New T6.1 order delays

[markheathcote]

Lots of maybes, mights and potentials in here. I have the same info on the price protection, posted here and then kindly cut and pasted from my update by someone into Facebook, but I’m parking the rest of this response into the dealer rumours and excuses corner until something tangible and factual comes through. Sits along with with slow harnesses, phantom shutdowns and missing chips for me. All bandied around here as fact, but mostly rumours and second hand “I heards”. This trading of info as fact has almost become the new forum and FB black market currency of choice. Understandable, given the circumstances and our need for an explanation when there is a lack of timely updates from VW themselves.

Yeah, I think we all cling to any bit of informative that we can wring out, desperatly hoping to avoid price increases.

 

[Jw155]

Standard ocean with mudflaps,thought when I ordered if I kept it standard may arrive sooner,hopefully Iam right

 

[California Dreamer]

Coast built and in transit. Both Nick from Listers and Karen from AutoeBid have kept me well informed by email (although AutoeBids emails were going to junkmail). Nick has also phoned me a couple of times and been patient with me adding in extras on more than one occasion after my initial order. I guess it’s important to post good experiences on this forum to ensure a balance of views.


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Same here! Listers been fine in our experience so far. Bit of a weird one today - been told our coast (ordered early sep 2021) is status 20 with a confirmed build of week 11 - 6 weeks ago?! Hoping for some more info later this week…


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[Jimbologo7409]

Same here! Listers been fine in our experience so far. Bit of a weird one today - been told our coast (ordered early sep 2021) is status 20 with a confirmed build of week 11 - 6 weeks ago?! Hoping for some more info later this week…


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That happened with me , next thing I know it’s in transit from factory - hope the same good news for you !

 

[Stoo24]

Coast built and in transit. Both Nick from Listers and Karen from AutoeBid have kept me well informed by email (although AutoeBids emails were going to junkmail). Nick has also phoned me a couple of times and been patient with me adding in extras on more than one occasion after my initial order. I guess it’s important to post good experiences on this forum to ensure a balance of views.


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I thought my post was positive too and offered a balance to some others? That's how I meant it anyway. The information vacuum I refer to is factory based. I never received a build date or any any status update from 00 until it was notified as shipped. Nick was as surprised as me. Assuming I get the remote issue sorted then it's all good, given I chased a significant saving, not customer service and especially because my local dealer wasn't even interested in taking an order, never mind offering a discount. Karen also phoned me yesterday to check that collection went ok and if I'm happy with the van.

 

[phil keegan]

I thought my post was positive too and offered a balance to some others? That's how I meant it anyway. The information vacuum I refer to is factory based. I never received a build date or any any status update from 00 until it was notified as shipped. Nick was as surprised as me. Assuming I get the remote issue sorted then it's all good, given I chased a significant saving, not customer service and especially because my local dealer wasn't even interested in taking an order, never mind offering a discount. Karen also phoned me yesterday to check that collection went ok and if I'm happy with the van.

Agree. I should have linked my comment to another’s post.


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[Philfox3]

That happened with me , next thing I know it’s in transit from factory - hope the same good news for you !

I woke up in the night thinking about vehicles turning up without being on the system !
Do you think the security guards finished a few off whilst the factory was closed ?

 

[California Dreamer]

Brilliant! Your experience is similar to ours, dealer has had no factory updates the whole time but has kept in touch, as have autoebid. We got a great price so I was more than happy with basic level of customer service. Luckily listers are quite close to me, other local dealers just laughed when I mentioned a discount! Hope you get remote sorted and wishing you many happy adventures


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[markheathcote]

Standard ocean with mudflaps,thought when I ordered if I kept it standard may arrive sooner,hopefully Iam right

Ooo, mudflaps, the mudflap shortages will be next.

 

[Hawthorn37]

Ooo, mudflaps, the mudflap shortages will be next.

As it happens, there‘s this plant in Russia, that used to supply …..

 

[dspuk]

I woke up in the night thinking about vehicles turning up without being on the system !
Do you think the security guards finished a few off whilst the factory was closed ?

A friend of ours works at VW Head Office in the UK in an area closely related to cars arriving - they said that it has been manic and they are as surprised as anyone when the vehicles are just turning up.

