New Polo - I've got one!

[PhillipAudiDealer]

Just reading all your locations, most of them are WA, Vic, SA. Is it me or is there a shortage of Polo;s in those areas? like i ordered my car two weeks ago and its arriving on the docks the 28th Aug...i just feel surprised/shocked to read that most of you put orders in excess of 6 weeks ago, Might want to quiz your dealerships about this.

It sounds like the dealer you went to had exactly what you wanted when you ordered it.. your prefs are popular so we use our crystal ball to work out what customers hopefully want so then we can and shorten lead times. In saying that Volkswagen put our quota to builds for eta of Jan so cars I ordered from scatch on the 19th will arrive in Aus by Jan2011.. it sound like the one you have coming on the boat was ordered by dealer June this year.. I have customers who ordered in may who will be on your boat too. There is also a supply shortage on RCD-510 which throws spanners in works for all customer orders.. At the moment every time a polo arrives and I am about to put it on as a demo. A person walks and says after a polo.. I will take that one.. thank you.. We get happy and sad all at the same time. Friday prime example Blue 77 DSG with Sports Package and Audio. 45 mins from getting plates on it Cause saturday have 7 test drives booked! . A young man from out of town rolls in . Softly spoken says to me " Hey mate is that the new Polo?" I say yes (my sales peoples ears prick up **** my boss is talking to somebody lol) then he asks is that the Blue? I say yes "Sportspack?" Yes "it would not the audio package would it?" I say yes..... He says would it be OK if I could buy that car. I replied happy but sad "YES". Deal done their and then..

POLO is like A GTI DSG or a Golf R at the moment even a multivan wish I just had more..

Please be Patient my Polo friends they are coming .

[Hail22]

Is your vehicles on the Mignon? they're probably all huddled together getting excited to come off the boat and into the hands of its eager new owners lol. love the reply haha crystal ball.

[dave_r]

I ordered mine on 21st May but haven't been given a VIN number yet.

FWIW, we ordered first or 2nd week of May from memory and got the VIN info at the start of the month (3rd).

Is your vehicles on the Mignon?

Ours is, due to dock in Melbourne this w/e if all goes to plan. Hope they get it to the dealer quickly!

[FJ Steve]

Ours was ordered mid-June (from memory). ETA is mid - late November.

[Hail22]

FWIW, we ordered first or 2nd week of May from memory and got the VIN info at the start of the month (3rd).


Ours is, due to dock in Melbourne this w/e if all goes to plan. Hope they get it to the dealer quickly!

MIGNON - 9189251 - Vessel's Details and Current Position keep an eye on our boat if you like

[dave_r]

MIGNON - 9189251 - Vessel's Details and Current Position keep an eye on our boat if you like

Yeh had that link, but the live map still has it just of the coast of WA. Just keeping an eye on this one at the relevant dates.

Vessel Details

[Hail22]

According to the live timing and records you car arrived yesterday afternoon, as the ship is due to head out soon for Port Kembla

[dave_r]

Picked up the missus car today, quite impressed with how it drives. The white with sports pack works well IMO.

BTW, the DSG now has a nicer looking shifter rather than the ugly old MK5 style T-Bar.

Photos later, don't have time to upload them somewhere right now.

[dave_r]

Here we go... No idea what the front tint is, but it looks like a near perfect match.


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And this is the new DSG shifter...


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[FJ Steve]

Nice work Dave. She looks a beauty.

Love the DSG shifter....so much more in line with the .:R DSG we have. Hope this is now standard .....

[dave_r]

Love the DSG shifter....so much more in line with the .:R DSG we have. Hope this is now standard .....

Yeah it finishes it off nicely. The dealer said the last batch to come in all had the new one which is good. The original one looked like a the T-bar in my parents Mk5 auto golf!

[RedSky83]

Yeah it finishes it off nicely. The dealer said the last batch to come in all had the new one which is good. The original one looked like a the T-bar in my parents Mk5 auto golf!

That's awesome! I must admit I wasn't a big fan of the T-bar shifter, considering I still haven't got my VIN I'm hoping mine will have that.

[Casper]

So excited! Picking up my Polo tomorrow afternoon! Got my new stereo sitting on the floor next to me, all wired up and ready to go straight into the car LOL hopefully it's a straight-forward process and I'm not left with a partly dismantled Polo on the first day...

[Allegiance]

So excited! Picking up my Polo tomorrow afternoon! Got my new stereo sitting on the floor next to me, all wired up and ready to go straight into the car LOL hopefully it's a straight-forward process and I'm not left with a partly dismantled Polo on the first day...

What stereo did you end up getting?

[Casper]

What stereo did you end up getting?

The Sony XAV-70BT... Thanks again for your help in getting all the right bits to make it fit!