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Title: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Grab on 05 February 2008, 20:33
Hi,

I was wondering how long you guys had to wait for your car to arrive once you had placed the order?

I put my order in on the 11th of Dec and the latest from the dealer is that it will be here mid April :cry:. I am going mad waiting for my new car (not helped by having to drive down some great b roads on my daily commute).

Cheers
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Max Q on 05 February 2008, 20:43

From ordering day to driving it off the forecourt:

10 weeks and 2 days.

Not that I was counting or anything.. :grin:

The wait is an absolute killer but you just gotta put up with it. It's worth it.
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: bornfree on 05 February 2008, 21:34
ordered 22 august, collected  21 november. ed30 in red,i have just clocked 1000 miles and it still feels a bit tight, i am hoping it will loosen up soon!

bornfree
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: T88OMM on 05 February 2008, 21:38
ordered 22 august, collected  21 november. ed30 in red,i have just clocked 1000 miles and it still feels a bit tight, i am hoping it will loosen up soon!

bornfree

Only 1000 miles since November!! I have had my ED30 for about 3 weeks and already done 1200 miles!!  :laugh:
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: bornfree on 05 February 2008, 21:43
ordered 22 august, collected  21 november. ed30 in red,i have just clocked 1000 miles and it still feels a bit tight, i am hoping it will loosen up soon!

bornfree

Only 1000 miles since November!! I have had my ED30 for about 3 weeks and already done 1200 miles!!  :laugh:

weekend car only,renault van all week,and only nice dry weekends

bornfree
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Hurdy on 05 February 2008, 22:07
I can't remember exactly :undecided:

I must have some kind of mental block from the trauma of waiting :laugh:


It was about 12 weeks. :smiley:
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Manu_R32 on 05 February 2008, 22:14
Hey Grab...i put my order in for the R32 around the same time aswell but turns out in december the VW Factory is closed (not sure if this is 100% true) so the orders wouldnt have gone thru untill jan...i am expecting Mid March/Begining April...have you got a build date for your car yet?
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: p3eps on 05 February 2008, 22:18
17 and a bit weeks for me.
I was originally told 12 and it grew and grew and grew!!
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Grab on 05 February 2008, 22:22
Hey Grab...i put my order in for the R32 around the same time aswell but turns out in december the VW Factory is closed (not sure if this is 100% true) so the orders wouldnt have gone thru untill jan...i am expecting Mid March/Begining April...have you got a build date for your car yet?

Nothing yet - what about you?
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Steve78 on 05 February 2008, 22:51
I ordered mid-Jan, I got a call last week telling me my car is due to be built mid-March and expected to my dealer early/mid April
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: RedRobin on 05 February 2008, 23:10
Ordered late May 2005 and delivered early August 2005. I tried to collect from Wolfsburg but the bureacracy and paperwork was beyond ridiculous!

Yes!! A RHD Throbbin' Red one! :smiley:..............

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b308/RedRobin_05/production2.jpg)
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Andy B on 06 February 2008, 07:49
Ordered mid October 07, ready mid January... pretty much what they suggested - 10-12 weeks at the time, but I'd guess that fewer people buy a car in mid winter, so perhaps the waiting list will grow again.
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: john_o on 06 February 2008, 07:53
ordered    26/07/2007
build date 15/10/2007
picked up 30/10/2007

so 3 months ~ 12 weeks , although I was expecting 14-16 tbh but it came early :-)
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: T88OMM on 06 February 2008, 09:30
I oredered mine on the 1st December and it came on the 14th January , it was around 6 weeks roughly, I was lucky I suppose looking at all the other posts in this thread  :smiley:
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: 08micsta on 06 February 2008, 09:55
We had a nine month waiting list...

But got our GTI earlier. So 6 months wait for us  :shocked:
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: mr magoo on 06 February 2008, 15:38
Ordered 21 November 07, latest delivery *estimate* is for 7 March 08. 107 days - not that I am counting or anything!!

Was originally told 30 Jan ...
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: zerolight on 06 February 2008, 16:29
Ordered late December, confirmed delivery date of 1st March. Dealer said it's the quickest build date he's had... I'm assuming someone changed their order, releasing a car that already had a build date or something. Cars built and in transit. Dealer expects it in a week or two, but naturally I'm waiting for the new plates.
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Lynsey on 06 February 2008, 19:01
16 weeks and 5 days!

It was 16 weeks from order day til "the phone call" day to say it was on its way over, picked it up by the end of that week.

Calling it a painful wait would be an understatement!
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Manu_R32 on 06 February 2008, 19:56
Hey Grab...i put my order in for the R32 around the same time aswell but turns out in december the VW Factory is closed (not sure if this is 100% true) so the orders wouldnt have gone thru untill jan...i am expecting Mid March/Begining April...have you got a build date for your car yet?

Nothing yet - what about you?

Nothing yet either :(....Dealer told me i should get one any time soon so....just trying to wait patientley :) The wait will deffinatley be well worth it...
Title: Re: How long did you have to wait?
Post by: Golfgirl on 07 February 2008, 12:11
Orderd 6/11/07
Arrived at dealers 2/1/08
Drove away in it 14/1/08

So 8 weeks from ordering to it arriving at the dealers and nearly 10 weeks from ordering to me getting my hands on it!