Hi, it has actually been confirmed as week 31 - so looking like late October! Fingers crossed something brings it forward - I can't wait that long!!SRGTD wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 7:10 amIf build week 31 is an estimated rather than a confirmed build week, then there’s a reasonable chance that estimated build week may change a number of times before VW confirm the actual build week. Once the actual build week has been confirmed, then it shouldn’t change. An estimate is just a best view, and can be influenced by supply chain issues and disruptions outside VW’s control, and until VW’s suppliers have confirmed they are able to supply all the parts / components needed to build your car and when they will be supplied, VW won’t be able to confirm a build week. Impossible to say how likely it is your estimated build week will be brought forward because of factors outside VW’s control.
If week 31 does become the confirmed build week, then the possible timeline for build and delivery of your car could be something like I’ve outlined below. However, this is purely a guesstimate, so the actual timeline could be somewhat different.
- Car built during w/c Monday 1st August.
- w/c 08/08/2022; Car moved out of factory awaiting collection for transportation on the ocean going leg of journey. Length of wait time before it’s loaded onto ocean going transport vessel? Unknown, but let’s assume two weeks.
- w/c 22/08/2022; Ocean transit to the UK - estimate 6 weeks.
- w/c 03/10/2022; Car held in storage compound until collected by one of the road carriers used by VW. Length of time in storage compound? Unknown. The road carrier will wait until they can completely fill a transporter with vehicles to be delivered to dealerships in the same area as yours, so your car could sit in the port-side compound for a while before it’s collected. Let’s assume it’s there for a couple of weeks.
- w/c 17/10/2022; Car arrives at the dealership, checked over and PDI’d prior to collection. Once the dealer has your car, it shouldn’t take them long to get it ready for collection (2-3 days?), but how soon it will be ready will be influenced by the number of other vehicles they have to PDI, and the number of staff they have available to carry out PDI’s. Car is valeted ready for collection by customer.
So I think the earliest you’ll see your car will be late October/ early November - that’s assuming your estimated build week 31 becomes the confirmed build week.
- w/c 24/10/2022; car ready for collection
I have ordered mine with Matrix IQ lights - does anyone know if the LED strip across the front can be turned on during day and night or are they just on at night?