New T6.1 order delays

[Hedley Wright]

This option makes long journeys a breeze - you’re right to hold out for it. I’m a Luddite and haven’t owned a car since 2004, or bothered to work out how to use electronic systems on hire cars except basic cruise control.
- 3 times in 6 months the side assist has kicked in and applied the brakes hard to prevent reversing and in one case an HGV cutting in without looking on the motorway.
- it’s always reassuring to know what the speed limit is, and I’ve found it to be accurate usually. In town the switch from 20 to 30 isn’t always obvious.
- The active lane assist sits quietly in the background and nudges you back in lane if you drift - works very well
- High beam assist is brilliant, flawless function (and the LEDs are fantastic). I had a fault on this shortly after delivery (‘headlight range control’) which meant the lights didn’t lower as you accelerate- bit of a faff with 2 trips to the garage - seemingly quite a new/advanced gimbal but working a treat now…
Don’t miss this option for the sake of a slightly quicker delivery is my advice

Side assist is standard on the Ocean. I have Lane assist on my Polestar 2 but stopped using it after a few months.

 

[Syuile75]

Ordered our Coast on the 30th November last year, just been informed it’s built and on its way to the port!


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[bob_summers]

- it’s always reassuring to know what the speed limit is, and I’ve found it to be accurate usually. In town the switch from 20 to 30 isn’t always obvious.

That'd be handy here. On single carriageways the limit is 90kmh - when it's reduced to 70 (eg when approaching side roads) there's no sign to tell you when it's 90 again - often, the first you know is when an HGV appears on your tailgate...

I've had the side assist option on hire cars before and loved it.. didn't occur to me to spec it on the Ocean for some reason.

 

[bob_summers]

Side assist is standard on the Ocean

Sadly not in Spain, not sure about other markets. There is no Coast imported, so the base Ocean is lower spec as standard (lower base price than UK). Comes with side-wind assist, but the side-assist and lane hold option is more than 1000€. Option colours, alloys etc are obscenely expensive too compared to UK.

 

[66tim99]

Sadly not in Spain, not sure about other markets. There is no Coast imported, so the base Ocean is lower spec as standard (lower base price than UK). Comes with side-wind assist, but the side-assist and lane hold option is more than 1000€. Option colours, alloys etc are obscenely expensive too compared to UK.

Very strange this. Just more profit for VW Espana? However the price for both looks reasonable?
As Hedley Wright says, Side Assist is included on U.K. Oceans. It’s £492 to add Active Lane Assist to an Ocean.
Or it is £1434 to have both on a U.K. Beach - so more expensive than Spain?

 

[66tim99]

Side assist is standard on the Ocean. I have Lane assist on my Polestar 2 but stopped using it after a few months.

Why did you stop using it? I find it reassuring

 

[Patterson102]

If it's helpful to anyone, my order date, configuration and build date:

01 August 2021 - Order date

Spec:

150 DSG
Metallic Paint

AHV:1D7 - Towbar Preparation
EBS:II6 - Cupboard In Graphite Grey Wt Outdr Cnctn (Shower)
GPR:3U1 - Bed Extension+Comfort Sleeping Mat
KRS:0F5 - Fuel Tank 80 Ltr
SZF:6N2 - Mudflaps Front And Rear

Confirmed build week: 19

I’ve also just had a confirmed build week / status 20 of week 19 on an early June 2021 ocean order (previous update was unconfirmed week 26)

He did also say though that the factory is running 3/4 weeks behind so to expect a further delay


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[dspuk]

All - after pushing for a few weeks our dealer has just received this notice from VW UK head office:

"GREAT NEWS

All California orders placed by 9th November 2021 will be price protected until 30th Sept (must be delivered immediately they arrive).

Please share with your customers."

We are a July 21 fully loaded 2-tone order with fingers and toes crossed for something on our drive in June/July.

Phew.

Still no blanket though

 

[Philfox3]

Ordered our Coast on the 30th November last year, just been informed it’s built and on its way to the port!


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Thats really early, and in time for summer. Great for you. I remember you watching my posts as we ordered a Coast on the 8th November on the same two tone colour (thats right..... the colour combination I've never seen in the flesh.....gulp). Post some photo's wont you and enjoy every minute.

 

[.Billy Ocean.]

All - after pushing for a few weeks our dealer has just received this notice from VW UK head office:

"GREAT NEWS

All California orders placed by 9th November 2021 will be price protected until 30th Sept (must be delivered immediately they arrive).

Please share with your customers."

We are a July 21 fully loaded 2-tone order with fingers and toes crossed for something on our drive in June/July.

Phew.

Still no blanket though

Oh that is great news, thanks for sharing.

At least it it will be great news for us if our order gets brought forward, as I think the current provisional build date is sometime in September (week 35)

Also no blanket yet!

 

[M88GAV]

Oh that is great news, thanks for sharing.

At least it it will be great news for us if our order gets brought forward, as I think the current provisional build date is sometime in September (week 35)

Also no blanket yet!

I just called my dealer to ask about the price protection extension and he said they had been told verbally, awaiting written confirmation.
He went on to say that he was planning to call me today as my provisional build week has gone from 38 (last week) to 21!!!
A glimmer of hope and some excitement but I know this doesn’t really mean anything and can keep changing for a long time yet!
May be worth having a chat with your dealer to see if anything has changed for you too?

