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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Flintymutt on 19 September 2013, 20:43
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Should the tracker change tonight for those at BW42?
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Should the tracker change tonight for those at BW42?
It should do, email from my dealer today saying my build week 42 is now showing as confirmed on his system, although tracker is still showing step 2, with the factory, so I'm expecting it to change overnight.
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Oh FFS ... The tracker has not changed for me!!! :cry: guess that's me delayed even further!
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Yeh me too. NO JOY... And its my birthday today aswell. I was hoping the VW tracker would have given me a nice present. (BW comfirmed) :cry:
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Yeh me too. NO JOY... And its my birthday today aswell. I was hoping the VW tracker would have given me a nice present. (BW comfirmed) :cry:
Happy birthday, Tambourine
it might be worth giving your dealer a ring, mine assures me my bw42 is confirmed but tracker has still not changed today. He might have that birthday present for you after all.
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Cheers Nellymc... I will give them a ring today. Fingers crossed!!!.
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I've just had my dealer confirm BW42 but says there maybe a couple of weeks delay on all golfs at the moment. Anyway, still looking at November delivery! Canny wait!!!! Tracker is still showing with factory.
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Tracker changed overnight to confirmed for production week commencing 13/10/2013, happy days :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Congrats.... :smiley: :smiley: When did you order your car?. Mine is still saying with the factory. I emailed my dealer, However no respon. :angry:
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Congrats.... :smiley: :smiley: When did you order your car?. Mine is still saying with the factory. I emailed my dealer, However no respon. :angry:
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9th July, thought drive the deal
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Wooohooo!! Finally confirmed, I'm actually pretty excited
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Goods news Jeff, mine is also ordered from JCB Medway so we should be collecting at the same time, only downside for me is the 290 miles from Cornwall to collect it, but it will be worth it just for that first drive back :smiley:
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Just had mine confirmed for bw 42. Week later than it should be but I'll let it slide since people have been delayed a lot worse than that. Good to see other people finally getting confirmed :D
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Just had mine confirmed for bw 42. Week later than it should be but I'll let it slide since people have been delayed a lot worse than that. Good to see other people finally getting confirmed :D
Welcome to the confirmed bw42 club GTI_Redpath, the end is in sight, hopefully!
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Just had mine confirmed for bw 42. Week later than it should be but I'll let it slide since people have been delayed a lot worse than that. Good to see other people finally getting confirmed :D
Welcome to the confirmed bw42 club GTI_Redpath, the end is in sight, hopefully!
Thanks nellymc! Hopefully!!
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Goods news Jeff, mine is also ordered from JCB Medway so we should be collecting at the same time, only downside for me is the 290 miles from Cornwall to collect it, but it will be worth it just for that first drive back :smiley:
It's only a few miles from me which is lucky.... Should be a great drive back home for you and the car will pretty much be run in by then!!
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Tracker changed overnight to confirmed for production week commencing 13/10/2013, happy days :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
I'm now getting so excited I might have wee'd myself a little!
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I'm BW42, ordered last weekend in June. Originally got 39 but slipped to 41, then 42 and now been confirmed with build on 13/10 (assuming no delays!).
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So if week 36's are starting to take deliveries that means we're just 6 weeks away!!
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So if week 36's are starting to take deliveries that means we're just 6 weeks away!!
im hoping for 3 weeks from build to delivery looking at orders in the past (so 5 weeks total) but i know that's a dream. my dealership is a 5 minute drive from the port of tyne so i'm hoping that will speed things up. probably wont :P
plus the BW39ers are changing to "build in progress" on time this week where as the 36ers were mainly delayed so thats promising for us :D
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Early Nov would be a great birthday present!!!
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i do hope its sooner rather than later. I'm going up the walls waiting now. i think i literally know every inch of this car now haha
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Hopefully not long now........ bring on the refresh frenzy when build starts in a few weeks
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BW39s changed to in transit today so looks like things may be back on track, cross fingers :smiley:
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BW39s changed to in transit today so looks like things may be back on track, cross fingers :smiley:
Not all BW39s grrrrrrr
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Oops, sorry Peter. Assumed we'd all gone to in transport :sad: still, they'll probably all be sitting on a boat for a couple of weeks so they'll all arrive here at the same time?
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Oops, sorry Peter. Assumed we'd all gone to in transport :sad: still, they'll probably all be sitting on a boat for a couple of weeks so they'll all arrive here at the same time?
Knowing my luck mine will stay in build for the next 2 weeks and sit waiting for a boat for another few!!!
