6.1 2 day hire - initially disappointed, but now ordered!

[Wildcamper]

I've enjoyed this thread. 180deg in two weeks.
Hope you never regret it.

Happy camping. Enjoy the freedom. All the best.

 

[subthree]

Thanks! And don’t worry, we certainly did get a great deal
Have you ordered yet then?

You are going to have to spill the beans on the discount so others know what to ask for.

 

[Wogga]

Well done Phil, today is the day you think what have we done, it soon subsides when you weigh up the pro's no storage, no second car etc. You set your budget and got obviously the best dealer to do the work.

 

[Elmo3]

So we’ve finally ordered our very first Cali today!!! If you’ve read most of the posts on this thread, you’ll understand why we’ve done that, despite the thread title.
So, being disappointed to start with hasn’t stopped us from our dream of buying a campervan. We had an unlucky first experience together with (too?) high expectations, but thanks to the fantastic people on here we gave it plenty of thought and now we are delighted to have put an order in for a well specced 199 4MO Ocean. We had considered all options, from forgetting it altogether, to keeping costs down and getting a Coast, to going for a top spec 4MO!! We went for that in the end as we got a very good deal and PCP that worked for us.
So once again, a massive thanks to everyone that has helped on here, we are definitely here to stay now!
Oh and a big shout out to Guy Vincent at Preston - did us the deal we wanted and was excellent to deal with. Our local dealers couldn’t help regarding any discount. Birmingham and Leicester, whilst helpful, we’re offering just 2% off. Coventry promised to get back to me by the end of the day 3 days ago but never did. We went to Liverpool on Monday after making an appointment. They didn’t seem particularly bothered and have not got back to us at all since then, 5 days ago. We were really surprised by this as we’d seen the California Chris videos and read good things about them. We were prepared to put an order in whilst there, but the PCP’s weren’t available on the systems until late the next day, so they said they’d email some details through to us - nothing has been received yet. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I thought I would have been treated differently, walking into a showroom ready to order a £70k vehicle.
But Guy at Preston was totally different and so got our order.

Good work Phil! It’s quite amazing how some dealers don’t follow up with hot prospects. I’ve bought 2 Oceans from Liverpool and received great service, think it just depends who you deal with. Preston are part of the same dealer group so they’re getting the business anyway at the high level! We are interested in a Hymer Free. Made an appointment, spent a couple of hours looking, discussing availability and lead times and they were going to send on a full quote. No phone call, email, nothing!

Enjoy the wait and don’t start buying loads of stuff you don’t need!

 

[Jenny H]

So we’ve finally ordered our very first Cali today!!! If you’ve read most of the posts on this thread, you’ll understand why we’ve done that, despite the thread title.
So, being disappointed to start with hasn’t stopped us from our dream of buying a campervan. We had an unlucky first experience together with (too?) high expectations, but thanks to the fantastic people on here we gave it plenty of thought and now we are delighted to have put an order in for a well specced 199 4MO Ocean. We had considered all options, from forgetting it altogether, to keeping costs down and getting a Coast, to going for a top spec 4MO!! We went for that in the end as we got a very good deal and PCP that worked for us.
So once again, a massive thanks to everyone that has helped on here, we are definitely here to stay now!
Oh and a big shout out to Guy Vincent at Preston - did us the deal we wanted and was excellent to deal with. Our local dealers couldn’t help regarding any discount. Birmingham and Leicester, whilst helpful, we’re offering just 2% off. Coventry promised to get back to me by the end of the day 3 days ago but never did. We went to Liverpool on Monday after making an appointment. They didn’t seem particularly bothered and have not got back to us at all since then, 5 days ago. We were really surprised by this as we’d seen the California Chris videos and read good things about them. We were prepared to put an order in whilst there, but the PCP’s weren’t available on the systems until late the next day, so they said they’d email some details through to us - nothing has been received yet. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I thought I would have been treated differently, walking into a showroom ready to order a £70k vehicle.
But Guy at Preston was totally different and so got our order.

