Just Got My Build Week!

[ASKendrew]

That seems quite quick ASKendrew, quoting me 12 - 16 weeks if I want to order new as replacement for mine that was stolen...yours looks great, sigh.

I was initially quoted 12 weeks but the turnaround does seem to be super quick at the minute. Hope you get your replacement sorted soon - really does suck what happened (and very close to me too)!

[Raffe]

That seems quite quick ASKendrew, quoting me 12 - 16 weeks if I want to order new as replacement for mine that was stolen...yours looks great, sigh.

I was initially quoted 12 weeks but the turnaround does seem to be super quick at the minute. Hope you get your replacement sorted soon - really does suck what happened (and very close to me too)!

Just to add to this I ordered my R on 11/04, was built start of last week (was at stage 1 of manufacture on Tuesday) and arrived in the Uk on Saturday. Dealer is aiming for a Saturday handover but did say that I have been really lucky with how quickly my car has got to the Uk further to being built.

This has been my best new car experience so far to date with my dealer being absolutely fantastic with the communication all the way through and the VW tracker is also a nice touch as you build up to getting your car 

[Pixwix]

So tempted now to place order...but no doubt my bad luck would continue and I wouldn't get mine for ages...replacement courtesy car end date is 8 July. Keep an eye on those keys ASKendrew...as you say you are close to me

[Raffe]

Collecting my new R at 5pm on Friday....now very excited 

[JamesR27]

Collecting my new R at 5pm on Friday....now very excited 

Congrats Raffe, I am waiting to see what yours looks like as thinking about going for a Silver R myself.

[2014GTi]

Collecting my new R at 5pm on Friday....now very excited 

Congratulations, you'll love it. Had mine since the 10th, it's epic

[scanesare]

Ok this starts to become annoying...

Build week was week 24. End of week 24 I ring the dealership, the salesman who sold me the car was away so I spoke with a different one. He said: Car was built on Wednesday (15th of June) and is now waiting at the harbour. Great! No confirmation email from VW Sweden though that the car is built and at the next stage.

Week 25 my salesman was back , I ring him and you know what? he says: Building started on the 15th indeed but is not yet completed, probably some quality controls.  Does it really take one whole week for a car to be built and controlled in such an assembly plant like Wolfsburg? anyway I thought it can't be much long (although I don't get how I was told it's built and at the harbour).

Now mid-week 26, 2 entire weeks since building started and still no call from the salesman that it's complete. Does that sound normal to people that have some experience with VW building times? Because I'm currently thinking they have messed something up and are re-building from scratch or something. Thought this would take 1-2 days max not 2 weeks as it turns out to be so far. I'm just about to ring my dealership again.

[Mk7-GTD]

Ok this starts to become annoying...

Build week was week 24. End of week 24 I ring the dealership, the salesman who sold me the car was away so I spoke with a different one. He said: Car was built on Wednesday (15th of June) and is now waiting at the harbour. Great! No confirmation email from VW Sweden though that the car is built and at the next stage.

Week 25 my salesman was back , I ring him and you know what? he says: Building started on the 15th indeed but is not yet completed, probably some quality controls.  Does it really take one whole week for a car to be built and controlled in such an assembly plant like Wolfsburg? anyway I thought it can't be much long (although I don't get how I was told it's built and at the harbour).

Now mid-week 26, 2 entire weeks since building started and still no call from the salesman that it's complete. Does that sound normal to people that have some experience with VW building times? Because I'm currently thinking they have messed something up and are re-building from scratch or something. Thought this would take 1-2 days max not 2 weeks as it turns out to be so far. I'm just about to ring my dealership again.

Do you have your tracking number to track the build online?

Sounds like you're dealing with a crap dealer/salesperson. I use VW Birmingham and deal with Matthew Green there and he had my tracking number in less than a week and even though he knew I was tracking the car myself with notifications from VW he would without fail every two weeks give me an update.

[scanesare]

It's VW Sweden so my order number doesn't work with the VW UK tracking system, or unless you have a different link? I tried the VW UK online chat and they said they can't use my order number to track it, probably only works within the Swedish system i guess.

Anyways, as I found out after a few phone calls yesterday and confirmed by my salesperson as well is that the car was completed the 21st, is now awaiting in Wolfsburg and should be here next week, so hopefully no more than 2 weeks left for delivery. My salesperson has been moved to another dealership since over a month and he said the status was only traceable from within the old (mine) dealership's system that's why he was not so up-to-date... Whatever. At least it's clearer now.

[Brenbo]

Just found an email in my email account from yesterday from VW dealer stating my car was built and has left the factory.  I would not usually be too surprised by an email like this.  But on this occasion my build week was confirmed for 01/08/16 which means my car has been built 3 weeks earlier than sheduled.  This is baffling but a nice surprise.  However I have checked the VW Tracker to check if the info was correct and it has not updated from step 3 "Build Week Confirmed" yet.  Although the date for the confirmed build week is no longer on the VW Tracker.  So the email could be correct and I could be driving around in a Golf R by August.   

The reason I an querying the email is it does not state the spec or model of car just that my car has been built, and the person handling the account has changed hands this month.  However the new person is really switched on and good at their job so I doubt she would get the details incorrect.  I guess I will find out soon.