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might be being a bit daft here but this is for BW42 not BW39 :huh:
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I know, was just giving bw42ers an idea of when they could expect things to happen :smiley:
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I know, was just giving bw42ers an idea of when they could expect things to happen :smiley:
ah right sorry it was 8am when i posted that so i will blame tiredness haha. good to here its back on track :)
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Well folks today's the day!!! :D anyone expecting everything to go perfectly :P
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Fingers crossed!!
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Well, the tracker hasn't updated for me but I guess we wouldn't expect it to until Thursday/Friday this week?
Would the dealer have access to more up to date information?
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Well, the tracker hasn't updated for me but I guess we wouldn't expect it to until Thursday/Friday this week?
Would the dealer have access to more up to date information?
yes they have access to the factory system which is more up to date than the tracker
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I've just spoken to vw uk and they have confirmed that my car is still scheduled to go in production this week, and he is confident I should have it by the end of nov. :smiley:
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I've just spoken to vw uk and they have confirmed that my car is still scheduled to go in production this week, and he is confident I should have it by the end of nov. :smiley:
end of november? really you should have it beginning of november
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
Atleast they've started someones car :D I know its only tuesday but im getting rather anxious now :undecided:
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
Atleast they've started someones car :D I know its only tuesday but im getting rather anxious now :undecided:
Likewise!! No change as yet on my tracker. :angry:
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
Hopefully mine isn't too far behind yours..... Although my tracker hasn't changed yet!!
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
Hopefully mine isn't too far behind yours..... Although my tracker hasn't changed yet!!
still no joy for me, im hoping everone will tick over to in transit like others have!
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Email from dealer today saying still showing b/w confirmed on his system and not yet in any build stage :angry:
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Wouldn't worry too much yet. Many
People start building l8r in the week looking at previous bw's. Some don't even go into the build stage, just go straight into in transit
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
And now it's in transit....all within 5 days... :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Think your the only one to have any movement on the tracker :S
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I'm still build week confirmed and don't have any better info from my dealer because he's useless :angry:
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I think that this has something to do with the fact that my order is not a 'private purchase', but is a company car through Lexauto Lease who may have greater buying power than some of the dealerships?? :undecided:
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I think that this has something to do with the fact that my order is not a 'private purchase', but is a company car through Lexauto Lease who may have greater buying power than some of the dealerships?? :undecided:
I don't think its that mate - Mine is company car through Leasedrive Velo - and mine is horribly late with no explanation.
I am seriously beginning to think that they just pull order numbers out of a hat!
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I think that this has something to do with the fact that my order is not a 'private purchase', but is a company car through Lexauto Lease who may have greater buying power than some of the dealerships?? :undecided:
I don't think its that mate - Mine is company car through Leasedrive Velo - and mine is horribly late with no explanation.
I am seriously beginning to think that they just pull order numbers out of a hat!
Me too. I'm still at build week confirmed. If it is being build what's the point of the tracker of it's not kept up to date??
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WOOHOOO!! About time, for what it's worth mine just skipped the 4th stage on the tracker
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WOOHOOO!! About time, for what it's worth mine just skipped the 4th stage on the tracker
Show off!!!!
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Show off!!!!
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getting rather pissed off now..... :evil:
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I've still not moved either. Dealer says that the car is being built on his system but no update on the website tracker. No idea if it will finish build and leave on schedule yet.
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I've still not moved either. Dealer says that the car is being built on his system but no update on the website tracker. No idea if it will finish build and leave on schedule yet.
Ive emailed my dealer as well, hopefully i will be the same case as you!
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I've still not moved either. Dealer says that the car is being built on his system but no update on the website tracker. No idea if it will finish build and leave on schedule yet.
Ive emailed my dealer as well, hopefully i will be the same case as you!