How exciting - guess youve gone for the Mojave Beige too - same colour Coast I want - would you mind sharing your PCP deal - I got a quote at 2.8% which states it stands for 30 days but not sure it will as current rates are 3.5% - off to test drive at Loughton next week - rang Robinsons Norwich & they dont have any to test drive - rang Breeze & they dont either - I agree the service you get is vary variable when you consider what a lot of money you are spending - congratulations!

 

[Karlos]

So we’ve finally ordered our very first Cali today!!! If you’ve read most of the posts on this thread, you’ll understand why we’ve done that, despite the thread title.
So, being disappointed to start with hasn’t stopped us from our dream of buying a campervan. We had an unlucky first experience together with (too?) high expectations, but thanks to the fantastic people on here we gave it plenty of thought and now we are delighted to have put an order in for a well specced 199 4MO Ocean. We had considered all options, from forgetting it altogether, to keeping costs down and getting a Coast, to going for a top spec 4MO!! We went for that in the end as we got a very good deal and PCP that worked for us.
So once again, a massive thanks to everyone that has helped on here, we are definitely here to stay now!
Oh and a big shout out to Guy Vincent at Preston - did us the deal we wanted and was excellent to deal with. Our local dealers couldn’t help regarding any discount. Birmingham and Leicester, whilst helpful, we’re offering just 2% off. Coventry promised to get back to me by the end of the day 3 days ago but never did. We went to Liverpool on Monday after making an appointment. They didn’t seem particularly bothered and have not got back to us at all since then, 5 days ago. We were really surprised by this as we’d seen the California Chris videos and read good things about them. We were prepared to put an order in whilst there, but the PCP’s weren’t available on the systems until late the next day, so they said they’d email some details through to us - nothing has been received yet. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I thought I would have been treated differently, walking into a showroom ready to order a £70k vehicle.
But Guy at Preston was totally different and so got our order.

Well done Phil.

I had the exact reverse as you with Preston & Liverpool and bought our Ocean from Liverpool who I have found excellent even if I just drop in for a chat when in the area.

Hope you have a fantastic time with your van and it's everything you want, now about that discount?

 

[PhilR]

Good work Phil! It’s quite amazing how some dealers don’t follow up with hot prospects. I’ve bought 2 Oceans from Liverpool and received great service, think it just depends who you deal with. Preston are part of the same dealer group so they’re getting the business anyway at the high level! We are interested in a Hymer Free. Made an appointment, spent a couple of hours looking, discussing availability and lead times and they were going to send on a full quote. No phone call, email, nothing!

Enjoy the wait and don’t start buying loads of stuff you don’t need!

Unbelievable isn’t it?! In this day and age of communication too.
Had a laugh at your last comment - already looking at bits and pieces

 

[Elmo3]

Had a laugh at your last comment - already looking at bits and pieces

That will be an even longer thread!

 

[PhilR]

How exciting - guess youve gone for the Mojave Beige too - same colour Coast I want - would you mind sharing your PCP deal - I got a quote at 2.8% which states it stands for 30 days but not sure it will as current rates are 3.5% - off to test drive at Loughton next week - rang Robinsons Norwich & they dont have any to test drive - rang Breeze & they dont either - I agree the service you get is vary variable when you consider what a lot of money you are spending - congratulations!

Thanks Jenny. Yes Mojave “Silver”
We went from that originally, to Indium, Red, White, then back to Mojave. At the dealers we’ve been to there were loads of grey and white ones about, but no Mojave ones, so it seems a bit more “exclusive”. Won’t show scratches as much as Indium too hopefully.
We got what is on the VWCV website - 3.6%, £1000 contribution. Not the greatest PCP ever but we were happy with the figures.
Subthree/Karlos - Initial discount was pretty much as good as what is available elsewhere with minimal searching

 

[Mr T]

Thanks Jenny. Yes Mojave “Silver”
We went from that originally, to Indium, Red, White, then back to Mojave. At the dealers we’ve been to there were loads of grey and white ones about, but no Mojave ones, so it seems a bit more “exclusive”. Won’t show scratches as much as Indium too hopefully.
We got what is on the VWCV website - 3.6%, £1000 contribution. Not the greatest PCP ever but we were happy with the figures.
Subthree/Karlos - Initial discount was pretty much as good as what is available elsewhere with minimal searching

Great colour choice, but it's Mojave Beige not silver
Now for the long wait!

