Register of unhappy Polo purchasers awaiting delivery...

[Hail22]

Joe when you get your GTI don't forget to think hard about a great number plate to go with it "Batler" "Digger" etc your eventual car deserves some fighting encouragement!

[GTI JOE]

Thanks for the encouragement guys
I am starting to feel like that guy in the film "The Castle". If we all just bombard the VW Group with complaints then maybe our voices in Australia WILL be heard at VW HQ, that's where all the important boffins are in their ivory towers. If not, then their view is DGAS (Don't Give A Shit). I guess, just in case, I should be working on a 'Plan B' if this delivery time goes to the end of 2011. This may entail looking at other brands of cars that can deliver, a second hand Mini John Cooper Works would be nice.

I will keep you posted with any late breaking news.

[Buller_Scott]

there are ways to get their attention- i wont go into detail, but there are ways.

pm me if you'd like a potential alternative to the usual "repetitive phone calls, dealer visits, emails, and letters" route (moderators included).

[Souljak]

Hi all, if it helps ...

My Golf GTI is on the boat now. Long story short it left Germany 24/12 and swung by South Africa 20/01 with the following stops:

FREMANTLE AUSTRALIA 31/01/2011
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 05/02/2011
PORT KEMBLA AUSTRALIA 07/02/2011
BRISBANE AUSTRALIA 09/02/2011

Point I wanted to make was I would assume new Polo stocks would have been picked up in SA and if your in the market for a new one in a particular spec you might find one that suits on the boat. I think you can have your dealer run a search of all unallocated stock. The boats name is Otello, voyage CO035-OTL.

Good luck, hope you get your cars soon

[GTI JOE]

Wonder if the ship swung by Spain as well? that's where the Polo GTIs are being built. I believe SA builds the other Polos.

[Souljak]

Wonder if the ship swung by Spain as well? that's where the Polo GTIs are being built. I believe SA builds the other Polos.

Sorry, no. I didn't know they were built there. Its gone Germany > UK > South Africa > Australia

[Tank Engine]

I waited about 6 months in '06 for a Golf GTI.

VWA don't listen because they have no influence at galactic HQ. If you really, really want a pogo then wait.........

[GTI JOE]

I waited about 6 months in '06 for a Golf GTI.

VWA don't listen because they have no influence at galactic HQ. If you really, really want a pogo then wait.........

I agree, as I have previously pointed out, but while we wait we try to change things. Gotta do something while passing the days, months

[stucam]

Gav et al, I lusted after a Polo GTI but when ALL VIC dealers told me I'd have to wait 6-8 mths, I thought: stuff that. Having also weighed up the quality and stock option differences between the Polo and the Golf GTI, I thought I'd look into the Golf. I managed to find the car I wanted in an afternoon and have it delivered if a boat in 3-4 weeks. YES, it is a much more expensive car, but when I weighed it all up it was a no brainer. S

[Souljak]

Gav et al, I lusted after a Polo GTI but when ALL VIC dealers told me I'd have to wait 6-8 mths, I thought: stuff that. Having also weighed up the quality and stock option differences between the Polo and the Golf GTI, I thought I'd look into the Golf. I managed to find the car I wanted in an afternoon and have it delivered if a boat in 3-4 weeks. YES, it is a much more expensive car, but when I weighed it all up it was a no brainer. S

Yeah, I kinda agree with this one too. I had an order for a Polo GTI but by the time you option it up and get it on the road your looking at mid to high 30's. So I went a base 3dr Golf GTI with manual and 18" detriots instead and stumped up the extra coin. Yeah, its more money but I know in the long run id be more happy.

What the Polo does have over the Golf though is size. While its not a big issue for me as im from the suburbs for city dwellers and drivers I can see why a Polo is more practical especially when their the same in 0-100

I dont doubt for a second though its all VWA's fault for slow deliveries. End of the day their a business and have numbers to meet and im sure they would love to get more stock and quicker to meet demand. This is just what happens sometimes

[William_Foster]

On a positive note; does anyone think that the delays in ordering has something to do with why the VW's have good depreciation figures when compared to some rivals? Given that I am at nearing the end of my 6-7 month wait I am probably a little more positive at this stage than those that are just embarking on the long wait.

[Frostee]

Maybe, but then again if you order a car in December 10 expecting to get it in April 10 and then are told you're going to get it in Aug/Sep 10 you've already got a 2011 car that's the best part of 12 months old as far as resale a few years down the track will view it.

[gavs]

...told you're going to get it in Aug/Sep 10 you've already got a 2011 car that's the best part of 12 months old as far as resale a few years down the track will view it.

I'm not sure I follow. You get a car with a build date generally 8 weeks after it's built then it gets a compliance plate at the docks/pre delivery centre saying the compliance date. If I order a car in December 2010 then receive it in September after being built in June 2011, it doesn't get a build date of 12/2010, it gets a build date of 06/2011 and complianced 09/2011...

[gavs]

On another note guys, has anyone heard the whispers of extra GTI builds happening this qtr...?

[payno]

On another note guys, has anyone heard the whispers of extra GTI builds happening this qtr...?

Who whispered this to you!

Does this mean a lucky few may not actually have to wait until July?