New car order delays

[neepy7.5]

Still nothing from my dealer with regards to picking the car up, will give it till the afternoon and then I'll ring up

[SRGTD]

Interesting thing I've just noticed...

Manual GTI-P.... 155g/km.... I wondered if adding bigger wheels and a sunroof would change the CO2 figure... upwards..

It does change it...

Well, the wheels do... add 19's and it drops to 153g/km... I wonder if that's a glitch or actually the real VED figure?

My understanding under WLTP is that vehicles with options fitted that materiallly affect the weight of the vehicle such as larger wheels and sunroof had to be tested separately. I assumed this meant the tests would have to be run for cars specifically fitted with these options, and separate MPG / emissions figures produced. So lots of additional testing in addition to a standard, vanilla spec car for each engine/trim level, which would also help explain why it’s taken so long for WLTP testing to be completed.

Perhaps some of the Golf’s 19” wheel options with tyres fitted weigh less than a car with the standard wheels + tyres? (I believe 19” Pretoria alloys weigh less than the standard 18” Cadiz alloys on the R). If so, that could explain the lower CO2 figure with 19” wheels.

[wigan1609]

Just had a call from the dealer, car will be ready Saturday for collection, Happy Christmas to me!! 

[Dre1973]

So I've just got off the phone with my dealer. He confirmed all wltp documents are cleared and my car would be ready for collection within a couple of week due to it still been sat on the dockside. They even emailed me the reg number which ive told them to hold off on for a bit as I'm still unsure wether to take it shared of my planned 1st March delivery.

[neepy7.5]

Not sure what to believe at the moment, my dealer just told me VW are still saying first week of January that they can be registered. I'm going looking at it at the weekend anyway so i'll try to hold fire till then

[watchdog]

Not sure what to believe at the moment, my dealer just told me VW are still saying first week of January that they can be registered. I'm going looking at it at the weekend anyway so i'll try to hold fire till then

This wont be anything to suit the retailer will it?  End of year / 2018 figures etc!!!

[neepy7.5]

This wont be anything to suit the retailer will it?  End of year / 2018 figures etc!!!

You'd think they'd want the cars off their forecourt and money in ASAP considering the slump in sales they've experienced since September. I'm not sure but there is more than one person here who have had phone calls from their dealers saying cars will be ready for collection before Christmas.

Spoke to Lie Chat and they said the information they have is January for registering. Who do we believe? I guess we'll find out when people start uploading pictures of their shiny new motors 

[wigan1609]

This wont be anything to suit the retailer will it?  End of year / 2018 figures etc!!!

You'd think they'd want the cars off their forecourt and money in ASAP considering the slump in sales they've experienced since September. I'm not sure but there is more than one person here who have had phone calls from their dealers saying cars will be ready for collection before Christmas.

Spoke to Lie Chat and they said the information they have is January for registering. Who do we believe? I guess we'll find out when people start uploading pictures of their shiny new motors 

Just spoke to my dealer, picking up Saturday morning at 10.30, they also have one another being picked up at 9am, they have given me the registration number so no issue registering before January.

[neepy7.5]

Just spoke to my dealer, picking up Saturday morning at 10.30, they also have one another being picked up at 9am, they have given me the registration number so no issue registering before January.

What Spec have you ordered?

[fredgroves]

Interesting thing I've just noticed...

Manual GTI-P.... 155g/km.... I wondered if adding bigger wheels and a sunroof would change the CO2 figure... upwards..

It does change it...

Well, the wheels do... add 19's and it drops to 153g/km... I wonder if that's a glitch or actually the real VED figure?

My understanding under WLTP is that vehicles with options fitted that materiallly affect the weight of the vehicle such as larger wheels and sunroof had to be tested separately. I assumed this meant the tests would have to be run for cars specifically fitted with these options, and separate MPG / emissions figures produced. So lots of additional testing in addition to a standard, vanilla spec car for each engine/trim level, which would also help explain why it’s taken so long for WLTP testing to be completed.

Perhaps some of the Golf’s 19” wheel options with tyres fitted weigh less than a car with the standard wheels + tyres? (I believe 19” Pretoria alloys weigh less than the standard 18” Cadiz alloys on the R). If so, that could explain the lower CO2 figure with 19” wheels.

Yes, I thought so too. In fact thats why a SEAT I believe dropped options altogether...

And that is why I tested adding a sunroof and 19's...

Sunroof - no effect.

19's  - a positive effect.

Yes it could be weight (both 19 options though yield the same result and I'm sure they BOTH aren't lighter than parkers...) but I thought it was actually more than just dead weight that effected it....