 2 options I added were only done so because of their relative cheapness so I wasn't that bothered. However, I can't seem to see any photo's anywhere of a non metallic black GTD.
I'm having a proper panic! Anyone seen one, got any links?
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There's a black gti on here: http://www.motors.co.uk/car-32985570/sr
I haven't looked through all the black golfs on this website so there may be others too :smiley:
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Thanks. Looks good.
Was a bit concerned as I think the tornado red is stunning and thought cancelling and swapping for black may have been a mistake. The difference being the black arriving a week on monday, the red sometime in the future, but at least 7 weeks!!
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I know how you feel, I wanted the carbon grey or black but my husband wanted red. I gave in and we ordered red and had at least a 4 month wait. The dealer then found a cancelled order, red but with a sunroof, that we could have 2 months sooner. I looked at hundreds of images online but could only find one red gtd with sunroof and I didn't like it! It was taken from a strange angle and under really bright artificial light and it looked like a completely different car. I finally found better pictures on autozine.org and it put my mind at rest
I think both the gtd and gti look great in any colour :smiley:
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Woohoo!
Tracker updated -
Your order has been confirmed for production week commencing 29/09/2013
What a sigh of relief. Take that evil BW51!
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I went and checked mine after I saw yours dippy and thank the lord I'm the same been moved forward a week from what they last told me. Hopefully it isn't all crap and they're actually going to do it.
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My BW34 standard spec Tornado Red GTD finally changed to 'In Transit' overnight! :grin:
It'd previously been sat in 'Build in Progress' for 11 days with VW UK unable to confirm what was actually happening.
I placed my order back in April but my dealer reckons they've got over 70 more recent GTD orders that they just can't get confirmed build weeks for... crazy!
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I placed my order back in April but my dealer reckons they've got over 70 more recent GTD orders that they just can't get confirmed build weeks for... crazy!
70 recent?!!? Just from the one group?
Lets hope VW are reallocating build slots away from the EU market and towards the UK one!
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70 recent?!!? Just from the one group?
Lets hope VW are reallocating build slots away from the EU market and towards the UK one!
Yes, I was surprised as well. They provide a lot of company cars through lease companies so I'd imagine many of these are fleet sales.
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My BW34 standard spec Tornado Red GTD finally changed to 'In Transit' overnight! :grin:
It'd previously been sat in 'Build in Progress' for 11 days with VW UK unable to confirm what was actually happening.
I placed my order back in April but my dealer reckons they've got over 70 more recent GTD orders that they just can't get confirmed build weeks for... crazy!
Looks like I am a week behind you...confirmed build week 35, but still at "build in progress"...now been a week.
Seems to be that cars are going to "in transit" 10 -14 days after intially going to "build in progress"...wait continues!
Issue I have is collection at other side of country (Scotland to Kent)...flight prices going up all the time and reluctant to book without a delivery date.
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My BW34 standard spec Tornado Red GTD finally changed to 'In Transit' overnight! :grin:
It'd previously been sat in 'Build in Progress' for 11 days with VW UK unable to confirm what was actually happening.
I placed my order back in April but my dealer reckons they've got over 70 more recent GTD orders that they just can't get confirmed build weeks for... crazy!
Looks like I am a week behind you...confirmed build week 35, but still at "build in progress"...now been a week.
Seems to be that cars are going to "in transit" 10 -14 days after intially going to "build in progress"...wait continues!
Issue I have is collection at other side of country (Scotland to Kent)...flight prices going up all the time and reluctant to book without a delivery date.
Wow! Yours will be run in by the time you get home!
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I hope so, but then it doesn't appear anyone would recommend a 500mile motorway cruise as the best way to run-in a new motor!
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I hope so, but then it doesn't appear anyone would recommend a 500mile motorway cruise as the best way to run-in a new motor!
Plenty of variation of revs going round the M25 :whistle:
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My BW34 standard spec Tornado Red GTD finally changed to 'In Transit' overnight! :grin:
It'd previously been sat in 'Build in Progress' for 11 days with VW UK unable to confirm what was actually happening.
