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**Smartiepants** · 06-11-2003, 07:21 AM

I'd do it, but the north american way only does this for expensive euro cars,if you bought a porsche they'd do it but to keep costs lower they just prebuild em here.

**R_Ethug** · 06-11-2003, 07:29 AM

the only thing that really annoys me about VW hear is that we dont' get the 4motion bora sport aka a GLI with AWD.. that would be the sweetest.. although I understand why they dont' release it because it can't compete with the EVO and STI and then it would steal Audi sales so.. oh well.. oh and the fact those bastards get leather recaros as stock seats

**Canadian Turbo** · 06-11-2003, 08:16 AM

I think it would be nice to have the option of both, prepackaged cars for the masses that 90% of people would buy, but the oppurtunity for people to custom order there car with all the mix and max options they want, and a lovely 6 month wait too!

**1.8Trip** · 06-11-2003, 10:02 AM

I agree with lsc2g. I would like to see 4motion available for the jetta. I'd also like to see Xenons here.

**liquid** · 06-11-2003, 11:41 AM

I would definitely want to build my own custom car. I could pick the options I really want *cough* xenon headlamps *cough*...

**Dubs** · 06-11-2003, 12:01 PM

Umm polack ? bah everything is an option god even lifting seats aren't standard.. but i like the euro way then we could get things like 1.8T with power adjustable seats, and climatronic.

**bart** · 06-11-2003, 12:19 PM

also, the wait there is 1-2 months, since they make them next door, lol.

two other nice things that vw poland gives you with price:

1) 0% APR financing
2) First years insurance paid for

**liquid** · 06-11-2003, 12:32 PM

man... if they paid my first year insurance they would be broke.

**bart** · 06-11-2003, 12:41 PM

well apparently thats what they do last time i checked. besides, insurance there, it doesnt go by age really. somewhat driving record, but mostly displacement of your car. thats why 80% of cars there are <2.0L, lol. if you start buying american cars there, its gonna start being high.

**Kor** · 06-11-2003, 01:53 PM

Wow, in the land where insurance is by displacement, Volkswagen is king.

JA jestem znakomite!

**Smartiepants** · 06-11-2003, 02:56 PM

Yeah they insure the car and not the driver there, at least in the netherlands they do. Can you say Smart Car>?

**AWD-FLY-GUY** · 06-11-2003, 03:22 PM

holy hell thats crazy!!!

**CalgaryB5** · 06-11-2003, 06:05 PM

I had a conversation with the VW regional manager years ago. Those requests from customers were not new to them. Myself also one of the requester long time ago.

Some very knowledge customers know what a car can be ordered in certain way of taste within a reasonable time. I totally like that idea. Too bad VW does not follow the market trends; anything that is fresh new today will become obsolete in no time, VW said. Let me get into the topic of why we cannot get what we want. The major reason is the high cost of stocking multiple parts in warehouses across NA. If the stocks have slow turnover rate then VW instantly is going to lose money of stocking them. Also, instant parts and repair demand on the customer base. Say your car equipped with GPS, the whole unit malfunction with no sound/CD/Radio. Will all customers have patience to wait a month or more for another shipment from Germany? For me NO. Does it happen to me? Yes and I am still waiting the parts that I had ordered last year. That is so funny.

OK.. say that the problem solved if parts available then what about the people who put the parts together in the dealerships? Customers might think the technicians are all well trained and has the well established VW technical support through the phone. Unfortunately it is common that your car(newer models) goes into the back to fix with those scratching their heads with no clue of the problems and the worse part of it is your car might landed on an apprentice hand. VW spends a lot of money to train instructors. It is up to the dealership to pay the technicians to go to those critical courses. I’ll say all courses are critical but not everyone in dealership has the chance to go. With the presence of many disadvantages and VW does know all of that then makes them have no reason to move forward to introduce a new car buying style. Why Europe can do but not us? They have a good logistics that cover on one big continent and usually customer service is not the priority.

My experience on Bart topic. I ordered my Passat on January 98 the car took delivered to me on February 99. Why takes that long? According to the answer of SFC was that the combination I want which they will never order a Passat this way because is for warm climate package. Is it very hard to order a car with beige interior and 5-speed V6? That simple it took a year and the production month is November.

**Kor** · 06-11-2003, 08:54 PM

Those are some very good points, and help explain why you can custom order a car in a comparitively small geographic country near to the source (Germany) as opposed to a very very large geographic country (Canada) far from the manufacturing locations. Thanks!

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