New T6.1 order delays

[jonr71]

Charging ebike battery, powering delicate electronics eg projector, that are best run with a pure sine wave generator. In also have an xstar solar panel when off grid to keep the leisure batteries topped up. I can also consider higher voltage appliances like kettles, hotplates, espresso maker that the 240 system can't handle. Ultimately it will avoid me having to pay additional fees for hookups when on campsites and makes things a lot easier when off grid.

I have the River Max for all these reasons. It's a seriously impressive bit of kit.

 

[StevoC]

Sadly my van didn't make it on the boat that left yesterday. No words on when the next one leaves.

But I asked how long things take once the van is on a boat. In Ireland: 7 to 10 days for the van to get to the dealership depending on how long it takes to clear customs. Then one day to prep the van. And 30 minutes to register it.

I received the following email form our sales rep a this morning.

"Good Morning Stephen,
We received the boat list this morning, and we are only getting 3 vehicles which is a disaster!! However I’m delighted to say your California is one of them!! thought I’d build up the suspense a bit. The boat lands in Ireland on the 14th(pending shipping) when the boat lands in either Dublin or Cork, I will provide you with an update and a delivery timeline"

I am hoping to be able to collect it by End of Next Week. I will keep you updated.
I hope you get some positive news soon.

 

[Tricky74]

We were going to buy a plate for ours.. I will wait as I can't see it arriving before the end of August to early September

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Go on...what's the reg?
(I did the same and the BB21LLY retention certificate sat in my bedroom drawer for 6 months...and made me smile when I picked Billy up from Eurovans)View attachment 92949

That’s makes me feel better I don’t have a Billy

Go on...what's the reg?
(I did the same and the BB21LLY retention certificate sat in my bedroom drawer for 6 months...and made me smile when I picked Billy up from Eurovans)View attachment 92949

that makes me feel a little better, I don’t have a Billy but I have this…..

 

[66tim99]

Nice - 6.1 California
What’s the VT?

 

[Tricky74]

Nice - 6.1 California
What’s the VT?

Volkswagen T6.1 California…….

 

[Begize]

Ah yes, the 'showergate' discussion - I'm for one, missus firmly against, only sites with shower blocks ... might have to use your suggestion there - "great way for me to shower outside after a muddy mountain bike ride.." Thanks for the 'tip'..

TBH you don't need to go full on shower. I took just the shower bit and a folding bucket to a few festivals where I camped last year and it's a great way to have a quick freshen up / hair wash without having to brave the "facilities".

Can also use it for cleaning bikes - the Colapz one comes with a jet type nozzle as well.

 

[Jdorling]

That is awful, feel for you. I think if mine turned up next week damaged after 13 months I'd give up and get shafted in the 2nd hand market instead.

Ended up buying a used t5.1 last month to tie us over, given up caring about the new one, will sell it when it eventually arrives

 

[markheathcote]

Hot Off the Press... Related to my Ocean order at least... You will be contacted by your dealer about this if it applies. I for one will be retaining it. Subscribe to our channel to get news as we get it... I'll do a video on this tomorrow but it will only say what it says below...

Re T6.1 California production delays

(We have overcome the majority of longer-term component restrictions, although side assist is particularly challenging, and restrictions will continue into Q3. We have created an option to delete side assist to help improve the lead-time for customers who favour earlier delivery over the presence of this feature (which is usually standard on the Ocean model).

The delete option is priced at -£250 and is available for unscheduled (SLI status codes 00/10) orders that were previously advised as being planned for June or earlier and which remain unscheduled, and which do not contain option packs that mandate this feature.

Please speak to your respective customers to establish if they would like to delete this option in favour of an improved lead-time or whether they prefer to wait for their order to be delivered in late Q3/Q4 instead.

To help aid the decision-making process, we can advise that vehicles with side assist are likely to be delayed by approximately 3 months versus a vehicle without side as

 

[Jdorling]

Hot Off the Press... Related to my Ocean order at least... You will be contacted by your dealer about this if it applies. I for one will be retaining it. Subscribe to our channel to get news as we get it... I'll do a video on this tomorrow but it will only say what it says below...

