T6 VW California Delays

[daveyboydanger]

Ordered 5 Sep with original provisional build week 49. Shortly afterwards this moved forward to week 47, but then slipped to week 48 after I made a couple of minor changes to options.
Now confirmed as status 20 for build week 48

With Christmas and New Year potentially complicating delivery I am hoping it will be in my hands by mid January

Good news!

 

[daveyboydanger]

We've got a yellow T6 again. Like having a long list family member return. Feels great. The kids were so excited to see the van.
We've loved playing with the extra 2 swivel seats. Already taken our three and a couple of friends out to a bonfire party in it. The beach is SO versatile. The extra seats raise it's game to another level for us.
Also loving the electric slide door. I know, I know! It'll probably go wrong/break etc, but that's what 5 year warranties are for.
DSG is fun but takes a little getting used after years of manual driving.

 

[Lewis]

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We've got a yellow T6 again. Like having a long list family member return. Feels great. The kids were so excited to see the van.
We've loved playing with the extra 2 swivel seats. Already taken our three and a couple of friends out to a bonfire party in it. The beach is SO versatile. The extra seats raise it's game to another level for us.
Also loving the electric slide door. I know, I know! It'll probably go wrong/break etc, but that's what 5 year warranties are for.
DSG is fun but takes a little getting used after years of manual driving.

Still think this is an awesome colour - really nice photo. Glad you've got a Cali back!

Not spec-ing the electric sliding door is a bit of a regret for me - I can think of plenty of occasions it'll be useful - probably worth the hassle.

Had the call yesterday to say our Indium Grey Ocean has arrived (you might have seen it before me) - Roll on Wednesday!

 

[Days out]

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We've got a yellow T6 again. Like having a long list family member return. Feels great. The kids were so excited to see the van.
We've loved playing with the extra 2 swivel seats. Already taken our three and a couple of friends out to a bonfire party in it. The beach is SO versatile. The extra seats raise it's game to another level for us.
Also loving the electric slide door. I know, I know! It'll probably go wrong/break etc, but that's what 5 year warranties are for.
DSG is fun but takes a little getting used after years of manual driving.

Loving the T6 YLW plate. These T6 plates are dead cheap aren't they?

By the way anyone with a White 17my can get this plate for £500!!!

 

[Days out]

Loving the T6 YLW plate. These T6 plates are dead cheap aren't they?

By the way anyone with a White 17my can get this plate for £500!!!

 

[Days out]

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We've got a yellow T6 again. Like having a long list family member return. Feels great. The kids were so excited to see the van.
We've loved playing with the extra 2 swivel seats. Already taken our three and a couple of friends out to a bonfire party in it. The beach is SO versatile. The extra seats raise it's game to another level for us.
Also loving the electric slide door. I know, I know! It'll probably go wrong/break etc, but that's what 5 year warranties are for.
DSG is fun but takes a little getting used after years of manual driving.

Once you have had DSG you will never go back to manual.

 

[daveyboydanger]

Loving the T6 YLW plate. These T6 plates are dead cheap aren't they?

By the way anyone with a White 17my can get this plate for £500!!!

Got that for my last van and liked it so much I retained it. It only cost £138 a year ago. Used to be quite judgemental about private plates but the camper vans have the character that definitely justifies them in my eyes.

 

[daveyboydanger]

Still think this is an awesome colour - really nice photo. Glad you've got a Cali back!

Not spec-ing the electric sliding door is a bit of a regret for me - I can think of plenty of occasions it'll be useful - probably worth the hassle.

Had the call yesterday to say our Indium Grey Ocean has arrived (you might have seen it before me) - Roll on Wednesday!

That's really exciting! Didn't see you Grey beauty but I suppose I was blinded by the excitement of picking mine up. If I'm passing by I may keep an eye out for yours!

 

[daveyboydanger]

Also interesting (for the Cali obsessed) that this time my van came with a drivers door bin. Nice little bonus.

 

[Days out]

Also interesting (for the Cali obsessed) that this time my van came with a drivers door bin. Nice little bonus.

That door bin is almost next to useless. I've installed a bigger bin for when we are camping.

 

[daveyboydanger]

That door bin is almost next to useless. I've installed a bigger bin for when we are camping.

I bet you pop kids balloons don't you? Haha.
I know it's tiny and not good for camping but for day to day use it's better than nothing. Would rather have one than not.

 

[Days out]

I bet you pop kids balloons don't you? Haha.
I know it's tiny and not good for camping but for day to day use it's better than nothing. Would rather have one than not.

Sorry. Didn't mean to extinguish your bonfire (especially not tonight!!)

Of course you are right it's handy for an apple core or sweet wrapper. And as you say better than chucking stuff straight into the door "pocket".

In this day and age we have to grateful for "small" free extras such as the bin.

I thought that cup holder bin in the back was tiny too!

 

[Days out]

I bet you pop kids balloons don't you? Haha

You mean like this?

(Despicable me)

 

[daveyboydanger]

Haha! Yes! You are Gru!

 

[T6 CFO]

Got that for my last van and liked it so much I retained it. It only cost £138 a year ago. Used to be quite judgemental about private plates but the camper vans have the character that definitely justifies them in my eyes.

I'm with you on that. I almost apologise and launch into an explanation about it being fine on a camper van.


Mike

 

[Hantshog]

Very odd .. worked against me in a way though because I wanted to revise the spec at the end of Sept and it wouldn't let me as it had a confirmed build date .. I thought I'd have had loads of time.

