Looking forward to hearing all about it! Your dealer is doing a good job then. I somewhat doubt mine would attempt to "pull some strings" to speed things up for me in this kind of situation. heh heh.
I was a bit worried that if he pressed too hard on the port authorities that they'd be pulling the car to bits, concerned it was a mule car for drug trafficking and he was trying to bypass customs!
The dealer has pulled a bit of a fast one with the "free" service pack that was in the deal though. My dad has decided not to do VW finance - he's just paying for it outright with some of his savings (only making 2.9%). The dealer has asked him to pay the £120 difference on the service pack as it was £249 with VW finance, or £369 without. I'm sure that the £249 service pack offer came in after the point of ordering. There is certainly no mention of the offer in the early edition of the pricelist (dated 01 April 2013).
My dad has also offered to lend me the £20k I need for mine at 2.9% (the same he'd be getting in his ISAs), so that's a £48 monthly saving in interest for me. I will be pointing out that £249 service pack wasn't an option when I ordered mine in late March if he tries the £120 on with me.
