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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #20 on: 07 May 2011, 13:21 »
It's only a Golf. Tell them to get stuffed and go buy something else.
Only when loads of people do this will the price of VWs come down - that's my logic anyway!!!!
But you can pay more for a top of the range Astra TDI than a golf. So the price is not that high.

You wouldn't pay anywhere near retail price for a Vauxhall though Geoff, the £££s would come rolling off the asking price once you started playing hard ball with the GM dealers.
VW dealers will just wave you a fond farewell these days rather than knock a few grand off. Can't blame them if they know they can sell more than they make, just so long as they accept that when times are a little harder for them the shoe will be on the other foot.

F** 'em. Buy used, and then not without a fight. Power to the People!
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Offline Snoopy

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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #21 on: 07 May 2011, 13:26 »
But if you buy from a broker new its often thousands cheaper than used.
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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #22 on: 07 May 2011, 13:31 »
But if you buy from a broker new its often thousands cheaper than used.

So long as you have 9 months of your life spare. I think VW must actually be giving birth to the bloody things. Sodded if I would wait, the design will be out of date by the time your numberplate has been screwed on.
Modern western society is geared up nowadays so that everything only has a 5 minute shelf life, stuff if rushed into production and is old hat by the time it's a year old. Look how many features the mk6 has had change in less than 18 months already.
The mk3 had minimal changes in 6 years, apart from junking the sh!tty fuel injection system on early 2.0 8v's.
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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #23 on: 07 May 2011, 15:23 »
I was so lucky and waited exactly 3 months. Mind you, premature births are beset with problems and Wolfgang eventually needed a new bottom. I think he might have been a badly executed delivery. He's had plastic surgery and his rump is now all aglow.
My nephew's car is ready for collection today. He had to wait 9 months and it ended up as a C section. It came out blue (Shadow Blue) and needed resuscitation. :rolleyes:
I could never wait that long as at my ripe age time is of the essence. It is pointless delivering a car to a dead body unless VW has some covert plan for this. But then we should all be ordering black cars to speed up the process!
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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #24 on: 09 May 2011, 09:58 »
I ordered a GTD in April 11 and it is scheduled for a build week 25 which is 2 weeks earlier than yours?? How can this be? Maybe it's the extras you've had? I haven't had DSG so can only assume that's what is holding things up?

And i disagree with people saying get a used one. My new one works out cheaper than the 6-12 month old ones that are currenty available. With only a 12 - 14 week wait it's definitely woth it for me.


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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #25 on: 09 May 2011, 10:25 »
I'm surprised too I was told DSG then engine, then some air intake problem.  I think there maybe a dealer allocation issue as well but this was not mentioned.

Has your build date been confirmed yet?
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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #26 on: 09 May 2011, 10:42 »
It was supposed to be week 29 but has been brought forward to 25. Not sure if that's a definite though

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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #27 on: 09 May 2011, 11:05 »
I ordered a GTD on March 9th and I've been told build week 22, so I'd expect to have delivery by early-mid June, all going well. I can't understand how a car that was ordered in October is still in the queue.
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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #28 on: 09 May 2011, 11:11 »
i waited a whole 2 wks for mine  :laugh:

+1 to exonians earlier post  :cool:

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Re: GTD delayed again !
« Reply #29 on: 09 May 2011, 11:35 »
I ordered a GTD on March 9th and I've been told build week 22, so I'd expect to have delivery by early-mid June, all going well. I can't understand how a car that was ordered in October is still in the queue.

It comes down to a clueless dealership that's why  :rolleyes:

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