PS need to update the thread title and add "but I bought one anyway"

 

[BeagleMum]

So we’ve finally ordered our very first Cali today!!! If you’ve read most of the posts on this thread, you’ll understand why we’ve done that, despite the thread title.
So, being disappointed to start with hasn’t stopped us from our dream of buying a campervan. We had an unlucky first experience together with (too?) high expectations, but thanks to the fantastic people on here we gave it plenty of thought and now we are delighted to have put an order in for a well specced 199 4MO Ocean. We had considered all options, from forgetting it altogether, to keeping costs down and getting a Coast, to going for a top spec 4MO!! We went for that in the end as we got a very good deal and PCP that worked for us.
So once again, a massive thanks to everyone that has helped on here, we are definitely here to stay now!
Oh and a big shout out to Guy Vincent at Preston - did us the deal we wanted and was excellent to deal with. Our local dealers couldn’t help regarding any discount. Birmingham and Leicester, whilst helpful, we’re offering just 2% off. Coventry promised to get back to me by the end of the day 3 days ago but never did. We went to Liverpool on Monday after making an appointment. They didn’t seem particularly bothered and have not got back to us at all since then, 5 days ago. We were really surprised by this as we’d seen the California Chris videos and read good things about them. We were prepared to put an order in whilst there, but the PCP’s weren’t available on the systems until late the next day, so they said they’d email some details through to us - nothing has been received yet. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I thought I would have been treated differently, walking into a showroom ready to order a £70k vehicle.
But Guy at Preston was totally different and so got our order.

Really pleased it’s worked out for you
No you’re not old fashioned expecting to be treated better spending that amount of money. Incidentally Liverpool is the nearest dealership to us and we had abysmal experience with them, obviously we never bought from them either.

 

[Vagophile]

Enjoy the wait and don’t start buying loads of stuff you don’t need!

Stay away from IKEA, it's a major danger zone.

 

[subthree]

Thanks Jenny. Yes Mojave “Silver”
We went from that originally, to Indium, Red, White, then back to Mojave. At the dealers we’ve been to there were loads of grey and white ones about, but no Mojave ones, so it seems a bit more “exclusive”. Won’t show scratches as much as Indium too hopefully.
We got what is on the VWCV website - 3.6%, £1000 contribution. Not the greatest PCP ever but we were happy with the figures.
Subthree/Karlos - Initial discount was pretty much as good as what is available elsewhere with minimal searching

Discount; I got 19% on my T6.1 so I'm happy, but that was due to a written off T6 order. Would be good to share with other prospective buyers what sort of level dealers were, and were not, offering.

 

[Jay20cali]

So we’ve finally ordered our very first Cali today!!! If you’ve read most of the posts on this thread, you’ll understand why we’ve done that, despite the thread title.
So, being disappointed to start with hasn’t stopped us from our dream of buying a campervan. We had an unlucky first experience together with (too?) high expectations, but thanks to the fantastic people on here we gave it plenty of thought and now we are delighted to have put an order in for a well specced 199 4MO Ocean. We had considered all options, from forgetting it altogether, to keeping costs down and getting a Coast, to going for a top spec 4MO!! We went for that in the end as we got a very good deal and PCP that worked for us.
So once again, a massive thanks to everyone that has helped on here, we are definitely here to stay now!
Oh and a big shout out to Guy Vincent at Preston - did us the deal we wanted and was excellent to deal with. Our local dealers couldn’t help regarding any discount. Birmingham and Leicester, whilst helpful, we’re offering just 2% off. Coventry promised to get back to me by the end of the day 3 days ago but never did. We went to Liverpool on Monday after making an appointment. They didn’t seem particularly bothered and have not got back to us at all since then, 5 days ago. We were really surprised by this as we’d seen the California Chris videos and read good things about them. We were prepared to put an order in whilst there, but the PCP’s weren’t available on the systems until late the next day, so they said they’d email some details through to us - nothing has been received yet. Maybe I’m just old fashioned, but I thought I would have been treated differently, walking into a showroom ready to order a £70k vehicle.
But Guy at Preston was totally different and so got our order.

