Still waiting..... (my story so far)

[ScottA]

Dealer allocation not build allocation is the key thing Scott. When I ordered mine in Sept 2009 they said 3 months delivery. I said you have got to be joking I will goto Crewe Volkswagen and see they can do it faster. They said Crewe won't do it any faster it all depends on the dealer allocation. Dealers are only allocated a small number of each model, Stoke Volkswagen was 3 GTD's, 1 was the demo car that left 2 for sale plus the demo. They said they were getting phone calls from London asking if they could get a GTD for them as all the dealers down there had used their allocation.

I thought the idea of a dealer selling cars was to sell them as many as possible not just sell the ones they are allocated?

It ended up 4 months in the end.

I know that's the problem, Crewe said they had allocation with the factory for a GTI when they didn't, and that alone wasted 1 and 1/2 months. I went to Stoke as well but I wasn't too keen on them, so that's when I spoke to Chester and I have zero regrets. By far the best customer service I've received from a dealership (so far) and I often get overlooked being 21 (or 18 when I bought my A3)

In one way, it's good because it means there are less GTI/GTD's out there and it will keep the residuals up as people won't be willing to wait!

[Mr GTD]

Chuffed for you mate, glad here it's in the UK....''THE WAITS NEARLY OVER''

[mkviken]

only new car i had to wait for was my mini cooper when they first came out. ordered it the day they went on sale and waited a few months for it but mine was the very first indi blue delivered to that dealer and even got photographed for the local paper as they were really big news at the time!

[Murrayedition35]

Sounds like your having a long wait for this one...

Post up some photos when you do get it....

[ScottA]

Sounds like your having a long wait for this one...

Post up some photos when you do get it....

Thanks mate will do!

[GolfTi]

I waited 3 months for mine, well worth it and it still feels special today as its exactly what I wanted to my own spec.

The wait and anticipation was actually a really nice part of the whole GTI experience, especially the factory visit to Wolfsburg during build week.

[ScottA]

I waited 3 months for mine, well worth it and it still feels special today as its exactly what I wanted to my own spec.

The wait and anticipation was actually a really nice part of the whole GTI experience, especially the factory visit to Wolfsburg during build week.

Nice ! I bet that was an experience!

I had a factory visit around Bentley, unfortunately I wasn't buying one lol!

[Mr GTD]

You boys and your factory visits....well jealous 

[andykram]

I might wait 16 weeks for a Bentley - not for a Golf. VW never cease to amaze me how much they take the pi** sometimes. Having said that, you've received some proper good service from VW UK so credit where credit's due.

Still, if you don't mind waiting you will love it when you finally get it.

[Mr GTD]

Update! Please Scott