and just like that mine has ticked over to "build in progress" got a feeling thats just ticked over automatically
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and just like that mine has ticked over to "build in progress" got a feeling thats just ticked over automatically
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Same here, nice to see some progress, was hoping I'd get the same tracker update as GTI_JEFF but anything better than nothing, the end is in sight :smiley:
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Same here, nice to see some progress, was hoping I'd get the same tracker update as GTI_JEFF but anything better than nothing, the end is in sight :smiley:
You would of hoped that the two cars will be on the same transporter to JCB......... Wouldn't you ? :undecided:
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Same here, nice to see some progress, was hoping I'd get the same tracker update as GTI_JEFF but anything better than nothing, the end is in sight :smiley:
You would of hoped that the two cars will be on the same transporter to JCB......... Wouldn't you ? :undecided:
JEFF, Maybe yours will wait at Emden for mine to turn up then be on the same boat to Sheerness, I'm sure your in no hurry to get yours :wink:
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and just like that mine has ticked over to "build in progress" got a feeling thats just ticked over automatically
Same here, nice to see some progress, was hoping I'd get the same tracker update as GTI_JEFF but anything better than nothing, the end is in sight :smiley:
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hate to burst your bubble but i have a feeling its just an automatic tick over. looking at others posting on the forum, it usually automatically ticks over from saturday night to sunday morning. might be the case that nothing has happened :S
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and just like that mine has ticked over to "build in progress" got a feeling thats just ticked over automatically
Same here, nice to see some progress, was hoping I'd get the same tracker update as GTI_JEFF but anything better than nothing, the end is in sight :smiley:
hate to burst your bubble but i have a feeling its just an automatic tick over. looking at others posting on the forum, it usually automatically ticks over from saturday night to sunday morning. might be the case that nothing has happened :S
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Your probably right but any update is better than nothing, even if it is only an automatic one, as long as I get it before December I'll be happy
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hate to burst your bubble but i have a feeling its just an automatic tick over. looking at others posting on the forum, it usually automatically ticks over from saturday night to sunday morning. might be the case that nothing has happened :S
You mean there are actually other posts other than about BW42 ??! :grin:
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Just spoke to vw customer services and car isn't in build as per tracker, advised to check back at end of bw 45!!!! Be lucky to see it b4 Christmas at this rate FFS! :angry: :cry:
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Just spoke to vw customer services and car isn't in build as per tracker, advised to check back at end of bw 45!!!! Be lucky to see it b4 Christmas at this rate FFS! :angry: :cry:
And the point of the tracker is therefore?????? FFS VWUK!!!! Tw4ts!!
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Looks like mine hasn't started either. Emailed my dealer who gave me a much more detailed update than expected. See below:
"Hi Andrew,
I have had this supply update sent through for you to view, basically (trying to summarise here) there was a hail storm in Northern Germany at the start of August. This severely damaged thousands of cars that had to be repaired, as a result they used the parts for cars that were already in the build queue (another words yours), I have been told that this delay should not be much more than a week, as per attached sheet.
My apologies for this, I was not aware that something that happened 10 weeks ago was still having an impact as this was not communicated from VW"
He also emailed me a PDF with supplies and lead times from vw which I'll upload later.
Doesn't look like it's going to be massively late
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Lead times and supplies PDF from vw.
https://copy.com/o4Rps9NAUTdi
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Just spoke to vw customer services and car isn't in build as per tracker, advised to check back at end of bw 45!!!! Be lucky to see it b4 Christmas at this rate FFS! :angry: :cry:
Bad news mate...... JCB emailed me today saying apparently mine left the factory on 18/10/13 and is awaiting shipping to Sheerness.
He said the next update he will get is when it's shipped.
I guess the theory they would be on the same boat is flawed!!
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In transit! Woohoo!!
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In transit! Woohoo!!
Good to hear people are moving along. hope i don't get left behind :S
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How do you find out what boat it's on?
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Just had a reply from my dealer:
"I have just checked our system and your car's status is still with
production order (in the process of being built)
I have checked the VW bulletins and there is no mention of the week delay
you have seen on the forums."
While I'm still looking forward to getting this specific car there is literally not a single part of this process that would make me consider buying a new car from VW again.
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Just had a reply from my dealer:
"I have just checked our system and your car's status is still with
production order (in the process of being built)
I have checked the VW bulletins and there is no mention of the week delay
you have seen on the forums."
While I'm still looking forward to getting this specific car there is literally not a single part of this process that would make me consider buying a new car from VW again.
Looking on the BW42 passenger supply document, it clearly states up to 25 weeks lead times on both the Golf GTi & GTD.
I would say, try a different dealership the next time :cool:
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Looking on the BW42 passenger supply document, it clearly states up to 25 weeks lead times on both the Golf GTi & GTD.
I would say, try a different dealership the next time :cool:
You're not wrong there. The only way I could have had less service is if I sat in his chair and submitted the order myself.
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Looking on the BW42 passenger supply document, it clearly states up to 25 weeks lead times on both the Golf GTi & GTD.
I would say, try a different dealership the next time :cool:
You're not wrong there. The only way I could have had less service is if I sat in his chair and submitted the order myself.
Don't let a bad experience with one dealership put you off.
I have been using my dealership since 2004, can't fault them at all.
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That supply document clearly states that some golfs are a week behind. Think your dealer probably hasn't bothered looking :s
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How do you find out what boat it's on?
FLINTYMUTT/GTI_JEFF, the EMDEN is now en route to Sheerness, ETA 18.00 today, fingers crossed both your cars are aboard. As for mine, I think it's still sitting in the parts bins :cry:
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How do you find out what boat it's on?
