KBizzle

Just to close this off for anyone that's interested, we picked up our nearly new Audi today after cancelling the vRS order. I think we made the right choice. We've not really punished VAG for the terrible Skoda experience, but hey ho.

It's not the waiting time that's the issue, it's the lack of information. At least you received a bunch of build weeks that kept slipping; my order didn't even get that in 7 months. Literally no sign of progress. The dealer assured me that they've been chasing all the outstanding orders throughout. Mine never moved from status "zero-zero", which means there simply was no information that Skoda could provide to the dealership. The dealers don't want a huge backlog of waiting customers; it does nothing for their cashflow.

So I went ahead and cancelled my order. I'll give a little update below. For context I ordered a vRS back in July 2021. It transitioned to "accepted and on order with the factory" in August and has not changed in the six months since then. I called the dealer earlier today (Skoda York, UK) and had a chat. He confirmed many of the things that have been discussed on this forum: The dealer receives no useful information from Skoda regarding the status of an order, especially before a build date has been provided Orders are fulfilled in a seemingly arbitrary way; he had an order for an Enyaq in November that has already been delivered, but many customers who ordered the same car earlier in the year have received no information at all Octavia vRS's seem to be more affected than other models He said that the status of my order hasn't moved from "zero-zero" since August, which essentially means the dealer has no information from the factory. He was happy to refund my deposit (£500) because of the amount of time I've been waiting with no information. He was very apologetic about the situation, but I explained that I'd been watching these forums and knew that the dealers weren't to blame. Good luck to everyone waiting on cars, but this is the end of my Skoda journey for now.

Yeah, agreed. We've found a nearly new Audi that's available immediately. It's more expensive but I have a feeling we'll end up waiting over a year for this vRS and I'm not convinced our current car will hold out that long. Do you know if the people cancelling are able to get their deposits refunded?

Has anyone cancelled? I was verbally advised that delivery would likely be November or December 2021 when I placed the order and paid my deposit at the end of July. We're into February and there's been no information at all about my order. I don't know where I stand in claiming the £500 deposit back.

Yeah, don't sell your car unless you can get your dealer to promise you a courtesy car for the whole period of any delay.

And you bought the mk4? 😱

I've been waiting since about the same time for a petrol vRS and have also not received a build date, so I'm not sure it makes much difference.

It's no better in the UK. I ordered early August but there's been no information or sign of progress since then. I like to pretend that the longer it takes the better the software will be...

Oh, awesome news. It's nice to hear some positive feedback about Canton for once 👍

How are you finding Canton? 😄

Legend, thank you 👍

Would you be okay to share the settings that you used?

🤯 My faith in internet discourse is restored.

How did you stop it in the end?