Waiting and waiting.

[mrjoe]

is quite a long time... mine was ordered 1st week of september and getting build week 46

[boardlord]

Mr Joe, Don't believe all the stealer tells you I ordered on the 17th July and have so far had Build weeks of 38,40 and now 43. Beginning to wonder if it'll ever come!

[percymon]

My dealer, part of Inchcape group, actually have a list of retro fits they undertake - they list cruise as £153 fitted incl VAT, thats cheaper than the factory !

and will have a 2 year warranty instead of 3 years 

...which is better than installing yourself and invalidating your 3yr warranty 

[Rhyso]

My dealer, part of Inchcape group, actually have a list of retro fits they undertake - they list cruise as £153 fitted incl VAT, thats cheaper than the factory !

and will have a 2 year warranty instead of 3 years 

...which is better than installing yourself and invalidating your 3yr warranty 

would that not only apply to the bits you fitted rather than the entire car?? e.g say if your window motor failed surely that would still be covered?   

[p3asa]

Also I ordered mine without cruise control, a decision i have since come to regret. Is it possible to have this installed as an after option?

If its not a definite build date then you should be able to add cruise control to the order.
If you can't then at least you know you have a "definite" build date.
Phone your dealer.

Edit: oops maybe I should have read the whole thread before replying 

[Snoopy]

Mr Joe, Don't believe all the stealer tells you I ordered on the 17th July and have so far had Build weeks of 38,40 and now 43. Beginning to wonder if it'll ever come!

Location: Italy if true Italy and UK will be different.

[percymon]

There is a two fold order system, first stage is locking the spec so it's available for vw Germany to issue a possible but unconfirmed build date. This basically adds it to the factory order list so they know what parts to procure ahead. Then 4-5 weeks ahead of build the order becomes confirmed and a true build week is assigned, it's basically found it's place on the line and the bits are ordered!

[denyason]

i got mine 2 weeks after i ordered it in august.  there was a slection of ready built ones on there database.  didnt wnt any extras, apart from metallic and upgrade alloys so i got what i wanted at the superb time.  not really fussed about getting anything else as its not the main car that i use.  no point in extras for me as probably in 3yrs time it will probably be exchanged for something else, so on.   we never keep cars for more than 3yrs but the last golf tdi we had was almost 5 yrs old.  at the time mark 55 gti wasn't out yet so we got the best tdi-  i wish we had waited those 1,2 months if that.   we got 7 grand for it considering it was caputt due to my bro putting petrol in it.  luckily dealers didnt have a clue.
if your not fussed on what extras you want- there are a few about.  quotes of 46 wks or so is bloody long.  you would get sick of waiting.  in th4 6 wks you'd probably spent 10 full weeks thinkin about it.  i only had to think about it for 2 weeks.  by 46 wks there will be more gti's on the road so you'd feel less unique.  so far i haven't seen any gti's as yet.

[simonpolly]

And now in english

[keelaw]

denyason - build week 46 means that the car will be built in the 46th week of the year.  not that the buyer has to wait 46 weeks for it to be built!   


why not wait an extra 4 to 6 weeks longer than you did so that people spending their hard earned can have exactly the car they want?  better than spend over 20k on a compromise?