Register of unhappy Polo purchasers awaiting delivery...

[Kane-St-Kane]

I cancelled my order on Friday because VGA told me I should 'take off options'. Exact words were 'If you didn't pick all the options then you'd get a car quicker'. FUFYI VGA - If you offer them, expect people to order them.

Now I'm on a desperate hunt for a fully optioned 77TSI DSG

[pologti18t]

I cancelled my order on Friday because VGA told me I should 'take off options'. Exact words were 'If you didn't pick all the options then you'd get a car quicker'. FUFYI VGA - If you offer them, expect people to order them.

Now I'm on a desperate hunt for a fully optioned 77TSI DSG

And so you REPEAT the mistake you made with the GTI?

[blutopless2]

In my experience with VW i haven't really had a problem with the time taken for delivery.
Our new beetle cabrio took 6 months as they had none in the country in the colour and interior we wanted.
Our polo GTI (07) took 3 weeks as there was already one in sydney in the colour and specs we wanted.. just had to wait for the wheels to arrive.
Our Jetta (0 took about 6 months as they had to wait for one to be built in the colour and specs we wanted.
Our Tiguan (10) took about 4 months as they had to wait for one to built in the colour and specs we wanted.
In all cases we found the dealerships to be up front about the time it would take etc... they all kept in contact with us regarding delivery dates etc... not once did i have to ring them to ask for updates etc.. (and they were all bought from different dealers) and in all cases they were pretty accurate with the delivery times to within a few weeks... all of them arrived earlier than predicted.
I agree that in some cases the wait can be really long.. and i agree its annoying. I support the OP in his quest to find out if there is a problem here or OS.... as it does appear like we get a rough deal. Good luck with it.
as a side comment.....
When we bought the polo we knew the owner of the dealership and was talking with him about how he knows what to order for the showroom etc... he said it was really hard to get extra cars (and that was in 07) as 90-95% of the cars coming on the boats were for customers waiting. He stated that several dealerships were hassling VWA about not having stock etc and were requesting through VWA for an increase in ship arrivals to try and cope with demand.
dont know if anything happened out of this.......

[GTI mk6]

I cancelled my order on Friday because VGA told me I should 'take off options'. Exact words were 'If you didn't pick all the options then you'd get a car quicker'. FUFYI VGA - If you offer them, expect people to order them.

Now I'm on a desperate hunt for a fully optioned 77TSI DSG

More like if you didn't pick any options.....THEN you'd get your car quicker.
So, have you actually placed an order for the 77TSI?
Assuming you have due to wanting it fully optioned?
I have been told by 2 dealerships it's only the GTI that has no production date for at
least the first quarter of this year, also confirmed from VWA.
Will you be looking at an APR stage 1 to compensate for the drop in power?
Sorry to hear you cancelled, but good luck with getting a 77TSI with a more
favorable ETA

[payno]

Been reading for a while and thought it was time I added my whinge too
Ordered a 5 door GTI on day 1 too and obviously have no idea when I will have it.
Dealer said maybe late July but I'm sure that's a guess.

Can anyone explain the whole delay thing to me? It's not like there's a waiting list and we just have to wait our turn. There are just literally none coming to Australia at the moment. People keep saying no production for the first quarter. What does this even mean? and why?

[aljobar]

I finalised my order today for a 5-door GTI with most options. I was told by the dealer that he was hopeful for a late May delivery. What was more interesting was that he said that they hadn't started building customer cars yet, and that the dealer demo's were a once off batch done a few months ago. Has anyone heard anything similar?

[pologti18t]

an anyone explain the whole delay thing to me? It's not like there's a waiting list and we just have to wait our turn. There are just literally none coming to Australia at the moment. People keep saying no production for the first quarter. What does this even mean? and why?

Easy... you ordered Xenons. None of the first batch of cars had xenons so you have to wait for a specific order. It would have been far easier to source a car WITHOUT xenons.

So far it seems the wait is for sunroof, xenons and suede trim.

The advice has been given more than once. If you want a GTI (or TSI) in a reasonable time frame then don't order it with options.

[gavs]

I finalised my order today for a 5-door GTI with most options. I was told by the dealer that he was hopeful for a late May delivery. What was more interesting was that he said that they hadn't started building customer cars yet, and that the dealer demo's were a once off batch done a few months ago. Has anyone heard anything similar?

Ha ha, mate, if you read through all of the posts here, you won't be receiving your car before SEPTEMBER at the earliest! Sorry for the bad news mate, I'd be confronting your dealer and check your contract, if it has a promised date on it, it's a lie and your dealer has forced your car ahead of all of ours in the queue and believe me, this will become a very unpopular dealer if indeed they have!!!

[aljobar]

Ha ha, mate, if you read through all of the posts here, you won't be receiving your car before SEPTEMBER at the earliest! Sorry for the bad news mate, I'd be confronting your dealer and check your contract, if it has a promised date on it, it's a lie and your dealer has forced your car ahead of all of ours in the queue and believe me, this will become a very unpopular dealer if indeed they have!!!

Yeah I know, but I'll keep deluding myself until I hear officially

[GTI mk6]

I finalised my order today for a 5-door GTI with most options. I was told by the dealer that he was hopeful for a late May delivery. What was more interesting was that he said that they hadn't started building customer cars yet, and that the dealer demo's were a once off batch done a few months ago. Has anyone heard anything similar?

sounds promisng for late May delivery now doesnt it?
Good dealer tactic to get your order though.
Sounds contradictory to me, unless he knows of one coming.
Good luck