FLINTYMUTT/GTI_JEFF, the EMDEN is now en route to Sheerness, ETA 18.00 today, fingers crossed both your cars are aboard. As for mine, I think it's still sitting in the parts bins :cry:
Nightmare mate..... Did you ever get confirmation of when exactly yours will be built??
It seems to have it actually built on time with no dramas is the exception rather than the norm..... Guess we should count ourselves very lucky flintymuff??
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How do you find out what boat it's on?
FLINTYMUTT/GTI_JEFF, the EMDEN is now en route to Sheerness, ETA 18.00 today, fingers crossed both your cars are aboard. As for mine, I think it's still sitting in the parts bins :cry:
Nightmare mate..... Did you ever get confirmation of when exactly yours will be built??
It seems to have it actually built on time with no dramas is the exception rather than the norm..... Guess we should count ourselves very lucky flintymuff??
:) you should - lucky devils
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Nightmare mate..... Did you ever get confirmation of when exactly yours will be built??
It seems to have it actually built on time with no dramas is the exception rather than the norm..... Guess we should count ourselves very lucky flintymuff??
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JEFF, I've spoken to vw cs again today and I'm now being told it will be built by the end of next week, no reason given for the delay, not sure id believe it any way, so I was right in saying it's still in the parts bins
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just contacted my dealer and mine still hasn't been started. getting slightly pissed off now. gonna ring up vw cs later today. not much the dealer can do really
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Mine clocked over yesterday, and is now Build in Progress :smiley: :smiley:
And now it's in transit....all within 5 days... :grin: :grin: :grin:
Now saying 10 days....getting excited !! :laugh: :grin:
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My car has now ticked over to 'in transit', though it's still got the generic 'on average it takes 4 weeks' message, so I don't know if this is just an automatic tick over or if it has actually left the factory.
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My car has now ticked over to 'in transit', though it's still got the generic 'on average it takes 4 weeks' message, so I don't know if this is just an automatic tick over or if it has actually left the factory.
Mine went from 4 weeks, to 3 weeks then to 10 days. If you look on some of the other BW threads they have put a science to it. Having worked for alot of my working career for car manufacturers, I can certainly say there isn't a science as there are so many variables that go towards the manufacture and delivery of a car!!
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My car has now ticked over to 'in transit', though it's still got the generic 'on average it takes 4 weeks' message, so I don't know if this is just an automatic tick over or if it has actually left the factory.
Mine went from 4 weeks, to 3 weeks then to 10 days. If you look on some of the other BW threads they have put a science to it. Having worked for alot of my working career for car manufacturers, I can certainly say there isn't a science as there are so many variables that go towards the manufacture and delivery of a car!!
Totally agree given each car is individually made to a certain spec. It'll turn up when it turns up!
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Surely that's not on though? VW claim to make a car every 16 seconds or something, and they've been doing this for 50 years odd - they can't just be looking in the parts bins and then taking an order off the pile when they've got the stuff.
Stock pipeline management and manufacturing scheduling aren't anything new, it's not acceptable that this process is such a shambles with VW. That's not even getting on to their pathetic tracker.. >£25k purchase that takes 4.5 months to fulfill and they give you 7 stages and it only updates on Sundays?
I can buy a £5 item on Amazon and get full visibility of the order the whole way to my door.
I'm still looking forward to getting this GTI but based on this experience it's very unlikely I will consider getting a new car from VW again.
End of rant :laugh:
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Well ive just called VW customer services and its finally being build :D step 5 of 8 in the building process. Im sure i saw someone on here post the build steps VW go through but I cant find it, anyone happen to know where thats posted?
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Well ive just called VW customer services and its finally being build :D step 5 of 8 in the building process. Im sure i saw someone on here post the build steps VW go through but I cant find it, anyone happen to know where thats posted?
My BW39 has been at 7 of 8 for the last 5 weeks!
Don't hold your breath mate
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Well ive just called VW customer services and its finally being build :D step 5 of 8 in the building process. Im sure i saw someone on here post the build steps VW go through but I cant find it, anyone happen to know where thats posted?
My BW39 has been at 7 of 8 for the last 5 weeks!
Don't hold your breath mate
I think it was 20 steps of build, not 8 :lipsrsealed:
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Well ive just called VW customer services and its finally being build :D step 5 of 8 in the building process. Im sure i saw someone on here post the build steps VW go through but I cant find it, anyone happen to know where thats posted?
My BW39 has been at 7 of 8 for the last 5 weeks!