Re T6.1 California production delays

(We have overcome the majority of longer-term component restrictions, although side assist is particularly challenging, and restrictions will continue into Q3. We have created an option to delete side assist to help improve the lead-time for customers who favour earlier delivery over the presence of this feature (which is usually standard on the Ocean model).

The delete option is priced at -£250 and is available for unscheduled (SLI status codes 00/10) orders that were previously advised as being planned for June or earlier and which remain unscheduled, and which do not contain option packs that mandate this feature.

Please speak to your respective customers to establish if they would like to delete this option in favour of an improved lead-time or whether they prefer to wait for their order to be delivered in late Q3/Q4 instead.

To help aid the decision-making process, we can advise that vehicles with side assist are likely to be delayed by approximately 3 months versus a vehicle without side as

I believe this is the issue with my replacement beach that I have the driver assistance pack which contains side assist, looks like I’ll be probably the longest person in history to wait for a California

 

[couplands]

I bought a reg. plate a little prematurely!!!!!!

We bought a plate too - VW22 BUZ (in expectation of getting an IDBuz in the future) and hope our Cali arrives before end August…

 

[couplands]

Hot Off the Press... Related to my Ocean order at least... You will be contacted by your dealer about this if it applies. I for one will be retaining it. Subscribe to our channel to get news as we get it... I'll do a video on this tomorrow but it will only say what it says below...

Re T6.1 California production delays

(We have overcome the majority of longer-term component restrictions, although side assist is particularly challenging, and restrictions will continue into Q3. We have created an option to delete side assist to help improve the lead-time for customers who favour earlier delivery over the presence of this feature (which is usually standard on the Ocean model).

The delete option is priced at -£250 and is available for unscheduled (SLI status codes 00/10) orders that were previously advised as being planned for June or earlier and which remain unscheduled, and which do not contain option packs that mandate this feature.

Please speak to your respective customers to establish if they would like to delete this option in favour of an improved lead-time or whether they prefer to wait for their order to be delivered in late Q3/Q4 instead.

To help aid the decision-making process, we can advise that vehicles with side assist are likely to be delayed by approximately 3 months versus a vehicle without side as

I had side-assist (if it’s the option that tells you how close you are to side objects) on my previous Merc GLC and my current Tesla, and in both cases it’s fairly useless. It’s very sensitive and flashes warnings when there is still a good few feet of space between car and object.

I’d not be too worried about deleting the option as it provides little real value.

Caveat: if side-assist means something else in VW speak I’ll need to consider further what to do.

 

[markheathcote]

I had side-assist (if it’s the option that tells you how close you are to side objects) on my previous Merc GLC and my current Tesla, and in both cases it’s fairly useless. It’s very sensitive and flashes warnings when there is still a good few feet of space between car and object.

I’d not be too worried about deleting the option as it provides little real value.

Caveat: if side-assist means something else in VW speak I’ll need to consider further what to do.

It's the warning light in the wing mirror that tells you something is in your blind spot... Personally I think it is essential.

 

[couplands]

It's the warning light in the wing mirror that tells you something is in your blind spot... Personally I think it is essential.

Ah, ok. Again both our cars have that blind spot monitoring but it doesn’t show anything you wouldn’t see anyway. After 7 years of having it on the wife’s Range Rover Evoque it’s not been something I’d miss or rely on.

 

[markheathcote]

Ah, ok. Again both our cars have that blind spot monitoring but it doesn’t show anything you wouldn’t see anyway. After 7 years of having it on the wife’s Range Rover Evoque it’s not been something I’d miss or rely on.

interesting, in my previous landrover, it flagged motorbikes zooming up inside and outside me quite a few times at high speed, I found I relied on it quite a lot, but everyone is different. I guess I'll have to take the hit on the 3 months, which is easy for me to say as I do have one currently. That said, I am concerned about the price protection impact - VW had better honour it or they will have a massive row on their hands (and a ranting youtube video haha). Good luck with yours.

