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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: ffrank on 16 March 2014, 12:18
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Hey everyone, I received a text and email from the Tracker yesterday at 8.45am showing I had advanced to confirmed BW for my GTD.
Although the alerts worked well, they don't actually give you a date - so I still had to go to the online tracker to see the date! :rolleyes:
Date was 06/04/2014, so BW15 which was also my estimated week.
Anyone else?
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Hi ffrank,
Im also BW15. I ordered my carbon grey GTI on 16th Feb, initially I was told 17 weeks so its looking at arriving a fair bit sooner. Cant wait!!
I ve been lurking a while and don t really do forums, but Id just like to say thanks to the numerous knowledgeable posters on here for some of the info I have seen.
Also the photos of the cars which have kept me going.
Cheers
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Hi Ffrank,
When did you order your GTD please ?
Mine is meant to be BW14, but no movement on the tracker yet. I ordered first week of January.
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Hi ffrank,
Im also BW15. I ordered my carbon grey GTI on 16th Feb, initially I was told 17 weeks so its looking at arriving a fair bit sooner. Cant wait!!
I ve been lurking a while and don t really do forums, but Id just like to say thanks to the numerous knowledgeable posters on here for some of the info I have seen.
Also the photos of the cars which have kept me going.
Cheers
Hi dBrian, you are benefiting from the recent speedy GTI lead times there, nice! Agreed regarding this forum - it's excellent and has been very helpful. Although it has been "responsible" for me adding a few extra options since ordering - thanks to some of the glowing reviews of various options :)
Hi Ffrank,
When did you order your GTD please ?
Mine is meant to be BW14, but no movement on the tracker yet. I ordered first week of January.
Hi Karlak, I ordered the last week of Jan so does seem you should have had an update by now - have you checked with your dealer if it's updated for them? Perhaps your tracker just hasn't updated, it does seem to behave a bit differently for folk!
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Hi I'm a wk 15 build too! I ordered on 6 Jan via DTD and was advised it would be 20 to 22 week wait. Later, the dealer (JCB) said it would be wk 14 build, so have lost a week some where :undecided:
I'm moving from a Mk4 Gti T I've had for 15 yrs, so the extra week will come in handy to gen up on how to drive a 21st century car :smiley:
What's the best guess on delivery dates - mid May?
Do you know how to sign up for text/e mail alerts?
GTD, Tornado red, panoramic, advanced phone, climate screen, rear camera, cheaper sat nav, keyless, park assist, winter pack, high beam assist, 5 yr warranty, 3 yr service
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Hi kC99, that will be a nice replacement in the VW family for you! Although this is my first VW I have a feeling it won't be my last.
My spec is quite similar to yours:
GTD, Night Blue, panoramic, rear camera, cheaper sat nav, keyless, winter pack, 3 yr service but with 4yr Warranty, dynaudio and DCC instead of some of the options you have.
Dealer has told me early May, going by some of the times on here it could be first week of May, I'm expecting second week worst case!?
To get alerts you have to register an account with My VW and you can then add your car to your account and set the alerts.
https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/vw-authentication/login/auth?targetUrl=/owners/my/cars
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Thanks ffrank - just registered to get alerts. It was interesting to read one of the frequently asked questions, which states the car is being built in Slovak republic, Bratislava, Mexico and Germany - hope all the bits fit together properly :shocked:
Out of interest, when did you order your car?
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Lol, that would explain the wait then :)
I ordered last week of Jan, but not through a broker - which can add a few weeks if the supplying dealer have used all their build slots. So that might explain me catching up by a few weeks!
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I'm build week 15 as well :smiley: Got confirmation on the tracker about a week ago (admittedly I hadn't looked for a while!)
