Build Date Confirmed!!

[Bungleaio]

I spoke to him yesterday and I'm going in on Wednesday to sort things out, he says it should be with them within 5 days of being at the port so fingers crossed it will be there when I go.

I'm hoping to pick it up the following week if so that will be 14 weeks from order to collection which is a lot quicker than I was expecting.

Any news for you?

[Flim]

Cool, I am a week behind you, ordered 22/07, BW40 so will be happy with the same 14 week total.  I tweeted VW on Thursday and was stage 5 of build so moving along nicely. Keep us posted on progress please, and post some pics when you get it :-)

[Bungleaio]

Don't worry there will be plenty of pics.

It annoys me when people are part of the buzz of waiting for the new cars, once they get it they disappear from the forums.

[MXResonance]

Don't worry there will be plenty of pics.

It annoys me when people are part of the buzz of waiting for the new cars, once they get it they disappear from the forums.

Hey I'm still here, will be posting up my review/build thread this evening at some point 

[Cossieian]

Yippee it's finnally my build week this week
Any ideas how long it should be to I collect it from dealers??

PS bought a new Number Plate for it today, can you register a new car on a private Reg?

[Booth11]

Don't worry there will be plenty of pics.

It annoys me when people are part of the buzz of waiting for the new cars, once they get it they disappear from the forums.

I know what you mean.  No staying power!   

[JesGit]

GTI ordered on 11 Aug and I'm collecting tomorrow. So about 8 weeks total wait. I believe the dealer already had it 'preordered' but I added a sunroof which doesn't seem to have delayed things by much. Initially, it wasn't expected until towards the end of Oct.

[Stonkers]

I just got off the phone to VW UK and they still have no build date, but it could be here as late as mid January. They seem to think that the dealer has just been giving me duff info, but all of you seem to be getting your cars in the timescale I was expecting. Honestly I am giving up on the dealer and looking for one elsewhere now, January seems a little silly for a July order to me.

Let me see what I can find elsewhere.... anyone seen a spare 3 door manual Carbon Grey laying around anywhere spare :-)

Hi all,

I just came across this forum and thread and wondered if anyone else was getting a runaround from VW at the mo? We ordered a GTI Carbon Grey, 3 door manual on 22nd July, and we still don't have a confirmed build week, but have an unconfirmed build week of 50. This is a pretty standard car, and looking at your posts some of you who ordered then almost have your cars now.

Anyone else in the same boat as us? I cannot get a straight answer from dealer or VWUK, but want the car so will have to wait.....

Any kindred spirits?

I ordered 13th July with all the options ticked and mine was built last week. I'm really surprised you haven't at least got a confirmed build by now. Maybe your dealer is out of allocation and is waiting for a slot?

I would tweet @vwukhelp for assistance. Good luck, the wait is frustrating but quite enjoyable too.

[Flim]

Something definately does'nt sound right. It's almost like they have only just placed your order and you now have the normal order lead time to wait.

[Mark V GTD]

PS bought a new Number Plate for it today, can you register a new car on a private Reg?

You can but it usually causes a delay and also when you sell the car it causes another day because you need to get a number allocated tot he car (presuming you want to keep the private plate). Its best just to get the car registered in the normal way then swap over once you have the private plate (make sure you store the original plates safely to go back on when you sell).