Despair not, for there is hope... thanks in main to VW's hopeless tracking/scheduling software. I went into my local dealer on Monday for thr umpteenth time to ask if there was any likelihood of the GTI arriing earlier than the Aug. 18 date they have been giving me for the past 3 months. I was told the latest update said Aug. 10 and then suddenly the car turned up at the dealer's yesterday, 2 weeks ahead of time.