I'm going for a 3 door GTD in Tornado Red, with keyless, discovery Sat Nav (the basic one) and reversing camera. Ordered it at the beginning of February. Really looking forward to getting it, as I've heard that red cars go faster :wink:
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It was sad to see karlak's date slip to BW16 - I ordered on the same day (6 Jan) and had to quickly check the tracker - luckily I'm still BW w/c 6 Apl
Good to see johnboylds has joined us to keep up the numbers!?!
Does anyone know if VW have introduced any new options since we ordered? I'm planning to keep my GTD for some years and in 5 years time, don't want to look back and wished I'd got something, that every Dacia is getting as standard :shocked:
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It was sad to see karlak's date slip to BW16 - I ordered on the same day (6 Jan) and had to quickly check the tracker - luckily I'm still BW w/c 6 Apl
Good to see johnboylds has joined us to keep up the numbers!?!
Does anyone know if VW have introduced any new options since we ordered? I'm planning to keep my GTD for some years and in 5 years time, don't want to look back and wished I'd got something, that every Dacia is getting as standard :shocked:
If you have a confirmed build week which you will have if its in April, then unfortunately you won't be able to add any more extras.
you'll just have to look on at the Dacia's with envy :laugh:
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BW15 is upon us, god speed Wolfsburg!
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Congrats to all you 15ers, whose cars will soon be en route to Emden.
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Thank you, good Sir :smiley:
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BW15 here too - can't wait now.
Tracker still not showing as being built yet though, bah!
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BW15 here too - can't wait now.
Tracker still not showing as being built yet though, bah!
I believe it only takes a couple of days from car build starting to rolling out of the factory. Saying that, my dealer told me on the Wednesday that my car was being built, I got the 5a text on the Thursday and the 5b text on the Saturday. BW just means your car will be built at some point this week , not necassary ly that is starts first thing Monday :)
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I believe it only takes a couple of days from car build starting to rolling out of the factory. Saying that, my dealer told me on the Wednesday that my car was being built, I got the 5a text on the Thursday and the 5b text on the Saturday. BW just means your car will be built at some point this week , not necassary ly that is starts first thing Monday :)
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Do you mean built on Wednesday and in transit by Saturday?
Think I read somewhere in the FAQ that it take around 30hours to put the cars together - just wondering how much of that is automated with the factory running 24/7...
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Nah, I spoke to VW on the Wednesday (19th March) and they said my car was showing that the build hadn't started. On the Thursday (20th March) at 0844hrs I got a text saying it was in transit: left the factory, then on Saturday (22nd March) at 0844hts I got the 5b text saying in transit: shipping. I then didn't get the 5c text, but that Friday (28th March) I got a text saying it hand arrived in the UK. On checking my car actually arrived in the UK on the Thursday morning, then got to the dealers on Friday 4th. The tracker skipped stage 4 altogether.
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Hi, I guess we can all help each other by sharing any tracker/text/dealer updates we get? My dealer e mailed me on 27 March to say:
Your Golf could be built at any stage during the week, once it has been built it is then transported to Emden docks in Germany, once it arrives it could be there for a few days, it could be a few weeks before being been put onto a boat for the UK.
So you are likely to receive your Golf earlier in May,
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I've had no info from my dealer so far - everything I've found out is by checking the tracker on VW's website. I've now signed up for text alerts so will see what happens.
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Is this week (7th-13th) BW15?
I'm BW16 so can you lot hurry up and get your lot shifted :grin:
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Hi Rick, yes - although VW weeks start on Sunday so it's the 6th on the website!
Well I am swiftly moving out of the way for you - got my Text this morning! :laugh:
(http://i.imgur.com/dQxZDKc.png)
Good luck everyone else!
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I imagine at 0844 on Thursday you'll get your 5b text. I'll keep my fingers crossed yours is on a boat by the end of the weekend
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That would be great :) Strangely the text I had this morning was another Stage 3 text, which made me think my build week had been changed! But on logging in all was well :)
A few gremlins in this system, hopefully it's developed by a different company to the software in the factory telling them which parts to fit where... :whistle:
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What configuration have you gone for frank?
