My VW Passat Alltrack

[drad81]

That would be nice.

I've been looking into performance programing. I think the 125tdi and 130tdi engines might be the same. with aftermarket tuning they boot end up with the same power output. approx 143-150kw and 380nm for dsg (405-420Nm for manual)

[Marakai]

Dealer just emailed and confirmed that our Alltrack will be a 130kW/380NM model, so it seems true: if you vehicle is produced Jan'13 and after it gets the upgrade.

[davo]

Dealer just emailed and confirmed that our Alltrack will be a 130kW/380NM model, so it seems true: if you vehicle is produced Jan'13 and after it gets the upgrade.

That's good news. Thanks for letting us know.

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[robbie]

Customer service at Volkswagen is not their strongest point. We have all had our fair share of run ins with Volkswagen right?

Congratulations on the Alltrack, Marakai. Such a great deed in surprising your wife with a new car, enjoy it in good health.

[Marakai]

Halle-FREAKING-luyah!

We have a VIN, ladies and gentlemen!

Now to glue my eyes daily to the tracking sites Booba posted some time ago!

Actually, how do I know which vessel my car is on?! There's a number of dates for varying vessels with a range of departures and arrivals that would match.

[booba]

Once it is entered into ww site then you can enter the vin and it will tell you the ship. it will most likely go around south Africa and not through panama I think.

Halle-FREAKING-luyah!

We have a VIN, ladies and gentlemen!

Now to glue my eyes daily to the tracking sites Booba posted some time ago!

Actually, how do I know which vessel my car is on?! There's a number of dates for varying vessels with a range of departures and arrivals that would match.

[Marakai]

Once it is entered into ww site then you can enter the vin and it will tell you the ship. it will most likely go around south Africa and not through panama I think.

Err, which site? vw.com? vw.com.au? I'd never noticed a menu or link for tracking before. Am I blind?

URL, my man, give me a URL, I beg of thee!

[Inego]

Walenius Wilhelmsen I assume

[Marakai]

Walenius Wilhelmsen I assume

Well that's the shipping company and I didn't think they themselves would allow tracking by VIN, however I found this on a forum:

Track your car, if shipped by Wallenius Wilhelmsen, using [your VIN]:

Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics - worldwide ocean transport, inland services, supply chain solutions, terminal services
• Go to "track and trace" cargo section on the homepage, at the bottom right.
(as displayed June 2009, this function has changed location over the months)
• Enter the VIN in the "Cargo ID" field of the form
• Hit "Track"
• Status will be displayed once Wallenius has taken taken possession of the car and selected it for shipment.
• You will then know the ships name.
• If "no records are available" is displayed, Wallenius Wilhelmsen does not yet have your car in their possession, your car is not being
transported by their fleet, or the tracking system is lagging behind actual status - which is quite common.

So, I guess they don't have it yet. That said, same post also said WWL will not always have a VIN linked to the Cargo ID, so you can only guess which vessel your car is on.

Gawds my fingernails are going to be chewed up to my elbows by the time this is done!

[wind]

Halle-FREAKING-luyah!

We have a VIN, ladies and gentlemen!

Now to glue my eyes daily to the tracking sites Booba posted some time ago!

Actually, how do I know which vessel my car is on?! There's a number of dates for varying vessels with a range of departures and arrivals that would match.

The VIN will be the shipping reference ONCE the car is on the car carrier/ship/boat (/bl--dy slow thing!). You will not be able to track it until the car is loaded and in transit. So if the VIN has been assigned BUT the car is not out of production then you will not see anything on the tracking pages.

With my car, could only track it while on the ship. If not on the ship then you just need to wait a little . . . if you are anything like me, I checked several times a day when I got my VIN until it was on the ship then followed the world tour it took on its was to here (went via USA, Panama, etc.)