Brilliant
We ordered our last 3 vans with guy he is a pleasure to deal with !
he always beats everyone one price .
He’s a lovely genuine guy who is definitely a credit to Lancashire vw.
On the last one cali I didn’t even bother getting other quotes like on the first few ,
Very confident guy would look after us.
Glad he got a sale from you guys

 

[PhilR]

Great colour choice, but it's Mojave Beige not silver

No, it’s Mojave Silver like I said. B**** is not allowed to be mentioned, a bit like that other B word

 

[PhilR]

Discount; I got 19% on my T6.1 so I'm happy, but that was due to a written off T6 order. Would be good to share with other prospective buyers what sort of level dealers were, and were not, offering.

10% near enough
As I said in an earlier post, Leicester and Birmingham, the closest ones to me could offer only 2%. Coventry said “about 6%” but would get back to me, but never did. Liverpool said 7% and never even bothered getting back to me at all, even after going there for an appointment and saying we were ready to buy. Very poor. Unbelievable really.
Poole were 10% too but didn’t get back to me when promised and in the meantime I had spoken to Guy.
Hope that helps.

 

[PhilR]

Really pleased it’s worked out for you
No you’re not old fashioned expecting to be treated better spending that amount of money. Incidentally Liverpool is the nearest dealership to us and we had abysmal experience with them, obviously we never bought from them either.

I am really quite annoyed with Liverpool. We travelled over 2 hours to go there and were ready to sign up there and then, but they didn’t give us any figures. They didn’t seem that bothered too. They said they would get back to me as soon as the PCP quotes were available in their system. That was 6 days ago and I’ve heard absolutely nothing since. The California Chris videos have been really helpful and he obviously knows his stuff and is passionate. We didn’t deal with him sadly. I do feel like emailing him though.
I can’t believe I didn’t even get a follow up call. Very poor.

 

[Wayne rocco]

Lots of "nice to have" improvements, but none essential for living.

Exactly, you can sleep, cook, wash and travel just the same, however I am envious of the table and chair storage in the rear door however (oh and the aircon!)

 

[DoctorBob]

Discount; I got 19% on my T6.1 so I'm happy, but that was due to a written off T6 order. Would be good to share with other prospective buyers what sort of level dealers were, and were not, offering.

I just want to check this - 19%?!

 

[subthree]

I just want to check this - 19%?!

Yep. It was originally one of the last T6 orders at about 17% discount. Our T6 hit a tree whilst on the top of the transporter between port and dealer. At that point T6 production had ceased. We had ordered a manual gearbox. So the replacement T6.1 was supplied with a dsg, about another £1.5k, and VW UK and Robinsons Norwich honoured the original deal. Result!

 

[testpilottimmy]

Wow, we got 9%, good of them to honour the discount.

 

[GSX1300R]

Yep. It was originally one of the last T6 orders at about 17% discount. Our T6 hit a tree whilst on the top of the transporter between port and dealer. At that point T6 production had ceased. We had ordered a manual gearbox. So the replacement T6.1 was supplied with a dsg, about another £1.5k, and VW UK and Robinsons Norwich honoured the original deal. Result!

So what price are we talking with the 19% discount.. around £52k

 

[GrumpyGranddad]

Discount; I got 19% on my T6.1 so I'm happy, but that was due to a written off T6 order. Would be good to share with other prospective buyers what sort of level dealers were, and were not, offering.

Wow, 19% must be a record in today’s Cali supply climate. Thought I’d done OK with about 10%. We’ll done.

 

[subthree]

Wow, 19% must be a record in today’s Cali supply climate. Thought I’d done OK with about 10%. We’ll done.

The order was placed in August 2019, van delivered July 2020, totally different market conditions.

 

[subthree]

So what price are we talking with the 19% discount.. around £52k

List was about £69k, we paid around £56k.