It is extremely frustrating, even annoying, that it takes so long sometimes for a new car to be delivered , but I have found that flexibility on our part, especially with regard to colour, and also not insisting on nice to have but completely unnecessary kit, can really can make a difference! Most new cars come with loads of kit on board anyway, much more than I had when working and driving 45000 miles a year? I am used to having se/ Lux Volvo XC’s with loads of kit on board,some of which was just of novelty value? What I really miss from the Tiguan which had a 38 week long order time, but I took what I could get it in 10 days, ( and never regretted it ) was the sun roof which I could have had , in another colour, and the electric tailgate. It is a choice we make, and even though I miss some kit ,I weigh this up against what I have got in place and in my case the QQ ePower n con , without a wait, ,covers my expectations!
Completely agree, Mike, and in this case, I had asked how adding Bose / choosing the colour of the car would impact delivery time. I was told that it would be a negligible waiting difference as the supply chain got better and churned out cars faster.
But the only telling sign was when they removed the Tekna trim off Motability, and mentioned it was due supply chain issues, and this was a few months after I had already ordered.