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Model specific boards => Golf mk5 => Topic started by: The Doc on 11 September 2006, 08:50
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My stealer said car's fully built but awaiting chassis number?
Has anyone else heard of this?
He said in was built week 36 (Last week in Aug)
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weird :undecided:
i would have thought that the chassis number is already allocated before the build or does that sound too simple an explanation??
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I agree. If my stealer is Bull Shattinging me he will be sorry!
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Does sound strange. Why wait until the cars been built to give it a chassis number when they already knew the spec it was being built to :huh:
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He's talking out of his ARSE!
All vehicles as far as I know are given a chasis number before they are even welded into a shell. It's from the chasis number that the rest of the parts are allocated to make it up to the correct spec.
As an example at the MINI plant in Cowley the CHasis number is read by a reader which will then specify which engine should be fitted, which seats etc and as it goes down the line the correct parts are applied.
THe only way I could see this not happening is if VW use some kind of build number for the car and then apply the chasis number last. Seems a wierd way of doing it becuase it duplicates effort. Besides which if it was built in August and still has no chasis number what's going on? It;s hardly going to be stuck on the line somewhere waiting for a fualty robot to mark the number? Also there is no way cars would be given a chasis number in a seperate process weeks after they were built.
I smell large amounts of bull sh!t eminating from your dealership!
Nick
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how can it be awaiting a number when it should be etched into various points of the chassis?? i.e. windscreen, engine bay??
He's talking out of his ARSE!
I smell large amounts of bull sh!t eminating from your dealership!
Nick
spot on analysis there!!! :grin: :grin:
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SECRETS AND LIES!!!!!!!!! :angry:
get back on the blower and find out why its really not sat on your drive yet!
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OK thanks for all your input guys!
It works like this:
The car is given a chassis number before build BUT the dealer does not get it untill the car leaves the factory gates as such.
My car now has the chassis number and is waiting to be picked up at the port!
Why the dealer said "awaiting chassis number" to me I'll never know!
Pics to follow :wink:
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awesome :cool:
lets hope they remembered to put it together properly this time :wink:
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great stuf, so come on, whatcha got?
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R32 again but in silver this time with the same spec but minus the reverse park sensors - they look a little :sick:
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My car now has the chassis number and is waiting to be picked up at the port!
Why the dealer said "awaiting chassis number" to me I'll never know!
Hope mine's on the same transport!
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Apparently it's on "check stage 7" whatever that means...
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Car has been delivered to me!