34 minutes ago, Semiconductor34 said:

Well, he is very much lucky, i think the queue at Skoda factory are total mess.

Because it's a mess, you don't really know when you're going to get it  No right or wrong answers here. With what's going on now, I guess you should expect your average delivery to be around 5-12 months, more so if you have some rare configuration.

1 hour ago, MaximusMeridius said:

My friend ordered 2 months after me (I ordered end of August like you). He is already driving the car, so....

Darn, the August 21 is doomed, they must have lost our orders during holidays…

41 minutes ago, AndreyZh said:

Because it's a mess, you don't really know when you're going to get it  No right or wrong answers here. With what's going on now, I guess you should expect your average delivery to be around 5-12 months, more so if you have some rare configuration.

Well yes, i think you are right, actually my car ir very basic, 1,5 tsi mhev, dsg, ambition with the few basic options, and the wait time will be at least 9-10 months, i think it's more up to luck, than actual car package

 

7 hours ago, Semiconductor34 said:

 

I have ordered octavia in the end of the August (just checked the paperwork) and the dealer said i wont get it till summer, however i feel that likely i wont get it this year. so I think that you will get your car in beggining of 2023, no chance you will get it in May, i hope i'm wrong but that's the reality. The friend of mine ordered Octavia in the 2021 May and still waiting, the dealer told him, that if he is lucky, he will get it in May, so that makes atleast 12 months delivery.  

Early august order here with lots of gadgets. Has been "in production" since 7.2. Pretty sure that without the door panel factory fire it would be close to getting shipped.

5 hours ago, Ajdolin said:

Darn, the August 21 is doomed

👏 yeah, great idea! That must be the issue! August is usually vacation month for lots of industry in Europe - I'm starting to suspect there was no one at the factory to take the orders -> they must be flying around in the Universe.

 

1 hour ago, timster said:

Pretty sure that without the door panel factory fire it would be close to getting shipped.

As I mentioned already, my dealer contacted me two weeks ago with what she called "news": "your car is scheduled for production". So I asked enthusiastically: "When?"; she said they don't have this information.
However, yesterday I briefly heard from her again, only to tell me that they've got an official info from the Factory that: because of the fire in January, most of the cars currently produced are being "stored" for 3-4 months, until they estimate it will be possible to have the door panels to complete the cars.

BTW, I also found an official press release from Skoda stating that the current Russian "special operation" invasion&genocide in Ukraine is only affecting the production of Eniaq IV.

58 minutes ago, SkOmk4 said:

 

As I mentioned already, my dealer contacted me two weeks ago with what she called "news": "your car is scheduled for production". So I asked enthusiastically: "When?"; she said they don't have this information.

Wow, the second part is really mindblowing 🤔 . Been expecting delays because of the fire, but it still hurts when you get official info… didn’t get anything from my dealer though.

Edited 3 March, 20224 yr by Ajdolin
Posted too soon, forgot something

12 hours ago, Richy59 said:

I’m coming from an M135i to the Octavia VRS Estate for space reasons due to a new family member. My wife and I both had new style 1 series and thought they would be plenty big but the boot space in the BMW was next to useless for pram wheels plus anything else. Maybe the wheels are too big but we have to fill the back seats if we go shopping with the baby. As soon as I tested the pram in the VRS I knew I needed one due to its endless amounts of space. 
 

I loved the M135i but the VRS ticks all the boxes for me to cover family life and still be able to have some fun.

 

I enquired about delivery times for a new vehicle and like Skoda, they're all quoting between 6-12 months. So if that's the case I might as well get my PCP extended a bit and stay with Skoda, at least I know (more or less) what mess I'm going to be getting myself into. 

latest update this afternoon,again another push back to 1 april ,i think skoda are taking the pi77 with it been april fools day.just wonder how many more push backs i am going to get before i get the car.if delivery right that will make it 42 weeks and i forget how many push backs from the 1st date i was supposed to get my car 24 september 2021.

What was the maximum delivery term indicated in the original Contract when you placed the order? If it was shorter than 42 weeks, did they ask for a prolongation? Or is it simply implied by default?

like a lot of other people no maximum delivery date,just a approx date of delivery  date.in other words a get out of jail card.to far down the line to do anything now and i just whishi have never heard of skoda cars.

28 minutes ago, Joss1733 said:

like a lot of other people no maximum delivery date,just a approx date of delivery  date.in other words a get out of jail card.to far down the line to do anything now and i just whishi have never heard of skoda cars.

 

I've had 5 and apart from the last one, all have been superb to drive, the last one has been a pain in the bum. 

 

So I think that you shouldn't think the worst of the marque just yet. 

 

That may sound a bit hypocritical of me especially with the hammering I've been giving them here, along with a considerable number of other owners and former owners of Mk4s. I think that they've just tried to be too clever for their own good TBQH and given time they will get it 99% right in the time that it's going to make the cars on order. 

 

Also they've been a victim of their own previous success and the Covid pandemic which has not only thrown Skoda into turmoil but the whole car manufacturing industry and as the world slowly continues to come out of the Covid pandemic disaster, we as consumers should slowly see thing's improve. 

 

I think that the automotive industry really does need to come together and consider the benefits and option of building silicon chip manufacturing plants just for their own business to prevent this sort of fiasco from reoccurring though. 

 

Just hang on in there, I think that I'll be joining the queue for a new car soon, although it might be a Mk5 by that happens. 

Edited 4 March, 20224 yr by TheWanderer

The German VW group tracker is now saying minimum 11 months for Octavia with some options extra 1-2 months, and iV at least Q3 2023.

 

Can add about 3 weeks for UK to allow for ship transfer from Emden, so realistically new orders to UK are now 12-14 months.  If any dealer is now quoting less than year, then car must be already be on order or they are not truthful.

 

https://www.marnet-mobility.de/aktuelle-lieferzeiten.html

just dealers living up to there history of been nothing else than spivs.

On 03/03/2022 at 11:15, Ajdolin said:

Darn, the August 21 is doomed, they must have lost our orders during holidays…

Ordered August 21 as well, in the UK. Octavia VRS IV - no extras, apart from the free of cost rear windscreen wiper. I have been initially advised Nov 21 delivery, pushed back to December, then Jan. Received an email in Feb stating that the car is “on track” to be delivered est. May 22. Particularly love the “on track” expression used by them… 

just like a lot of us,they are full of promises when ordering your car.then nothing apart from updates and when you think your car is coming,knock back after knock back.it has cost me a small fortune i sent my lease car back early thinking i was saving money.should of known how the car industry works a bunch of spives comes to mind.

1 hour ago, AlexV said:

Ordered August 21 as well, in the UK. Octavia VRS IV - no extras, apart from the free of cost rear windscreen wiper. I have been initially advised Nov 21 delivery, pushed back to December, then Jan. Received an email in Feb stating that the car is “on track” to be delivered est. May 22. Particularly love the “on track” expression used by them… 

Nov 21 was really optimistic, I was told cca 6 months. Since Jan 22 the arrival time should be week 20, but would be quite susprised if true.

In all honesty, I’m not expecting it to be delivered in May. I’m at that point where all I can say is “it is what it is”. I’m just hoping it won’t get cancelled after waiting for so long  

Another thing to mention, my choice of colour was “quartz grey” and this has now been replaced to “graphite grey”. 

2 hours ago, Joss1733 said:

just like a lot of us,they are full of promises when ordering your car.then nothing apart from updates and when you think your car is coming,knock back after knock back.it has cost me a small fortune i sent my lease car back early thinking i was saving money.should of known how the car industry works a bunch of spives comes to mind.

 

I would suggest that you have a look at your contract I would expect it contains a clause stating force majeure, which will be probably good enough to cover all of the delays incurred by Covid and everything else. 

 

I would say IMHO that you were to say the least quite naive to think that you would get your car "on time" considering the global pandemic and shortages that have come from it. 

 

I'll agree that some dealer's can be a little economic with the truth at times and maybe raise hopes to meet a sales target, but also I can't help thinking that you should have known to take quoted delivery dates with a "pinch of salt" and it was rather naive of you to make arrangements to return your previous vehicle before you knew that the vehicle was actually in the UK either waiting transit from the port to the dealer or at the dealer awaiting PDI and waiting for you to collect it. 

Edited 5 March, 20224 yr by TheWanderer

28 minutes ago, TheWanderer said:

 

I would suggest that you have a look at your contract I would expect it contains a clause stating force majeure, which will be probably good enough to cover all of the delays incurred by Covid and everything else. 

 

I would say IMHO that you were to say the least quite naive to think that you would get your car "on time" considering the global pandemic and shortages that have come from it. 

 

I'll agree that some dealer's can be a little economic with the truth at times and maybe raise hopes to meet a sales target, but also I can't help thinking that you should have known to take quoted delivery dates with a "pinch of salt" and it was rather naive of you to make arrangements to return your previous vehicle before you knew that the vehicle was actually in the UK either waiting transit from the port to the dealer or at the dealer awaiting PDI and waiting for you to collect it. 

You are right, however i think that dealer must provide more or less (+-2 or 3 months) accurate information on the delivery time. Because when you are told that delivery time approx 6-8 months, and you're forced to wait 1year +, it's actually very sad.

And there is the crux of the matter. 

 

The dealerships are caught between the consumer and the HQ/factory and they're damned if they do (raise your hopes) and damned if they don't tell you.

 

But what is the point of contacting a consumer waiting for their vehicle when there's nothing to say or tell them in the first place?

 

They might as well say (subject to agreement)  that they will contact you only when they have any information from HQ/factory in regards to a change of status to their vehicle order.

 

Namely a production week or date, when it has been completed, when it has been loaded onto the train to the port*, when it has departed the port* and arrived in your country, when it has left the distribution centre and arrived at the dealership.

 

And finally when the dealership has completed the PDI and the vehicle is ready for collection. 

 

* If applicable. 

In my case, the very fact that I get an email once a month from the dealer with an update (even though it is just to say they have no further information from last time) means that they are at least checking on orders. Yes, I see the email and my hopes are raised until I read it and then everything is dashed again, but at least I know they've still got an interest in proceedings.

 

My dealer was upfront about delays, in fact it was the first thing they told me before we even started discussing the car and specs etc.

 

Dealers can only pass on info they are provided by Skoda UK, and don't have any input or sway on the factory. They're as frustrated as we are and they don't get any money until the car has arrived and is about to be driven off the forecourt.

 

What I would never do is get rid of a vehicle I am dependant on until I knew its replacement had arrived at the dealer and was ready to go.

1 hour ago, TheWanderer said:

 

I would suggest that you have a look at your contract I would expect it contains a clause stating force majeure, which will be probably good enough to cover all of the delays incurred by Covid and everything else. 

 

I would say IMHO that you were to say the least quite naive to think that you would get your car "on time" considering the global pandemic and shortages that have come from it. 

 

I'll agree that some dealer's can be a little economic with the truth at times and maybe raise hopes to meet a sales target, but also I can't help thinking that you should have known to take quoted delivery dates with a "pinch of salt" and it was rather naive of you to make arrangements to return your previous vehicle before you knew that the vehicle was actually in the UK either waiting transit from the port to the dealer or at the dealer awaiting PDI and waiting for you to collect it. 

yes you may be right,it was only a month before i handed my lease car in and me thinking it was only 4 weeks before delivery of my new car  and the reason was it was very close to have 4 new tyres fitted and a service due so at a cost of around 1100 pounds.i thought i was doing the right thing at the time and then .all the bad news started to come out about deliveries and software problems and with me having no crystal ball i will have to grin and bare with it.i leased a car for short term of 3 months through the lease company and that comes to the end on the 6 april .so fingers crossed i do get it 1/04/22,APRIL FOOLS DAY and thats me

Obviously you didn't look here then. I've got just under a year before my next service which is the biggie. 

 

I maybe lucky to get a new car before then, if not I'll just have to take it on the chin, it's got to have two new rear tyres yet on mine, so there's ~£340, I've got a differential oil change on 14th that's £130. Again I'll take it on the chin. 

 

If my new one doesn't turn up then I'll have to seek an extension to the current pcp or I might just pay it off with the savings I have and then the car is my collateral for the next one. 

i was not on this site when i ordered the car,wish i had been but   that is hind sight.i will just have to wait and see when i  get i get it april fools day/?

12 hours ago, TheWanderer said:

Obviously you didn't look here then. I've got just under a year before my next service which is the biggie. 

 

If my new one doesn't turn up then I'll have to seek an extension to the current pcp or I might just pay it off with the savings I have and then the car is my collateral for the next one. 

Generally the lack of supply of new cars has pushed up price of secondhand ones, so in most cases it is sensible to settle a PCP and take ownership, even if you then sell it almost straight away to a car buying site.

 

Try Motorway, Cazoo, We buy any car etc, compare the valuations to your balloon payment.  If car is worth more than you need to pay then completely daft to just hand it back at end of PCP.

 

Even if you don’t have sufficient savings, then plenty of cheap loans available (and often your own bank will give you a good rate).  But I wouldn’t do a remortgage (even if interest rate is bit lower), because you don’t want to still be paying towards your car in 20 years time.  Ideally don’t take out a loan for longer than you intend to keep car.