Welcome Aussie Eos Owners

[melbeos]

Slitko - yours may come earlier than 7 months. When l ordered mine in mid march the dealer said delivery would be around late sept / early oct. Two weeks ago he rang to say production date has been brought forward and car now built and will take delivery around end of june /early july - 3 months earlier than planned.

Interesting to hear waiting period is 12 months. Dont think VW Aust will let that happen as they got bad publicity with the long waiting list for the golf gti.

[sydeos]

I don't think it has anything to do with VW Australia. The same situation is being reflected in all the world markets. There is only one factory producing the Eos in Portugal and the car is in high demand worldwide.

I would suspect that for your build date to move forward that much there had been a cancellation of another order and yours happens to fit that slot. They haven't ramped up production to move you forward that much in the build process. But for you it is a total bonus

[melbeos]

The dealer didnt give a reason for the early delivery. l suspected the reason was that given production runs for europe and north american were completed for their upcoming summer they decided to bring forward production for oz. Like you say a bonus for me so not complaining.

Given the production date for my car was mid april its possible its on the same boat as yours. Will get the VIN # from the dealer and check it out.

[sydeos]

Hey Melbeos

I hope you are right but another car that was built later on the 28th March for Peter if I am not mistaken was not loaded on my ship and is hopefully on the next one but that has not been confirmed yet. Also there are reports of delays to customers in the UK and the USA so you may be disappointed

[melbeos]

hey sydeos, thanks for the heads up. l read about the delay to the UK on the vwvortex site but didnt think ours went via that way... maybe it does the circuit and drops off at each port. Since the original ship date wasnt due till sept/oct, a slight delay from end june/early july l can live with.

[sydeos]

Not sure it is the same vessel as vehicles for Australia get shipped from Bremerhaven in Germany, however the delay seems to be in getting cars from the factory to the port for shipping.

If you check the dates above the car was not even booked for shipping until the 12/04/07 which is some 21 days after production. It was loaded some 34 days after production. Then some 41 days on the ship which is fixed.

Hopefully you will have better luck with the timing

[slitko]

So guys did you get any discounts at all with your orders? I am a returing customer so got a discount wanted to see what others got offered to them from the dealers.