I recall my missus and I being served by a Mediterranean looking gentleman at Norris just north of Brisbane. We were on our way to see some show houses and took a slight detour that day to see the Polo GTI. Wasn't aware then of the backlog of orders.

My wife calls him the consummate car salesman. He's slick. Yes, the hair even but I thought he was ok. He even offered a test drive on the car and was offering a Polo GTI sometime in August (this was back in February) cos an order had just been cancelled.

Since I am currently out of the country, I have been dealing with Austral online. Been directed to two different guys for two different cars. First one was fairly inflexible about price. But that could have been cos it was a base model. The second one has been more flexible and responsive for a higher spec model.

Right now, we are only planning to be in Brisbane in July so that makes it a bit difficult to negotiate and pay for stuff cos I don't even have an account set up down under yet.

Question: if I were to spec a completely new car today, how long before delivery for a Golf GTI? Looking at some of the prices here, it seems some guys are getting prices similar to the current driveway promotion anyway.