Clubsport order thread

[The_Doc]

Very lucky to get traded in honoured. They won’t do that in mine. Since the car will be twice is current age, and mileage. Well done!

[WelshGolf]

I thought it was bad for me with waiting 19 months but it just seems like it's getting worse and worse?

Can't wait until Q4 figures from last year get released soon to see how many they have put on the road so far. Up until Q3 there were only 812 on the road!

[builderboy]

i have a Clubsport which should be with me April time - i have been given a build date.  however i got sick and tired of waiting so went and got myself an RS4 instead.  so if anyone is interested in the Clubsport, let me know.  specification is as follows:

Golf GTI Clubsport
Dolphin Grey Metallic
19" Adelaide Wheels
Winter Pack with front and rear heated seats, heated steering wheel and 3 zone climate
Dynamic Chassis Control
Rear View Camera

Please message me if you are interested, make me an offer!

[Adammd209]

Just had an update on mine. Ordered september 21 and being told it could be another year away!!

[Stretts]

Just had an update on mine. Ordered september 21 and being told it could be another year away!!

No update on my manual GTI, also ordered Sept 21.   

[Adammd209]

Its rediculous! But if you cancel, what do you go for? Everyones in the same boat!

[Stretts]

Its rediculous! But if you cancel, what do you go for? Everyones in the same boat!

Food for thought, Mrs Stretts ordered a 128ti August last year. Collected end of December. VW take note!!!

[The_Doc]

Then there’s the laundry list of issues it’s had over the last 24 months. At delivery, the leather seats were loose and saggy all round, an issue that, 3 sets of seats later, still doesn’t have a fix. It’s a class wide issue Mercedes haven’t resolved in over 2 years. Delivery was extra disappointing as the dealership had marred every panel of the car, and scratched every wheel installing the locking wheel nuts. Fortunately they paid to have it polished and the wheels powder coated, and you can’t blame that on Mercedes. Then, the boot lid ate part of the rear bumper down to the paint as it settled. That was another week in the body shop. On recieving the car back, the bumper they’d had to take off and paint was sagging. New clips were ordered and took 2 months to arrive. That still didn’t fix the problem, so another 2 months and a set of tail lights later it’s finally sorted. Then, the servo for the rear adaptive suspension failed and would rotate until the shock couldn’t adjust any more, then sit there clicking. That was fixed by the dealership who had the part on hand, and just in time for the alarm to die. 3 o’clock every morning it would go off, without fail. 4 months later, it was finally repaired after replacing the overhead control unit, and the siren. Another class-wide fault. Most recently, the passenger seat heater has started to fail, and requires parts. Another 4 month minimum wait.

The supplying dealer have been awful. They were no help with the seat issue, as I’m 200 miles away, and basically told me they’d buy the car from me, leaving me 8 grand out of pocket, if I wanted rid of it. Mercedes themselves have been equally useless. I’m still waiting on a call from mid 2021. They must have a long backlog. The only saving grace have been my local dealer, who have been fantastic. They’ve helped sort the seats, given me courtesy cars whenever I’ve needed one (I’m in a chair and can’t get anywhere without a car), including when Mercedes roadside assist gave me a Passat from enterprise that appeared to have spent its life as an ash tray, and wouldn’t help

For anyone playing along at home, the A35 has now decided it wants to be FWD, so at least now I can feel like I have my GTI. Manufacturing fault number 5.

[BanksyGTI]

Had an email from my dealer informing me that mine has is at stage 10 (unconfirmed build week) and is pencilled for BW19 (second week in May). This doesn’t sound a lot but I’ve had it at stage 0 for years, quite literally. My order is a CS in dolphin grey on estorils with DCC, reverse cam, HK. Ordered October 2021.
I have a friend who has a 245 GTI pencilled in for BW18 too.

So do we have a case of lots of RHD GTIs currently pencilled in for an early May build or is this a pure coincidence? What are you guys hearing from your dealers?

[Parttimer]

My CS was down for an unconfirmed build of week 17 but has now gone to 0.
Ordered May 22.