The official I have ordered/received my new MKVI thread

[dyljoy]

True. Just use sometime surf on here and hope get it sooner than i expect~

[DoggieHowser]

Ok. I just got the VIN numbers from the dealer and according to an online decoder, it says my car is built in 1981!!

Huh?

Did VW not get the Y2K bug fix?

I assume there's a rolling counter and the year 2011 is somehow misinterpreted as 1981?

Region: Europe [ W ]
Manufacturer: Volkswagen [ V ]
Car Type: Passenger Car (VW) [ W ]
Body Style: Filler character: No meaning [ Z ]
Engine: Filler character: No meaning [ Z ]
Restraint: Filler character: No meaning [ Z ]
Model: Golf Mk 5 [ 1K ]
Year: 1981 [ B ]
Assembly Plant: Mosel, Germany [ P ]

[Maverick]

Ok. I just got the VIN numbers from the dealer and according to an online decoder, it says my car is built in 1981!!

Huh?

Did VW not get the Y2K bug fix?

I assume there's a rolling counter and the year 2011 is somehow misinterpreted as 1981?

The online decoder is incorrect, B = 2011 now. It used to mean 1981.

[DoggieHowser]

Ok. I didn't get a clunker then no offence to the MkI/II crowd.

[chopper]

Where are most people getting their cars from... my car came out of Wolfsburg, but it seems that a lot of people's cars are coming out of Mosel. Any points of Difference/Quality?

[OzTrekker]

Picked up my new GTI today.
Even let my boy have the day off school so he could come too.
I think he was more excited than me!
Great trip home.


PS
Noticed a Rising Blue R on the floor at Denlo Parramatta earlier today.
Thought someone might be interested.
Apparently finance fell through on the original deal.

[MiiLos]

congrats mate, great to see another one in black and manual! how the colour look on it? i didnt get a chance to see a black one in the flesh before ordering.

[bazt]

Picked up my white R yesterday
Sheez it moves.

[spellbound]

Well had the GTI for 3 days absolutely wrapped , gave it some stick today , most impressed by the tricky diff , no understeer , no loss of traction coming out of a fast corner .

The build quality is most impRressive , much better than the RS , and that sound its addictive .

You got yours yet BACDOC

[OzTrekker]

congrats mate, great to see another one in black and manual! how the colour look on it? i didnt get a chance to see a black one in the flesh before ordering.

Colour looks great!
It's a mean looking beast with a deceptive red smile!