[Bulla]

Pretty sure they just unload the large car carrier at the port of Emden for distribution to different countries by smaller ships or trains.

 

[Andyr100]

We had a call from the dealer today to say that our Q5 has just left Germany Heading to the UK - they expect it will be with them in 10-14 days, so mid-March is the outlook for handover.

Hopefully the penultimate update, we received an email from Audi saying that the boat has landed in the UK and the car is starting its journey to the dealer on Road-transporter.

 

[Andyr100]

Hopefully the penultimate update, we received an email from Audi saying that the boat has landed in the UK and the car is starting its journey to the dealer on Road-transporter.

Yippee! arrived at the dealer just sorting out a date next week to collect - big smiles all-round!

 

[Andyr100]

I just did a quick check on the dates - the car has taken 20 weeks and 1 day from the order being placed to it being at the dealer, hopefully that will be of use to others (40 TDI). Everything done via our local dealer, no brokers etc. involved.

 

[ScottyUK]

I was quoted 17-21 weeks which will be about right if the following holds up :

"Current Schedule Week 14 Build Unconfirmed - week beginning 3rd April 2023"

 

[Andyr100]

I was quoted 17-21 weeks which will be about right if the following holds up :

"Current Schedule Week 14 Build Unconfirmed - week beginning 3rd April 2023"

we didn’t receive info on the particular build-week (we didn’t ask either) - it sounds as though they have given you the right kind of overall expectations. It hasn’t seemed like a huge wait, particularly in comparison with some other brands.

We are looking forward to picking it up next week, should be fun

 

[ScottyUK]

Sounds good. I told my dealer to just let me know when he had a date for arrival at the dealers but he said he always updates customers every 2-3 weeks. When I ordered, the tow bar option didn't have a date so it could be it does or doesn't have an impact.

VW told me 14 months!

 

[Andyr100]

Popped in to sort out paperwork and the retention doc for the reg.no. - we will be picking it up on Friday afternoon

couldn’t resist a quick peek

 

[Bulla]

Very nice! Enjoy 😎

 

[aaron]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. Have Edition 1 TFSIe 50 on order (ordered Oct'22 - build week looking like June'23). I've seen a few references to people receiving email updates from Audi UK - do you have to sign up for these, or do they arrive automatically. My dealer has been pretty good at keeping me updated, but would be good to know I'm getting all the info! Feel free to point me to another thread if that's a better place to ask this question...

 

[Andyr100]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. Have Edition 1 TFSIe 50 on order (ordered Oct'22 - build week looking like June'23). I've seen a few references to people receiving email updates from Audi UK - do you have to sign up for these, or do they arrive automatically. My dealer has been pretty good at keeping me updated, but would be good to know I'm getting all the info! Feel free to point me to another thread if that's a better place to ask this question...

Hi, welcome to the forum.
we didn’t need to sign-up to anything special to receive the email updates from Audi UK, the first email we received was when the car entered the build-stage - so I’d guess your first one would be around June.

someone else may be able to add additional info.

 

[ScottyUK]

My salesman said he'd update me every two weeks or so. He did for the first month but gone quiet on me during the second month 🤷‍♂️

 

[missile]

Heard nada from my sales person

 

[aaron]

Hi, welcome to the forum.
we didn’t need to sign-up to anything special to receive the email updates from Audi UK, the first email we received was when the car entered the build-stage - so I’d guess your first one would be around June.

someone else may be able to add additional info.

Thanks for letting me know - my dealer was good enough to be realistic about the order time. Once I'd decided on the Q5, also decided it was going to be OK to wait...

 

[ScottyUK]

Ordered 28th Jan '23. Besides 'Unconfirmed Week 14", this is my first update :

 

[Andyr100]

Ordered 28th Jan '23. Besides 'Unconfirmed Week 14", this is my first update :
View attachment 13004

yep, that is the first email message we received from Audi themselves (rather than the dealer) - it was 2 weeks and 3 days later before we received the next update which confirmed the vehicle had been built and checked (which means it will soon begin its journey to Emden)

 

[missile]

Ordered 28th Jan '23. Besides 'Unconfirmed Week 14", this is my first update :

Great news, building long before estimate "Week 14 begins on Monday, 3 April 2023"

 

[ScottyUK]

Potentially a couple of weeks earlier but we'll see. When I ordered, the system suggested that week with the exception of the towbar. That was unknown at the time. The dealer said it could make it worse, unaffect it or even bring it forwards.

 

[missile]

Yours is the first I have heard of being built before estimate. Hopefully we have turned a corner

 

[ScottyUK]

Now I've received an email from my dealer saying Week 14 Confirmed