Is your spec fairly straight forward? Your vans lead time appears unusually short.

 

[Glamper Gladys]

Order placed 3 September, just had a confirmed week 48 build date of 28 November! Woohoo! Might even get it for christmas! ☺

 

[Verity]

Also interesting (for the Cali obsessed) that this time my van came with a drivers door bin. Nice little bonus.

I think I only ordered a Cali because of that bin! My husband rolls his eyes knowing this ...

 

[Verity]

Good news (with a little bit of bad news thrown in for good measure) ... Drum roll .... our van is possibly going to be here before Christmas!

We ordered on 12 Sept, and had a build date of Wk48.

At the weekend my husband was looking at the spec, and realised that our dealer had ordered the wrong wheels (we wanted some black ones, though personally I was a bit disappointed that the ones we ordered were mainly silver with a bit of black - the completely black ones were obscenely expensive). Anyway, having shelled out £600 for different wheels, we wanted to make sure we got the right ones, so Steve emailed the dealer last night.

He got a phone call today to say the dealer had been unable to get onto the VW scheduling/ordering system and they couldn't understand why, so had phoned the factory direct, only to be told it was too late to change the order because it's already a week into its build! Yay!

So, good news that our Cali is coming early (our beloved caravan sold really quickly, and we're not coping very well with being housebound at the moment), and bad news that we've basically paid £600 for wheels which we don't really want. Hey ho, I'll have to get them sprayed black, which will hopefully give me the wheels I wanted anyway.

Isn't it amazing how blasé you can get about £600 when you're wondering where you going to find £50k from to pay for a van? Yikes!

 

[T6 CFO]

Good news (with a little bit of bad news thrown in for good measure) ... Drum roll .... our van is possibly going to be here before Christmas!

We ordered on 12 Sept, and had a build date of Wk48.

At the weekend my husband was looking at the spec, and realised that our dealer had ordered the wrong wheels (we wanted some black ones, though personally I was a bit disappointed that the ones we ordered were mainly silver with a bit of black - the completely black ones were obscenely expensive). Anyway, having shelled out £600 for different wheels, we wanted to make sure we got the right ones, so Steve emailed the dealer last night.

He got a phone call today to say the dealer had been unable to get onto the VW scheduling/ordering system and they couldn't understand why, so had phoned the factory direct, only to be told it was too late to change the order because it's already a week into its build! Yay!

So, good news that our Cali is coming early (our beloved caravan sold really quickly, and we're not coping very well with being housebound at the moment), and bad news that we've basically paid £600 for wheels which we don't really want. Hey ho, I'll have to get them sprayed black, which will hopefully give me the wheels I wanted anyway.

Isn't it amazing how blasé you can get about £600 when you're wondering where you going to find £50k from to pay for a van? Yikes!

Great news. Not sure which wheels you've ordered. Sounds like the Cascavels of which there are three types.
With a bit of luck you will find someone who wants them anyway and be able to sort it.


Mike

 

[Verity]

Great news. Not sure which wheels you've ordered. Sounds like the Cascavels of which there are three types.
With a bit of luck you will find someone who wants them anyway and be able to sort it.


Mike

Oh dear, I'm being a bit female here aren't I?! I don't know exactly what they were - my beloved chose them. I'm more of a cushions gal (of which I have already bought several as I think the inside of the van is way too masculine! Twinkly lights are not being ruled out but don't tell my husband).

 

[Cali Ali]

Latest update from the dealer, build now week 8, moved back from week 50.

Ordered end of July.

 

[Verity]

Latest update from the dealer, build now week 8, moved back from week 50.

Ordered end of July.

Oh no poor you! I've no idea why I seem to have jumped the queue. Must the spec I suppose. We didn't go for many extras, and ordered the 150 manual engine. Perhaps it's easy for them to make a builder's van with beds than all the whizzy stuff.

 

[Jabberwocky]

Latest update from the dealer, build now week 8, moved back from week 50.

Ordered end of July.

That pushes you into late March/early April delivery? time in order to avoid new VED rates.

 

[Jonathan Duke]

Just to update.

• Presumed ordered with dealer, 18th August
• After repeatedly chasing him for an order number, I received one on the 6th September (showing that the order had been "input" on the 5th September)
• Provisional Week 7 (2017)
• Provisional Week 43 (2016) (jumped forward after I changed the wheels from silver to anthracite)
• Provisional Week 48 (2016)
• Provisional Week 49 (2016)
• Today..... Confirmed Week 49, 5th December - Very Happy about this news today.

My Spec:

• T6 Beach, 150PS, 6-Speed Manual
• Oryx White
• 17" Cascavel Anthracite
• 3-Seat Bench- Kutamo Fabric
• 2 swivel seats in middle row - Kutamo Fabric
• Lights & Vision Package
• Programmable air parking heater; auxiliary heater
• Insulating glass (green) in load/passenger compartment
• Fixed Towbar
• Comfort Lighting
• Comfort Bed Extension
• Exterior Package
• Socket in-front & flashlight
• Heated Driver and Passenger Seats
• Cruise Control
• Front & Rear Parking Sensors
• Mud flaps front and rear
• Monster Mats
• Heated Washer Nozzles
• Leather MFS
• 4 Remote Keys
• Sliding window in front and fixed window in rear in load/passenger compartment on driver side
  So, hopefully a mid to late January delivery