I placed my order back in April but my dealer reckons they've got over 70 more recent GTD orders that they just can't get confirmed build weeks for... crazy!
it appears that our GTDs are in transit together. Mine was a BW34 and went to in transit yesterday morning and still read 4 weeks for delivery and then this morning read 3 weeks to delivery
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I hope so, but then it doesn't appear anyone would recommend a 500mile motorway cruise as the best way to run-in a new motor!
Go up the A1 - lots of roundabouts/stop start motoring to vary those revs!
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I hope so, but then it doesn't appear anyone would recommend a 500mile motorway cruise as the best way to run-in a new motor!
Go up the A1 - lots of roundabouts/stop start motoring to vary those revs!
Good call that. I always go A1(M) when I go oop north, not a bad drive.
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Can you post some pics so we can share in the hilarity?
My dealer said either that or an up with no central locking or electric windows.
I will try and post some pics later.
I have tried to add the pics of the beetle I have been given but unable to do it for some reason. anyone able to help.
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Can you post some pics so we can share in the hilarity?
My dealer said either that or an up with no central locking or electric windows.
I will try and post some pics later.
I have tried to add the pics of the beetle I have been given but unable to do it for some reason. anyone able to help.
Yeah use photobucket, there is a 'how to' thread on here somewhere. On my phone atm but will try to find it for you.
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I have tried to add the pics of the beetle I have been given but unable to do it for some reason. anyone able to help.
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http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=85911.0
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bearing in mind I have a stealth all black GTD on order this is what the dealer deemed fit for me to drive around in. Here we go please be kind. :wink: :wink:
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/misterp86/VWB6_zps62ef7812.jpg
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/misterp86/VWB1_zps60d0369a.jpg
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/misterp86/VWB2_zps7ca53c25.jpg
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/misterp86/VWB2_zps7ca53c25.jpg
http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p689/misterp86/VWB4_zps86a1532a.jpg
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Better than a **** up :grin:
Bit of a shame about the colour, that's all :tongue:
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Better than a **** up :grin:
Bit of a shame about the colour, that's all :tongue:
My only concern was the colour otherwise the car is fine. Beggers choosers and all that
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:grin: :grin: :grin: Awful, just awful! That GTD can't come soon enough eh!!
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:grin: :grin: :grin: Awful, just awful! That GTD can't come soon enough eh!!
I was being kind, as requested :whistle:
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:grin: :grin: :grin: Awful, just awful! That GTD can't come soon enough eh!!
I was being kind, as requested :whistle:
Sorry, I couldn't resist it! Also, I'm picking up my courtesy car later so I'm deflecting my mind away from what I'm going to end up with! :grin:
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:grin: :grin: :grin: Awful, just awful! That GTD can't come soon enough eh!!
I was being kind, as requested :whistle:
Sorry, I couldn't resist it! Also, I'm picking up my courtesy car later so I'm deflecting my mind away from what I'm going to end up with! :grin:
I feel a new thread coming on :grin:
Sh!ttest courtesy cars or something?
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Lol worse still, pulling up in the office car park full of nice cars and I step of that
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Lol worse still, pulling up in the office car park full of nice cars and I step of that
You could buy a wig :lipsrsealed:
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Lol worse still, pulling up in the office car park full of nice cars and I step of that
You could buy a wig :lipsrsealed:
It is a girl's car after all.... :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
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Lol worse still, pulling up in the office car park full of nice cars and I step of that
You could buy a wig :lipsrsealed:
It is a girl's car after all.... :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Sadly since selling my MK1 S3 to fund the GTI deposit (in May!), I have been forced to run around in my mum's Beetle Convertible with optional flower on the dash....try looking cool in that whilst stuck in football traffic.
Still, could be worse, I was once given a Fiat Multipla (1st Gen) as a courtesy car, that really was awful :embarrassed:
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Lol worse still, pulling up in the office car park full of nice cars and I step of that
You could buy a wig :lipsrsealed:
It is a girl's car after all.... :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Sadly since selling my MK1 S3 to fund the GTI deposit (in May!), I have been forced to run around in my mum's Beetle Convertible with optional flower on the dash....try looking cool in that whilst stuck in football traffic.
