BW42

[GTI_Jeff]

Looks like it is officially here!! Mine changed quickly from three weeks to 10 days to arrived so would keep an eye on it......

VW customer service can give you a good indication of where it is and which boat it is likely to be on

Hopefully not much longer now!!

[Flintymutt]

Just had a call from my dealer. It should be with me by Friday depending on transporting it down to me!!

[GTI_Jeff]

Just had a call from my dealer. It should be with me by Friday depending on transporting it down to me!!

Great news, look forward to the review over the weekend to whet my appitite !!

[GTI_Redpath]

just been on VW CS to find out if my car is getting on the city of paris thats due in at emden soon. apparently they cant tell me if its getting on the ship or not. im sure someone somewhere on this forum has been able to find out if there getting on a ship or not before..

[monkeyhanger]

just been on VW CS to find out if my car is getting on the city of paris thats due in at emden soon. apparently they cant tell me if its getting on the ship or not. im sure someone somewhere on this forum has been able to find out if there getting on a ship or not before..

No one seems to know it’s getting on a ship (not VW UK, not the dealer), just when it got on a ship. If your car got on a ship on Weds and was due in Tyne dock on the Thurs, the tracker will update to “10 days” when you check it on the Thurs morning. A day to ship, maybe half a day to unload on arrival then a day to clear customs, usually 4 days from arrival at dock for VW UK to have it transported to the dealer. Things seem to happen quicker at the UK end for Tyne bound cars than Sheerness and Grimsby bound cars.

[GTI_Redpath]

just been on VW CS to find out if my car is getting on the city of paris thats due in at emden soon. apparently they cant tell me if its getting on the ship or not. im sure someone somewhere on this forum has been able to find out if there getting on a ship or not before..

No one seems to know it’s getting on a ship (not VW UK, not the dealer), just when it got on a ship. If your car got on a ship on Weds and was due in Tyne dock on the Thurs, the tracker will update to “10 days” when you check it on the Thurs morning. A day to ship, maybe half a day to unload on arrival then a day to clear customs, usually 4 days from arrival at dock for VW UK to have it transported to the dealer. Things seem to happen quicker at the UK end for Tyne bound cars than Sheerness and Grimsby bound cars.

shame i couldn't just go to the tyne port and pick its up myself was hoping to pick it up next week if it does get on the boat tonight as im off work next week but that's probably unlikely

[monkeyhanger]

GTI_Redpath:

I was supposed to be able to pick mine from port or have the dealer pick it up from port to save 3 days delivery, after kicking off to VW UK about my car being built almost 3 weeks late (BW33 car built at the back end of BW35), but it never happened. The dealership did this for my dad’s car when he was on a scheduled visit to my house to pick up his car, which was consequently delayed but was going home the morning after it cleared customs at port (he now lives in Southampton, but still buys his cars up here because they give pretty much no discount/freebies at his local VW group – “Peter Cooper”).

To get the dealer to go to the port and collect it rather than wait for VW UK to deliver it to the dealers is possible, but there is apparently a lot of red tape involved and it’s not something the dealerships like to do unless there is a really good reason for doing it (like my dad having to do a 700 mile round trip the following weekend to get it).

Are you getting yours from Benfield/Pulman/Lookers group?

[GTI_Redpath]

GTI_Redpath:

I was supposed to be able to pick mine from port or have the dealer pick it up from port to save 3 days delivery, after kicking off to VW UK about my car being built almost 3 weeks late (BW33 car built at the back end of BW35), but it never happened. The dealership did this for my dad’s car when he was on a scheduled visit to my house to pick up his car, which was consequently delayed but was going home the morning after it cleared customs at port (he now lives in Southampton, but still buys his cars up here because they give pretty much no discount/freebies at his local VW group – “Peter Cooper”).

To get the dealer to go to the port and collect it rather than wait for VW UK to deliver it to the dealers is possible, but there is apparently a lot of red tape involved and it’s not something the dealerships like to do unless there is a really good reason for doing it (like my dad having to do a 700 mile round trip the following weekend to get it).

Are you getting yours from Benfield/Pulman/Lookers group?

im getting it from benfield so its only a few mins down the road from the port. its no massive hardship to wait for it to get delivered to the dealer the traditional way rather than picking it up from the port. I havent got a good enough reason really, would just be easier to pick up next week rather than the week after if thats how it turns out

[mullermn]

Car has ticked down to 10 days! As usual, no contact from dealer, found out myself through the website. Still, nearly here.. 

Update.. apparently it's on the Weser Highway, which looks like it's heading in to Grimbsby by this evening. I guess it then takes a while to get out the port and over to the dealer.

http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:2.971732/centery:53.51769/zoom:8/oldmmsi:355390000/olddate:lastknown#

[GTI_Redpath]

still waiting for the city of paris to leave HOPEFULLY with my car on!!
http://new.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:7.207245/centery:55.70264/zoom:8/mmsi:233921000


UPDATE: its leaving! hope its on there!