R36 Arrival

[gareth_oau]

I guess it's impossible to detect sarcasm on forums...
Just to be clear, I was being sarcastic

Can the forum admin create a sarcasm smiley for us please?

[theplanner]

That is 100% correct, I have officialy received a letter from VWA saying the same thing too. They are NOT allowed to hit the street , not until the OFFICIAL LANUNCH DATE which is Aug/Sep 2008. Again, if anyone here can get it before the launch date, that is absoulutely brilliant as we all wanted to know how the car goes. However at this stage, I pretty much doubted the VWA would alter the official launch date unless they wanted to kick it in before the LCT increases. Don't you find it a bit strange that we still can't find any reviews or videos about the R36 anywhere in the world. Volkswagen Group might have wanted the R36 to be released on the same date worldwide, just a thought.

R36 Dreamer could be the first and only one in Australia who would get the R36 before launch. Very lucky.

I'm curious what is the date of the official letter? Because the Aust VW website indicated that the R36 will be available in dealership from 1 June 2008. I would think that would be official too? So Official Official info should we believe? There seem to be a lot of contradicting information.

[RWK]

I'm curious what is the date of the official letter? Because the Aust VW website indicated that the R36 will be available in dealership from 1 June 2008. I would think that would be official too? So Official Official info should we believe? There seem to be a lot of contradicting information.

That was an email and received on the 5th May 2008 16:33.
May be that applies to WA only. God knows.

There wont be any R36 in WA until end of August anyway. So ...... good luck.

[Mischa]

I rang CCC again, and they have informed me that the car will not be available until August, so you are one lucky ba$ta#d R36Dreamer!!!

Apparently this is from someone on high at VWA with regards to them not letting the cars hit the street until August...I need an official response from someone!

take ANYTHING ccc says with a grain of salt.

[R36 Dreamer]

I rang CCC again, and they have informed me that the car will not be available until August, so you are one lucky ba$ta#d R36Dreamer!!!

Apparently this is from someone on high at VWA with regards to them not letting the cars hit the street until August...I need an official response from someone!

I might add they wont put it in writing - so maybe I am wrong.

Agree though that if it says they are available from June 08 on the website that is the date they will be released??

The only reason I particularly care is that I need to time the new arrival around the date of the disposal of my GTI - which I am going to put on the market.

I dont want to be without a car for too long.....

VWA have sent me an email in the past saying September, so I dont know what to believe.

The dealer I am using has been pretty honest thus far (for a dealer) - originally telling me October, then telling me third quarter, and now advising June.... so I dont know what the hell to believe.

I originally preordered with the belief that it would be October, so I wouldn't have cared if it was October - but just want to bloody know so I can sort out my finances.

Would be nice if we were all getting the same answer wouldn't it!!

[VW Convert]

Would be nice if we were all getting the same answer wouldn't it!!

All I can say is it's a good job VW build such good cars because the way communication regarding delivery of new vehicles seems to always get screwed up there is no way you would buy one otherwise!

Cheers

George

[VW Convert]

Can the forum admin create a sarcasm smiley for us please?

Isn't this the sarcastic smiley?

Cheers

George

[Steve]

If they're going to delay it they'd better give me my fkn Dynaudio and reversing camera

[lswinkel]

yeah it seems all to confusing, I have been told by my dealer that the car will be arriving early June and they are quite confident that they can have it my hands before July. They have been pretty straight forward with me so far so fingers crossed.
But at the end of the day they are just a dealer and can get screwed by VWA just like the rest of us.

[R36 Dreamer]

yeah it seems all to confusing, I have been told by my dealer that the car will be arriving early June and they are quite confident that they can have it my hands before July. They have been pretty straight forward with me so far so fingers crossed.
But at the end of the day they are just a dealer and can get screwed by VWA just like the rest of us.

Good Afternoon All,

Time for me to eat my words, eat humble pie, and cop it from all and sundry.

Just spoke to my dealer, who told me his dealer principal received a call from VWA this morning, advising that the R36 will not be delivered until after the official VWA launch.

This is scheduled for August some time. Vehicles will be delivered to customers as soon as the launch has been completed.

Interestingly he told me that whilst the build date will say April 08, the compliance date will be August 08.

He also advised that they are having the same problem at the moment with the Tiguan. Apparently the dealership has 40 orders, where cars are in the country and have been for months. VWA advised that they would not be delivered to customers until after the official launch date (June).

So it isn't just R36 owners which are feeling frustrated I suppose.