 

[couplands]

interesting, in my previous landrover, it flagged motorbikes zooming up inside and outside me quite a few times at high speed, I found I relied on it quite a lot, but everyone is different. I guess I'll have to take the hit on the 3 months, which is easy for me to say as I do have one currently. That said, I am concerned about the price protection impact - VW had better honour it or they will have a massive row on their hands (and a ranting youtube video haha). Good luck with yours.

Good points, I’ll re-evaluate my thoughts on its use….I haven’t had any communication from the dealer on the issue yet, so we’ll see.

 

[dladhimselfincork]

I think my Cali is one of the other ones-just got email from dealer today saying boat due on the 14th. Ascot grey beach

I received the following email form our sales rep a this morning.

"Good Morning Stephen,
We received the boat list this morning, and we are only getting 3 vehicles which is a disaster!! However I’m delighted to say your California is one of them!! thought I’d build up the suspense a bit. The boat lands in Ireland on the 14th(pending shipping) when the boat lands in either Dublin or Cork, I will provide you with an update and a delivery timeline"

I am hoping to be able to collect it by End of Next Week. I will keep you updated.
I hope you get some positive news soon

 

[CaliforniaMattG]

Update from our dealer (Ian at Liverpool) says we MIGHT get our Coast (ordered on the last day Coasts were available Nov ‘21) in time for the Jubilee weekend!

Could ours be on a boat today?!


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Same here. Ordered end of Oct 21. Have been told nothing at all, told two weeks ago there was still no news then out the blue today, it was built and on it’s way. Should be ready to collect end of the month or beginning of next. Believe it when it is actually here to collect!

 

[BlakeyA]

interesting, in my previous landrover, it flagged motorbikes zooming up inside and outside me quite a few times at high speed, I found I relied on it quite a lot, but everyone is different. I guess I'll have to take the hit on the 3 months, which is easy for me to say as I do have one currently. That said, I am concerned about the price protection impact - VW had better honour it or they will have a massive row on their hands (and a ranting youtube video haha). Good luck with yours.

Hi Mark, we too had the email from Matt today, and a subsequent conversation re the price increase impact, we will keep the side assist as I believe it may impact the value down the line ( a little‍) am awaiting an answer, though reading the email I’m not entirely convinced it will impact the time frame so much, surely they have at least some of the parts… so if enough people delete it then the production carries on as is , who knows…

 

[Begize]

Just had a call from my dealer to say my Ocean 150 (ordered June 2021) is now showing status 20 for week 20 (having been previously been showing status 20 for March last month). He said the status was updated 9 hours ago so hopefully accurate. He seemed to think week 20 is this week, but according to Google is starts 16th May so fingers crossed one way or another, build is imminent or possibly even started.

He said vans were coming through fairly steadily now and that they were getting many arrive where the statuses hadn't been updated to show progress through the system so I might get a surprise phone call any time.

He said they were aware of the issue with side assist but fortunately for me, I was unaffected.

 

[Applecross]

I’m in the same position. Ordered an Ocean 150 on the 21st June last year. It’s now in build and been told to expect it sometime in mid June.

Regarding side assist, the quality of how it works seems to vary from brand to brand. On a Ford and Honda we’ve owned, I haven’t found it useful. The alerts are either too late or don’t alert you sufficiently well enough. However I have an 2011 VW Touareg and found it brilliant. It’s helped me out several times on long drives.

 

[bob_summers]

From another perspective, I'm a biker so I see them flash up on wingmirrors as I filter. Don't have a lot of faith in them preventing a distracted driver from doing something unexpected but I'd rather have them than not!

 

[StevoC]

I think my Cali is one of the other ones-just got email from dealer today saying boat due on the 14th. Ascot grey beach

Yipee

 

[2haw]

Cali Beach
Ordered End Sept 21
Confirmed BW18
Now showing at Port of Exit

 

[66tim99]

Cali Beach
Ordered End Sept 21
Confirmed BW18
Now showing at Port of Exit

8 months - pretty quick!

 

[ardm17]

8 months - pretty quick!

Must have ordered the 'Build Assist' option ...