The official I have ordered/received my new MKVI thread

[fergus]

Well if anyone is interested in getting estimates of delivery time info, here's my story re my GTi:
I am in Adelaide, so car docked in Melbourne on Tues 16/11. Took the rest of the week to appear on Patrick's tracking info as "received" this Mon 22/11. Was complianced this week in Melb and left on a Car Carrier truck bound for SA yesterday morning (25/11). Arrived in Adelaide at my Adelaide dealer late last night. (Less than one day from Melb to Adel). Now due to backlog of cars to be pre-delivered by the dealer, mine is scheduled to be prepped Wed 1/12 with delivery to me Fri 3/12.

So in summary, from docking on 16/11 to being in my hot little hands = 17 elapsed days / 13 working days.

[Corey_R]

Sounds about right fergus. We always said to allow 3 weeks. Just imagine, if they were outsourcing the pre-delivery, it may have had to wait until the week starting 6/12! eeek!

[aVex]

Did the dealer give you an ETA? Mine is end Mar because I wanted a build date in 2011.

I think I'm in the same boat as you are, I ordered mine 21 November 2010, no news yet except that the order was sent through. February/March 2011 is the timeframe to expect.

[LouLou]

Looks like I chose the wrong dealer. Rang them today and they tell me about all these R's being delivered but no word on mine. If they spent less time trying to sell me parking sensors instead of working out the difference between their arse and heads they might have a clue.

<rant over, thank fark for the GT5 distraction!>

Hahahaha Dave I got that call today as well regarding all the pre-delivery crap.. She told me about the rear parking sensors and I started laughing lol..

Also, spotted a 3 door candy white R with black 19s and sunroof driving down Heidelberg rd at around 11.30 this morning.. Almost snapped my neck looking at it lol.. Could that be anyone from this forum?

[2muchcoffeeman]

New addition to the family today.

I picked up a white golf 118TSI with sports pack and ACC. Drives so much better than the old 2nd chariot and it's pretty nippy, all things considered.

[dave_r]

Frustrating much!

So much for the home stretch, I've put myself in a straight jacket. Next is a padded room.

Hahahaha Dave I got that call today as well regarding all the pre-delivery crap.

Seriously? I spoke to them this morning and they were going to make sure they had their info straight.

Speaking of spotted, saw a 5dr silver R coming out of doncaster shoppingtown this morning. Sorry to say but if 5dr wasn't bad enough, silver is just oh so boring. If it wasn't for the wheels, I don't think I'd have even noticed it! Though he was probably looking at me thinking, look at that poor bastard in his old ****box haha

[shakespeare]

2PM today I will be collecting my R, man I am so excited, thank you Wangara VW for the call today and thanks to this forum for keeping me somewhat sane over the last 5 1/2 months

Fantastic news mate...the day has finally come !!!

Hopefully mine won't be too far away...

Thanks buddy, I'm sure you'll have your's very soon too!

Collected mine today and I just can't get enough, may have to sleep with her in the garage tonight

A pic outside the Queen's where I had to go immediately after collecting for a client Sundowner

[SilvrFoxX]

Thanks buddy, I'm sure you'll have your's very soon too!

Collected mine today and I just can't get enough, may have to sleep with her in the garage tonight

A pic outside the Queen's where I had to go immediately after collecting for a client Sundowner

Damn you make my decision to go with Rising Blue a good one...

[dave_r]

Damn you make my decision to go with Rising Blue a good one...

So true, not sure what came over me for that brief period when I changed to white!

Oh and I got told that my car should be arriving at the dealer on Wed or Thursday, will find out for sure on Monday I believe.

[bighdad]

Lazily lifted from my newbie post:

G'day from Brisbane, close to the Gabba. 1st test tea break, thought I'd join up as have been checking this site/forums for months. Pretty much ever since my mate considered upgrading to R from Mk V GTI, and I quietly went out and ordered one through a broker on 30 Dec 2009 (thanks Greg, Brisbane Car Consultants, and Mr K. Rudd, if J. Gillard will still let you pay).

I didn't quite get assembly line shots or anything, but was told build wk 34, and as I watched MV Faust check in on sailfx.info site twice a day, I followed it rounding the Cape then apparently sink south-west of Melbourne.

No dramas, Golf R driven home today from Frizelle's Gold Coast. 17 km on the clock (dealer assured me this is fair), and gave the wife the first drive. All of 1 km that is. She broke it in for me.

Fascinating car really; seems as happy tootling with virtually no noise (good for business calls), as hammering up the freeway on-ramp with seats fully occupied with awesome growl from engine and exhaust, and 'fuel-dump' sounds after the slick shift.

A little down having opted for auto for my first ever new car, I now realise I'd have trouble keeping up with this free-spinner using the left limbs unless really concentrating, whilst still being slower than DSG. There's enough other stuff going on to occupy ...

Slight turbo lag exaggerated when taking off at lights, after highway driving at 8.5l/100km, and almost embaraased myself on an off-camber corner in front of an aggressive Hilux. Absolutely no engine braking on the off-ramp; I don't think I'll be missing my BMW 325i 5 speed manual much, but perhaps I liked the straight six back-pressure. Way more torque (50 Nm) than my '94 200SX.

Love the reverse camera, and tall side-mirrors. Don't so much love losing one touch voice dialling on the iPhone, but scrolling down the screen or steering wheel isn't bad. Can't really notice the difference between comfort and sport on the ACC.

Cable option charges the iPhone which is cool for a high-volume user; occasionally runs flat on trip home from work. 5 door best for me with 4 kids, but also good for shorter door opening in tight spaces at work.

Cheers, and by the way, it's worth the wait. If you're having buyer's remorse, just remember the R is 30k GBP, more than S3. Admittedly ours is detuned, but you'll appreciate that in Qld, or in lower mainenance bills at 2-3 yrs, without missing the last tenth, IMO.

Andrew
PS White is the duck's ....

How do you embed images??