Any 'unordered' surprises - Welcome, or otherwise?

[Stu@rt]

I recall reading about the 'administration' error that led to @Manic 's Coast arriving without the privacy glass that he had ordered. I guess there will be a few others that had options missing on delivery? It left me curious if anyone had ever received any "freebies". i.e their Cali got delivered with options that they hadn't spec'ed ? Any welcome / unwelcome surprises at collection time?

 

[Jandy61]

I recall reading about the 'administration' error that led to @Manic 's Coast arriving without the privacy glass that he had ordered. I guess there will be a few others that had options missing on delivery? It left me curious if anyone had ever received any "freebies". i.e their Cali got delivered with options that they hadn't spec'ed ? Any welcome / unwelcome surprises at collection time?

I read a thread about someone ordering paying for,?then finally collecting their new 4 motion, they drive home, See no obvious signs that it is a 4 motion, no badges etc, look under the van, you guessed it, no 4 motion on van, paperwork all correct, but no checks down by the dealer

 

[Blue Yonder]

I read a thread about someone ordering paying for,?then finally collecting their new 4 motion, they drive home, See no obvious signs that it is a 4 motion, no badges etc, look under the van, you guessed it, no 4 motion on van, paperwork all correct, but no checks down by the dealer

The dealer put down the VED on a new 2018 Ocean as £250. Paid my deposit and so the dealership had to honour the OTR price. Does this count?

 

[Brian S]

I got a free 5th seat with my Coast. It took me a few days to figure out how to remove it. I haven't used it so far but it might eventually be useful.

 

[Ladymuck]

I got a free 5th seat with my Coast. It took me a few days to figure out how to remove it. I haven't used it so far but it might eventually be useful.

Did you spec the floor rail for it ?

 

[Brian S]

No. I think the third floor rail is standard in the Coast.

 

[Alain]

When I ordered my 6.0 Ocean, I had to specify if I wanted to be able to add a fifth seat in the future. It was a no cost option so I picked it.

Turns out that the fifth seat also required the van to have the bigger 17" brakes. Since I ordered the Cali with 16" Clayton wheels, I got the 17" Cascavel wheels + bigger brakes for free.

 

[andyinluton]

When I ordered my 6.0 Ocean, I had to specify if I wanted to be able to add a fifth seat in the future. It was a no cost option so I picked it.

Turns out that the fifth seat also required the van to have the bigger 17" brakes. Since I ordered the Cali with 16" Clayton wheels, I got the 17" Cascavel wheels + bigger brakes for free.

In the uk configurater all oceans come with the bigger brakes and 17” wheels as standard. The coast doesn’t & if you order the 5th seat you need the chassis upgrade.

 

[Alain]

In the uk configurater all oceans come with the bigger brakes and 17” wheels as standard. The coast doesn’t & if you order the 5th seat you need the chassis upgrade.

Yeah but this was 4 years ago. VW tried to pass the cost onto me but my dealer refused that and said it was their problem.

 

[Stu@rt]

When I ordered my 6.0 Ocean, I had to specify if I wanted to be able to add a fifth seat in the future. It was a no cost option so I picked it.

Turns out that the fifth seat also required the van to have the bigger 17" brakes. Since I ordered the Cali with 16" Clayton wheels, I got the 17" Cascavel wheels + bigger brakes for free.

Now there's a proper freebie. Brilliant!

 

[Stu@rt]

Resurrecting this thread, as a few new Coast owners are reporting that they received the extra sliding window in the sliding door, despite not "speccing" it.
A quick check of the configurator this morning and it still shows
"Sliding window with fly screen in passenger compartment left" at a £114 option

As someone whose Coast is (Hopefully) in build this week, I'd be keen to learn if this has been the "norm" we recently deliveries, or is it just a lucky few that have picked up a £114 freebie?

 

[66tim99]

Resurrecting this thread, as a few new Coast owners are reporting that they received the extra sliding window in the sliding door, despite not "speccing" it.
A quick check of the configurator this morning and it still shows
"Sliding window with fly screen in passenger compartment left" at a £114 option

As someone whose Coast is (Hopefully) in build this week, I'd be keen to learn if this has been the "norm" we recently deliveries, or is it just a lucky few that have picked up a £114 freebie?

I wonder again if the fly screens are now being delivered?

 

[IainB]

I wonder again if the fly screens are now being delivered?

We got fly screens with our van when we picked it up in April. Not tried to fit / use them yet though.

 

[johna]

Recently chased our dealer (picked up van end Sept) about the fly screens and they say currently on back order along with hundreds of other items.

 

[Stu@rt]

Any other new Coasts arrived recently with the £114 freebie?

 

[Stu@rt]

Any other new Coasts arrived recently with the £114 freebie?

@steverob55 I notice that your Coast has the extra sliding window. Can I ask if you specc'ed it, or was it a welcome freebie?

 

[Katiek14]

We got the sliding window for free - no fly screens though I don't think

 

[Ladymuck]

No extras here :-( got my Coast in March

 

[Sad]

We got the sliding window for free - no fly screens though I don't think

We got 1 fly screen, but yeah the 2 sliding windows...

 

[Katiek14]

We got 1 fly screen, but yeah the 2 sliding windows...

The boss knows best

 

[NessL]

We got 1 fly screen, but yeah the 2 sliding windows...

We received the same

 

[steverob55]

@steverob55 I notice that your Coast has the extra sliding window. Can I ask if you specc'ed it, or was it a welcome freebie?

Should it not have had that? I didn’t pay for it.

 

[Abx]

We got fly screens with our ocean that we collected 2 weeks ago.

One thing I didn’t think we had as standard was blind spot assist, thought that was an option that we didn’t spec, however our Cali has it.

 

[Stu@rt]

Should it not have had that? I didn’t pay for it.

It's listed as an £114 option (Previously closer to £300 I think). Be interesting to see if they are just temporarily fitting those windows (Standard on an Ocean) due to a stock shortage of the non-opener, or if it has become the norm? I didn't spec it, so will be interesting to see if & when ours arrives.

 

[steverob55]

It's listed as an £114 option (Previously closer to £300 I think). Be interesting to see if they are just temporarily fitting those windows (Standard on an Ocean) due to a stock shortage of the non-opener, or if it has become the norm? I didn't spec it, so will be interesting to see if & when ours arrives.

Is it? I don’t remember seeing it. I wouldn’t have picked it but it’s nice to have it I guess. Is it part of a package?