Still, could be worse, I was once given a Fiat Multipla (1st Gen) as a courtesy car, that really was awful :embarrassed:
:grin: :grin: Brilliant!!
Although I'm with you, I'd rather have the Beetle than that cardboard box on wheels!!
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Lol worse still, pulling up in the office car park full of nice cars and I step of that
You could buy a wig :lipsrsealed:
It is a girl's car after all.... :lipsrsealed: :laugh:
Sadly since selling my MK1 S3 to fund the GTI deposit (in May!), I have been forced to run around in my mum's Beetle Convertible with optional flower on the dash....try looking cool in that whilst stuck in football traffic.
Still, could be worse, I was once given a Fiat Multipla (1st Gen) as a courtesy car, that really was awful :embarrassed:
:grin: :grin: Brilliant!!
Although I'm with you, I'd rather have the Beetle than that cardboard box on wheels!!
True, not looking forward to tomorrow. Saturday league footy starts tomorrow. Can't even imagine the banter that will flow.
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At least it'll be easy to spot in car parks.
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At least it'll be easy to spot in car parks.
Event wife laughs at it
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I hope so, but then it doesn't appear anyone would recommend a 500mile motorway cruise as the best way to run-in a new motor!
Go up the A1 - lots of roundabouts/stop start motoring to vary those revs!
Good call that. I always go A1(M) when I go oop north, not a bad drive.
Was going to say this too but you chaps beat me to it. A1 is a great road. I always take it rather than the M1 where possible and its 10x less likely to have jams on it in my experience.
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Well the A1 was an absolute joke on Friday, never stopped raining, and stuck for 25 miles behind artic wagons with wind turbines on them. Three hours and 45 mins from durham to Stamford. At least I got a call to say car now built, and on its way to emden. The wait is nearly over.
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However they now have this new(isn) 40mp Average Speed section which sucks, lol
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Out of curiosity, how long did ppls tracker read in transit blah blah 3 weeks before it changed to 10 days.
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Out of curiosity, how long did ppls tracker read in transit blah blah 3 weeks before it changed to 10 days.
Mine has been In Transit for 10 days so far and still not on a boat :rolleyes:
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Out of curiosity, how long did ppls tracker read in transit blah blah 3 weeks before it changed to 10 days.
Mine has been In Transit for 10 days so far and still not on a boat :rolleyes:
It would be friggin quicker for us all to organise a boat ourselves and ship em here
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It would be friggin quicker for us all to organise a boat ourselves and ship em here
Just had a vision of the Only Fools and Horses episode (To Hull and back, I think) where they end up lost floating around in the North Sea!!! :laugh:
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Vw golf GTD
Order no: 2339
Done in June no BW confirmed yet :angry:
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Vw golf GTD
Order no: 2339
Done in June no BW confirmed yet :angry:
Rang them today (placed order first week of June) and told BW45. Guy told me to expect delivery possibly end of October early Nov. Looked at it, BW 45 is 4th of Nov, no danger il get it in Nov, maybe last week or first week of December. Was so close to binning the idea of a GTD and rang Audi. A3 s-line...quickest I could get one is March. Salesman is a pr*ck as well (sorry for the bad language :shocked: ) but he couldn't care less
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The fibs do really seem to be getting more and more outrageous. Are they having some sort of internal competition to find out who the most gullible client is?
Never heard of anyone else being promised their car before it is built yet :rolleyes:
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The fibs do really seem to be getting more and more outrageous. Are they having some sort of internal competition to find out who the most gullible client is?
Never heard of anyone else being promised their car before it is built yet :rolleyes:
Ha ha yeh, he gave me the usual line...."ehhhh yeh could come earlier" however we all know they all over promise and under deliver. Good things come to those who wait ridiculously long :grin:
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No confirmed BW for me but the est delivery date is 30th Oct which is not bad considering I only ordered it just over a week ago. The dealer told me they had 2 GTD's coming through that weren't tagged for customers so that may be why it's estimated at a relatively quick 8 weeks.
