New Vehicle Tracking in Transit

[cme2c]

My wife's Golf is on the Oberon, due Port Kembla Monday. Ship schedules are available at http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppSchedules/ Just search by ship name. That's how I found it is 4 days late. I missed the Panama canal transit, but I sometimes watch the ships passing through. I will be watching http://marinetraffic.com/ais/shipdet...MMSI=266283000 to track the Oberon into Brisbane. Any webcams in Brisbane's docks?

[davidh]

The Toreador has arrived in Fremantle this morning. It docks at the No.11 berth at North Quay, inner harbour. http://www.fremantleports.com.au/Shi...er/Webcam6.asp

[Luminary]

The Tamesis arrived in Brisbane on the 28th of September.

I got this picture of it from Pinkenba on the 29th, 5 days ago; a few hours before it was scheduled to leave.

Didn't see my car, but it's there somewhere behind



The good news for me is that I sold my Accord Euro yesterday for a decent sum privately. $4500 more than what the dealer was offering as a trade in so it suited me. The second person to see it bought it. They'd looked at a few other cars and thought mine was the best of the lot.


So I'm now looking forward to getting the Passat even more. Went to the dealers yesterday to provide some paperwork etc. and saw a beautiful black R36 sedan demonstrator/manager's car there.


I'm hoping the car will be released in the next week (if not already) and I'll have it probably in two weekend's time. I've given them special instructions to not buff or detail the paintwork in any way. Far too many times, the paintwork is ruined at delivery.

[apom]

I've given them special instructions to not buff or detail the paintwork in any way. Far too many times, the paintwork is ruined at delivery.

I would be careful to ensure that by doing this Luminary that you are able to check the car for scratches if they have not taken off the pre-delivery coating. I am not sure what they use but my car seemed to have a fine coat of something over it that was left in small places that didn't show up until I did the Zaino bit.

We are looking forward to the pics... you have surely made this an event for us all to follow!!

[V6Passat]

The Tamesis arrived in Brisbane on the 28th of September.

I got this picture of it from Pinkenba on the 29th, 5 days ago; a few hours before it was scheduled to leave.

Didn't see my car, but it's there somewhere behind



The good news for me is that I sold my Accord Euro yesterday for a decent sum privately. $4500 more than what the dealer was offering as a trade in so it suited me. The second person to see it bought it. They'd looked at a few other cars and thought mine was the best of the lot.


So I'm now looking forward to getting the Passat even more. Went to the dealers yesterday to provide some paperwork etc. and saw a beautiful black R36 sedan demonstrator/manager's car there.


I'm hoping the car will be released in the next week (if not already) and I'll have it probably in two weekend's time. I've given them special instructions to not buff or detail the paintwork in any way. Far too many times, the paintwork is ruined at delivery.

maybe for some extra cash you courld provide a service for other VW waiters - Shipping logs, photos, sat images etc. maybe just $500 per vehicle?

[Luminary]

maybe for some extra cash you courld provide a service for other VW waiters - Shipping logs, photos, sat images etc. maybe just $500 per vehicle?

Maybe someone else can set something like that up. It's certainly a good idea I'm unfortunately too busy to really do it for anything but amusement. It was a fun way of passing the time.

I picked up the car today and it's pretty nice. A bit disappointed that everything in the MY10 appears exactly like the MY09 - but that wasn't too unexpected

The BIG disappointment is the manuals!! They absolutely suck. For one thing the number of options not available here are very sobering. Side/lane assist amongst many others. The other thing is that with the R36 seemingly the flagship model; it's not clear what is and isn't included!

I read one thing highly excited and then realise it's not in the R36. The biggest disappointment in this department was the KESSY - keyless entry system!

But it's all about the car... and I must say everything went smoothly with the delivery. They were tight with any extra goodies, even a hint about an umbrella wasn't enough to score me one. I wasn't in the mood to scrounge for one as it can't be more than a few tens of dollars.

The colour choice was good. They had a silver there too, and it looked ordinary in comparison. The white brings out the silver and chrome highlights more; and contrasts nicely with dark tinted windows. The best colour I have seen is the black though... the speckled grey and blue flecks in the metallic paint are pretty awesome; but I've had my one black car. Pity I didn't wait till the R36 to waste my opportunity at black - but in any case the white is pretty nice too.

