Blue Graphite?

[neilgcal]

cant see the pic 

patience lad

yeah i admit i have no patience. I blame that on my mum as she has none either. Thats why im not good in traffic, need to vertake everything!!  Will become an easy task when my new GTI arrives!!! 

[R32UK]

oooh, me likes!! 

the white one is a sportec upgrade of a 1.4tsi and makes 200bhp. Look out Gti's

[Rolfe]

Bet you are excited now. I can't believe you got a build week so quickly, i had to wait 10 weeks just to get that far. Someone on here ordered 3 months ago and still does not have a build week!!!

So what's going on?  When I ordered (3 weeks ago) my dealer said "maybe September", and so far he's been proven right.  The other dealer I spoke to, about a week before that, said "three months irrespective of the specification".  Although that one seems to have been a bit pessimistic, it's the same ball-park, maybe just a more conservative estimate.

I understand how some people have managed quicker, by being able to latch on to vehicles already in the system, but I seriously don't understand how it's proving so much slower for some people.

Rolfe.

[R32UK]

^^ Chances are that a dealer spots another dealer looking for a car of similar or exact spec. 1 dealer then supplies another and is given a small cut

Slimey barstewards these dealers.. you have been warned

[Rolfe]

Hmmm, sounds exactly like what my dealer told me this afternoon, but from the other side.  He said he'd just handed over a new black one (GTi?) to its new owner this afternoon.  It so happened that another dealer had a car exactly the specs his customer wanted, and the other dealer released it to him.  This was told to me in the spirit of "you never know your luck".  Exactly why the car was "going spare" was not explained.   

So I reckon my dealer is on the receiving end of that sort of deal!   

Rolfe.

[rskardon]

AFAIK the ford heated windscreen system is patented by them which is why you only get that system with fords.

Is it just me or does it seem complete lunacy to crush a perfectly good car with only 18k miles?  Don't get me wrong, I dont blame you - its the govt who are retarded as usual.

I thought that was the case too, but my mum's Mini has a heated windscreen with te same system (tiny wires in the glass) so how do they get away with it?

[Rolfe]

I've heard of it in other makes too.  I wonder if Ford licensed the product to some other manufacturers.

Rolfe.

[neilgcal]

I used to think it ws just Ford's that you could get it on and then my mate bought a mini and got a heated windscreen.

you can get a heated windscreen for the Passat CC so god knows why you can't get it on a GTI .. i would have paid extra for it if i could get it!!

[mds69]

you can get a heated windscreen for the Passat CC so god knows why you can't get it on a GTI .. i would have paid extra for it if i could get it!!

Did ask about this with my order - dealer told me that the Ford patent on this expired in 2005.  Even allowing for the 5/6 year design cycles you'd have thought it would be on the mk6 given the new found semi-premium status/pricing.  Perhaps they have an agreement that says the option list has to be shorter than Audi! 

[keelaw]

Why have a heated windscreen! Doesn't it mean funny rainbow coloured lines when you wear polarised sunglasses?

And if you need to clear your windscreen, a quick blast of air con (even with heat on) will sort that out.

Maybe the growth or air con has made the front heated windscreen redundant. You still need it at the rear since no direct air vents there.