R36...pre-ordered!!!

[lswinkel]

Hi everyone,

Thought I would sign up, been following the thread for some time and put a deposit on an r36 Sedan last week. Apparently being built at the moment, with all these times flying around I dont know whether I should be excited or depressed.....if you call July excited.

Bare in mind this is coming from somone that almost canceled a previous car order cause it was gonna take 2 weeks, I get a little impatient. Guess I'm gonna learn alot.

[Northy]

I have been shown my Build and Ship dates by my dealer....My guess is that the first non pre order cars will arrive later in the year.

[Vene]

Anyone out there with the sports suspension fitted on a current Passat Variant? Just wondering what the experience is with clearance. Hopefully I can keep the scuffs and scratches to a minimum.

[lswinkel]

Just got a call from my dealer today giving me my VIN number. He also said that he was supplied a delivery date of 11/6/08 give or take (that's arrival of the ship). Thats not that far away if the time holds

[Steve]

Great news

[RWK]

Just got a call from my dealer today giving me my VIN number. He also said that he was supplied a delivery date of 11/6/08 give or take (that's arrival of the ship). Thats not that far away if the time holds

Good News, hope you will get your car without any hassles and tell us about how she goes.

[Steve]

Typical bloody Volkswagen, though. Sometimes it's hard to tell if they do, in fact, known their arse from their elbow.

It's interesting to see the various dates thrown around by dealers who should all be sourcing their information from the same place.

I still haven't heard from my dealer regarding the R36 build yet, though I might investigate tomorrow.

[lswinkel]

Yeah I keep seeing all the dates get thrown around, hard to know which is actually correct. Although my dealer seemed pretty confident with his information, was even going to give the ship it was coming on. I guess time will tell and I am sure we will see a number of reports once people get their cars. So anyone in Sydney organising a cruise when they finally arrive?

[RWK]

Yeah I keep seeing all the dates get thrown around, hard to know which is actually correct. Although my dealer seemed pretty confident with his information, was even going to give the ship it was coming on. I guess time will tell and I am sure we will see a number of reports once people get their cars. So anyone in Sydney organising a cruise when they finally arrive?

haha....interesting to see hey. My first Passat TDi is on Tortugas now and is on its way to Fremantle (Left Bremerhaven on 11/4/2008 ). R36 is still an unknown to me...hehe

[Cro]

It's been almost 2 years since I've had a cruisable car, and with 25,000kms budgeted for just weekends I don't think I'll be doing anything but cruising when the car comes along
I'll be too busy driving to organise a cruise, but your more than welcome to tag along

The first weekend starts of with a track day at Wakefield on Friday to run it in, a drive down the Clyde to Batemans Bay, over to Bermagui, Tathra, Bega and up the Brown to Cooma, Jindabyne, Khancoban, Tumut, Gundagai, Goulburn, Taralga, Jenolan Caves and home via Bells Line.

Next weekend is a day trip around Southern Highlands, via National Park, Macquarie + Jambaroo Pass, Kangaroo Valley, Bowral.

Weekend after is time to go North, never really been up there before (apart from Putty and old Pac) I've been keenly looking at Oxley Hwy and Thunderbolts way on Google Maps, they look damn good so time for some exploring