Just wondering if VW make all the 3drs for that week then do all the 5drs or something like that.
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Well done ffrank and congrats on being the first one to escape the factory (even though I ordered before you I'm not jealous at all :cry:).
Did your tracker skip the 'Build in progress' stage?
I guess yours is a Sunday/Monday car (?) - I hope mine isn't a- 'let's get everything out of the way for the weekend' Friday car!
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Thanks, hope you join me soon - or catch up at the ship lottery stage :) It did actually skip the Build in Progress stage entirely - which doesn't seem uncommon.
p9ul - I'm a manual 5dr sorry, and certainly lots of options. Working in IT I would be really interested to see how the heck they do determine the order of these things happening. From experience there is probably a lady or chap sat in an office approving car data for build and depending on how many sugars he had in his coffee he sometimes works from the bottom of the page up, and sometimes from the top down :nerd:
Although, I'm sure it's all automated... :whistle:
Good luck with prompt stages all!
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I received the follwing e mail at 9.05 this morning:
Step 5 of 7: 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 :laugh:
The tracker missed out the Build in progress stage and although I signed up for it, no text received - but hey, just a month now before I can get behing the wheel!
Anyone other than ffrank received an update?
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No emails, no texts and now the website doesn't recognise my tracking number.
PANIC!
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Don't worry p9ul, I've had that error the last few mornings - I think they are doing something, give it 10 minutes and it should be ok!! You should be joining us any day now hopefully.
Great news kc99 :D Yeah, well as they sent me the wrong text and email anyway... :whistle:
I went on the tracker this morning and it asked me how they could make it better - um, make it give correct information when things change!
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I went on the tracker this morning and it asked me how they could make it better - um, make it give correct information when things change!
That's funny as that's what I pretty much said.
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I wonder if you contacted your dealer p9al, if hey'd have the latest info and reasurre you your car hasn't been written off before it's left the factory :shocked:
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Hi Guys,
I recieved the email today confirming stage 5. Im going to call the dealer late to see if he can give a more accurate delivery date.... Cant wait.
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Congratulations dbrian - let us know what your dealers says :smiley:
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Tracking number working again and still on stage 3...
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Woohoo - stage 5a email and text received!
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Just received the message below:
Step 5 of 7: Your car is in the final stage of its journey to the UK. On average it takes 10 days from build for this model to reach your local Volkswagen Retailer.
Has anyone else received this, or other updates from your dealer?
Does this seem unusually quick - I was expecting it to arrive early May :rolleyes:
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Hey, I said you might catch up, not overtake kC99!! ;)
No texts or emails here - your train driver must have had his weetabix :laugh:
If it is at your dealers in 10 days, you would likely have an April pickup? Blimey. I best get stuff sorted with my current car in case that's me too.
Good news p9ul!
dBrian - did you get any further info from your dealer?
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I'm a bit late to the party, mind if I join in :smiley:? am also BW15 and have received the 'being shipped' notification, so am eagerly watching progress of similar owners. Sure it will all be worth the wait :grin:
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I know the tracker says that the average time to take delivery is 4 weeks from this point, but my bro in law who's had a few new vw cars reckons his average has been 2 weeks -here's hoping...
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Welcome falconmick, what are you getting? Not long now for us :D
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Splashing out & treating myself to a R, 3dr, black, manual. Ordered it without having even seen one, but since ordering managed to get a drive in one, fantastic.
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Wow, very nice. Looking forward to seeing pics, I bet it will look totally bad ass in 3dr black! :evil:
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Doesn't seem many 3dr DBP cars around, I've not seen one in the flesh, all the cars around my way seem to be red, saw 4 of them in the space of an hour on Friday!
Looking forward to seeing a black R with those rear clusters so I know what they'll look like on mine if I decide to upgrade!
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On the R forum, there are 16 that have ordered black, Lapiz being most popular colour.
