Delivery blow out

[Serge]

Hello Guys,
I have 2 Polo Gti's arriving soonish.

1.
Polo Gti 5 Door
Candy White,
Alcantara/leather seats
Car has been build on 12/03/11 and is about to be put on the ship
ETA arrival is end of May, delivery June.

2.
Polo Gti 3 Door
Candy White
Audio Pack
Comfort Pack
Alcantara/leather seats

It is schedualed to be build in 2 weeks.
ETA arrival July.

If anybody is interested please contact me.
Thank you
Serge

[gavs]

It also only takes 1 day for the ship to get from Bremerhaven to the UK... but you know - 35-50 days to get here (depending on port and shipping route.)

True, but I was refering more to the production allocations that we are given vs the UK.

Serge, I was told at your dealership that if I wanted a white polo gti (I didn't care about options) that I would have been waiting until end September-October at the very earliest.

Not having a go or anything because I was already commited to the car I'm already getting (lies about an April delivery etc), but why is there the change when 4 months ago, these cars would have already been in the system and yet I was told in no uncertain terms "no cars available".

[Corey_R]

People cancelling orders?

[GTI JOE]

Or porky pies?

[Corey_R]

Highly unlikely....

[jamesatfish]

I could go on and on but I already have mine...to put it in perspective though I am pretty sure I could order a Ferrari or something and get it sooner.

Sadly it's just a case of supply-and-demand - whilst it's disappointing to see such huge lead times on the Polo GTI, all it does affirm is how good a car it actually is.

In my experience though custom ordering any new european car is always likely to take 6-12 months from order to delivery, and often even more. My C63 (ordered in November) has been pushed back to a late April delivery, I've been quoted March 2012 for a new Cayenne Turbo built to spec, the Ferrari 458 is approximately 18 months for delivery (even though there's still good stock sitting in the dealers) and most pre-orders for the new Lambo Aventador (deposits taken in late 2010, 5 months prior to the car's actual official launch date) aren't likely to be delivered until 2012.

Even my Caddy van took nearly 6 months from order to delivery, and in that case we'd even picked a car that was already in the build process rather than a complete new order.

Whilst I haven't driven either the new GTI or the A1, my advice would be that unless you NEED a new car RIGHT NOW and there's an A1 that matches your requirements in stock at the dealer, stick with the GTI order. You already know it'll be a good car having made the decision to place your order, you know resale values will be strong at least in the short-medlum term given their short supply, and if you order a new A1 there's just a good chance you'll be waiting for that as long as you would have been waiting for the GTI in the first place.

[Serge]

True, but I was refering more to the production allocations that we are given vs the UK.

Serge, I was told at your dealership that if I wanted a white polo gti (I didn't care about options) that I would have been waiting until end September-October at the very earliest.

Not having a go or anything because I was already commited to the car I'm already getting (lies about an April delivery etc), but why is there the change when 4 months ago, these cars would have already been in the system and yet I was told in no uncertain terms "no cars available".

Couple of people cancelled their orders, hence we have those cars now. But it seems like your car is about to be build sometime now anyway, which is a good thing

[gavs]

Ok, cool. Figured that might be the case

Doesn't matter anyway for me, the only option I REALLY wanted was the Bi-Xenons, neither of those have them, mine will be here soonish anyway

[Ralfi]

Called up Essendon VW on Sat I think it was & was told the wait is a year still....They didn't even have a demo car in that day - said it won't be back for another 2 weeks..

[GTI JOE]

Called up Essendon VW on Sat I think it was & was told the wait is a year still....They didn't even have a demo car in that day - said it won't be back for another 2 weeks..

Ok, did you check out the back of the dealership? Where they service cars behind white steel gates? Man have they been caught out. I was there Saturday to check out their Polo GTI which I test drove in January. It was there, a two door candy white, not sure which options it had but definintly not Xenons So, have they sold it or has someone runaway with it?