Don't hold your breath mate
I think it was 20 steps of build, not 8 :lipsrsealed:
i think is 20 for the whole process but 8 for the build its self
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The stages after build are:
Vehicle left factory
Vehicle at port of exit not released
Vehicle at port of exit released
Vehicle shipped
Vehicle at port
Vehicle in transit to retailer
Vehicle at retailer
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Mine still on stage 5 and says up to 3 weeks to arrive..... Anyone else's changed ??
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Mine still on stage 5 and says up to 3 weeks to arrive..... Anyone else's changed ??
mines just moved to in transit this morning :D atleast the build is over, plain sailing from here hahah
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Well, it's arrived in the country... :-D
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I'm still build in progress, although vwcs have confirmed it is actually being built which is some concellation
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Well, it's arrived in the country... :-D
Did yours go into build in progress on time or a week later? I'm hoping mine (BW43) is going to arrive as quickly as yours! :laugh:
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Well, it's arrived in the country... :-D
Did yours go into build in progress on time or a week later? I'm hoping mine (BW43) is going to arrive as quickly as yours! :laugh:
It went from build in progress, then to in-transit within 5 days...(BW42 was as planned)...
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anybody on BW42 still not started building yet?
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Looks like I'm now on a boat!
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Looks like I'm now on a boat!
Mine has been at Emdem since the 21/10/13 and still waiting to get on the boat apparently according to VW customer service.
The nice lady I spoke to said it should ship early next week and be at the dealers and ready by 11-12 November...... I'm keeping everything crossed!!
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Well...mines at the dealers now.... :-D
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Looks like I'm now on a boat!
Mine has been at Emdem since the 21/10/13 and still waiting to get on the boat apparently according to VW customer service.
The nice lady I spoke to said it should ship early next week and be at the dealers and ready by 11-12 November...... I'm keeping everything crossed!!
Looks like we may be on the same ship after all GTI_JEFF, mine went into transit yesterday, I said yours was gonna wait at Emden for mine to be built so they could travel to JCB together. :wink:
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Are you guys getting this information from the tracker or via your dealer?
The website tracker still says 4 weeks for me. :angry:
edit.. may have misinterpreted your posts - I thought you guys had moved on past the 4 weeks stage.
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I see the 'city of Paris' is due in to Tyne tonight at 23:00! Hoping I'm on that!
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I see the 'city of Paris' is due in to Tyne tonight at 23:00! Hoping I'm on that!
Are you expecting your car to be Tyne-bound when you live in Bournemouth? Unless you’re picking up from a North-East or Scottish dealership I’d expect yours to be going to Sheerness, for a localish south coast dealership. Peter Coopers Southampton area group?
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Just called VW CS and mine arrived at emden this morning :D i would try and figure out which ship its going on but despite reading all the posts on shipping i still ain't got a clue how to figure out which ship is going where. since my dealer is a 2 minute drive from the port of tyne once over here is should all move along quickly :D good to see others seem to be moving along at a good pace :D
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Just called VW CS and mine arrived at emden this morning :D i would try and figure out which ship its going on but despite reading all the posts on shipping i still ain't got a clue how to figure out which ship is going where. since my dealer is a 2 minute drive from the port of tyne once over here is should all move along quickly :D good to see others seem to be moving along at a good pace :D
If it only reached Emden this morning then it’ll not be on the aforementioned “City of Paris”. The other 2 Tyne ships that leave Emden with VWs are “City of Rotterdam” and “City of Rome”. All 3 drop VWs at Tyne, then pick up Nissans and drop them up in Sweden or Norway, then come back to Tyne, pick up more Nissans, Take them to Amsterdam/Ijmuiden and then back to Emden to pick up more VWs.
2 minutes from Tyne Dock? Benfield Silverlink? My local dealership, but they always offer a sh!te part ex and a sh!te deal on the new one, so I never buy from them. They usually do my servicing though.
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Just called VW CS and mine arrived at emden this morning :D i would try and figure out which ship its going on but despite reading all the posts on shipping i still ain't got a clue how to figure out which ship is going where. since my dealer is a 2 minute drive from the port of tyne once over here is should all move along quickly :D good to see others seem to be moving along at a good pace :D
If it only reached Emden this morning then it’ll not be on the aforementioned “City of Paris”. The other 2 Tyne ships that leave Emden with VWs are “City of Rotterdam” and “City of Rome”. All 3 drop VWs at Tyne, then pick up Nissans and drop them up in Sweden or Norway, then come back to Tyne, pick up more Nissans, Take them to Amsterdam/Ijmuiden and then back to Emden to pick up more VWs.
2 minutes from Tyne Dock? Benfield Silverlink? My local dealership, but they always offer a sh!te part ex and a sh!te deal on the new one, so I never buy from them. They usually do my servicing though.