Of course before signing I went over the terms and conditions with a fine tooth comb, and noticed I can cancel the order without penalty 37 days after my est date. So if they haven't gotten the car by the first week in December I'll bin it and get an Audi or something :grin:
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No confirmed BW for me but the est delivery date is 30th Oct which is not bad considering I only ordered it just over a week ago.
I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that you have the fastest factory order to delivery of anyone in the UK anywhere up to now. I bet you are crazy chuffed with that estimate!
Two months is Millennium Falcon speed. :smug:
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No confirmed BW for me but the est delivery date is 30th Oct which is not bad considering I only ordered it just over a week ago.
I think I can say, without fear of contradiction, that you have the fastest factory order to delivery of anyone in the UK anywhere up to now. I bet you are crazy chuffed with that estimate!
Two months is Millennium Falcon speed. :smug:
Or more VW bullsh!t? :lipsrsealed:
I hope you get it in 2 months but i wouldn't hold my breath!! :rolleyes:
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I agree with you both, I felt very lucky when they told me that considering everywhere else quoted me 20 weeks minimum. We will just have to see if it rings true, or if it was simply the dealer trying to get a sale with the hopes of fobbing me off later on.
Unfortunately for them I'm no mug and fully read and understood the T&C's before signing, so if they do start to fluff me around I'll be down on them with the speed of a thousand Gazelles!
Of course I'm in no rush for it (I still have 2 cars to drive in the mean time), so if it gets delayed beyond the 37 days I can try and fleece them for more free stuff like a few years servicing :grin:
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Talking lies, I think I have just had another one. VWCS have just told me my car arrived in Emden on 05 sept and is still awaiting shipping (this I knew) now for the new info, it can wait for a shop for up to 10-15 days therefore the earliest it can be here in the UK is the 20 sept. how they told the dealer yesterday that I can collect on 25 is beyond me.
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Talking lies, I think I have just had another one. VWCS have just told me my car arrived in Emden on 05 sept and is still awaiting shipping (this I knew) now for the new info, it can wait for a shop for up to 10-15 days therefore the earliest it can be here in the UK is the 20 sept. how they told the dealer yesterday that I can collect on 25 is beyond me.
They are all liars! My car has been at Emden since at least 1st Sept, and just like you is still awaiting shipping. According to VWEO its on priority shipping so it'll be in the UK by the end of the week. 11 days later its still sitting at the port. I knew it could take up to 14 days to ship based on previous experience, but the fact I was told it would priority ship is yet ANOTHER example of the lies they tell - basically to ensure you don't call them up and hassle them.
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My general opinion is that all dealers are liars. They are happy to bleed you dry if it gets them a better pay packet at the end of the month. That's just their industry, it's completely cut throat!
Every time I've tried to buy a car, I've had to drive to several different places just because they push me a bit too far and I snap. Also If I ever catch them out in a lie I don't give them a chance to apologize, like when one dealership tried to tell me my S2000 was only worth £8600, but I had already checked Glassnet and knew it was worth at least 10200 (you should have seen the guys face drop when he disagreed and I pulled a print out from my pocket :grin:).
So yeah. I'd never trust anyone trying to sell you something unless you have it on an official document.
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My general opinion is that all dealers are liars. They are happy to bleed you dry if it gets them a better pay packet at the end of the month. That's just their industry, it's completely cut throat!
Every time I've tried to buy a car, I've had to drive to several different places just because they push me a bit too far and I snap. Also If I ever catch them out in a lie I don't give them a chance to apologize, like when one dealership tried to tell me my S2000 was only worth £8600, but I had already checked Glassnet and knew it was worth at least 10200 (you should have seen the guys face drop when he disagreed and I pulled a print out from my pocket :grin:).
So yeah. I'd never trust anyone trying to sell you something unless you have it on an official document.
