the final 24hrs is even longer
I was actually counting the hours during that last day and was pleased I was going to spend at least 8 of them asleep. It was a long day!
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I was actually counting the hours during that last day and was pleased I was going to spend at least 8 of them asleep. It was a long day!
You heard anything? SEAT told me to wait 2 weeks before asking for an update
Nothing yet, though I expect the earliest significant update to be next week some time.
My working assumptions around that are that the cars are probably on a boat on the way to Sheerness. I'd expect that to arrive in the next day or so. Then knowing how long it takes to get a car that is dockside 'in stock' like my current Mk3 that can take around 2 weeks.
I knew I should have gone to the Spanish Grand Prix and picked her up on my way home direct from the factory!
Anyone else have a lease car? Ours is being delivered on Friday, however was only informed today that its being driven to us by the lease company. Not too happy about this.
Next Boat docks on the 23rd of May in sheerness
Hi, just received a call from our dealer today to advise that the wife's car would at the port in the UK on the 23rd. Needless to say, the wife is now getting excited. So I am guessing that we may see the car in 2 to 3 weeks
Hi, just received a call from our dealer today to advise that the wife's car would at the port in the UK on the 23rd. Needless to say, the wife is now getting excited. So I am guessing that we may see the car in 2 to 3 weeks
Yep, I knew I was ordering a stock car, salesman said it would be transportered down to Bristol from Leeds. They drove it instead and delivery miles were approx 250! If I'd been buying I would have rejected it. You'll need to make sure you're compensated for delivery miles eating into your allowance. Salesman through in a tank of fuel which for me evened out the £25 in potential excess mileage charges they've cost me. It was still fresh and new and I stopped caring about the miles the moment I left the showroom.
Edited to add - we sourced our vehicle direct from Seat. It's normal for leasing companies to drive the vehicle to your home address or bring it on a trailer for an extra cost.
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I didnt know that tbh, its 100 miles but that's not part of my allowance of miles. It willl be recorded with the miles when it's at my house. Hopefully they leave some fuel in it lol.
Check the small print on your lease. In vehicle mileage mine just says "New", so anything above 0 I'm liable for. Might be different for you depending on your leasing company though.
From ordering my Leon till I collect it tomorrow it took 8 weeks And a week of that was it coming from Spain to dealer, hope this gives hope to some people on here on there waiting times
Mines is similar tbh, ordered in March, built week 17. To getting it on Friday....
Hi, just received a call from our dealer today to advise that the wife's car would at the port in the UK on the 23rd. Needless to say, the wife is now getting excited. So I am guessing that we may see the car in 2 to 3 weeks
I think your incorrect with the port there mate. The city of barcelona vessel arrived this morning at the port of tyne with all our cars on, not sheerness. What annoys me is that mine will pretty literally be driving past my house another 200miles south
7-10 days we should be rocking and rolling !!
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I think your incorrect with the port there mate. The city of barcelona vessel arrived this morning at the port of tyne with all our cars on, not sheerness. What annoys me is that mine will pretty literally be driving past my house another 200miles south
7-10 days we should be rocking and rolling !!
Where did you hear it was on the City of Barcelona?
It looks like it was in Drammen only a couple of days ago, which to me doesn't seem like its a sensible route to have come from Barcelona.
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Leon arrived yesterday and boy was it worth the wait!!! Car is AWESOME....guys you will be happy happy happy.....
So my 2016MY Cupra 280 has now been delayed and won't be built until late September! I have a source within Seat who tells me the current back order on Cupra is 1800 cars, and they build around 100 cars per week. I'm led to believe the main delay is wheels again, this time with the Black line pack!!
Probably going to cancel and look at a different car.......
Probably going to cancel and look at a different car.......
Wowzers, thats a big backlog.
It doesn't surprise me they are having problems with the Black Line wheels, Most customers probably just decided to pay the £500 to trim off the 23 week wait for the standard wheels.
Sounds the same as my delay.....late sept build and order last week in April.
Thought about cancelling but nothing else in the market touches the cupra for performance and price, similar spec'd Golf R is about £8k more and you don't get 0% finance.
Ah well theres the rub, originally ordered about 5 weeks ago, found out my build week was 1 week before MY16, so cancelled and re-rdered figuring I'd have a further 4 weeks to wait! Doh!!
Whats this about 0% finance??
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