Tracking Progress on your Polo and Polo GTI

[snedden9485]

Many thanks Gavs. Seems im waiting on exactly what you are! Dealer is saying 26/5 (port Kembla) i think plus roughly 2 weeks for delivery to Newcastle. Fingers crossed hey... Are these ETAs generally accurate or could it be earlier?

[gavs]

Generally pretty accurate, if not a bit early. We should be ok because the holdup generally comes from the Port Elizabeth dock

[payno]

Tombarra is back in range!
Just appeared off Cape Town steaming towards Port Elizabeth ETA tomorrow morning.

[Ohmang]

Tombarra is back in range!
Just appeared off Cape Town steaming towards Port Elizabeth ETA tomorrow morning.

You just beat me to it!! - posted in the golf Mk6 forums as well :p.

Not too long to go!!

[Frostee]

Tombarra is almost at Durban and after leaving there will be on its way to Fremantle.

[gavs]

See, Port Elizabeth, held up again! We're catching you frostee and Payno... Only 5 more days until Carol docks in Durban...

[Frostee]

Yeah, looks like Tombarra is a day behind schedule, held up in Port Elizabeth.

Has anyone heard what's happening on the docks in Melbourne?

[ian.perry]

I called my dealer yesterday since I've hit the 3 month mark (ordered at the end of January). Been trying to get some sort of ETA on the car since then (3dr GTI, Comfort, Xenons). Spoke to someone different this time, apparently the guardian of the NADCON system at the dealer since he looked it up himself whereas my sales guy always had to go and ask someone else. Found out I haven't even been allocated a build spot yet...

Think I'm going to have to pry myself away from lurking in here for a while. I've pretty much already got a shopping list of value to the car before the factory even thinks about building it!

[crumbs]

Probably not a bad idea leaving the forum for a few months. I spent weeks worrying myself into a fit because there was no info, and it actually made it much worse checking into this forum every day hearing about how everyone else was going.

I was in the same position as you. Almost same spec car, dealership was completely unhelpful and refused to admit the obvious (car hadn't made it past "dealer spec" stage and wasn't arriving this year). I'm glad I ended up finding a car in stock, but man, it's a cruddy feeling going through what you are.

[Corey_R]

Probably not a bad idea leaving the forum for a few months. I spent weeks worrying myself into a fit because there was no info, and it actually made it much worse checking into this forum every day hearing about how everyone else was going.

Yep I agree. I've seen countless members here work themselves up into a mental wreck due to checking in on the forums constantly and worrying about every small detail. Too much info is not a good thing when you're waiting. Get off the internet, focus on your work/family/other hobbies, and come back once you have your car and can enjoy it

[gavs]

Yeah, looks like Tombarra is a day behind schedule, held up in Port Elizabeth.

Has anyone heard what's happening on the docks in Melbourne?

The strike went ahead, it is now being reported that the workers at the docks in Freo will strike too as of yesterday, if demands are not met....

[ian.perry]

Bit hard to get off the Internet when you work in IT unfortunately.

I'm a bit peeved about the whole thing mostly because I don't actually have a car right now; the payout from my last car being written off has gone to the Polo. I needed to know roughly when I could expect the car to help me decide what to do in the meantime, which I made pretty clear to the dealer when I signed.

[gavs]

check with a few rural NSW dealers maybe, see what kind of stock they have and if they can help you out

[gavs]

Tombarra is docked in Durban guys

[Frostee]

Good stuff! Where's yours?