Quote Originally Posted by DrWHO View Post
I'm shopping in Sydney. I am prepared to go north to Newcastle and south to Wollongong.

No dealer I have spoken to is prepared to alter the contract to specify a delivery by 31/12/14 plus or minus 30 days. If the delivery takes place in 2015 (more than 6 months away), a 2015 build/compliance plate/MY15 model would make more sense.
That's surprising but I haven't tried ordering one now - I'm guessing the manual is the hold up in the order? But no idea. If you're not willing to investigate interstate options then probably little can be done about it.

If the car arrived in January then it would be an MY15 with 2015 compliance plate; for an actual 2015 build then you'd probably be looking at close to 10 months for delivery, although most of that is 'dead' wait as you're hanging around for the calendar year to tick over.

Guess it just depends how keen you are on getting into a GTI v waiting v buying something else.

For me it was about getting into a GTI again; luckily I could get my no options/color choice/DSG within a few months. However I was quite flexible on color and options if it meant not waiting six plus months. I understand not everyone is like that though.