On the p/x though was he telling you what he thought it would sell for or what he would give you for it? He's wanting to make money on that p/x so he's going to offer you maybe £1-2k less than what he thinks he can flog it for right?
i.e. like this:
They'll take your car, say for £9,000 and flog it for £10,000 making a grand. As part of that £10,000 deal they p/x another car for £8,000 and flog that for £9,000 making a grand. As part of that £9,000 deal they p/x another car for £6,000 and flog that for £7,000 making a grand... and so on and so forth until finally the bottom car gets p/x for £f**k all and goes to the scrap heap.
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On the p/x though was he telling you what he thought it would sell for or what he would give you for it? He's wanting to make money on that p/x so he's going to offer you maybe £1-2k less than what he thinks he can flog it for right?
i.e. like this:
They'll take your car, say for £9,000 and flog it for £10,000 making a grand. As part of that £10,000 deal they p/x another car for £8,000 and flog that for £9,000 making a grand. As part of that £9,000 deal they p/x another car for £6,000 and flog that for £7,000 making a grand... and so on and so forth until finally the bottom car gets p/x for £f**k all and goes to the scrap heap.
Yeah mate I understand that, but a car of the age, spec and mileage of mine would go at a dealership for around 12k. Taking into consideration any discounts they offer during negotiation (lets say £1000 off the price which is being generous), that means they could still give me £10,000, knock 1k off for the next buyer and still make 1k on the resale. Bare in mind that for this I was willing to part with £25,000 in cash to purchase a new vehicle from them with no finance or anything to worry about. Privately the car is on Autotrader for £11000 at the moment as that's what they recommended. I didn't think asking for 10k from the dealership was too much to ask lol.
What they offered me was the car valuation that Webuyanycar.com would have given me, which made me see red because I've seen those guys try and rob (no other word for it really) quite a few people.
::EDIT:: Sorry I just realised how off topic I have dragged this conversation due to my moaning. The real issue here is that VW are a bunch of wee bums!
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In that case I can well understand you walking out! Cheeky buggers!
I've dragged this thread well off topic myself a few times :embarrassed: but the GTD fellows seem quite tolerant so I wouldn't worry too much! :smug:
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Today's update from my dealer is that I have a confirmed BW40 starting Sun 29.09.13
My BW's have fluctuated and I was at BW51 at one point.
Am much happier now I have a confirmed BW and now have the Order Number, so I can track its progress.
Movement at last after ordering on May 18th! :smiley:
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Today's update from my dealer is that I have a confirmed BW40 starting Sun 29.09.13
My BW's have fluctuated and I was at BW51 at one point.
Am much happier now I have a confirmed BW and now have the Order Number, so I can track its progress.
Movement at last after ordering on May 18th! :smiley:
Your doing well, you have caught up nearly 4 weeks on me.
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Today's update from my dealer is that I have a confirmed BW40 starting Sun 29.09.13
My BW's have fluctuated and I was at BW51 at one point.
Am much happier now I have a confirmed BW and now have the Order Number, so I can track its progress.
Movement at last after ordering on May 18th! :smiley:
Your doing well, you have caught up nearly 4 weeks on me.
This is the longest wait I've had for a new VW Golf and it will be my 10th Golf. Even at the start of the Mk6 order debarcle mine was only 9 weeks. I expect 12 or so, but its 16 weeks now and will be 19 weeks when it goes into the build phase!
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Today's update from my dealer is that I have a confirmed BW40 starting Sun 29.09.13
My BW's have fluctuated and I was at BW51 at one point.
Am much happier now I have a confirmed BW and now have the Order Number, so I can track its progress.
Movement at last after ordering on May 18th! :smiley:
Your doing well, you have caught up nearly 4 weeks on me.
This is the longest wait I've had for a new VW Golf and it will be my 10th Golf. Even at the start of the Mk6 order debarcle mine was only 9 weeks. I expect 12 or so, but its 16 weeks now and will be 19 weeks when it goes into the build phase!
I know, I am in the middle of week 21 and its still not in build, the excitement has totally gone I have started looking at mk 5 GTIs thinking I can buy one without finance.
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Today's update from my dealer is that I have a confirmed BW40 starting Sun 29.09.13
My BW's have fluctuated and I was at BW51 at one point.