Correct on the dealership, ordered from silverlink. Not the greatest deal but I was very busy at the time of ordering it and didn't want to wait. when i did have time to shop around a few months later it would have added months on to the wait to cancel and order elsewhere and i am incredibly impatient haha. mistake on my part really.
gonna have to look out for the city of rotterdam and rome now :grin:
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Are you guys getting this information from the tracker or via your dealer?
The website tracker still says 4 weeks for me. :angry:
edit.. may have misinterpreted your posts - I thought you guys had moved on past the 4 weeks stage.
I have moved past the 4 week stage, as far as I can work out there are a number of "sub stages" within stage 5. Once the car is built it shows stage 5 and states 4 weeks, once at Emdem it states 3 weeks (and stays on stage 5) finally for stage 5 it states 10 days which means it has left on the boat.
The next stage is obviously 6 which is when it's arrived and cleared customs.
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Looks like we may be on the same ship after all GTI_JEFF, mine went into transit yesterday, I said yours was gonna wait at Emden for mine to be built so they could travel to JCB together. :wink:
At least it's safe.... Everyone at work were winding me up saying that with the high winds on Sunday/Monday it was floating in the channel somewhere :shocked:
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I see the 'city of Paris' is due in to Tyne tonight at 23:00! Hoping I'm on that!
Are you expecting your car to be Tyne-bound when you live in Bournemouth? Unless you’re picking up from a North-East or Scottish dealership I’d expect yours to be going to Sheerness, for a localish south coast dealership. Peter Coopers Southampton area group?
Yep. Scotland bound. It's a lease car through work.
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I'm in the UK. Dealer on hols until Monday. Looking like I might be getting my hands on it by next weekend!!! I feel a road trip coming on!!!!
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I'm in the UK. Dealer on hols until Monday. Looking like I might be getting my hands on it by next weekend!!! I feel a road trip coming on!!!!
Great news, hopefully mine is not far behind!!
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Dealer says that my car is now 'at port of exit' but no ship assigned yet. Tracker has ticked over to 3 weeks, but I'm not sure that's accurate.
How long after the delivery to the dealer do they normally have it available to collect?
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Well...mines at the dealers now.... :-D
Now being delivered to work next Wednesday ..... :smug:
Hoorah !!!
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my car has only been at emden port since thursday but im already getting impatient. Can't ships move about faster! :P
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good news for people waiting to ship to port of tyne! just checked the port of tyne website and it looks like the 'city of paris' is arriving from emden at 5pm friday. hopefully will have some GTI's on it :P
Entry on the site:
CITY OF PARIS - 08/Nov/13 - 16:59 - Emden - RORO 3 OR 4 - United Kingdom - G.B.AGENCIES - MZMT2 - EST. - 9174775
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Looks like mine is on the boat!!
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Not long now!!
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Looks like mine is on the boat!!
(http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g103/cupra_jeff/A9137758-E71A-479B-91AA-1F4B536B31E5-336-0000002C0D869EF7_zpsb8305dce.jpg)
Not long now!!
Autorunner left Emden this afternoon en route to Sheerness, eta 12.00 tomorrow, looks like you could be in yours by the weekend GTI_JEFF,
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Autorunner left Emden this afternoon en route to Sheerness, eta 12.00 tomorrow, looks like you could be in yours by the weekend GTI_JEFF,
Better than that, apparently according to the guy at the dealer it was on "autoprestige" that arrived in Sheerness this morning.... Are you sure yours wasn't on the same boat??
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Autorunner left Emden this afternoon en route to Sheerness, eta 12.00 tomorrow, looks like you could be in yours by the weekend GTI_JEFF,
Better than that, apparently according to the guy at the dealer it was on "autoprestige" that arrived in Sheerness this morning.... Are you sure yours wasn't on the same boat??
I doubt it JEFF, tracker still showing 3 weeks, hopefully it will get on a ship early next week.
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Looks like it is officially here!! Mine changed quickly from three weeks to 10 days to arrived so would keep an eye on it......
VW customer service can give you a good indication of where it is and which boat it is likely to be on
Hopefully not much longer now!!
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Just had a call from my dealer. It should be with me by Friday depending on transporting it down to me!!
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Just had a call from my dealer. It should be with me by Friday depending on transporting it down to me!!
Great news, look forward to the review over the weekend to whet my appitite !!
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just been on VW CS to find out if my car is getting on the city of paris thats due in at emden soon. apparently they cant tell me if its getting on the ship or not. im sure someone somewhere on this forum has been able to find out if there getting on a ship or not before..
