No News = GOOD NEWS!

[mickofoz]

I was told by my dealer today that my car as been on the ship for the last two weeks. He gave me my VIN number but it doesn't show up on the tracking site.
Never mind, at least my car will be here very soon.
Ordered in July and delivered end of October. Not bad. As promised.

[team_v]

Congratulations.

Did you get it in writing?

[mickofoz]

Get what in writing? I saw the details on his screen. I just emailed him to check the VIN he wrote on the back of his business card.

[team_v]

If you have an email or something that you can physically show to them, then you can demend that delivery takes place when it was meant to.

I would have made them print out the shipping details and the exact date of arrival and when i could pick it up, that way you have some documentation if anything oges wrong/they sell your car off and tell you it was delayed etc.

[mickofoz]

I still have some faith left in humans (foolishly). So I will take his word for it. This is my second new car with him. I'm quite sure he wants me to continue to be a customer with him.

[team_v]

Okay.
Hopefully it all goes well

[mickofoz]

My Tigga is on its way...
I should have it by mid October

BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 19/08/2009 22/08/2009
ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 23/08/2009 24/08/2009
SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 26/08/2009 26/08/2009
EAST LONDON SOUTH AFRICA 12/09/2009 12/09/2009
DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA 13/09/2009 13/09/2009
REUNION ISLE STDENIS REUNION 17/09/2009 17/09/2009
FREMANTLE AUSTRALIA 27/09/2009 27/09/2009
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 02/10/2009 02/10/2009

[WannaTig]

Woohoo!

How maciting

Glad its good news, was a bit dubious there for a bit.

So how did you finally extract the VIN from him? Heh heh maybe now someone elses is 'delayed'

[mickofoz]

Actually the person who sold me the car wasn't in today so I was able to speak to his boss. Took him 30 sec to find out the location of the car and VIN number. Not happy with my guy. He needs to visit customer service classes badly. I remember, in the past VW used to send me surveys after I bought my POLO GTI off them. I will not be as forgiving this time round.

See the location of the ship:

http://aprs.fi/?call=2BSG3&mt=m&z=10&timerange=10800

[Spook]

He must have treated you alright the first time if you went back to him?

[Torn]

cool, you finally got some info you should be driving it last week in october, dont be suprised if the dates change though, mine has added an extra week along the way, pirates maybe

its between equador and NZ at the moment

[mardpea]

Mine finally arrived in Aus two weeks ago this Monday. Bit dissapointed it has taken so long to get to the dealer, especially since it is only about 2km from the port.

Amazingly, while driving to work this morning (I usually take the train but couldn't be bothered for some reason) I saw a small transport truck loaded with three vehicles, one of which was a brand new black Tiguan still with the protective plastic on it headed towards my dealer. I can't beleive I saw that. If I left home a few seconds either way, I would have missed it. I havent been notified yet but I am pretty confident, given the time, that it was mine.

Woo hoo, the countdown is seriously on now.

[MKTD]

Congrats mate.

I called my dealer this Friday and was told that my car has been shipped out. I also got the VIN number from him. I did a search on Wallenius Wilhelmsen website (putting the VIN# in Cargo ID field) but no records found. Umm, does that mean my car is probably not being shipped by the company? Any ideas? It'd be great to know where my car is at the moment.

Thanks

[DieselTig]

Congrats mate.

I called my dealer this Friday and was told that my car has been shipped out. I also got the VIN number from him. I did a search on Wallenius Wilhelmsen website (putting the VIN# in Cargo ID field) but no records found. Umm, does that mean my car is probably not being shipped by the company? Any ideas? It'd be great to know where my car is at the moment.

Thanks

I believe it is still at the docks and not on boat yet. My dealer told me that mine will be on the boat which is due to sail on 19th September. He will also give me more details once this happens. Your car could be on the same boat as mine. I ordered mine from Essendon VW.

[MKTD]

Thanks. That could be the reason. I will check after 19th then. I ordered via Barloworld VW by the way. Cheers