I couldn't help launching it mildly at the lights. It left everyone far far behind in a hurry. A real buzz.

One thing I have really appreciatied that I don't remember on the test drive is the DIGITAL SPEEDO readout in the MFD. I have set that as the default display as it's nice to see the exact speed.

Pretty tired, and I didn't get any photos!! So I'll get some tomorrow or on the weekend and start a new thread if that's acceptable.

[Benem]

Nice to hear you're happy with the white. Mine lands in 20 days...

[Luminary]

Nice to hear you're happy with the white. Mine lands in 20 days...

Did you order white too?

I think you'll be real happy with it. The contrasts are very nice. Against the low profile tyres, the tint... the blue calipers etc.

[apom]

But it's all about the car...

You bet it is and it only gets better. I have 4500km and its already loosening up nicely.

Enjoy!! Make sure you send some pics!

[V6Passat]

Maybe someone else can set something like that up. It's certainly a good idea I'm unfortunately too busy to really do it for anything but amusement. It was a fun way of passing the time.

I picked up the car today and it's pretty nice. A bit disappointed that everything in the MY10 appears exactly like the MY09 - but that wasn't too unexpected

The BIG disappointment is the manuals!! They absolutely suck. For one thing the number of options not available here are very sobering. Side/lane assist amongst many others. The other thing is that with the R36 seemingly the flagship model; it's not clear what is and isn't included!

I read one thing highly excited and then realise it's not in the R36. The biggest disappointment in this department was the KESSY - keyless entry system!

But it's all about the car... and I must say everything went smoothly with the delivery. They were tight with any extra goodies, even a hint about an umbrella wasn't enough to score me one. I wasn't in the mood to scrounge for one as it can't be more than a few tens of dollars.

The colour choice was good. They had a silver there too, and it looked ordinary in comparison. The white brings out the silver and chrome highlights more; and contrasts nicely with dark tinted windows. The best colour I have seen is the black though... the speckled grey and blue flecks in the metallic paint are pretty awesome; but I've had my one black car. Pity I didn't wait till the R36 to waste my opportunity at black - but in any case the white is pretty nice too.

I couldn't help launching it mildly at the lights. It left everyone far far behind in a hurry. A real buzz.

One thing I have really appreciatied that I don't remember on the test drive is the DIGITAL SPEEDO readout in the MFD. I have set that as the default display as it's nice to see the exact speed.

Pretty tired, and I didn't get any photos!! So I'll get some tomorrow or on the weekend and start a new thread if that's acceptable.

congratulations! yes the manuals are pretty ordinary. re the colour, i have had the V6 highline for a couple of weeks now and the black, well lets just say its the last black car i will own. The pearl black is awesome when clean, but average when now. enjoy the car and look forward to seeing some photos.

[nicandlance]

That's hilarious....

[joel0407]

Can anyone tell me the time from landing in port to dealer delivery?

My Skoda Yeti should arrive in Port Kembla on 23 December. I'll add a bit for the Christmas break but I'm just getting an idea.

Happy Days.

[bluey]

If anyone is still looking the current link is:

https://www.2wglobal.com/webapps?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatt.2wglobal.com%2Fgstattweb%2Focean.do%3Fmethod%3DgetDefaultOceanQuickSearchPage

Paste VIN number in cargo field.

[jake85]

If anyone is still looking the current link is:

https://www.2wglobal.com/webapps?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatt.2wglobal.com%2Fgstattweb%2Focean.do%3Fmethod%3DgetDefaultOceanQuickSearchPage

Paste VIN number in cargo field.

i bought a new Jetta last week : on my contract it says estimate delivery date : 17/7/15 but under car details there is no VIN number or any other specific details, does the mean it gets into the country on the 17th or Dealer ?

[mjgriffo]

Hi all,

Is anyone aware if the WWL tracking system still works with the VIN? I've got the ETA data from my friendly dealer, which indicates that the car should have arrived at the port of shipment a couple of days ago, however using the search feature described on this thread doesn't seem to provide any results.

Has anyone had any luck in the last few months using the VIN in the Cargo ID field here?

TIA