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just been on VW CS to find out if my car is getting on the city of paris thats due in at emden soon. apparently they cant tell me if its getting on the ship or not. im sure someone somewhere on this forum has been able to find out if there getting on a ship or not before..
No one seems to know it’s getting on a ship (not VW UK, not the dealer), just when it got on a ship. If your car got on a ship on Weds and was due in Tyne dock on the Thurs, the tracker will update to “10 days” when you check it on the Thurs morning. A day to ship, maybe half a day to unload on arrival then a day to clear customs, usually 4 days from arrival at dock for VW UK to have it transported to the dealer. Things seem to happen quicker at the UK end for Tyne bound cars than Sheerness and Grimsby bound cars.
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just been on VW CS to find out if my car is getting on the city of paris thats due in at emden soon. apparently they cant tell me if its getting on the ship or not. im sure someone somewhere on this forum has been able to find out if there getting on a ship or not before..
No one seems to know it’s getting on a ship (not VW UK, not the dealer), just when it got on a ship. If your car got on a ship on Weds and was due in Tyne dock on the Thurs, the tracker will update to “10 days” when you check it on the Thurs morning. A day to ship, maybe half a day to unload on arrival then a day to clear customs, usually 4 days from arrival at dock for VW UK to have it transported to the dealer. Things seem to happen quicker at the UK end for Tyne bound cars than Sheerness and Grimsby bound cars.
shame i couldn't just go to the tyne port and pick its up myself :grin: was hoping to pick it up next week if it does get on the boat tonight as im off work next week but that's probably unlikely
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GTI_Redpath:
I was supposed to be able to pick mine from port or have the dealer pick it up from port to save 3 days delivery, after kicking off to VW UK about my car being built almost 3 weeks late (BW33 car built at the back end of BW35), but it never happened. The dealership did this for my dad’s car when he was on a scheduled visit to my house to pick up his car, which was consequently delayed but was going home the morning after it cleared customs at port (he now lives in Southampton, but still buys his cars up here because they give pretty much no discount/freebies at his local VW group – “Peter Cooper”).
To get the dealer to go to the port and collect it rather than wait for VW UK to deliver it to the dealers is possible, but there is apparently a lot of red tape involved and it’s not something the dealerships like to do unless there is a really good reason for doing it (like my dad having to do a 700 mile round trip the following weekend to get it).
Are you getting yours from Benfield/Pulman/Lookers group?
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GTI_Redpath:
I was supposed to be able to pick mine from port or have the dealer pick it up from port to save 3 days delivery, after kicking off to VW UK about my car being built almost 3 weeks late (BW33 car built at the back end of BW35), but it never happened. The dealership did this for my dad’s car when he was on a scheduled visit to my house to pick up his car, which was consequently delayed but was going home the morning after it cleared customs at port (he now lives in Southampton, but still buys his cars up here because they give pretty much no discount/freebies at his local VW group – “Peter Cooper”).
To get the dealer to go to the port and collect it rather than wait for VW UK to deliver it to the dealers is possible, but there is apparently a lot of red tape involved and it’s not something the dealerships like to do unless there is a really good reason for doing it (like my dad having to do a 700 mile round trip the following weekend to get it).
Are you getting yours from Benfield/Pulman/Lookers group?
im getting it from benfield so its only a few mins down the road from the port. its no massive hardship to wait for it to get delivered to the dealer the traditional way rather than picking it up from the port. I havent got a good enough reason really, would just be easier to pick up next week rather than the week after if thats how it turns out
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Car has ticked down to 10 days! As usual, no contact from dealer, found out myself through the website. Still, nearly here.. :rolleyes:
Update.. apparently it's on the Weser Highway, which looks like it's heading in to Grimbsby by this evening. I guess it then takes a while to get out the port and over to the dealer.
http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:2.971732/centery:53.51769/zoom:8/oldmmsi:355390000/olddate:lastknown#
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still waiting for the city of paris to leave HOPEFULLY with my car on!!
http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:7.207245/centery:55.70264/zoom:8/mmsi:233921000
UPDATE: its leaving! hope its on there!
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still waiting for the city of paris to leave HOPEFULLY with my car on!!
http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:7.207245/centery:55.70264/zoom:8/mmsi:233921000
UPDATE: its leaving! hope its on there!
You’ll know tomorrow, if your tracker status changes to 10 days.
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still waiting for the city of paris to leave HOPEFULLY with my car on!!
http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:7.207245/centery:55.70264/zoom:8/mmsi:233921000
UPDATE: its leaving! hope its on there!
You’ll know tomorrow, if your tracker status changes to 10 days.
first thing i'll do in the morning haha
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well, the tracker didn't change overnight......damn!
