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Eviebug
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Hello, Hello from Somerset, I’m saying Hello from Devon

Just joining the forum as I’d like to learn from other people’s experiences of owning an ID3.

I ordered my ID3 Family on 29 June and was told I would have it by 29 September at the latest (was subsequently told I was due for week 38 build). Am now getting a fortnightly email from the dealership that repeats the mantra ‘no news yet but we will keep you informed’.

I’m so excited about my new car - have my charger all fitted and ready to go - I just want some definite news from VW even if it’s bad news rather than communication designed to keep you hanging.

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Eviebug wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 7:41 am Hello, Hello from Somerset, I’m saying Hello from Devon

Just joining the forum as I’d like to learn from other people’s experiences of owning an ID3.

I ordered my ID3 Family on 29 June and was told I would have it by 29 September at the latest (was subsequently told I was due for week 38 build). Am now getting a fortnightly email from the dealership that repeats the mantra ‘no news yet but we will keep you informed’.

I’m so excited about my new car - have my charger all fitted and ready to go - I just want some definite news from VW even if it’s bad news rather than communication designed to keep you hanging.
I ordered a few days after you and am collecting today! Your build week 38 and I was 34, so hopefully you should be collecting sometime in late November all being well.
Order Placed (3124xxxx) - 2nd July 21
Build Week - 34 w/c 23rd August 21
Arrived at Emden - 20th September 21
Released to shipping - 4th October 21
Shipped to UK - 6th October 21
Arrived in the UK - 8th October 21
At Dealer - 18th October 21
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Thanks. That sounds hopeful 😀
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Eviebug wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 7:41 am Hello, Hello from Somerset, I’m saying Hello from Devon

Just joining the forum as I’d like to learn from other people’s experiences of owning an ID3.

I ordered my ID3 Family on 29 June and was told I would have it by 29 September at the latest (was subsequently told I was due for week 38 build). Am now getting a fortnightly email from the dealership that repeats the mantra ‘no news yet but we will keep you informed’.

I’m so excited about my new car - have my charger all fitted and ready to go - I just want some definite news from VW even if it’s bad news rather than communication designed to keep you hanging.
I agree the comms have not been great, but I think their supply chain is so all over the place at the moment that they have lost most of the predictability out of the build process.

I get a call every few weeks from the dealer, but I think until it is confirmed as built they can’t be too specific about when it will arrive.

I too am very looking forward to the car arriving, but I am yet to get the home charger sorted. Which one did you go with?
ID.3 Family Pro Performance, Makena Turquoise
Ordered: 8th July 2021
Currently Status: Picked up from dealer 22/12
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I went with the Pod Point. The installation was very clean and efficient so fingers crossed that it works equally well.
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Just to add, I got a call today and my ID3 has been built and is starting its journey to the UK. 😁
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Fantastic news! If you’re happy to, could you share a mildly redacted version of your order number if you have it? I’m keeping a little tally of partial order numbers and build completion dates to try to divine some progress within the chaos that is VW at the moment.

Absolutely no problem if you don’t feel happy sharing a partial order number of course! Example of a partial order number (ours) is in my signature
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Eviebug wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 3:15 pm Just to add, I got a call today and my ID3 has been built and is starting its journey to the UK. 😁
That's great news for you. As already requested, please can you share a portion you order number (I'd like to compare with my own in the footer below).

Also, I've read on both ID.3 UK Facebook Group and this forum that the physical ship/boat used to transport cars for VW is called the Malacca Highway. It can be tracked using the following link: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9235414

It's been in dock since yesterday morning. If it heads for the UK (via Emden) in the coming days, my money says it's carrying your car!
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Oh, thanks for that info about the shipping.

My order number begins with several letters and then the number itself starts 1262xxxx. Not sure that is much use to you as it doesn’t seem to relate to your order number in any way.
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Eviebug wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:24 pm Oh, thanks for that info about the shipping.

My order number begins with several letters and then the number itself starts 1262xxxx. Not sure that is much use to you as it doesn’t seem to relate to your order number in any way.
Thanks Eviebug. My assumption this number is your own dealers' order number and not the number which VW use to uniquely ID the order (sometimes apparently known as a commission number). But in any case, you've raised my hopes as your dates are near identical to mine. My dealer has been on holiday, back tomorrow. So hoping he has some positive news.
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Utumno
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Eviebug wrote: Mon Nov 01, 2021 4:24 pm Oh, thanks for that info about the shipping.

My order number begins with several letters and then the number itself starts 1262xxxx. Not sure that is much use to you as it doesn’t seem to relate to your order number in any way.

Thanks anyway Eviebug - that's the internal dealership order number. No stress and thanks for looking 😀
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Post by vincent_van_go »

Good news! Just been told that my car has arrived in Emden. This ship is on its way to Emden: https://www.vesselfinder.com/?imo=9235414. I'll report back further progress.
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