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[matchboy]

I'd check it with VW if I were you, sounds like a c0ck up to me - you would hope that the order tracker shows the colour you've ordered!

Bear, you are some kind of genius and I am loving your work!  I'm guessing we now wait until build weeks are confirmed in w22 and then you're good to go?!

[Bill_the_Bear]

Ok, well I found an order with "Build Week Confirmed" however, it doesn't say what the BW is. 

It does say that BW confirmed typically happens about 4 weeks before the car is built.  So, at the moment we can't pin it down precisely.  I suppose running the program once a week might show which cars have moved from order processing into build week confirmed and thus give us an idea of how fast they are building them and what orders move through without delay.

[GolfTi]

Sounds a bit like sneaking a look at the Christmas presents when I was a kid.....

Mine is still on wk 25, it'll be here this Summer some time. Fine by me.

[monkeyhanger]

I'd check it with VW if I were you, sounds like a c0ck up to me - you would hope that the order tracker shows the colour you've ordered!

We have to ask ourselves whether we'd take DBP for free over Tornado Red. If both of our orders turn up with DBP then neither would be obliged to pay for it - my dad never ordered that colour and I changed mine from that colour with the dealer. With mine I suspect that maybe the tracker hasn't been updated (maybe it will change when week 22 has passed). I think my Dad has a better chance of getting DBP than me die to his seemingly a genuine cock-up by VW. If he's happy with the possibility of DBP for free then we'll say nowt and see what happens.

[mcmaddy]

I would ring Mick and double check. What if its not even the same car??

[monkeyhanger]

mcmaddy: The tracker spec for my dad's order states that it is a 5dr DSG GTD, just the colour is wrong, and it is a colour my dad was keen on apart from the £500 cost. The dealership is right, everything else is right on the order. If my dad would welcome free DBP paint I think we'd just not mention it. VWs cock-up and Mick won't be liable for it.

[mcmaddy]

I agree but if your dad wanted a black car then he would have stuck with it. He's gone for red. I would still ring Mick even though it isnt his fault. I would be rejecting mine if it wasnt the colour id ordered.

[monkeyhanger]

mcmaddy: My dad was giving the black some thought, I think the price was putting him off - he liked it but did he like it £500 more than he liked the red? I'll tell him the situation and see whether he wants to chance the possibility of a black one (for no extra) or stick with the red.

In a situation where my car turned up in the wrong colour, it would depend on the colour. If it turned up white I could live with it, but wouldn't be paying for the paint charge, likewise for black, possibly carbon grey. Any other colour and I would reject.

[mcmaddy]

I've ordered White and I want white 

[Gryzor]

I've ordered White and I want white 

Yeah, if my Pure White turned up DPB I'd be annoyed to say the least!  They'd have to order a new car for me or give me a HUGE incentive to keep it!