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Yes mine was built 29th Jan, but only appeared on the weekend. Turns out it has been sitting at the dock since 5th of Feb and was booked in around then, it just didn't show up until it about to get loaded on. The Otello left Bremen a day or so ago, is picking mine up in Belgium and then heading to the lower point of Sth Africa to pick up Golfs I guess. So if you have a german built car, it's either just been loaded or missed the boat.
I have a Skoda coming so these days they seem to load them in Belgium about 1 or 2 stops after the initial loading at Bremen. The Otello is also running to reunion island after Africa before heading to Freo and then Melb, Sydney. About 6wks by the time it docks for me in Melb.
I should say if you aren't seeing anything and it was a German build, odds are its going to get the next ship as they tend to show up if they are actually on a boat, if not just before. I'd say mine missed the prior boat as it was the only one arriving there on the 5th Feb, the rest of its buddies only got there last week.
Last edited by woofy; 24-02-2016 at 03:10 PM.
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Thanks for the update - my schedule from NADCON indicates it's leaving Zeebrugge port on 03/03, which correlates with Willanius Wilhelmsen's Titania, so I expect it will be on that ship. I was just surprised that it hadn't appeared on their tracking system yet.
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Mine left Zeebrugge as well, which means it cuts a few days off, they used to go from the Bremen spot. Mine seems to have sat there for about 20 days before it actually got on a ship and it was the only one there for ages so something must have happened. I know mine was delayed in production for 2 weeks, but otherwise it is fine, I wanted it to come in around late April so suits me.
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Wharfies probably needed a vehicle to do the lunch run for a couple of weeks!Originally Posted by woofy
Just kidding LOL
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George
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I'm usually the one making those jokes, but when its actually you, I imagine the hail storm damage or repair they had to do which delayed it making a ship.....somethings you are better off not knowing. One of my current cars I'm very suss has had something happen to it in the dealer holding yard before I bought it....it has had some very strange things happen since the day I picked it up.
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lalalalaaaa... NOT LISTENING!!!!
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can someone help me out here please?
what direction would a new Golf R come into Oz from?
I assume Perth/Fremantle would be the first stop, then eastern states?
I'm having trouble sealing up a deal for a new 7R & the salesman is telling me there are none in my spec in WA & they would have to charge me road freight to get one from over east.
this is weird because last week he told me there are some to my spec on the water to be delivered in WA in 4 weeks..
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Perth first, sounds like the one he mentioned is gone, or he wants to flog off some older stuff they can get cheaper.
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Yep, My Skoda definitely came via Perth.
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I was told by my dealer when I ordered the Passat back in 2012, that it maybe possible get a car off the boat if the swap has been done in time with another dealer or it is an unallocated vehicle AND they can get it off the boat easily ie: not the car right at the back corner and they would have to move all the other cars to get to.
You can always ask to see the invoice from the road freight company if you think your dealer is trying to shaft you.
You can also try another dealer to confirm if your proposed car is on the water headed for Fremantle.
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