I'm with @66tim99 here - 3K seems very light unless they changed the numbers in the last few weeks. For DTD you get the discount straight away on their website - when they ring there is no haggling to be had - the discount is the discount. So you should see your number straight away without waiting. Was a flat 8.8% for me. You can also try eBid, but will be about the same.
This all makes sense in "normal" times and more so with passenger cars vs vans due to the way the systems work. To give a insight I used to work on the systems that did factory order allocation. Over and above "swaps" and extra allocation - which given the order bank situation is practically non-existent - stock orders don't count here as every van is BTO - build to order, so once you're in the Q very little you can do to sway anything. We used to get dealers who had managed to get hold of our phone numbers at the factory ringing all the time trying to change things, but the complexity involved in a BTO order flow meant there was non, not that we could have anyway. Your latter point more on the nose - options here is the killer, after chip shortages. All it takes is one 3rd tier supplier to shut down who supplies rails, clips are anything like that and the whole thing comes to a standstill. Generally the manufacturer pre-orders all the bits a year in advance on the assumption of a certain flow of colours, specs and options, but even that is out the window now. Not sure yet if this is going to get better or worse - better if it's a vaccinated country, worse if your clips come from Mexico!
As above I’m not sure this is true at the moment. The order should be sent to the factory immediately but it seems some are not. I can think of no other reason than dealer allocation. I had an order number a week after placing it with DTD.
I’ve just put our spec through DTD £73k list. Still being over just over £6.5k off. Same as the dealer. How strange, funny old business this.
*offered (stupid autocorrect!)
Same as mine, just under 9%. Depends on the dealer, I tired some with 0%, some with 4% and only one close to DTD but didn’t like how they did business. IMHO it makes no difference - go for the cheapest - Van handovers are van handovers, you can service where you like and as long as it’s put in the system all orders are equal. If that‘s a dealer close to you bonus.
I made sure to get an order number from DTD immediately, checked it with VW and know for sure it’s in the system. IMHO dealers who tell customers they get them early or because of this or that are practicing good fortune blarney. There are 100 reasons a van may be early (good fortune, low spec, right spec right time) and 100 they may be late (shipping delays, factory shutdowns, tier suppliers going offline due to covid, chip shortages, slower production due to distancing). Reality - it’s a dark art, not helped by the wait and forums
I too had an order number within days and the dealer had called to verify a couple of things. I got an unconfirmed build week within 6 weeks, but have then gone on to have 10 more before finally getting a confirmed one 11 months after order! Whilst I don’t know if the Eurovans Ocean orders that came after mine and have been delivered are DTD, I suspect they are, and that my box-ticking addiction has been the reason why mine is delayed...shortages of towbars etc etc but I realise I’ll never know...I made sure to get an order number from DTD immediately, checked it with VW and know for sure it’s in the system. IMHO dealers who tell customers they get them early or because of this or that are practicing good fortune blarney. There are 100 reasons a van may be early (good fortune, low spec, right spec right time) and 100 they may be late (shipping delays, factory shutdowns, tier suppliers going offline due to covid, chip shortages, slower production due to distancing). Reality - it’s a dark art, not helped by the wait and forums
Hi, what does a VW order number look like, is it the PO from the dealer to the factory or something else..?
It’s an 8-digit number that for me appears on a single A4 pdf from the dealer titled Vehicle Detail. If you give it to VW Chat they can update you on your order status
Great, thanks. our dealer did say they’d send the full order to us but I haven’t seen it so will chase them.
Same - 8 digit number. When the put the full order in on the VW ordering system (which then puts the van in the very long build Q) the ordering system gives them a number. As orders are done direct into the factory system Its a VW number, not a dealer one. I used to have to manage factory system integration between DMS (dealer management systems) and it used to be a bit of a nightmare. If you ordered in June you need to hassle the dealer for a number - they may have delayed adding it on for their own purposes and you need to guard against that (delaying the order to meet sales targets in different months).
My options in the OP but similar with a few bits more. Looking at yours if you were to get issues it would be tow bar prep - parts for tow bars seem to cause a bottleneck.
I also added wood floor, DCC, pro media, sports pack, storage drawer...
The 8 digit order number usually begins with 30 or 31. If you don't have it, go on VW Chat and they can search/locate using your name. Will be able to tell you if and when the order was accepted at the factory (Status 00)
Confirmed - mine starts in 31.
Great thanks…
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