Average time between ordering and receiving a build date

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Originally Posted by ctan

Hcv01, I assume you have a VIN #. Does it appear on the tracking site? My number starts with WVWZZZ1KZAW39... I can't find any records bar one when I search for WVWZZZ1KZAW39%. What about yours? Is your number on the 39% or 38% seeing that our built day is only 1 day apart. Maybe I just missed the boat.

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Hi ctan, yes I do have a VIN and it is a WVWZZZ1KZAW39...

According to my paperwork the car should have arrived at Bremerhaven on the 26/04. I am hoping that it will catch today's boat which is the QUEEN SAPPHIRE else it will be on either the TIJUCA (departs on the 06/05 and arrives on the 22/06) or the TOSCANA (departs on the 07/05 and arrives on the 16/06).

I have contacted the logistics company that does the shipping and they have told me that you are not able to track the car until it has been loaded on the vessel and even then give it a few days.

Fingers crossed that both our vehicles are on the QUEEN SAPPHIRE (which incidentally is being loaded now...BLG LOGISTICS GROUP:)

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Originally Posted by hcvo1

To answer your question...

I ordered my car on the 08/03, it was handed over to production on 31/03. They started building the car on the 16/04 and finished on the 20/04. Left the production plant on the 21/04 and now, to the best of my knowledge it is stilling at the ports in Germany..

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Hopefully my car was on the same production line. Haven't heard from the dealer yet though.. It's still a good couple of months away though! :(

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Originally Posted by Tux

I ordered my GTI on the 9th February and had a second drive on the 27th of March when the dealer told me it would be a week 16 build.. I believe week 16 was last week 18th to 24th April. He said it was scheduled to be delivered to the dealer (estimated) on 24th June with a mid July pick up for me...

I've been patient and haven't contacted the dealer since March so just might give him a ring to see whether my car has been built....

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Time to call the dealership for a VIN so you can start tracking it... :)

Heya,

got my VIN today which is pretty much the same as yours hcvo1.. It's on the Queen Sapphire and it left Germany on 29th April with a due date in Sydney of 14th June! All going well I'll have the keys on or about the 24th June... That's less than eight weeks. I'll have to get serious about selling my current car soon..

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Originally Posted by Tux

Heya,

got my VIN today which is pretty much the same as yours hcvo1.. It's on the Queen Sapphire and it left Germany on 29th April with a due date in Sydney of 14th June! All going well I'll have the keys on or about the 24th June... That's less than eight weeks. I'll have to get serious about selling my current car soon..

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Hey Tux,

I got an email from my dealership with ETA data and it stated that the car left Germany on the 29/04... and arriving in Melbourne on the 09/06. So by my calculations it must be on the Queen Sapphire. I have tired tracking it but to no avail.... if it is on there our cars are probably next to one another :D

And if all goes well I will be in my car on the same day as yours... That means there will be 2 more happy GTI owners :)

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Originally Posted by hcvo1

Hey Tux,

I got an email from my dealership with ETA data and it stated that the car left Germany on the 29/04... and arriving in Melbourne on the 09/06. So by my calculations it must be on the Queen Sapphire. I have tired tracking it but to no avail.... if it is on there our cars are probably next to one another :D

And if all goes well I will be in my car on the same day as yours... That means there will be 2 more happy GTI owners :)

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I got the info from the dealer and couldn't track it either. I've been through this exact same thing with my MINI but it is getting a bit more exciting now...As I wrote earlier, my VIN number has all those numbers you posted (plus a couple more) so they are definitley brothers... ;)

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Originally Posted by Tux

I got the info from the dealer and couldn't track it either. I've been through this exact same thing with my MINI but it is getting a bit more exciting now...As I wrote earlier, my VIN number has all those numbers you posted (plus a couple more) so they are definitley brothers... ;)

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I have had a read through the posts and if all goes well we will be able to track the vehicles on Thursday/Friday. Right now the Queen Sapphire is about to leave Southampton for Port Elizabeth... exciting stuff!

By the way, I had a feeling that it would be on the Queen Sapphire due to the build date so I spent all day Friday watching the ship get loaded via the webcam...

Where is that shrink now? LOL

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Originally Posted by hcvo1

By the way, I had a feeling that it would be on the Queen Sapphire due to the build date so I spent all day Friday watching the ship get loaded via the webcam...

Where is that shrink now? LOL

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That's funny...and only a little weird mate... ;)

Here's a link for you just in case you don't have it... - - Vessel's Details and Current Position


Mick

To answer the original question, it took me exactly 27 days between ordering and the car being built. My dealer passed on a VIN# to me 33 days after placing the order, and it leaves port bound for Botany Bay (or somewhere nearby) on the 11th May.

I feel a bit silly for feeling so excited by the dates, it been years, a bit like a kid counting down the 12 days of Christmas....

Hi Tux and ctan, it finally showed up on the tracking website... my baby is on the Queen Sapphire! :)