The official I have ordered/received my new MKVI thread

[SilvrFoxX]

The R and the GTI are possibly the worst offenders for wait time, demand and option config seem to slow everything up. The TSI should be more readily available even if you start ringing all the dealers or ask them to look up what is in stock. The standard wait period is 3 - 5 months for a factory build

[corsa350]

Corsa,
I hope it all goes well for you.
unfortunately the reality is that it is at least a 12 month wait for freshly ordered R's, or so we are being told by other dealers.
Anyway, i hope your guy has a Batphone through to Wolfsburg.
You'll love it when you get it.
Just back from a drive, and I can still hear that wonderful induction growl.

Drive Hard or Drive Home!

It looks like you really enjoy every moment with your R. I can't wait to experience the real driving pleasure that the R will deliver to me.


Cher, I was also told different wait times by the different dealers. It ranged from 4 to 8 months. I don't know who is right.

[langers_sydney]

Ordered my R three weeks ago, was told delivery 8 to 9 months. Should get first update in march. Yes it is a while to wait huh....

[DDTW]

It looks like you really enjoy every moment with your R. I can't wait to experience the real driving pleasure that the R will deliver to me.


Cher, I was also told different wait times by the different dealers. It ranged from 4 to 8 months. I don't know who is right.

I HAD to look and touch my R every night before I went to bed during the first week its arrival hahaha.....LOVE IT!

[SilvrFoxX]

Ordered my R three weeks ago, was told delivery 8 to 9 months. Should get first update in march. Yes it is a while to wait huh....

Yes I am afraid it is, I have just hit 5 months and have 4 to go..just keep hanging in there.. all before you say it is worth it

[Klink1313]

Yes I am afraid it is, I have just hit 5 months and have 4 to go..just keep hanging in there.. all before you say it is worth it

I can put up with the wait...it is just the uncertainty that gets to me. 1st scheduled date was week 5, then week 13 and yesterday by some miracle this has been pulled back to week 10, day 3. At least it has made into into the VW system in das Vaterland..............hurry up and build it.......at least then all I have to worry about is war breaking out in Europe before the ship leaves, the ship sinking or pirates

Dealer told me yesterday that wait for a Polo GTI was now 18 months........how the hell did VW Aust allow that to happen

[Corey_R]

This is another of the 100's of examples on this forum of why too much information is bad for your health!
The only certainty you have in "just in time" production is that there is no certain date that your car will be built, until "just before", hence the "just in time" production. Oh - the other thing about "just in time" production, is that it's more efficient and keeps factories at a higher utilisation rate. So all this swapping and changing is for your benefit! It's just not good for your health

As for the Polo GTI wait times... this is so not the place for it, but seriously... what has the construction of factories in other countries got to do with VW Australia? The only way to have avoided this issue was to not offer the car for sale in Australia in the first place - and you know the reaction that would have had...

[7R]

My dealer just called to tell me the car is no longer appearing on the system as in-transit which means it has landed in either Melbourne or Port Kembla (he is vague on the detail). Can someone tell me what car carriers have recently arrived in either port and when I could expect delivery of the car based on the fact the vehicle no longer appears in transit. Also can someone tell me if a car arriving now to port is an MY11 or MY11.5 build? It is possible a car built post week 45/2010 could already be arriving here in port.

I ask because he is telling me it is an MY11.5 but surely something built in mid-Nov 2010 wouldnt be here by now? I based my acceptance of the price/offer on it being an MY11.5 so will just need to suck it up if it isnt I suppose. Funny thing is when I was looking back in late October BarloWorld at Mascot told me this exact spec was coming into country in late Feb early March but even back then (being week 43/2010) it was showing as assigned to a dealer in Taree... could it be the same car and could a car that hadnt yet been built have already been assigned to a dealer and make it here in time?

[sho]

i think your on the same carrier as mine.
TOLEDO
it left Sydney early this morning for QLD i think.

[Corey_R]

I ask because he is telling me it is an MY11.5 but surely something built in mid-Nov 2010 wouldnt be here by now? I based my acceptance of the price/offer on it being an MY11.5 so will just need to suck it up if it isnt I suppose. Funny thing is when I was looking back in late October BarloWorld at Mascot told me this exact spec was coming into country in late Feb early March but even back then (being week 43/2010) it was showing as assigned to a dealer in Taree... could it be the same car and could a car that hadnt yet been built have already been assigned to a dealer and make it here in time?

There are already forum members who have taken delivery of their MY11.5 cars. So it should be MY11.5

[Angryman]

I can confirm this...mine was built in October and is 11.5

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[7R]

i think your on the same carrier as mine.
TOLEDO
it left Sydney early this morning for QLD i think.

When are you expecting delivery?

[DreamensioN]

Apologies if this has been covered before, but I wasn't going to look back through 186 pages of this thread . How are you guys finding out what week/day your build is? Is it through the dealer (ie: keep emailing/calling them)? Or is it via other means? I've been given an ETA arrival date (in the port I presume) of June 14 - but that's all the info I have.

[sho]

When are you expecting delivery?

this is what I've received from the dealership:

"Once your vehicle docks it can take 1-2 weeks to arrive at the dealership, then 3 days for us to get ready."

[Rosey456]

3DR Golf R - fully optioned (no recaros)
Ordered in Nov 2010 and have been told delivery should hopefully be November 2011.
Nothing short of a disgrace.
Im over a barrel because there is no other car on the market that I am remotely interested in. The wait continues