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Hi Guys,
I recieved an email this morning saying that the car is on the final stage of the journey to the UK. I gave the dealers a call and apparently it went on the ship yesterday.... Cant wait!!
Does anyone know how to find out which ship the car will be on so that i can track it?
Regards
dBrian
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dBrian
I had similar email this morning as well, probably on same ship. Cars are normally shipped from Emden, http://www.marinetraffic.com/ website is the one to watch, I had a look yesterday, but could not see anything that appeared to be likely.
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City of Sunderland docked at Grimsby earlier today, travelled from Emden and listed as a vehicle carrier. Could be our ship?
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Mick,
I think (hope) this was the ship... I see its now back underway to the Port of Tyne.
Not had another email though.
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Hi, just received another e mail update:
Step 6 of 7: Your car has now arrived in the UK and will be delivered to your local Volkswagen Retailer shortly. This normally takes 7 days.
I hope it didn't catch this morning's frost :huh:
Sorry ffrank for overtaking you - didn't you notice when I indicated? I'll get the dealer to look at this under warranty :laugh:
Anyone else had an update or new message from thier dealer?
One of the problems getting the car earlier than expected is paying for it! Does anyone know if dealers talke credit cards and if so, what percetage of the total they let you pay by card?
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No more word since Friday for me.
I tried doing a bit if research into the ship movements over the weekend, seems the car transporters arrive - unload - depart in around a 10 hr timeframe, they're on the go 24/7 and it's approx 24 hours between Grimsby and Emdem, and I think from the BW12 thread there's 2 ships doing that route, so there should be boat load of cars arriving in Grimsby on a daily basis...
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Just spoke to my dealer who tells me all their cars go to port of Tyne so hopefully mine will be on dry land later today...
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Step 6 of 7: Your car has now arrived in the UK and will be delivered to your local Volkswagen Retailer shortly. This normally takes 7 days.
One of the problems getting the car earlier than expected is paying for it! Does anyone know if dealers talke credit cards and if so, what percetage of the total they let you pay by card?
Either my train broke down or the tracker is having a complete wobbly for me! Was strange how I got another Stage 3 text instead of a stage 5 text (when the tracker changed to stage 5), so it's possible it is indeed in a non-recoverable state for me! We'll see :)
Really starting to look forward to having the car now, everytime I'm driving I'm thinking of being in my VW :drool:
Not sure about credit cards - if I can use one I will to get some airmiles. I don't think my car will be ready before April pay day, so can keep to my planned deposit!
Edit - meant to say, great news you got the arrived in UK text :laugh:
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Just goty 5b text this morning - which I hope means it's actually now on a boat somewhere...
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Hi Guys,
I the email this morning to say the car was on its way to the dealer. I gave them a call and apparently its going to be delivered to them tomorrow at 5.30 pm. WHOHOOO....
If everything goes to plan i should have it by the weekend.
Cant wait......
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Just goty 5b text this morning - which I hope means it's actually now on a boat somewhere...
5b means it's at Emden waiting for a boat - 5c is on a boat. Bear in mind it only updates once every 24 hours so typically by the time you get a 5c notification the boat may almost be docking in the UK.
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Hi Guys,
I the email this morning to say the car was on its way to the dealer. I gave them a call and apparently its going to be delivered to them tomorrow at 5.30 pm. WHOHOOO....
If everything goes to plan i should have it by the weekend.
Cant wait......
Good news mate. Who did you get the email from and what did it actually say please? I've had text/email to say mine is in UK, but no more than that.
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I had a 5b text today, so hopefully on a ship shortly. :whistle:
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Hi Ffrank,
I recieved the following this morning from the usual VW address, i gave the dealer a call and he reckons the cars is not there yet but is due at 5.30 pm.
Step 7 of 7: Your vehicle has been delivered to your local Volkswagen Retailer and is available for collection. Your Retailer will contact you soon to arrange your handover. Thank you again for your order and happy motoring!
