DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Gareth, u going to talk to us peasants in old D3s unless we put "sir" or "gov" on the end of the sentence?? 
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t5vag
Member Since: 23 Feb 2013
Location: Ankara
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Ordered Dec 15th
Got word delivery mid May
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| 27th Feb 2013 2:01 pm |
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iwannadisco4
Member Since: 14 Jan 2013
Location: Sutton
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iwannadisco4 wrote:Ordered 19 Jan; estimated delivery mid March
just heard today of possible delivery on 5 March
XS Orkney Grey/Ebony, privacy glass
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| 27th Feb 2013 2:37 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Of course I will Del...... Admittedly, it will be difficult, but I will make the effort 
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| 27th Feb 2013 3:08 pm |
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iwannadisco4
Member Since: 14 Jan 2013
Location: Sutton
Posts: 42
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iwannadisco4 wrote:Ordered 19 Jan; estimated delivery mid March
had a test drive today to make sure my new D4, to be picked up sometime between now and Friday 8 March, would fit on my driveway. bit late in the day for a test drive i guess but fortuitously there was not much difference in length to my 12 yr old Ford Galaxy that I am going to either px or sell. Made a choice today from the available registration numbers. Can't wait.....
D4 XS Orkney/ebony, privacy glass and....carpets!
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| 28th Feb 2013 11:12 pm |
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Andy from Embsay
Member Since: 30 Dec 2012
Location: Yorkshire Dales
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All you folks picking up shiny new cars at the moment - can I ask when you ordered, whether the delivery was as originally stated (some people have said they arrived early - here's hoping...) and also when you had your delivery date confirmed?
Ta!
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| 1st Mar 2013 12:03 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Gareth wrote:Of course I will Del...... Admittedly, it will be difficult, but I will make the effort
Thank you Gov, but only as long as you don't think you're slumming it too much in the D3 section of the forum!! 
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| 1st Mar 2013 12:08 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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Hmmm, not thought of that. I will have to get a new sticker, and keyring too 
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| 1st Mar 2013 12:15 pm |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
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Bear in mind Martin expects drivers of D4 HSE Luxs to buy the key rings forged from solid lunar basalt, in keeping with their financial flushness.
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| 1st Mar 2013 12:42 pm |
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phl
Member Since: 07 Dec 2012
Location: Sydney
Posts: 111
 
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As a matter of interest, is the build date the date they started the process, or when they finished? Mine has a 21 Jan Build Date, but was put on the ship on 29 Jan (and still sailing, only landing 10 March).
Does it take only 8 days to build a D4?
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| 2nd Mar 2013 11:45 am |
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DSL
Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
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"build date" will be when it's all bunged together, before that it's just a pile of parts. S'pose some will be over 2 days if it's on the line and that goes over midnight so build date might be when it's finished and the software gets zapped in and the cry goes out "IT LIIIIIIIIIVES". ISTR they are only a few hours from start to finish in the T5 line, an impressive site, especially the new L405s. 
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| 2nd Mar 2013 11:49 am |
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iwannadisco4
Member Since: 14 Jan 2013
Location: Sutton
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Andy from Embsay wrote:All you folks picking up shiny new cars at the moment - can I ask when you ordered, whether the delivery was as originally stated (some people have said they arrived early - here's hoping...) and also when you had your delivery date confirmed?
Ta!
mine was pretty much on time, perhaps a week earlier but the sales guy told me that business has been booming [but they all say that!] and that D4 delivery times are getting longer. I think I might have been fortunate that mine was already in the pipe so to speak when i placed my order
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| 2nd Mar 2013 12:47 pm |
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Gareth
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Member Since: 07 Dec 2004
Location: Bramhall
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It takes 14hrs to build a D4, from sheets of alloy and a chassis, plus powertrain arriving at the factory gates, to rolling off the end of the line.
Thats what the guide told me on the last tour.
The 'just in time' logistics are all handled by DHL, right from point of part manufacture, to delivery to the correct station on the production line, in an incredibly complicated but efficient manner, 'just in time' to be fitted to the correct car.
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| 2nd Mar 2013 4:34 pm |
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Kvt
Member Since: 09 Mar 2013
Location: Primrose hill
Posts: 18
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Ordered on the 18th Feb. delivery due on 26th march. Dealer had a slot!
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| 9th Mar 2013 12:41 am |
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agreiguk
Member Since: 09 Jan 2013
Location: Scotland
Posts: 25
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Ordered on the 9th of Jan and had a tentative delivery date of the first week in April. Struggling to get a build date out of the dealer
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| 9th Mar 2013 11:42 am |
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