 

[.Billy Ocean.]

I just called my dealer to ask about the price protection extension and he said they had been told verbally, awaiting written confirmation.
He went on to say that he was planning to call me today as my provisional build week has gone from 38 (last week) to 21!!!
A glimmer of hope and some excitement but I know this doesn’t really mean anything and can keep changing for a long time yet!
May be worth having a chat with your dealer to see if anything has changed for you too?

Oooh that was a nice update then, on both bits of news.

Your new date is pretty much back in line with our original provisional build week of week 18, that slipped to 28 then 35. Our orders do seem to be moving quite similarly, so we’ll call our dealer tomorrow and report back.

 

[Begize]

Still no blanket though

Just seen a pic of the letter which accompanies the blanket as someone posted it on FB.

It says "I understand your new California Ocean has now been handed over" so my assumption is they are sending out the blankets as the vans are being delivered to the dealer.

My heart rate is going to start to rocket everytime the Postie rings the bell now....

 

[Curryzz]

Just seen a pic of the letter which accompanies the blanket as someone posted it on FB.

It says "I understand your new California Ocean has now been handed over" so my assumption is they are sending out the blankets as the vans are being delivered to the dealer.

My heart rate is going to start rocket everytime the Postie rings the bell now....

Haha, I read this and laughed. Mite explain why most of us haven’t revived a blanket. It’s just as rare as the vehicle itself.

 

[.Billy Ocean.]

Just seen a pic of the letter which accompanies the blanket as someone posted it on FB.

It says "I understand your new California Ocean has now been handed over" so my assumption is they are sending out the blankets as the vans are being delivered to the dealer.

My heart rate is going to start to rocket everytime the Postie rings the bell now....

Thanks for the info, that’s going to save my heart rate from rocketing

 

[Philfox3]

Haha, I read this and laughed. Mite explain why most of us haven’t revived a blanket. It’s just as rare as the vehicle itself.

I’ve got so excited about the blanket I want one more than a the Coast I’ve ordered. I might email the dealer tomorrow, cancel the vehicle but ask if I can still have a blanket !

 

[Hedley Wright]

Why did you stop using it? I find it reassuring

The Polestar 2 version requires an over-generous steering input at regular intervals to silence the “are you paying attention” audible warning. More relaxing to just steer.

 

[ChalkyC]

We just got our blanket after receiving our coast at the beginning of March. Completely random.

 

[66tim99]

The Polestar 2 version requires an over-generous steering input at regular intervals to silence the “are you paying attention” audible warning. More relaxing to just steer.

No such pain with the California

 

[markusschork]

Finally the build date for my July 30 2021 order has dropped in the system: 49 !!
Still a long wait!
Breeze is saying that these might change and will probably come forward, but I'm not confident we'll have the van for the summer.
On order: Ocean 150 with sports pack

 

[Curryzz]

Finally the build date for my July 30 2021 order has dropped in the system: 49 !!
Still a long wait!
Breeze is saying that these might change and will probably come forward, but I'm not confident we'll have the van for the summer.
On order: Ocean 150 with sports pack

Week 49 Build date?

 

[bob_summers]

Very strange this. Just more profit for VW Espana? However the price for both looks reasonable?
As Hedley Wright says, Side Assist is included on U.K. Oceans. It’s £492 to add Active Lane Assist to an Ocean.
Or it is £1434 to have both on a U.K. Beach - so more expensive than Spain?

I just had a mess with the UK and ES configurators (all prices in EUR otherwise my head will melt)

Base price Ocean UK €83,500, ES €77,400

BUT the ES model is missing the following, from what I can see:
17" Aracaju (in ES it comes with 16" steels)
ACC, Lane, Rear Camera, Discover Media, Digi Cockpit

Speccing all those in comes to... €84,800 - not a million miles off.

In ES the options are much more expensive. Aracajus are, unbelievably, €2450. Metallic paint €1145. ISTR the warranty extension was ridiculous too.

FInally, off the top of my head the discount was €6,000 in April 21 when I paid the deposit. Not sure how that compares or if they even offer a discount now.

 

[markusschork]

Week 49 Build date?

Exactly!! :-(

 

[.Billy Ocean.]

If it's helpful to anyone, my order date, configuration and build date:

01 August 2021 - Order date

Spec:

150 DSG
Metallic Paint

AHV:1D7 - Towbar Preparation
EBS:II6 - Cupboard In Graphite Grey Wt Outdr Cnctn (Shower)
GPR:3U1 - Bed Extension+Comfort Sleeping Mat
KRS:0F5 - Fuel Tank 80 Ltr
SZF:6N2 - Mudflaps Front And Rear

Confirmed build week: 19

Finally the build date for my July 30 2021 order has dropped in the system: 49 !!
Still a long wait!
Breeze is saying that these might change and will probably come forward, but I'm not confident we'll have the van for the summer.
On order: Ocean 150 with sports pack

Dear VW,

Make it make sense!

 

[M88GAV]

Dear VW,

Make it make sense!

Surely week 49 is a typo or late April Fools?