Tracking Progress on your Polo and Polo GTI

[themmc]

Hmm,
So car is in Melbourne. Dealer still saying 4+ weeks. Dealer also giving me strange answers to simple questions.

[ATYPIC]

Hmm,
So car is in Melbourne. Dealer still saying 4+ weeks. Dealer also giving me strange answers to simple questions.

Crikey...if he's stating 4 weeks then it's obvious he's not trying hard enough as that is utter lunacy. Maybe consult with someone a little higher up the food chain.

[GTI James]

Hi nugget. From production date to dealer delivery is 13 weeks. My 5 door GTI was built on 17th March and is being delivered to me on 16th June - next Thursday.

[Frostee]

I was looking at my car in the sunlight this afternoon and the side windows looked acidly dark seriously they looked tinted. I"ll take some pics tomorrow and post them, but having driven the car today (was a lovely sunny day in Melbourne) I'm pretty much decided that I won't get tinting.

Also tried out my $30 eBay sourced MDI cable for my iPod nano and it worked a treat.

Probably the only criticism I have of the car is the dial on the drivers door for the mirror adjustment feels a little flimsy. It works though.

So thrilled with my car. As mentioned previously it is better than I remember from the test drive. I think I actually prefer it to my old MINI and that's really saying something coming from me

Edit: One other thing. I was very pleasantly surprised to see that both keys are full functioning remote keys. Many cars these days seem to have one remote and the spare a manual key. Nice!

[payno]

Also tried out my $30 eBay sourced MDI cable for my iPod nano and it worked a treat.

Dealer didn't give you one? I thought it was supposed to came with one?

Either way I got mine with the care .

[ATYPIC]

I was looking at my car in the sunlight this afternoon and the side windows looked acidly dark seriously they looked tinted. I"ll take some pics tomorrow and post them, but having driven the car today (was a lovely sunny day in Melbourne) I'm pretty much decided that I won't get tinting.

I was under the impression I had no tint as well but there is definately a little darkness there. When I spoke to the guy at tint-a-car he stated the VW glass in some instances does have a slight tone IN the glass, as opposed to tint ON the glass.

[Frostee]

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Dealer didn't give you one? I thought it was supposed to came with one?

Either way I got mine with the care .

People are mostly nicer in Perth than Melbourne - there's no way I'd have got that for free.

It came with the USB cable, but the iPod one was extra - VW are asking $100+

[RoknRob]

Nah, you're just doing it wrong.
I always have a laugh to myself when I see people try and put their left hand over their right shoulder to grab the seatbelt in a 3 door. The trick is to sit "normally" in the seat, and put your right hand down and back beside the seat to grab the seatbelt from low down. Then there is zero strain on any part of your body - even less than grabbing the seatbelt with your left hand over your right shoulder in a 5 door!

You're probably right, that would cause the least strain... but it's unnecessary in my five door. Actually, I use neither technique, but rather use my RIGHT hand OVER my right shoulder to grab the seatbelt, without discomfort - at least in the 5 door...

[mr_bzr]

Hmm,
So car is in Melbourne. Dealer still saying 4+ weeks. Dealer also giving me strange answers to simple questions.

Do all cars coming to Adelaide land in Melbourne then get shipped overland to SA? How does that work? Trying to work out roughly when to expect car if dealer has told me week 34 build date.

[apples]

Do all cars coming to Adelaide land in Melbourne then get shipped overland to SA? How does that work? Trying to work out roughly when to expect car if dealer has told me week 34 build date.

My car is on the way from South Africa. First port of stop is Freo then on to Melbourne. I have no idea if that means there are no Adelaide orders on the ship, or if there are then they are dropped of in Melbourne and then transported to Adelaide overland.