Topic: Golf R negotiation

[Snowman]

That blue on the R looks great.

I think it looks great too but I think half the R's we'll get in Canada will be that blue.  To me it's a dead give away that it's an R.  I like a more sleeper friendly White, Black, or Silver.

Agreed.

[DriverJeff]

"Half of the R's in Canada will be that blue" -- so what's that, like 12 of them then?   

Looks like my brother has replaced his '11 STI hatchback with the only viable replacement on the market these days.  His is that oh-so-common blue colour though.      Seems to be a bit of serendipity too... walked into the dealership, they had one there that had just been PDI'ed, got a small discount and made the deal.  Manual transmission with Tech pkg. 

[OliverD]

"Half of the R's in Canada will be that blue" -- so what's that, like 12 of them then?   

Looks like my brother has replaced his '11 STI hatchback with the only viable replacement on the market these days.  His is that oh-so-common blue colour though.      Seems to be a bit of serendipity too... walked into the dealership, they had one there that had just been PDI'ed, got a small discount and made the deal.  Manual transmission with Tech pkg.

I heard that something like 800 Rs were preordered in Canada.

Interesting that he was just able to buy one. Especially a Tech package car since those arrived about two weeks ago. Cancelled order? If people knew about that they would be p!ssed, haha. Lots of Canadians on VWvortex are getting very impatient waiting for their cars to arrive.

[DriverJeff]

"Half of the R's in Canada will be that blue" -- so what's that, like 12 of them then?   

Looks like my brother has replaced his '11 STI hatchback with the only viable replacement on the market these days.  His is that oh-so-common blue colour though.      Seems to be a bit of serendipity too... walked into the dealership, they had one there that had just been PDI'ed, got a small discount and made the deal.  Manual transmission with Tech pkg.

I heard that something like 800 Rs were preordered in Canada.

Interesting that he was just able to buy one. Especially a Tech package car since those arrived about two weeks ago. Cancelled order? If people knew about that they would be p!ssed, haha. Lots of Canadians on VWvortex are getting very impatient waiting for their cars to arrive.

Yes, it was a cancelled order... and dumb-ass luck of walking in at the right time.  That was the one Golf R that dealership had been allotted, and even decently sized dealerships like Hamilton VW are apparently only getting 2 for the year.  They're pretty scarce, that's for sure.

[OliverD]

"Half of the R's in Canada will be that blue" -- so what's that, like 12 of them then?   

Looks like my brother has replaced his '11 STI hatchback with the only viable replacement on the market these days.  His is that oh-so-common blue colour though.      Seems to be a bit of serendipity too... walked into the dealership, they had one there that had just been PDI'ed, got a small discount and made the deal.  Manual transmission with Tech pkg.

I heard that something like 800 Rs were preordered in Canada.

Interesting that he was just able to buy one. Especially a Tech package car since those arrived about two weeks ago. Cancelled order? If people knew about that they would be p!ssed, haha. Lots of Canadians on VWvortex are getting very impatient waiting for their cars to arrive.

Yes, it was a cancelled order... and dumb-ass luck of walking in at the right time.  That was the one Golf R that dealership had been allotted, and even decently sized dealerships like Hamilton VW are apparently only getting 2 for the year.  They're pretty scarce, that's for sure.

Weird because the Fredericton dealer has already delivered three Rs.

[tpl]

^^^ Could that be a function of the size of the particular dealership's territory?  Hamilton probably has far more dealerships close than Fredericton does.

[micha]

"Half of the R's in Canada will be that blue" -- so what's that, like 12 of them then?   

Looks like my brother has replaced his '11 STI hatchback with the only viable replacement on the market these days.  His is that oh-so-common blue colour though.      Seems to be a bit of serendipity too... walked into the dealership, they had one there that had just been PDI'ed, got a small discount and made the deal.  Manual transmission with Tech pkg.

Wow. I wish I could do that. It's exactly what I ordered, but I'm expecting it to arrive in October. Also, I expect the dealership to try to charge me all kinds of fees and not wanting to budge on price. I won't pay over MSRP, so I will have to walk and not own a R. (My expectations are based on a quote I got for a GTI.)  I suppose, there is some hope.

[JohnnyMac]

Received information that there are many Golf R's sitting at port as Transport Canada has stopped them from being delivered to the dealers.  A few slipped through but there won't be any deliveries in the shorter term.  I am hearing mixed information except that it could be a seatbelt issue and / or a software issue.

Yes I've read about this also.  I heard they should be released soon.  I'm so glad I didn't opt for the tech package, the wait and the delay in Halifax would be killer.

The dealership here in Fredericton probably has two sitting at port right now.  I'm pretty sure Canada had over 800 R's presold, and only chance of walking into a dealer to buy one off the lot right now would be pure dumb luck.

[JohnnyMac]

"Half of the R's in Canada will be that blue" -- so what's that, like 12 of them then?   

Looks like my brother has replaced his '11 STI hatchback with the only viable replacement on the market these days.  His is that oh-so-common blue colour though.      Seems to be a bit of serendipity too... walked into the dealership, they had one there that had just been PDI'ed, got a small discount and made the deal.  Manual transmission with Tech pkg.

Wow. I wish I could do that. It's exactly what I ordered, but I'm expecting it to arrive in October. Also, I expect the dealership to try to charge me all kinds of fees and not wanting to budge on price. I won't pay over MSRP, so I will have to walk and not own a R. (My expectations are based on a quote I got for a GTI.)  I suppose, there is some hope.

Why in the sweet name of Jesus have you not nailed down the total price of everything yet?  Heck I nailed down the price back in February and only had to haggle over accessories and what not a week or two before my R arrived, but I was caught off guard with mine arriving a month or two earlier than I had expected.

Go to your dealer and hash out the details now and save yourself a lot of stress down the line.