T6 VW California Delays

[Tommy Gun]

Hi Tommy
How do you know what stage ? Information from dealer ?
Ours was week 18 build.
Thanks
Mandy

Hi Mandy,

I gave the dealer a ring & this was the exact way he descibed its status. He was looking at it on his computer, so they must be able to monitor it as it goes along. He did mention that sometimes they (the factory) don't update the info as often as they could, i.e. that info may be slightly out of date, so it was sitting at either 80% or further on.

Cheers
Tom

 

[Spotlight Kid]

Picked up my new Cali today after ordering on 8th February!

 

[Tommy Gun]

Picked up my new Cali today after ordering on 8th February!

Just reading your post now Mr. SK, & absolutely delighted for you! Time for another glass of wine? Need I ask!?
Good for you fella, it's a big day today! All the very best from here on in!

 

[Tommy Gun]

Order placed on 20th Jan for Ocean 204 DSG. Informed today build date moved from week 16 to week 19.

Hi Black Sheep, not long to go now. Would have been better if VW stayed with week 16, but week 19 is not so bad. Nearly there pal, then the countdown starts!

Cheers!
Tom

 

[Spotlight Kid]

Just reading your post now Mr. SK, & absolutely delighted for you! Time for another glass of wine? Need I ask!?
Good for you fella, it's a big day today! All the very best from here on in!

Several glasses actually! Off to Devon this morning for a quick initial trip! The sun is out and everything looks rosy!

 

[benArrayx]

Several glasses actually! Off to Devon this morning for a quick initial trip! The sun is out and everything looks rosy!

The adventure begins Enjoy!!

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[Tommy Gun]

Several glasses actually! Off to Devon this morning for a quick initial trip! The sun is out and everything looks rosy!

I imagine everything looking rosy with one of those on your drive .
Sounds ideal. Have a great day out & enjoy yourself. Hope the handover went smoothly. Enjoy!

 

[Black Sheep]

Hi Black Sheep, not long to go now. Would have been better if VW stayed with week 16, but week 19 is not so bad. Nearly there pal, then the countdown starts!

Cheers!
Tom

Thanks Tom - nearly there

 

[Dales Man]

Ocean 150 manual - ordered end Nov, original build week 11 later confirmed as week 15 - got the call from the dealer last week to say it's built and has left the factory so the additional +5week delay may have been resolved. Hoping to take delivery by the end of the month.

 

[CoboCali]

Now I have taken delivery its maybe worth summarising all the key dates along the way for those still waiting, and patiently ticking off the days. Hope this is useful;
We ordered 6th Jan and told to expect delivery in early May. I had a provisional build date of 13, and it seemed to move between weeks 12 and 14 a few times. Then news of a CONFIRMED build week 12 was given to me on 17th March. 30th March - Dealer confirms it was built and awaiting shipment to the UK… he was hopeful that this may take just 2-3 weeks but that was to prove too optimistic.
6th April – confirmed in the UK at Grimsby port.
19th April – instructions given to logistics to transport it to the dealer (Apparently there were 2 weeks delay affecting everyone).
Then it had sat at Grimsby for a total of 3 weeks …sigh.
Transported to dealer 28th April. Handed over to us 29th April. In the end a couple of weeks quicker than our dealer had predicted. And.... I can confirm, its worth the wait!

 

[Tommy Gun]

Thanks for the info CoboCali.

My dealer did say that the turnaround time at Grimsby is significant.
Mine's coming in to Port Of Tyne, which apparently is only a 3 day turnaround.
We'll see...

Cheers

 

[Peter V]

Picked up my new Cali today after ordering on 8th February!

congrats!!!
I orderd on 30 jan. and stil no official build /delivery date.....
and every week I go to the dealer for an update...

 

[Spotlight Kid]

congrats!!!
I orderd on 30 jan. and stil no official build /delivery date.....
and every week I go to the dealer for an update...

Hope things speed up for you and you get your vehicle soon. Does seem to be a complete lottery.

 

[Mr Q]

Is it random though it is it a monthly allocation for each dealer? I ordered mine later in the month from a popular dealership. My forecast delivery is 7 months from order based on my provisional build week. Some folks who ordered early in the month have had theirs delivered in 4 months.

I'd have though late in the month orders would have first pick of the next months allocation but that doesn't seem to be the case. I'm not sure just trying to make sense of it.

 

[Skinnee D]

I ordered 30 Jan as well, just got the build week confirmed as next week (that's VW Week 19 I think). It had stayed around this date for most of the time while it was unconfirmed.

 

[calimera]

Ordered 20 th January.
Email from dealer :
"Yes delighted to say it is built and it has had it`s shipping order (Port of
exit released) is the current status.
Therefore we should expect to see your California arrive here within the
next 2 weeks all things being well.

When it is in the country I`ll let you know, not long now....... "

 

[Lawrie]

Ordered 20 th January.
Email from dealer :
"Yes delighted to say it is built and it has had it`s shipping order (Port of
exit released) is the current status.
Therefore we should expect to see your California arrive here within the
next 2 weeks all things being well.

When it is in the country I`ll let you know, not long now....... "

Calimera Brilliant news. Ordered mine the same day. I picked up from a previous entry you are in the West Country also. Who's your dealer?

 

[calimera]

Calimera Brilliant news. Ordered mine the same day. I picked up from a previous entry you are in the West Country also. Who's your dealer?

Correct in the West Country but ordered from Eurovans Crawley ( drive the deal).
Who's your dealer ?

 

[Richy]

congrats!!!
I orderd on 30 jan. and stil no official build /delivery date.....
and every week I go to the dealer for an update...

I ordered mine 11th Feb, we got an estimated delivery date on 18th May but I've not had any confirmed build date from our dealership.
I called them at the beginning of April to ask about adding winter tyres and a comfort dash but they said that our order had been "locked in" and could not be altered unless we cancelled and reordered
So I guess it is just a lottery

 

[calimera]

I ordered mine 11th Feb, we got an estimated delivery date on 18th May but I've not had any confirmed build date from our dealership.
I called them at the beginning of April to ask about adding winter tyres and a comfort dash but they said that our order had been "locked in" and could not be altered unless we cancelled and reordered
So I guess it is just a lottery

We were able to change the colour of our ocean on our order while it was unconfirmed .
No changes allowed once the built date was confirmed/ "locked in ". We then got a confirmed built date. Your dealer "should"able to give you this date .

 

[Richy]

We were able to change the colour of our ocean on our order while it was unconfirmed .
No changes allowed once the built date was confirmed/ "locked in ". We then got a confirmed built date. Your dealer "should"able to give you this date .

I'm going to chase him up again next week.
Our kids are getting as impatient as me !

 

[Lawrie]

Correct in the West Country but ordered from Eurovans Crawley ( drive the deal).
Who's your dealer ?

Heritage in Bristol. hoping mines on the same ferry as yours ;-)

 

[Tommy Gun]

Still sitting in the factory despite a week 15 build....

What's the cause? Well there seems to be a shortage of Silver Awnings & Heated Front Screens at the moment folks...

 

[Akvist]

The adventure will soon begin!
I ordered an Ocean 204 DSG 4Motion on March 2 with provisional build week at the end of July, on April 1st I got week 17 as confirmed build week. Today my dealer confirmed that my Cali is built and at the docks in Emden waiting for a ship to Sweden. Shouldn't be more than a couple of weeks to delivery.
I guess Sweden got lucky in the manufacturing week lottery. I am happy!

 

[X4 VWC]

You did get lucky! I ordered the next day, in the UK, and have a Week 26 build for the same model. Harumph!