Cheers
dBrian
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Anyone got their car yet?
I'm getting a little frustrated at the lack of movement, so far it looks like my car gas sat outside the factory for a week, then sat at Emdem for a week now...
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Hi P9ul,
Sorry to hear of your wait... I collected my car on Friday afternoon, which was even sooner than I expected.
I think the timing of the ferry and transport musts have aligned just so.
It's worth the wait though it's absolutely awesome mate. I have a couple of I phone pics but not sure how to upload...
Regards
dBrian
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I'm still waiting, car not at dealers yet :(
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I'm still on 5b! Amazing you have your car already dBrian, now where are those pics! You know the rules :)
Not long for us all now... :laugh:
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5c arrived this morning for me.
Anyone else with updates? kc99 - you must be collecting any day now?!
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Nothing for me :o(
Wonder if having a winge to VW will get me any freebies, it's been a week since I got 5b which says 3 weeks to the dealer, so a fortnight left but my dealer says the delivery from the port to them can take up to 10 days and then they want 5 after that to prep the car....
We were originally told early June for delivery but seeing as the car was built 2 weeks ago I thought they'd get a shift on so they could start getting some money back off it.
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My car was a week from getting 5b to getting into the UK, the another week getting to the dealer.
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Finally got my 5c email.
I was on marine traffic last night and the shelde highway arrives in Grimsby in the early hours tomorrow and I'm sure it then moves onto port of Tyne so hopefully my car will be uk soil sometime tomorrow evening.
Looking forward to my 6 of 7 email over the weekend now!
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Got my step 6 today :laugh: so you might get it tomorrow p9ul.
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Hope so, but that probably means my cars been unloaded at Grimsby!
As far as I can tell the shops take around 24 hrs to get from emden to Grimsby and then take about 10 hrs before they're on their way again.
Either way, it's getting closer!
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Hi, sorry for not updaing you on progress of my car. I got the message last Friday from VW to say car was at the dealers (JCB Gillingham) ready for collection - so I thought I was ahad of everyone :laugh:, but the actual dealer can't let me collect it until Tuesday.
I'm away next week and have arranged to pick it up on 12 May - so I'll now probably be the last :cry:
They'll only let me pay £1k by credit card.
I've arranged VW's free 7 day insurance which was easy to do - here's the details for this in case anyone is intersted:
Volkswagen offer seven day complimentary insurance the phone number 0800 3167892, they are open on a week day 8am to 9pm, Saturday 8am to 5pm, it is about a ten minute phone call and will ask details for yourself, the car, start date and Volkswagen retailer number.
I hope you all enjoy your new cars!
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kC99, I take no pleasure in over taking you again!! :huh:
My car is arriving at the dealers first half of next week (although I won't count my chickens until they've been unloaded from the transport), so expecting to pick it up towards the end of the week or bank holiday weekend perhaps.
Thanks for the insurance details, will be doing that for sure.
Just got to sort selling my car too, will probably just use webuyanycar.com as it's not worth a lot, and there's one close to the dealer so I can do it all in one trip.
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ffrank, my dealer offered me £150 more than webuyanycar, plus they've actually had a look at it (although they were £200 lower than what we were offered by a mini dealer). Ford C-max, and a complete shed which I can't wait to be rid of!!
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Thanks for the heads up - I gave it a go, but it wasn't a good offer. I think you did well, I've had pretty poor offers from several dealers (including the previous ones I bartered for a GTD with.) I think I am going to sell it privately, and if it doesn't sell in a month or so hand it back to the finance company - which works out a bit better than WBAC.com.
Any news on your car? Mine is waiting a truck still, hopefully will get it next weekend. So many lotteries taking place on the delivery time between the factory and us!
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(JCB Gillingham)
They'll only let me pay £1k by credit card.