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spotted another ship heading for the tyne, city of rome. all it says is its coming from "Sea" but looking at marinetraffic.com its heading to emden currently. there is hope yet!
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spotted another ship heading for the tyne, city of rome. all it says is its coming from "Sea" but looking at marinetraffic.com its heading to emden currently. there is hope yet!
Yep, that one goes to Emden and heads directly to Tyne from Emden. City of Paris/Rome/Rotterdam all serve Emden to Tyne and take a few Sunderland built Nissans to a few stops in Europe inbetween.
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spotted another ship heading for the tyne, city of rome. all it says is its coming from "Sea" but looking at marinetraffic.com its heading to emden currently. there is hope yet!
Yep, that one goes to Emden and heads directly to Tyne from Emden. City of Paris/Rome/Rotterdam all serve Emden to Tyne and take a few Sunderland built Nissans to a few stops in Europe inbetween.
emailed my dealer the over the weekend and apparently mine is assigned to the next available ship. sound like a load of bullsh!t to me but if it isn't i'd say this ship is a sure bet :D
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FINALLLY moved to 10 days on the tracker :D
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I'm picking mine up tomorrow !! :grin:
Went and had a look on Saturday and it looks stunning even with all the plastic covering on !!
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Just got mine....5pm cannot come soon enough....!!
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FINALLLY moved to 10 days on the tracker :D
Must be on the same boat as me .. City of Rome and docks in Port of Tyne at 2200.
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I'm picking mine up tomorrow !! :grin:
Went and had a look on Saturday and it looks stunning even with all the plastic covering on !!
Nice one JEFF :smiley:
when your at JCB tomorrow tell them to pull their finger out and get mine ready for collecting next weekend, it arrived Sheerness on Monday so I'm hoping to collect it on the 23rd, fingers crossed
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Just had an email from the dealer, should be picking up next week :D think thats everyone on BW42 almost with their car now
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Mine is in the country but no date booked for pickup yet.
It is slightly more complicated for me as the dealer is retrofitting the reversing camera to the vehicle and I don't know how complex that is. I was hoping to have it by the weekend but if he's not contacted me yet I'm thinking that is unlikely..
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been to the dealer today, finance documents all signed, got a numberplate and 7 day insurance sorted. Picking it up friday.....ITS ALMOST OVER!!
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The car has been in the country since 1st Nov. I'm getting my hands on it on Wednesday!! The good things come to those who wait. Please let the saying be true!! The dealer has emailed me photos and it looks bloomin fantastic. I'm so glad I changed from white to Night Blue.
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Ooooohhhhh is sooooo gooood!!!!! Anyone who hasn't yet got their hands on their car you are in for a real treat!! Averaged 39mpg on the run home. Naturally not thrashing it just yet until it's been run in.
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Ooooohhhhh is sooooo gooood!!!!! Anyone who hasn't yet got their hands on their car you are in for a real treat!! Averaged 39mpg on the run home. Naturally not thrashing it just yet until it's been run in.
oooooo looking forward to Friday now :D
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Well, Ive finally got it :D took a quick pic but its a bit crap, take more tomorrow
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/ARedpath/IMG_1565_zps994c3960.jpg)
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Well, Ive finally got it :D took a quick pic but its a bit crap, take more tomorrow
(http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac186/ARedpath/IMG_1565_zps994c3960.jpg)
Welcome aboard! Are you glad going with a dark colour? I certainly am.
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Going to be a pain in the arse to keep clean but the colour does look stunning!!
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Picked mine up yesterday, was it worth the 5 month wait? F### yeh!!
Had a steady 300 mile journey home to Cornwall, 37mpg, which I was happy with, very impressed with the adaptive cruise control, even on busy m25 it worked a treat. Dynaudio brilliant. So much more comfortably on a long journey than my mk5. So far so good :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
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Sounds awesome Nelly! And better MPG than some of the GTD'ers ;) hehe :)
Have fun with it! - The roads getting down there must have been epic!
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well been an AWESOME first few days in the car. probably sounds like a broken record on this forum but it is WELL worth the wait. average 30 mpg so far and i have not been driving "economically' :P the surprise best feature is the adaptive cruise control. its FANTASTIC. even with the manual you can just change gear and use non of the other pedals. absolutely adore it.
One minor issue is that the headlights have a little moisture in them, im gonna give it a week to see if it clears but i recon it will
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Picked my 5 door manual performance pack GTI in CSG up on Saturday. Not had chance to drive a huge distance in it yet, but so far it's looking awesome.
I also have a little moisture inside the headlamps.
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Finally the Manon docking in PE-South Africa tomorrow wish to fast-forward time now :laugh: :laugh: