Sitting in motorway services eating fried chicken by way of celebration ,shiny new car parked outside pics will follow 

44 minutes ago, 181ce said:

Sitting in motorway services eating fried chicken by way of celebration ,shiny new car parked outside pics will follow 

 

Great stuff!  Delighted that you've got your car!

Just posted a pic in the Oct 111 register

2 hours ago, peterhardy said:

 

I'm doing a europe tour this summer and wanted to control battery usage by dashcam, cool box etc etc by having everything off when the car is off.  Probably not a big issue for some but I much prefer this method of operation, that's all.

 

That's a relief - your comment about going up in flames had me worried for a bit!

Just a quick update,collected my car this morning, ordered 8/9/17,dealers are now quoting 6 months for 1 litre octavia and karoq's in Ireland

38 minutes ago, 181ce said:

Just posted a pic in the Oct 111 register

 

Looks smart, we're getting the 1.0 Estate in the same colour but different wheels. It's nice to get a view of the front end with those lights, as most of the publicity shots are with LED running lights etc

Edited 23 January, 20188 yr by Mr Statto

2 hours ago, Mr Statto said:

 

Looks smart, we're getting the 1.0 Estate in the same colour but different wheels. It's nice to get a view of the front end with those lights, as most of the publicity shots are with LED running lights etc

Yep there's a sportsline trim here that adds keesy LEDs hawk alloys and a few bits n bobs  for 2 grand

LEDs  are a 1000 euro option 

I considered dropping the metallic and getting the LEDs/sportsline pack but I'm too cheap !!!!!!

In reality I thought the metallic outweighed the LEDs in the looks dept and really spending more money on an "ordinary" Octavia wouldn't be a wise move.

Just had an email. Its at the dealership checked and awaiting a registration number!

On 22/01/2018 at 15:42, Robbijay said:

Still waiting for dealer to get a delivery date from the transport company here. We're all aiming for 2rd Feb handover so I can take it to the detailer though.

 

44 minutes ago, Robbijay said:

Just had an email. Its at the dealership checked and awaiting a registration number!

 

No problem with the 2nd Feb Handover then!!

Just now, peterhardy said:

 

 

No problem with the 2nd Feb Handover then!!

3rd (I missed typed originally). Yeah should be good, pick it up, drive it 5 miles to the detailer and leave it unitl its ready on weds/thurs the following week

 

Now built & heading for Emden - Live Chat is predicting 6 weeks from build to final delivery, but I'm hoping that's very pessimistic

1 hour ago, Mr Statto said:

Now built & heading for Emden - Live Chat is predicting 6 weeks from build to final delivery, but I'm hoping that's very pessimistic

It is, Ours arrived at the dealer yesterday!

1 hour ago, Mr Statto said:

Now built & heading for Emden - Live Chat is predicting 6 weeks from build to final delivery, but I'm hoping that's very pessimistic

 

I'd say very pessimistic, mine was built on the Tuesday 16th of Jan, travelled to Emden on Wednesday the 17th and by the next update on Monday the 22nd of Jan it was in the UK with a transport order raised from the port to the dealership. Just waiting for a transporter to fill up with cars destined for my area now.

On 23/01/2018 at 15:46, 181ce said:

Just a quick update,collected my car this morning, ordered 8/9/17,dealers are now quoting 6 months for 1 litre octavia and karoq's in Ireland

 

Congratulations! I ordered mine  on 27th so hopefully will be here in three weeks! What's your build to delivery time?

1 hour ago, mmp669 said:

 

Congratulations! I ordered mine  on 27th so hopefully will be here in three weeks! What's your build to delivery time?

Built wk48 ,Ireland wk 1,collected tuesday

 

On 1/25/2018 at 12:14, dkvinyls said:

 

I'd say very pessimistic, mine was built on the Tuesday 16th of Jan, travelled to Emden on Wednesday the 17th and by the next update on Monday the 22nd of Jan it was in the UK with a transport order raised from the port to the dealership. Just waiting for a transporter to fill up with cars destined for my area now.

 

Looks like there's a ship is on its way back from Sheerness at the moment - let's hope there's plenty of room on board

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:413386/imo:9235426/mmsi:353969000/vessel:MAKASSAR HIGHWAY

Its here!! Can't wait til next week now. (random pic of the seat becasue I was paranoid they'd give me the wrong ones!)

 

Do you get order updates automatically from Skoda or does your dealer pass them on as a courtesy?

On 27/01/2018 at 17:48, Robbijay said:

Its here!! Can't wait til next week now. (random pic of the seat becasue I was paranoid they'd give me the wrong ones!)

 

 

Looks fantastic and in the best and fastest colour too

 

12 minutes ago, just music said:

Do you get order updates automatically from Skoda or does your dealer pass them on as a courtesy?

 

Neither, in my case!  I had to keep phoning and making a nuisance of myself.  Even when escalated to the Skoda UK Executive Office there wasn't much improvement.  I hope you fare better!

17 minutes ago, just music said:

Do you get order updates automatically from Skoda or does your dealer pass them on as a courtesy?

Dealer says the will but in reality its not as often as you'd like! No point telling you nothing has changed. I ended up using skoda live chat to ask every other week

On 1/25/2018 at 12:14, dkvinyls said:

 

I'd say very pessimistic, mine was built on the Tuesday 16th of Jan, travelled to Emden on Wednesday the 17th and by the next update on Monday the 22nd of Jan it was in the UK with a transport order raised from the port to the dealership. Just waiting for a transporter to fill up with cars destined for my area now.

 

Just been on Live Chat again & apparently it's still in transit from the factory to Emden - if that's true then I'm a bit ****ed off, can't believe it takes 6 days for a train to travel 500 miles (well, not in Europe anyway, over here that would be pretty quick!). I'd kind of assumed that it would have been on the ship that docked in Sheerness yesterday & was hoping it might be ready for the weekend

1 hour ago, Robbijay said:

Dealer says the will but in reality its not as often as you'd like! No point telling you nothing has changed. I ended up using skoda live chat to ask every other week

 

I've heard nothing from the dealer since I placed the order in October other than a couple of replies to emails about 5 year warranty & the order number, along with an email from the Sales Manager thanking us for the order & telling us the collection date was scheduled for 29 December 2017!

15 minutes ago, Mr Statto said:

 

Just been on Live Chat again & apparently it's still in transit from the factory to Emden - if that's true then I'm a bit ****ed off, can't believe it takes 6 days for a train to travel 500 miles (well, not in Europe anyway, over here that would be pretty quick!). I'd kind of assumed that it would have been on the ship that docked in Sheerness yesterday & was hoping it might be ready for the weekend

 

They don't send the trains to the docks or the boats across the water until they are full. Hence you can be unlucky enough to have your car be the first at the train depot and wait 2 weeks before the train gets to the docks then have the car sit there for 4 weeks whilst it waits for the boat. On the flip side your car could also get lucky, go straight on a train then straight onto a boat. I once had an S5 coupé turn up at the dealer 1 week after build. 

14 minutes ago, Famous_Afro_Jay said:

 

They don't send the trains to the docks or the boats across the water until they are full. Hence you can be unlucky enough to have your car be the first at the train depot and wait 2 weeks before the train gets to the docks then have the car sit there for 4 weeks whilst it waits for the boat. On the flip side your car could also get lucky, go straight on a train then straight onto a boat. I once had an S5 coupé turn up at the dealer 1 week after build. 

 

Unfortunately I didn't keep transcripts of Live Chat, but I'm sure at least one of them said that it was on the train en route to Emden, which implies that it's left the factory. However, stressing about it won't make any difference, it'll arrive when it arrives - I'm just getting impatient to get my new toy!