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Offline mackandmark

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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #70 on: 01 June 2013, 17:26 »
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(if it is built at the start of BW27 and it takes 2 weeks from start of build to land at my local dealership)

from start of build to delivery to your dealership in 2 weeks??

That seems incredibly optimistic monkeyhanger? Have you had that confirmed?

I would have expected at least 4 to 6 weeks for this part of the process, lets hope you are right & we'll all get them a bit quicker!! :laugh:

I was just testing the water with him to see the response he gave. Mine is on order & showing as processing (like many others!!) :angry:

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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #71 on: 01 June 2013, 17:30 »
no reason why a car that leaves VW in Germany on a Monday can't be delivered to the customer by the Friday. leaves Wolfsburg on a train straight to Emden. Emden overnight to UK port, port side for a day then to dealer. dealer pdi and to customer. that's Ideal world scenario but definitely not 4-6 weeks! I would say no more than 10 days (according to my salesman anyway)
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #72 on: 01 June 2013, 17:31 »
2 weeks from end of build, certainly. Depending on when in the week it is, according to the "track my order" website it takes approx 30 hours to build a Golf, over 2 to 4 days (i'm guessing they don't work weekends and a Friday start means a Monday finish). It can take just 2 days for a car to be shipped from Germany to the UK (should'nt be waiting more than 2 days for the next UK bound ship) and my car will be shipped to the Port of Tyne, 2 miles from me/8 miles from my dealer. Factor in a day for PDI as I won't be picking it up during a plate day rush and 2 weeks is definitely possible
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #73 on: 01 June 2013, 17:39 »
German efficiency at it's best then........hopefully.

I feel a bit better about my build week 40 now!!

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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #74 on: 01 June 2013, 17:44 »
my bw of 34 is still pi**ing me off no matter how efficiently they make it. its the piss poor efficiency on the side of the channel that's the problem!
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #75 on: 01 June 2013, 18:30 »
monkeyhanger, it will take 4 weeks from when its built to when you get it.  It takes at least 2 weeks to ship it over trust me.
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #76 on: 01 June 2013, 18:43 »
matchboy: My Roc took 17 days from leaving the factory to pick-up at the dealership. It was 3 days later than it should've been as it missed it's scheduled ship by hours and had to get on the next one, 3 days later. Portugal to UK Tyne Dock was almost a 3 day sail too. With all that in mind, 2 weeks is very possible coming from Wolfsburg (1 day sail from Germany to UK).
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #77 on: 01 June 2013, 18:53 »
I hope you're right for all our sakes!!
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #78 on: 01 June 2013, 19:17 »
three days tops for any car to be in this country from Germany. they've got a rail line straight from VW to Emden.
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Re: Contact from VW UK re: Estimated BWs etc...
« Reply #79 on: 01 June 2013, 22:15 »
As long as you're ok eh GolfTi!  :wink:

Not at all.
My understanding was that the GTD would follow the GTI by a month or so.

Apart from Monkey's cancelled/changed order has anyone got a firm build week for a GTD before week 25?

If I'm wrong then I'm wrong but that was my understanding.
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