Hi Joe, you have me worried now, previous to submitting my order I did ring a large Dublin based dealer who in deed couldn’t guarantee me a car, what they wanted me to do was build it, submit order and deposit and VW built it well and good ie no guarantee of build slot. Refundable deposit obviously. I started this to my own dealer but was assured all was ok, I even added the art velours and area view after that irder was gone in. He did say no build week was showing but that this was standard as it takes a couple of weeks to come on. I have a trade in value agreed so I’m hoping it won’t drag on but you never know with VW. I will enquire to see can I get any further clarity on the matter.
Yep, in my experience (I've bought a few new VW's!), it does take a couple of weeks to get a build number confirmed. But it should show something like "order accepted" or something along those lines on the dealer's system much sooner than that.
There's nothing to stop dealers spec'ing a car up for you and taking your deposit. Unfortunately that doesn't mean VW will build it. It'll be interesting to see if you get a build week in the next few weeks...
