Arriving at Build Week...
So I enter the week Gertie is meant to be produced. It feels slightly unreal, on one hand, I could be driving it in a ‘few weeks’, in moments of madness I sort of think, that’s not too bad, I could have bought one second hand and I am simply waiting for them to prep the car before I pick it up. On the other, though the possible movement of the Tracker is always greeted with small jump for joy, the Tracker may not move at all or it could confirm Gertie is being built and the nothing… It’s a waiting game, and it always has been. In fairness, so far, touch wood (or perhaps more apt piano black trim) I have been lucky, my dealer may not be fully versed with specs or equipment but as some compensation they have been very understanding with regards to my many silly questions and I have received the promised regular phone calls. I do wonder about whole process. I always feel I should defend it by saying, well VW know what they are doing, blah blah blah, there must be method to it. I can sort of understand a GTD taking some time, but when I read that people have been waiting longer than me for their Golf Match, I to find myself questioning it. What is it that decides when each vehicle is built? I read somewhere it is something to do with dealers having an allocation of when they can put orders forward, so although you may order now, the dealer you order with may not have an allocation for a while, yet another may have one next week. This would certainly seem to ring bells, my dealer was very confident with the process and approx. timescales and they’ve all been spot on (so far - don't tempt fate!)
I have toyed with mods over the last week. Anyone who owns a number of VW’s becomes familiar with the dark arts of VCDS, it seems possible that I will be able to activate the traffic sign recognition system with some coding, I have spent some time organising that. as previously mentioned I have also asked my dealer to paint the mirrors black and I have also toyed with the idea of an up and over black stripe. I am not sure this will suit the Golf, or me, I bought the car because it was understated and I felt, quite classy. Festooning it with a load of ‘stickers’ might not work but I welcome any thoughts on this.
This week my brother has taken delivery of a silver/white Mini Cooper, a new one; I guess the silver white is a bit like VW’s Onyx White. I have had to endure, ‘how great the Mini is’. I did come close to waiting for the new five door version, but when I saw it, to me, it was such a compromised design, it just looks clumsy. Clearly Mini having stopped production of the quirky Clubman and they are going to replace it with two models, this and a new estate, just to cover all bases. For me the new Mini is a great car but it is not me, I am not even sure why, maybe I don’t want to buy into the brand, maybe it’s because I often see three or four in a car park and they look a little less ‘individual’.
So, the waiting goes on….
So I enter the week Gertie is meant to be produced. It feels slightly unreal, on one hand, I could be driving it in a ‘few weeks’, in moments of madness I sort of think, that’s not too bad, I could have bought one second hand and I am simply waiting for them to prep the car before I pick it up. On the other, though the possible movement of the Tracker is always greeted with small jump for joy, the Tracker may not move at all or it could confirm Gertie is being built and the nothing… It’s a waiting game, and it always has been. In fairness, so far, touch wood (or perhaps more apt piano black trim) I have been lucky, my dealer may not be fully versed with specs or equipment but as some compensation they have been very understanding with regards to my many silly questions and I have received the promised regular phone calls. I do wonder about whole process. I always feel I should defend it by saying, well VW know what they are doing, blah blah blah, there must be method to it. I can sort of understand a GTD taking some time, but when I read that people have been waiting longer than me for their Golf Match, I to find myself questioning it. What is it that decides when each vehicle is built? I read somewhere it is something to do with dealers having an allocation of when they can put orders forward, so although you may order now, the dealer you order with may not have an allocation for a while, yet another may have one next week. This would certainly seem to ring bells, my dealer was very confident with the process and approx. timescales and they’ve all been spot on (so far - don't tempt fate!)
I have toyed with mods over the last week. Anyone who owns a number of VW’s becomes familiar with the dark arts of VCDS, it seems possible that I will be able to activate the traffic sign recognition system with some coding, I have spent some time organising that. as previously mentioned I have also asked my dealer to paint the mirrors black and I have also toyed with the idea of an up and over black stripe. I am not sure this will suit the Golf, or me, I bought the car because it was understated and I felt, quite classy. Festooning it with a load of ‘stickers’ might not work but I welcome any thoughts on this.
This week my brother has taken delivery of a silver/white Mini Cooper, a new one; I guess the silver white is a bit like VW’s Onyx White. I have had to endure, ‘how great the Mini is’. I did come close to waiting for the new five door version, but when I saw it, to me, it was such a compromised design, it just looks clumsy. Clearly Mini having stopped production of the quirky Clubman and they are going to replace it with two models, this and a new estate, just to cover all bases. For me the new Mini is a great car but it is not me, I am not even sure why, maybe I don’t want to buy into the brand, maybe it’s because I often see three or four in a car park and they look a little less ‘individual’.
So, the waiting goes on….
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