Re: New GTI + delivery
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 12:08 pm
It’s a good job I’m not going anywhere as I’m now officially car less for the next 6 days as I’ve just returned from dropping the car off at the detailers
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Hopefully not too long to wait now. When you’ve had a chance to drive it for a while I’d be interested in any comparative insights you have. Thanks.johnpolo2 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2019 6:01 amI hopefully get mine in a couple of weeks or so. I'm swapping my 6c GTI for the new version. Will be interesting how it compares, drive wise. I sat in a stock GTI last year but I haven't driven one.Trantor wrote:For those still waiting, here's my ongoing tail of woe! Ordered new GTI+ mid June 2018. Up until this weekend the tracker has been showing "with the factory". Contacted dealer end of April for an update and told car should be built mid May. To my surprise, this weekend, I received a message from the tracker saying build week confirmed first week of June. An obvious date disparity so queried with dealer, who after contacting VW, called me back saying my car is actually in the process of being built. After a few whiffs of smelling salts I regained some composure
So, question I have from those who have recently endured the torture, and taken delivery of their new pride and joy, how long roughly will it take from build to actual delivery? I'm estimating 4-6 weeks.
Also, now the end is in sight, can anyone who has moved from the previous 6C GTI to the new one give any comparative comments. I'd be interested to know as I've yet to see one in the flesh, let alone test drive one! Am I nuts to have dumped this amount of cash on something I've never seen?
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Yeah I know, I’d budgeted for the majority of them but it’s amazing how the cost of little things here and there soon stack up.
Mines been 14 months wait. Finally picking up tomorrow eve.Martin-GTi wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 8:48 pmWelcome Mike222. I ordered my GTI+ on 13th May too, but exactly one year before your order. I took delivery on 22nd March this year, so just over 10 months waiting. Reading the experiences of some members here, I definitely didn’t have the longest wait.Mike222 wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 4:50 pm I am new here, currently driving golf 7 , ( the second ) I fancied a change ! Ordered polo gtl + on Monday 13th May, no one seems to know accurately when it will be here , I will pass on info on here when I get it . Meanwhile I have been reading reviews and watching YouTube videos about Polo GTI. That’s made the wait even more unbearable and it’s been less than a week !!!!!!!
It seems VW are starting to get a little more on top of production - there was a long pause for WLTP compliance, so hopefully yours will be delivered quicker.
Now I have the car, I fully agree with peeceeuk- it is worth the wait and I absolutely love driving it, especially now it’s run in.
The tracker also says 4 weeks from build in progress to delivery....take it with a pinch of salt. Mine took 11 weeks to arrive.SRGTD wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2018 12:44 pmInteresting.
http://www.carmag.co.za/news_post/vw-fi ... ilt-in-sa/
All variants of the previous Polo GTI model were built in Spain. According to VW website, cars built in South Africa take around 6 weeks to reach the UK dealer.
another update...the pain seems never ending. Was told by way of compensation that I would get my years free insurance that I was told I would get when I ordered car last March and only to have it pulled from under my feet because of a mistake.gonk1959 wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 10:04 amMines been 14 months wait. Finally picking up tomorrow eve.Martin-GTi wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 8:48 pmWelcome Mike222. I ordered my GTI+ on 13th May too, but exactly one year before your order. I took delivery on 22nd March this year, so just over 10 months waiting. Reading the experiences of some members here, I definitely didn’t have the longest wait.Mike222 wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2019 4:50 pm I am new here, currently driving golf 7 , ( the second ) I fancied a change ! Ordered polo gtl + on Monday 13th May, no one seems to know accurately when it will be here , I will pass on info on here when I get it . Meanwhile I have been reading reviews and watching YouTube videos about Polo GTI. That’s made the wait even more unbearable and it’s been less than a week !!!!!!!
It seems VW are starting to get a little more on top of production - there was a long pause for WLTP compliance, so hopefully yours will be delivered quicker.
Now I have the car, I fully agree with peeceeuk- it is worth the wait and I absolutely love driving it, especially now it’s run in.
Hi SRGTDSRGTD wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2019 8:17 pm @gonk1959; you’ll have been speaking to the call centre of the insurer who underwrites VW free insurance, so on this occasion it’s not VW but the insurance company who’ll be the cause of your frustration.
Bearing in mind free insurance hadn’t been available on the GTI or GTI+ for some time (was it ever available on these models?), it’d be interesting to know whether your dealer agreed to offer 12 months free insurance by way of compensation off their own backs without first checking with their underwriters that they would honour providing cover as a one-off, or if it was agreed by the underwriters who have since changed their minds. I suspect it was the former, and the fact that the dealer asked you to contact the underwriter’s call centre direct rather than sorting this out for you suggests they’re trying to wash their hands of it.
Hopefully it gets sorted to your satisfaction.
Congrats, not long now then!