Am much happier now I have a confirmed BW and now have the Order Number, so I can track its progress.
Movement at last after ordering on May 18th! :smiley:
Your doing well, you have caught up nearly 4 weeks on me.
This is the longest wait I've had for a new VW Golf and it will be my 10th Golf. Even at the start of the Mk6 order debarcle mine was only 9 weeks. I expect 12 or so, but its 16 weeks now and will be 19 weeks when it goes into the build phase!
I know, I am in the middle of week 21 and its still not in build, the excitement has totally gone I have started looking at mk 5 GTIs thinking I can buy one without finance.
Unfortunately when you get to this stage I believe you just have to bide your time. If you were to cancel you would probably regret it. Its a pain in the arse having to wait so long but the time will pass.
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Got an estimated build week of 50 from my dealer today. It was supposedly b/w 3 of next year!
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Ordered 9th June, tracker moved to confirmed build week 41 this morning.
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I'm happier now that I least have a confirmed BW
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Finally ordered my GTD this morning ... No Confirmed/Estimated build week for now but told I will have it for March 1st Delivery :grin:
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I got offered one this morning for 27k. Ex demo 5dr manual with a butt load of options in Carbon. Price is high but no wait and depending on what the options are it may actually be a good deal. Sooooooo tempted O_O
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Just a little update on my situation.
So I've been in contact with my dealer again today. I said I was very suspicious of my Est Del day now as it's only 7 weeks away and I haven't even gotten a BW (confirmed or otherwise). When I challenged them on it they admitted it was in a non confirmed slot at BW51 (So December). This is a pretty standard time going by what everyone on here has experienced, however my blinders come down when someone lies to me so I immediately canceled the order.
The ironic thing is if they had given me that week at first I'd have accepted it as the norm and would be still be a customer :grin:
Anyway I can't have a moan about it because most of you guys have been waiting half a year for your car, and I've managed to find an Ex Demo that will suit me quite nicely.
It has metallic paint (Carbon Grey), Adaptive Chassis Control, Winter Pack, and Sat Nav along with an SD Card (Didn't know they weren't standard, but apparently it's an extra?). So a few grands worth of extras, and a price tag of 25k when it's 3 month demo period is up (A few weeks from now). The one downside is it has 1000 miles on the clock, so it's seen a fairly demanding life the last few months, but being that this is the Scottish Highlands they're aren't as many car showrooms I guess!
I'm not sure what if anything I'll be able to get on top of that, but if my car hasn't sold by the time it's available I'll ask them to take it instead of haggling the price.
Thoughts? Opinions?
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Just a little update on my situation.
So I've been in contact with my dealer again today. I said I was very suspicious of my Est Del day now as it's only 7 weeks away and I haven't even gotten a BW (confirmed or otherwise). When I challenged them on it they admitted it was in a non confirmed slot at BW51 (So December). This is a pretty standard time going by what everyone on here has experienced, however my blinders come down when someone lies to me so I immediately canceled the order.
The ironic thing is if they had given me that week at first I'd have accepted it as the norm and would be still be a customer :grin:
Anyway I can't have a moan about it because most of you guys have been waiting half a year for your car, and I've managed to find an Ex Demo that will suit me quite nicely.
It has metallic paint (Carbon Grey), Adaptive Chassis Control, Winter Pack, and Sat Nav along with an SD Card (Didn't know they weren't standard, but apparently it's an extra?). So a few grands worth of extras, and a price tag of 25k when it's 3 month demo period is up (A few weeks from now). The one downside is it has 1000 miles on the clock, so it's seen a fairly demanding life the last few months, but being that this is the Scottish Highlands they're aren't as many car showrooms I guess!
I'm not sure what if anything I'll be able to get on top of that, but if my car hasn't sold by the time it's available I'll ask them to take it instead of haggling the price.
Thoughts? Opinions?
I looked into getting a demonstrator and found a nice one not too far away, it was the finance that killed it for me, you don't get the same deal when buying used, it worked out to be £100 a month more.
If you are paying cash though you wont have to worry.