Build Date Confirmed!!

[p3asa]

Congratulations Bec. All that waiting will be a distant memory soon like your holiday 

25 years married myself later in the year with 30 years together all in. I've been trying to see if she would wear celebrating with a "Silver R" but so far she's resisted.

I must try harder. 

[Booth11]

Thanks Steven

Congrats to you too in advance of your Silver Anniversary!  All these long marriages/relationships!! You know this forum may have had a hand in their continuing success.  Certainly in my house, whenever my partner thinks about moaning (surprisingly not very often) how much time I spend on here, he remembers the alternative is me banging on about cars to him instead, and counts his blessings!!  Haha, makes for a harmonious relationship.

You must try harder for the silver R!  Smart way to link it to the anniversary btw, lol.  Come on, you can convince your good lady wife.  But perhaps you need to stow away a nice surprise gift for her in the glovebox to keep things sweet!

[ashasg03]

got my 5b today. does this mean its on a ship or ready to be shipped ?

[Booth11]

got my 5b today. does this mean its on a ship or ready to be shipped ?

Waiting to be shipped:

5b: in transit:shipping - at Emden waiting a boat. Normally received 48 hours after 5a.

5c: in transit:nearly here - on boat to either Grimsby, Tyne or Sheerness depending on dealer location.  At this stage VW can give you the name of the boat, but it sometimes skips this stage.  Now states 10 days to dealer.

6. Arrived in the UK - as stated, takes up to 10 days apparently, although they try and do it within 7.

7. At dealer - just needs PDI and valet and is ready for you.

[Bungleaio]

Anyone had bw38 confirmed?

Nothing yet unfortunately.

Same for me, no text or email 

Nothing for me either

I have tweeted VW and I'm now unconfirmed 46!

[ashasg03]

cheers booth. Going on holiday next Tuesday so wanted all the paperwork done and the car to have arrived so I can have it delivered on 3/4 sept. Fingers crossed it gets put on a ship quickly.

[Flim]

Anyone had bw38 confirmed?

Nothing yet unfortunately.

Same for me, no text or email 

Nothing for me either

I have tweeted VW and I'm now unconfirmed 46!

Thats rubbish news, Bungleaio, will be gutted if mine has dropped back as well.  Tempted to tweet vw but might leave it until next week, ignorance is bliss and all that.  Can you confirm what spec you have ordered?

[JB GTI]

Welcome to the wonderful world of VW build schedules. If you get one under 5-6 months it is a bonus you get used to it, not happy about it but used to it. If you want a Volkswagen just factor in the long wait and sit tight. To be fair falling under the spell of the online tracker is a relatively new instrument of torture VW have employed just to add to the misery and one that should avoid at all costs if you want keep your blood pressure down !! 

[Bungleaio]

Thats rubbish news, Bungleaio, will be gutted if mine has dropped back as well.  Tempted to tweet vw but might leave it until next week, ignorance is bliss and all that.  Can you confirm what spec you have ordered?

It changes quite a bit, I've gone 42, 45, 38 and now 46. I think the 38 was just giving me false hope, I only ordered a month ago.

At the end of the day being in the queue to have a brand new car built to my specification isn't a bad place to be but it is crazy how long it takes. A hand built rare sports car then maybe but what is essentially a family hatchback largely built by robots it does seem a long time.

I asked my dealer to make sure my order is correct and he just said it was all ordered as per my online spec that I built on the configurator, I've not seen anything hardcopy from the actual ordering system though. I'm not sure if VW could help via twitter due to the short message length?

[Flim]

It does seem crazy definately!

Can you post the spec you have ordered?  There has been previous posts from people regarding delays for the 19" alloys, DSG boxes and certain options etc.  If we have similar specs then I guess I will definately be in the same boat as you.