Feeling rather deflated myself this week, ordered my car 17th June, and it's still sitting with the Factory.
I've never really been in a rush, but all this waiting around just gives me time to think, I'm currently waiting on a price from my dealer for a Golf R instead lol 
Something already in the system?
EDIT: See I'm so depressed about my car, I've only just realised you are taking the p!ss!!!! 
IT'S NOT FUNNY! (It is really)
Something doesn't seem right here. Surely you should have had heard something by now. I don't buy the delays on Pretoria's as a plausible reason for delay. Has your supplying dealer had allocation issues that they are not telling you about ??
I really don't know JB. My dealer guy is on holiday at the moment but needless to say I will be pressing him for a response from VWCS on his return.
When I last pressed him on 16th Jul, I got a non committal reply:
"Looking at all the other Golf R models I have on order with estimated built weeks your car and one other are week 35, all the other ones are 36 or further back than this.
I don’t know why your order might be taking nearer to 8 months by the time it has been shipped and ready if it is built during week 35, I have had a couple that took about 7 months or so, the average is 5-6 months, I have had three come through a lot quicker the rest"
And, when I mentioned the rumoured delays due to Pretorias:
"I didn’t know there were delays with the wheels"
Forgot to say, there is someone on vwroc who ordered same day as me and in same boat. They have similar spec with Prets, possibly one or two others too.
