I can’t beat your wait but maybe your frustration as my damaged 60k beach was damaged on arrival at the uk port which I rejected under the advice or the salesman as it had to have whole tailgate painted has just been advertised by the dealer with no mention of it being resprayed or repaired for £73k, my new one doesn’t even have a date for productionFor all you people struggling with the wait, think of me.
I have a new westy on order and it’s been nearly 15mths now, just been told don’t expect the van before nov.
So sounds like it could be 18mths now, can anyone beat that?!
Oh dear, that is a sad tale. I’m sorry for you mate. The dealer making a profit on a van VW smashed and repaired is nearly as bad as your extended wait.
Would you not want that van now, worth checking it out as work will be warrantied.
Wouldn’t really want a brand new van that had been damaged repaired and the dealer steered me in the replacment order direction with promises of vw expediting new one and some discount.
I can imagine it's very personal... What I would say, is I don't think many people really care about the dealer registered as the first owner.
Is that Hadwins? Maybe you don't wanna say.
You get a very short cable supplied with the van with a 2-pin Euro plug to enable connection to a domestic supply but you’ll need to buy a long cable for hook up. If you want to hook up to a UK domestic supply you’ll also need a short one with a 3-pin plug.
I think it’s the £73 k beach what breeze in Poole have as it’s the only one I can see
I would have pushed the dealer to take the damaged Cali until a new replacement one arrived.
typically how long from build to delivery? I know that is a piece of string question given the usual component delays but will you have it this year?
Thanks a lot to all for the inputs and help. I have bought a 10 meter cable with a plug for the van and the specific plugs they use at camping sites. I have also bought an extension for that so it can go into a standard European plug. As I live in France, should be fine now. I guess I am going to have a bit of trial and error to get through
I looked at one of the latest videos on YouTube from California Chris. Apparently rule of thumb is currently 10 months, but he alluded to allowing up to a year so as to be safe (not be frustrated or disappointed said in a very diplomatic way….).
Not sure I understood everything, however if the a new Cali had been damaged under VW custody prior to delivery, i’d expect a permanent solution from the dealer and fast . Depends on the nature of the damage. If it’s just paint job stuff, id go with their repairs, but if it was more id want to know the exact nature the damage, the exact nature of the repairs, and a free 5 year guarantee. Both VW Central and the dealer will have complete insurance.
there are sites i use a lot (in a tent, never bother with a hook up) where the best pitches are about 30 metres from a hook up. some don’t have electricity at all. i’m thinking that for us, a solar panel would be a better idea than a huge cable reel!Thanks a lot to all for the inputs and help. I have bought a 10 meter cable with a plug for the van and the specific plugs they use at camping sites. I have also bought an extension for that so it can go into a standard European plug. As I live in France, should be fine now. I guess I am going to have a bit of trial and error to get through
Approx 6-8 weeks from build date to hand over.
Hope your right ..Been told build week 39. 27 Sep to 3 Oct. Hopefully mid November if I am lucky.
As an update, my hope to get an earlier build seems to have come true. Have a confirmed build date of week 34, which is 23 August. The dealer emailed me on 3 September! So my van had been in build for 10 days and I didn't know . Now my hope is for end October beginning November collection. Perhaps this dream will come true as well?
thats stuff dreams are made of congrats fab news for you !
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