R36...pre-ordered!!!

[Steve]

Haha, we're all going to have blue wagons

[Vene]

So who's in Melbourne? Noticed some write ups about the motor show on Drive.com. I'm assuming the R36 will feature.

[docjames]

Pics on caradvice.com.au.......

[Steve]

Does anyone know when these things are going to start getting to customers internationally? I can't find any useful information on the UK Volkswagen site, and last time I checked the German site I couldn't find anything either. They don't even have obvious R36 pages like the VW Australia site has.

[Vene]

Extremely disappointing imo. I recall reading about the R36 two years ago. It can't possible take this long to get to market. It better be an awesome car when it hits Oz shores......high expectations to live up.

[Steve]

Yeah it's a pain in the arse. I wonder what the enormous delay has been caused by? I know the 3.6 engines in the US 4MOTION Passat has had some problems but that's now fixed - maybe the R36 delay is related.

Still, not hearing anything and Volkswagen's elastic ETA's is frustrating me. It seems we have more information than most foreigners.

[Vene]

If I recall correctly, we should get a VIN# approx 3 months before delivery as the car is being prepared to be shipped. In fact, I think dealers are notified when the car goes into production........so, if I don't get a confirmation the car is in fact on its way (around late June/July), I might reconsider my plans.

I don't doubt its a great car but I'm not waiting around forever for it. In one of my earlier posts, I mentioned a friend of mine has ordered a BMW 335i conv. in Aug last year for April delivery. Well he just found out his car hasn't even been built yet so its now pushed out to June 08. Unacceptable.

So with any luck the car will arrive in Sept otherwise.....back to the drawing board. What else can do 0-100 in 5.8 seconds, can accommodate a family and doesn't cost the earth?

[Steve]

Yeah I'm with you on that... we heard out GTI was on the way a few months before it got here.

If it wasn't so expensive, I'd love an RS6. Unfortunately... I don't have the coin.

If I didn't need the space, I'd be after a 135i in a flash. It's not big enough, though.

Hmph.

[Northy]

Was talking to my dealer today and he said that we would get some kind of ref number as soon as the car has started to be built, when this is going to be is another matter, Also on the issues with the 3.6L engine, its had issues with oil pump failures, the 3.6L thats in the R36 is not the same engine as there is a 24hp power output diff....

[R36 Dreamer]

[QUOTE=Northy;135658]Was talking to my dealer today and he said that we would get some kind of ref number as soon as the car has started to be built,

That was definately the case with my GTI, I was given a commission number and Vin number as soon as it was in production.

The dealer should be able to pass those details through as soon as the car is built.

Then you can track the transit through Willem Willhemsen website (spelling could be incorrect)

Using my last car as an example as follows -

Go to -
http://schedule.2wglobal.com/AppTrac...trackType=RoRo

Type in the Vin which is WVWZZZ1KZ6U031768

You will then get the details of when the car left port and you can then track the ships location. This will only work if the car is on a WW branded ship. Sometimes when the cars are coming from Germany they go on another ship.

I found it made the last month quicker, and I could also put pressure on the dealer when it arrived -

I actually had the dealer call me about a month later to ask how I had tracked it!!

Hope this helps!!