What are you doing to get through the delivery wait?

I think one of the problems with waiting this long is changing your mind on the colour. Everytime I pass a new Polo I think... Ooh I should change to that colour.
I've ordered a red one however it doesn't help when the sales guy rings you to say you can get a white one 4 weeks earlier....

I'm also thinking after driving my sisters navy blue 2001 golf that flat colours seem to look faded and maybe I should see if I can change to silver (as my last colour was black and I would never go there again, I was reversed into 3 times in 8 years and I'm sure if I had any other colour those idiots would of seen me behind them).


I am going insane I know lol
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Originally Posted by LarryRSA

Why is it that you guys in Aus are having to wait sooooooooo Long for your cars ? 12 Months ? Geez. I was told the longest wait here would be 4 months. AT MOST !?!?!?!

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We in OZ wait the longest & pay the most, sounds fair eh? minus Singapore.

The uk is on par, if not more expensive than here because they have to option everything, for once, Aussies got a good deal on price, delivery times tho.....

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Originally Posted by LarryRSA

Why is it that you guys in Aus are having to wait sooooooooo Long for your cars ? 12 Months ? Geez. I was told the longest wait here would be 4 months. AT MOST !?!?!?!

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It comes down to the particular combination you want.

I had to moderate my choice of colour and eventually decided to pick from the stock held by VW Australia. My first choice was Toffee Brown, then Natural Grey, and then Reflex Silver. It then came down to transmission, and engine. Next is was any options I did or did not want.

If I wanted to stick with the first choice colour, it would have been a 4.5 month wait at least.

It all comes down to how they batch things at the factory. All the factors have to fit before what you want will go through.

But it's in everything. I am working on a contract for a herbicide manufacturing company. At 4 pm on Friday, there was blind panic because they were out of stock of one of the key chemicals for a batch that was to be run on the first shift on Monday. There were frantic phone calls to get the 20 kg of chemical needed for the run. They were lucky as normally that chemical has to be ordered to match the production company's batch plan.

It is a huge exercise to get everything to fall into place. It might be just one item that you want that delays things because they have run out of that, or that the manufacturer will only be making it in 3 months time.

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Originally Posted by sarah3

I think one of the problems with waiting this long is changing your mind on the colour. Everytime I pass a new Polo I think... Ooh I should change to that colour. I've ordered a red one however it doesn't help when the sales guy rings you to say you can get a white one 4 weeks earlier....

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Count yourself lucky that you only have to wait 3-4 mths....:-) double that for quiet a few of us (if we are lucky) Hehe, just think how many Polos you would see in that time frame to sway you on colour change. Also bear in mind if you do go with metallic you will have to pay extra ($5 or $600?)

Dont wait for a car that long.Go and buy a Renault Sport Clio:P

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Originally Posted by R1 Crasher

Dont wait for a car that long.Go and buy a Renault Sport Clio:P

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I hear you, I really do. But the 10k price difference is enough for me to consider the wait worth it.

But if the GTI won't arrive by February as promised, an almost new Clio might be just the answer...

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Originally Posted by R1 Crasher

Dont wait for a car that long.Go and buy a Renault Sport Clio:P

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And then kick yourself after getting wasted by a polo gti that was $10,000 cheaper, like the one that turned onto the eastern with me last week ;)

12 mths is one long wait Smacca. :-( My order was beg. June with a broad ETA of 6-9 mths, we focused on the latter. Latest news is also (unconfirmed approx) Feb next year which is currently an 8 mth wait. Not sure if my patience will extend much beyond 9 mths.....time will tell but my dealers website shows car still only DLR spec, awaiting the next stage in the ordering process, have also been supplied with a Nadcon screen dump of the pending order. Need a good hobby and keep telling myself to stay away from the Forum, as it's like a two edged sword ATM, tell me the first 4-6 weeks are the slowest? Okay, lie if you have to LOL Apologies for the lack of spaces and paragraphs, must be because of the iPad, just not happening

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Originally Posted by GTI mk6

...Need a good hobby and keep telling myself to stay away from the Forum, as it's like a two edged sword ATM...

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HAHA! Same here, but I already have my car, but now I see wheels, suspension etc. that I want to add to the car :(

DAMN YOU FORUM!! :P