New Octavia ....when? How Much?

[techdave]

it is on the Faust docked in Germany due for delivery in Melbourne 26th june

Faust, one of the world's largest vehicle carrier. You may be interested with this documentary then :

[HD] Discovery Channel - Mighty Ships [Faust]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeLN-Ei8RNE

[nickd]

Hi Nick, yep that's the website I've been using to track my order. A search for the VIN I've been provided gives me a result of 'no records found'. A wildcard search indicates that there are no records for cars with similar serial numbers also show no cars on boats. My guess is either they are having delivery issues in Europe because it should have been booked already. Dealer reckons it'll get here first week of July but they are as hamstrung as they don't anymore than I do...

Mine (take 2) is meant to be on the same boat... I got the VIN today and it shows up in the tracking as "Received at Terminal" (you enter the VIN in the "Cargo ID" field in case that's not what you're doing).

Here's the itinerary for the Faust :

BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 16/05/2015 18/05/2015
ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 20/05/2015 20/05/2015
SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 21/05/2015 21/05/2015
SANTANDER SPAIN 23/05/2015 23/05/2015
PORT ELIZABETH SOUTH AFRICA 07/06/2015 07/06/2015
DURBAN SOUTH AFRICA 09/06/2015 09/06/2015
FREMANTLE AUSTRALIA 20/06/2015 20/06/2015
MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 25/06/2015 26/06/2015

[nickd]

Hi I've been told my car was built 24th April with an ETA of first week of July. It looks like my car was built the week after yours so the ETA does correlate. Even then the car will be 3 months late when compared to the delivery date stipulated in the contract.

The Faust only arrives in Melbourne on the 26th. Offloading/Compliance takes a few days, and dealer pre-delivery takes a few more, so first week of July is probably is probably right for both.

[renesis]

sounds like you missed the same ship as mine here is the schedule for the nest shipments (hope the link works)

http://sagaweb.2wglobal.com/AppSchedules/tradeRouteSearch.do?routeId=EUOCO&actionType=gener atePDF

I kept getting no results until it was loaded onto the ship, then all details were available even the date it arrived at the terminal.

Thanks for the link gadget!!! It's kind of put my mind at ease so I'll probably be spamming the tracking website on those dates. It looks like there will be two boats leaving shortly that will stop by Melbourne. But if it is still stranded in Europe then it won't get here till mid late July...

[renesis]

The Faust only arrives in Melbourne on the 26th. Offloading/Compliance takes a few days, and dealer pre-delivery takes a few more, so first week of July is probably is probably right for both.

Hi Nick, I checked the tracking website this morning and it is still showing as no records found. I did a wild card search and there appears to be no Australian spec VRS wagons with a serial of 23xxxx on the way to Australia.

As gadget said maybe mine had just missed the boat and it's just waiting for transport to Australia.

[woofy]

Thx all for the welcome, 02/15 build, 04/15 complied. I grabbed it without hesitation, approved today, pick up in Thursday.

Hmm I think you got someones cancelled order that the dealer kept in the system, very lucky as it would have only just hit the floor. That would have been ordered around late Aug/Sept by my calculations.

[masev]

For those interested, I ordered my RS on 10/2, was built around 20/3, disembarked 'Figaro' in Port Kembla 12/5 and will be delivered this Friday 22/5 - so a little under 3.5 months from order to drive!

In my experience, it took around 1 to 1.5 weeks before the vehicle appeared on the tracking website.

The wait can be exhausting but definitely worth it!

Happy tracking!!

[Pappyparra]

Hmm I think you got someones cancelled order that the dealer kept in the system, very lucky as it would have only just hit the floor. That would have been ordered around late Aug/Sept by my calculations.

You could be right, but I'm loving that someone screwed up and I got it at 1.2% . Pick up tomorrow afternoon.

[nickd]

For those interested, I ordered my RS on 10/2, was built around 20/3, disembarked 'Figaro' in Port Kembla 12/5 and will be delivered this Friday 22/5 - so a little under 3.5 months from order to drive!

In my experience, it took around 1 to 1.5 weeks before the vehicle appeared on the tracking website.

The wait can be exhausting but definitely worth it!

Happy tracking!!

They must have seriously ****ed up something on mine then, because it was ordered on 1/11, then built the same day as yours, and shipped on the same boat.


2007 Golf 2.0 TDI Comfortline DSG/ESP
MY15 Octavia RS Wagon 135TDI, Race Blue, 18" Black Pack, Tech Pack, Comfort Pack, Auto Tailgate (on order)

[woofy]

Yeah again, I think he jumped onto something already in the system. Otherwise it would be double that time.