Mati

So, it finally happened. I still can't believe it. RS 2.0 TSI Hatch Mamba/Hyper Green Ordered first week of March Forced colour change for MY22 in the meantime (was meant to be Meteor Grey) Produced late July, from then waiting incomplete Finished Jan 3 In Poland Jan 13 Collected today, Jan 27 It was a long wait (10+ months!), but just a short drive makes me think it was more than worth it. It's going to be with me for the next 3 years for sure. Apparently, it also matches my wife! 😂 Keeping fingers crossed for all your orders to get fulfilled soon!

Mine (supposedly manufactured Jan 3rd) arrived at the dealership today. Now awaiting registration and changing tires to the winter ones, as they all arrive on summer rubber. Collection in few days, hopefully.

Yesterday the VIN stopped showing error when adding to the MySkoda app and has finally shown the grey silhouette. Today, the full color image appeared in the app. It seems it really does exist 😉

I was informed in August that there is a new pricing for the new model year and that Skoda doesn't guarantee that price will stay the same, but they didn't commit to the exact amount then. It was an estimate, subject to possible changes, as the date of delivery was totally unknown. I could argue I should've known the exact amount earlier, but I feel they had been relatively transparent, granted they knew as little as everyone about what's going to happen.

Hatch RS 2.0 TSI DSG, the normal non-iV one. Almost no extras - just heated windscreen, heated steering wheel and phone box for wireless phone charging. 143 000 -> 146 000 in Polish zloty, so +3k (2%) after dealer discounts. They said it's due to model year change. I also had to change the colour (Steel/Meteor Grey to Mamba/Hyper Green).

I've just received a message from my dealer that the car (ordered 1st week of March) was manufactured on 3rd of January this year and is now en route to the dealership, should be ready for collection in third week of January. Bad news is they didn't keep the price. Good news is, the rate hike is relatively minor and the full spec was retained. 47 weeks from the order date to receiving the actual car.

My dealer just contacted me that the additional note appeared on the unfinished order suggesting completion in week 51 (current one). With the factory closure, it's quite mind-boggling. Let's see how it goes.

Yesterday I got an update about no update whatsoever for my early March order. The car is still sitting somewhere unfinished for months on end. Definitely not coming this year. On the flip side, noone reaches out asking to remove features.

My wife was very explicit that Mamba Green is the only option she will consider from the list of available colors, when Steel/Meteor Grey was discontinued. The Phoenix Orange was not yet available then, it might have been a contender, but she's definitely partial to the green one. So yes, wifes seem to be quite particular about their choices 🙂 Fortunately, I agree with her most often in my preferences, so noone is cross about the outcome.

Being judged for what? 🙄

Waiting for a Mamba Green one ☺ was meant to be Meteor grey, just like my Mk3 was, but it got discontinued.

That would be a legit reason, if it was actually the case. Seeing that many vRSes are coming out of order, and they are heavily specced from the start, that's rather not only it. Surely not the rear view camera at least, coming as standard. Mine, for once, has NO extras over the base build. Yet, it's not coming anytime soon apparently, even though a handful of later ordered vRSes have shown up on this forum already.

I'm starting to think that my early March order is rather not showing up this year.

Check that YouTube video someone posted with their Mamba. I've seen many photos and the video is the best "online demo" so far.

I'm seeing lots of petrol blues and they look absolutely pristine, even dirty. If we are thinking of the same colour, I personally think they did a great job with this one. For blue hues, Porsche and BMW wins it for me though. They have some exceptionally looking ones on offer.

Yeah, I wonder why they differentiate colour names for UK. Mamba is basically Mamba everywhere else. Same was with Meteor Grey, I believe, sold as Steel in central Europe.

Forgive me for asking, but I'm reading through the user manual and their wording is extremely unclear and I'm yet to receive my Octy and I've never driven any car with matrix headlights. When in normal auto mode, the car decides whether to use daylights or dipped beam (in the evenings or in rain), but never extends to high beam automatically - right? And when in high beam (1 push of the lever), the car drives in high beam, working matrix magic on incoming traffic - so it's safe to push the lever and go high beams as soon as you leave the city and leave it for the rest of the journey? Or is there some other way of using these?

No news for mine, but I've finally seen a first Mamba Green vRS arrive in the country at one of the dealers, so hopefully something is slowly starting to budge. I do hope my March order will get caught up in this factory closure to finish some of the sitting cars.

So, one from March and one from April delivered or about to be delivered - that's encouraging! Entirely no news on mine from 8th of March, but hopefully the March round of orders is slowly heading towards being finished. I surely hope so!

My dealer tells me they have a backlog of 45 ordered vehicles (different models & specs) in limbo. During the last week they got 2 vehicles released, during past three - 7 in total. They have no idea if there is any particular order, as the vehicles are not released to them according to order date but seemingly at random. The current status of mine is manufactured, has VIN number, waiting for parts, no further dates known. They are not even trying to give any dates anymore, they just don't know. Ordered week 9 (early March). What bums me most is that a friend from the office ordered an Audi A4, got build-date, that build-date was respected and the vehicle was delivered perfectly on time. I was under the impression that the delays are everywhere, but somehow VW can do better than this.

I'll chime in with my delivery, not much different than any of yours, unfortunately. vRS ordered 1st week of March. Initially planned for June, then shifted to September and had a colour change because of MY22 (was meant to be a Meteor Grey one, now Mamba Green). After some period of silence the dealer contacted me and said it's confirmed for week 28, late July. Since then I got info that it's "in production" and that it was painted and assembled on 26th of July. As of now, the car is still "in production" with no further dates known due to chips shortage (that's what they say). They also say they have cars sitting "in production" since mid-May. I'm slowly getting used to the thought of going for my September vacation in a rental. Sigh.

A lot, actually! It's a really fun car, especially when you get used to it to get the max out of it.

You've finally got yours too @peterhardy! Congratulations!

While I was discussing this with my dealer they laughed and said: "Yeah, I hate it too, fortunately you have a button for that, as I have to go through the touchscreen every start." ;-) So we are lucky a bit at least!

My RS came with Bridgestone Potenza summer tyres. I've read decent reviews of those tyres, they seem to be one of the top Bridgestone models and I've been always a happy Bridgestone user, but the grip on wet is really crap. Since the winter is coming I've fitted new Pirelli SottoZero 3 on the car and... boy, it's a different beast now! Even on a wet and greasy road I very rarely encounter any banging or other symptoms, it just blasts forward whenever I need it. The tyres have much bigger effect than I expected on the issue. I wonder if the Bridgestones just need warmer temperatures and are simply not good on wet, or should I consider buying another set for summer too.