At Nissan we had an unprecedented situation like this when the Fukashima accident happened and the schedule was all over the place for at least a year as alternative parts and suppliers were sourced - our finely tuned production system needed to be ”jury rigged” to speed up some specs, slow down others and create priority lists offline. This meant that every downstream system that usually received precise automated info does not and in many cases it had to be hand loaded in. It’s clear a similar situation is happening here.

Given the challenges, from covid to war no-one is trying to do a bad job at VW, factory, head office or dealer, in fact just the opposite - we are all just dealing with the most imperfect storm there could be.

 

[.Billy Ocean.]

Just had an update from my dealer. Sometime during the past week my Ocean has gone from status 10, week 21 to status 20, week 21

**Good News**
Just had my Cali Ocean update, Now Status 20 commencing build week 19, Ordered June 7th.

Yay!!! This is exciting as I’ve been using you both as my markers! Just called our dealer for an update but he’s out of the office - it feels so close and yet so far haha.

 

[StevenZhang]

Does no one want to continue this thread? Let me do it: My dealer told me last week that my order’s build week confirmed: week 18, that’s this week! Means my ocean is in production now! Hope everything is going well. Ocean 204ps, 4M, tow bar, power sliding door.

 

[.Billy Ocean.]

Does no one want to continue this thread? Let me do it: My dealer told me last week that my order’s build week confirmed: week 18, that’s this week! Means my ocean is in production now! Hope everything is going well. Ocean 204ps, 4M, tow bar, power sliding door.

Brilliant news, it will be with you before you know it. When did you order?

We’re still waiting for news from our dealer, hopefully no news is good news!

 

[Curryzz]

We should have a boat full of California Oceans on there way soon & some happy new owners.

 

[StevenZhang]

Brilliant news, it will be with you before you know it. When did you order?

We’re still waiting for news from our dealer, hopefully no news is good news!

Early June 2021

 

[Commer63]

Does no one want to continue this thread? Let me do it: My dealer told me last week that my order’s build week confirmed: week 18, that’s this week! Means my ocean is in production now! Hope everything is going well. Ocean 204ps, 4M, tow bar, power sliding door.

Beach Camper ordered the beginning of July 21. Built and awaiting shipment. Hopefully due to pick up end of May.

 

[Commer63]

Beach Camper ordered the beginning of July 21. Built and awaiting shipment. Hopefully due to pick up end of May.

Am from the UK but on holiday in Spain at the moment - hence the Spanish flag

 

[StevenZhang]

Beach Camper ordered the beginning of July 21. Built and awaiting shipment. Hopefully due to pick up end of May.

Hope mine picked up end of June? Fingers crossed.

 

[Corradobrit]

I have now gone from 'in production' to ready for pickup week of May 23rd. The months of eyeing everyone else Cali's will soon be over.......

I think I will buy a lottery card tonight.

 

[NessL]

So now that Oceans are ‘in production’ does this mean that everyone has their Coasts?

 

[Corradobrit]

So now that Oceans are ‘in production’ does this mean that everyone has their Coasts?

That does seem like a reasonable scenario. Maybe my Coast was the last off the production line, making it a collectors item

 

[cheshireben]

Been chasing our order for a couple of months now.. Ordered 21st June 2021 - Ocean with a few extras, not much.

Confirmed for a week 24 build i.e end of June with hopeful early august delivery..

Happy days.. was looking unlikely for a summer holiday trip to Europe but we might just get there now…

 

[bob_summers]

I have now gone from 'in production' to ready for pickup week of May 23rd. The months of eyeing everyone else Cali's will soon be over.......

I think I will buy a lottery card tonight.

that’s what i’m thinking. The pessimist in me still thinks they might crash it into a low bridge on the way to the showroom!

Mine’s built too, dealer said it might be June yet though? Maybe we should have a wager on who gets the keys first!

 

[Philfox3]

Liverpool van centre have messaged me today to say our Coast is built ‘and awaiting shipping to the UK’. ETA ‘maybe the end of next month’.
They seemed as surprised as us, as the information two weeks ago, was expect tentative Q3 build, even that was early for a 8th Nov order !
I’m just sorting a flask and sleeping bag and heading up to Newcastle to make sure they don’t dink it or rag it about getting it off the boat !