Golf R Observations and Questions

[Prodigy]

Thankfully my brother-in-law has just told me i can use his bunky VN Commodore to get around in, rwd and superior handling right there.

[G-rig]

Negative on both counts. Rather hibernate on the couch than get public transport or ride a bike. Which reminds me, time for my weekly "wheres my bloody car" e-mail to the dealer lol.

When did you order it? Next shipment isn't till December?

[Corey_R]

Next R build weeks are ~37 to 39 (Sep 13 to Oct 3) as far as I can tell. This means cars won't dock locally until ~42 to 44 (Oct 18 to Nov 7), and won't be available for customer delivery until ~45 to 47 (Nov 8 to 28 ).

Anyone that purchased the car on the day it came out at my dealership at least was given a Nov 30th delivery estimate. So this works well with the information we have.

[dave_r]

When did you order it? Next shipment isn't till December?

Proper order got entered into the system on 26/05 according to NADCON screenshot with a buildability check on 17/06. No other info.

Next R build weeks are ~37 to 39 (Sep 13 to Oct 3) as far as I can tell.

Where does that info come from? If my car doesn't go into build for another 2 months then @#$#.... The RS3 will be out before this thing turns up!

[Corey_R]

It comes from people who've been told their build dates. I thought it was only week 38, but at least one person here has said theirs is week 37. So I've just generalised for week 38 and the week before and after.

[G-rig]

Sounds like a long wait and the people that ordered a few months ago may not get theirs any quicker than people who ordered in July.

So what's the deal with changing specs in the system? Is there a certain period that you can change the spec without getting a new production slot?

[DAL344]

Next R build weeks are ~37 to 39 (Sep 13 to Oct 3) as far as I can tell. This means cars won't dock locally until ~42 to 44 (Oct 18 to Nov 7), and won't be available for customer delivery until ~45 to 47 (Nov 8 to 28 ).

Anyone that purchased the car on the day it came out at my dealership at least was given a Nov 30th delivery estimate. So this works well with the information we have.

That ties in to when I've been told my R should be delivered, approx. Nov 31st .... I did ask if I could change the spec last week, 1 week after signing the OTP, & was advised if I did it would delay delivery till Jan?Feb 2011. Needless to say I decided to stick with the original spec. But saying that I would therefore assume the dealership could give me a VIN or is that only created after/during build??

[shakespeare]

I've been told that I should have more information available after August 10th when firm dates become available. FYI mine was Week 37 production, ordered 16 June with 30 Nov quoted for delivery

[Lima]

It comes from people who've been told their build dates. I thought it was only week 38, but at least one person here has said theirs is week 37. So I've just generalised for week 38 and the week before and after.

Is the R built on the same production line as other Golfs?

If so I'd be surprised if build weeks were allocted by model of car. It's (generally) just not the way modern production lines with just-in-time manufacturing work.

I've not toured the factory at Wolfsburg, so perhaps it is different, but with MINI (much less volume admittedly) at any point on the Oxford line they could have a LDH Cooper, followed by a RHD Cooper S convertible, then a RHD Cooper S hardtop and so on. There is no order to the way the models are built. It's pretty cool to see actually.

[Prodigy]

That ties in to when I've been told my R should be delivered, approx. Nov 31st .... I did ask if I could change the spec last week, 1 week after signing the OTP, & was advised if I did it would delay delivery till Jan?Feb 2011. Needless to say I decided to stick with the original spec. But saying that I would therefore assume the dealership could give me a VIN or is that only created after/during build??

Mine is the same week build as Shakespeare's, week 37, also with the same estimated delivery date.

As for the VIN number, i have been told that you won't receive that until the car is physically built and has left the assembly line.