Hi Tom, are you saying you placed an order this April and you still have no build date? What have you been advised by the dealer? I have ordered from SMG in Tonbridge end of Sept. Hoping for the van to arrive 1st March. Have they indicated whether they (SMG) have had their allocation? Have you specified an unusual build? I have ordered LEDs and DSG!
SMG Tonbridge filled their allocations some time ago, and I do not know how much of the extra allocations they have used. New orders go into the general queue which seems to have no identifiable pattern for build dates.
I guess my order is fairly unusual for a number of reasons, and also very low priority.
I have no need for the van until the end of May 2017, as that is when my wife and I are taking our two pre-school boys away for a year's tour of Europe. For that reason we ordered our van to be used as a demonstrator for up to 3 months prior to delivery in return for a 14% discount.
We were expecting build around now, with delivery "before Christmas" suggested by the dealer. However, having read this group, and being aware of the production delays, and changes in VED, I do have a contractual long-stop date of delivery by March 2017 written into the agreement.
Initially we were given a provisional build date of week 41, this later slipped to week 44, and then to week 2. The van then lost its provisional build date completely due to the new allocations, and has emerged with a build date of Week 4.
I do have a suspicion that we are being pushed back because as a demonstrator, the dealer can reallocate our build slot to more recent customers. But that doesn't matter too much because we have a contractual long-stop date of delivery by March 2017. A week 4 build suggests a Week 8 delivery to the dealer, and they will then only be able to use it for up to 5 weeks as a demonstrator before final delivery to us.
Our Beach is also DSG, and LED lights, climatronic cruise control and adaptive air conditioning.
Can you spot the early sign of dementia in the above!?