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At Last. Just been to dealer and car has arrived yesterday at Tyne. So after getting it detailed should be on the road for 1st June.
A 75 week wait!!!!!

Great news you deserve a medal after your wait picture ASAP


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allye wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:16 pm At Last. Just been to dealer and car has arrived yesterday at Tyne. So after getting it detailed should be on the road for 1st June.
A 75 week wait!!!!!

Which dealer did you get yours from Allye? Not sure which port mine would be arriving to

Griff74 wrote:

johnpolo2 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:35 pm Well let's face it Griff, when date order appeared to have no bearing on the pecking order for builds then why should the cars time sat at the dock.
VW motto must be 'Random is as random does' .

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True, when did you get your "in transit" notification?

Notification of 5a in Transit on 6th April

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Just outside Emden on Glovis Sunlight. What ships sail to Grimsby?

johnpolo2 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:59 pm

Griff74 wrote:

johnpolo2 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 2:35 pm Well let's face it Griff, when date order appeared to have no bearing on the pecking order for builds then why should the cars time sat at the dock.
VW motto must be 'Random is as random does' .

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True, when did you get your "in transit" notification?

Notification of 5a in Transit on 6th April

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Oh wow so a week after I got my notification, way to go VW! lol

Griff74 wrote:

johnpolo2 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:59 pm

Griff74 wrote: True, when did you get your "in transit" notification?

Notification of 5a in Transit on 6th April

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Oh wow so a week after I got my notification, way to go VW! lol

Yes it doesn't make sense. My order date was January 2018 not 2019 so perhaps they believe I have waited (as others) long enough.

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blingsley: got mine from Camerons in Perth Scotland. They say 2 weeks to transport up.

Probably the last thing I wanted to see today, but a grey 2018 Gti overtook me earlier near RAF Wittering.

Bramcoteboy27 wrote: Thu Apr 25, 2019 5:04 pm Just outside Emden on Glovis Sunlight. What ships sail to Grimsby?

I've been watching activity from Emden and thee is no regular pattern.
I convinced myself that a particular ship was doing shuttle runs between Emden and Sheerness.
Today, that all changed and it left Sheerness for Zeebrugge, completely breaking that pattern.

Another ship that I had not seen referenced in either port traveled from Emden to Sheerness overnight.
It's almost impossible to really know what vessels to track beyond Emden.
There's also no telling how many vehicles back in the queue your vehicle will be either.

Very frustrating.

The only one I'm aware of that does the run is the Malacca Highway, approx 3 days for a return trip Emden/Sheerness/Emden

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/MA ... -355351000

That was the one that changed pattern today and is now heading for Immingham.
The unexpected Emden to Sheerness vessel was the Danube Highway which is now headed for somewhere else.

gonk1959 wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 12:31 pm

Steve_2019 wrote: Tue Apr 23, 2019 10:33 am I did read else where VW had a lot issues with the New WLTP emissions and the South Africa plant with strikes last year but even so over 12 months waiting for a normal road car is a p*** take. Just hope it’s worth the wait.

Hopefully they speed up the production lines up to get the order books down a bit.

There will probably be a new model out by the time I and a lot of others take delivery of their vehicles

If that happened I would expect a good discount on the model.

The Sunlight is in Emden!

Many didn't realise that after ordering a car they'd become an expert in maritime traffic. [emoji6]

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