They probably realised how much it cost them when I paid for my GTD in full last year using a cashback credit card lol whoops
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Thanks for the heads up - I gave it a go, but it wasn't a good offer. I think you did well, I've had pretty poor offers from several dealers (including the previous ones I bartered for a GTD with.) I think I am going to sell it privately, and if it doesn't sell in a month or so hand it back to the finance company - which works out a bit better than WBAC.com.
Any news on your car? Mine is waiting a truck still, hopefully will get it next weekend. So many lotteries taking place on the delivery time between the factory and us!
Got by stage 6 text a few days ago so hopefully not long now. Every day between 09.00 & 9.10 the last few weeks I've just been staring at my phone... :laugh:
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Wooo
Pick the car up next Friday!
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Nice p9ul!! I really hope I join you at the weekend, no ETA yet - still waiting for a truck.
What colour is your GTD btw? Night blue here.
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Car arrived at the dealers today and said dealer kindly sent me some pics :D
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Love that colour ffrank - would probably have gone for that myself if my last 2 cars hadn't been that colour already!
Picked mine up this afternoon - really impressed so far - not had chance to have a good fiddle with all the settings yet but I will.
One pleasant surprise is that I don't think I'm gonna have to tinker with the artwork resolution to get that displaying on the screen - I read elsewhere that it only accepts 400x400 resolution but all my artwork in my mp3's is at 600x600 and it's downscaling everything thing - although all the images tend to have a white line around then, whether this is a normal thing or down to downscaling I don't know though. I got a 64gb SD from Amazon for £20 it's going to save a lot of effort when I start dumping music onto the card.
We're expecting crappy weather all weekend so no waxing for me probably - might squeeze a few photo's in with a rainy lake district backdrop though!
Fairly impressed by the standard sound system too, was tempted by the dynaudio but I think I saved myself £500 there :wink:
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Thanks mate, me too :D First time to blue for me so looking forward to seeing it in the flesh (and giving it a detail!) What colour have you gone for? Sounds great, looking forward to some pics :)
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Deep Black Pearl.
Did a bit of tinkering adding the station logo's last night - wouldn't say I'm happy with those supplied by VW as they look a bit too blocky (the curse of Apple retina screens I suppose) and I know there's some higher res ones in the maintence section so will give those a go later...
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Very nice, the GTD/GTI looks very mean in black. We have swapped colours, as my car before the current was black :)
Let me know how you get on with the radio logo's, will be doing that myself shortly!
3 more sleeps for me...
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Decided I'm definitely going to swap out the orange bulbs, they stick out like a sore thumb. The turning lights aren't half bright and because they always semm to be on when on my twisty housing estate I'll have burned these standard bulbs out in no time!
Not had time for a good waxing yet, but the alloys have had 2 coats of poorboys wheel sealant... :laugh:
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Picked up this morning, the car is amazing, absolutely love it and the wait was well worth it. Will hopefully give it a detail tomorrow and post some pics, but even without a wash it looks incredible in the sun, so much gold flake :cool:
Edit, a pic (it hasn't been washed yet at my request, so quite dirty).
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Lovely
Did you go for the advanced phone kit? Just wondering how it differs from the standard...
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Thanks p9ul, I didn't get advanced phone prep sorry. I have a standard mdi port and blue and green collar iphone cables included.
Took her out for a lunchtime spin and she's certainly getting some looks - and some compliments from colleagues.
Looking forward to my drive home now :)
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Ahh, OK - I thought you only got the aerial with the advanced phone kit. The standard does me just fine anyway - connects via bluetooth and you can assign 4 favourite numbers to the touchscreen - which also gives a readout of the battery and signal strength of the phone.
One other little touch I've noticed is the wheel centre caps have a carbon effect behind the VW logo :cool:
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Ah I see, I think the 'shark tooth' is with the Sat Nav - if you don't have that? I've got the standard Nav.
Phone system sounds good, will set that up later. As for little touches, finding plenty of those already too!