31 Weeks lead time for an R

[matchboy]

Well, after the BW enquiry around 2 weeks ago just prior to adding Pretorias to my order seeing my estimated BW jump from BW4 to BW 8 according to VW UK and BW18 according to my dealer, within an hour of each other, I thought i'd see what my order was doing.

After telling the VW UK rep what had transpired, she excitedly said "good news, it's come down to BW 15!". No it hasn't, it's gone up 7 weeks if I ignore the dealer's quoted BW and stick with what VW UK have told me. BW15, isn't that the week commencing 6th April 2015? If so it'll probably not be ready until early May (assuming past experience of Tyne bound cars not hanging around at Emden long, and proximity of the dealer to Port of Tyne ensuring it gets delivered to the dealership within 3 working days of landing dockside). I'm away on my Hols from the 24th April, so it'll probably be waiting for me on my return.

Not good news MH    It's worth the wait though 

[am1w]

I am still on BW6 and cannot change anything except wheels and colour, both of which I don't wish to change. Just hope my BW does not slip.

[AndyG]

I placed order end of October,before price increase,just been confirmed BW2 via email from dealer.

[monkeyhanger]

Not sure whether adding the wheels and the time of the year they do some heavy duty scheduling either side of the Christmas shutdown have added up to a wholly unrealistic planned BW, and it may drop back down to something reasonable like BW6, seeing as it was up to BW8/18 before even adding the wheels. Maybe it's down to my order being flagged as not required until February on my order form (for a March delivery). Who knows, i'll wait it out, my GTD isn't a bad place to be right now - although the winter mpg is utterly sh!te, averaging about 41mpg indicated.

[am1w]

Not sure whether adding the wheels and the time of the year they do some heavy duty scheduling either side of the Christmas shutdown have added up to a wholly unrealistic planned BW, and it may drop back down to something reasonable like BW6, seeing as it was up to BW8/18 before even adding the wheels. Maybe it's down to my order being flagged as not required until February on my order form (for a March delivery). Who knows, i'll wait it out, my GTD isn't a bad place to be right now - although the winter mpg is utterly sh!te, averaging about 41mpg indicated.

In my case I started on BW2 and ended up with BW6 once I added the Dynaudio. It has remained on BW6 ever since.

I think your winter mpg at 41 is excellent. You are spoilt! Wait until you get the R. Probably 21 mpg or even less!

[monkeyhanger]

I think your winter mpg at 41 is excellent. You are spoilt! Wait until you get the R. Probably 21 mpg or even less!

It's the worst mpg in a long line of TDIs (for the one that's supposed to be the most economical) and there's potential to get a lot colder yet. A toasty 10C yesterday saw a sensibly driven 70 mile round trip get 43mpg. 

I used to be able to hammer my Scirocco 170TDI and get 46mpg on even an 8 mile journey. Progress eh?

Will the R be 1/2 as affected by the cold as a TDI is? It's so long since i've owned a petrol to have kept an eye on the mpg, and as we know, a combination of winter diesel and really needing a warm engine to work at their best does put the TDI at a disadvantage when the mercury drops. I can't remember winters having a massive effect on my old Peugeot 205 GTI's thirst.

[JB GTI]

I had a call from the dealer today with an update. Nothing has slipped and car is still due to be built next week. It was bw51 before I doctored the order and stayed the same when I had the spec altered. The tracker has shown car is scheduled to be built wc 21st Dec since 3rd week of November. To be honest I can't see it being built so close to Christmas but he seems to think there is not a full shutdown over Christmas 

[am1w]

I had a call from the dealer today with an update. Nothing has slipped and car is still due to be built next week. It was bw51 before I doctored the order and stayed the same when I had the spec altered. The tracker has shown car is scheduled to be built wc 21st Dec since 3rd week of November. To be honest I can't see it being built so close to Christmas but he seems to think there is not a full shutdown over Christmas 

It will probably come with a Xmas tree hanging from the Rear View Mirror and Smiling Santa in the Glove Box.

[mark@vorny.co.uk]

Just had BW2 confirmed here 

[JB GTI]

I had a call from the dealer today with an update. Nothing has slipped and car is still due to be built next week. It was bw51 before I doctored the order and stayed the same when I had the spec altered. The tracker has shown car is scheduled to be built wc 21st Dec since 3rd week of November. To be honest I can't see it being built so close to Christmas but he seems to think there is not a full shutdown over Christmas 

It will probably come with a Xmas tree hanging from the Rear View Mirror and Smiling Santa in the Glove Box.

And some leftover stale Stollen and a empty bottle of Gluhwein