Question.....So when your California reaches build?

[Ocean Spirit]

acccchhhhh
What a nuisance Chris.
A similar thing was on the cards for me too (as in pick up on the 14th was mentioned. But after crying down the phone as best I could we managed it earlier.
Still at the end of the day these have been quick turn arounds for us class of autumn/winter '17, AKA Classes of Build Week 45, 46, 47.

Don't know about the union flag...got to be a setting on your profile though.

 

[Jason wallace]

Flag shows where you are posting from, or at least the Network as mine changes when I’m vpn’d to my office/customers.

 

[Pete_Hampton]

For those who have collected their van, did your dealer do the handover in the warmth of a show room

@ChrisS At Lookers Guildford they did 90% of the handover in the showroom, very comfortable and not draughty at all. The remaining 10% was a chance to see all of the panels in daylight, check the ignition, parking pilot, roof operation, top up the fuel (20L) and go for a short check/test drive.

2 whole weeks knowing my Cali is waiting for me in Devon

To lighten the pain may I suggest you contact O'Connor's in Okehampton [very nice people] to see if they want to add it to their hire fleet of T6's you could earn about £800 a week on that deal!

 

[Properjob]

Not a red herring after all - this light strip can be switched between either Driving mode or Camping mode.

• Driving mode links the light strip (aka Cocktail Bar Mood Lighting) to the behaviour of the door open/close setting (rocker switch in the centre top console) and will operate along with the front cabin courtesy lights.
• Camping mode is for manual switching on/off/dimming.
• See California Supplement page 31 when you get yours

Sorry to have hogged your thread recently. In the meanwhile, how are the Classes of Build Week 45, 46, 47 etc coming along...are any of you reaching Hyper Stalking Graduation anytime soon?

Wk 46 soon to be graduate I hope! I know it's at Sheerness but haven't managed to talk to the dealer yet to confirm when I'm likely to pick it up.... having to contain myself by adding to the list of 'essential' things I never knew I needed to buy!

 

[Ocean Spirit]

Thats the way to do it

 

[Pete_Hampton]

Wk 46 soon to be graduate

Nice and laid back there @Properjob - if logic prevails yours could/should be ready the week after next. But what do I know?

having to contain myself

Good approach - aim to be minimalist and travel light until you really know you need something, otherwise the loft, shed, garage and kitchen cupboards will be full of boxed unused gizmos. Looking back in older threads here, there appears to be a good few cases of over purchasing. Think of how many campsites fees (Fun Tokens), or litres of diesel for that matter, there are in every £100 saved, .

 

[Pete_Hampton]

Good morning folks of the Class of Build Weeks 44, 45, 46, 47 etc

One specific item for you to all check at your forthcoming collection handover: Be extra diligent and check all of the seat belt buckles, in particularly the operation of red latch release button.

Of all of the millions of moving parts on a California the red latch release button in the front passenger seat safety belt is jammed on our new California. This could be a one off, or it could be a faulty batch, or there is a foreign object in there from the factory - I am betting on a piece of Braunschweiger Mettwurst . Either way do be sure to check yours as many of you seem to have long trips to make for your collections and repeating that journey a few days later would be a pain.

I will let you know how we get on when I call the service team tomorrow.

In the meanwhile it's far from a crisis - we've be out locally a few time and had Sunday breakfast in our local Royal Park -


@2020 freedom note the cocktail bar light strip in Camping Mode

 

[Ocean Spirit]

Hey Pete,
Sorry to hear about your seat belt buckle. Nuisance!!!
Thanks for the pic too...
A bit of a teaser or have you posted more photos elsewhere? I haven't been on te forum today until now as I have been packing for the move....think its time to take 5 minutes out and have a look incase you have hidden them.

 

[ChrisS]

@ChrisS At Lookers Guildford they did 90% of the handover in the showroom, very comfortable and not draughty at all. The remaining 10% was a chance to see all of the panels in daylight, check the ignition, parking pilot, roof operation, top up the fuel (20L) and go for a short check/test drive.

To lighten the pain may I suggest you contact O'Connor's in Okehampton [very nice people] to see if they want to add it to their hire fleet of T6's you could earn about £800 a week on that deal!

Thanks Pete. Sounds like you got good service from Lookers. Not sure I'll take up the suggestion of letting O'Connors rent my van out before I've even got to use it, even if they are very nice people! :-D

 

[Ocean Spirit]

New Avatar @ChrisS ?

 

[ChrisS]

New Avatar @ChrisS ?

Yep - a screen grab from a little video the dealer sent me of the van just having been driven off the transporter. It's a bit low quality with glare from sun, but you get the idea.... 2 tone (white and starlight blue metallic) Beach...

 

[Ocean Spirit]

I see also @Pete_Hampton has managed to take a shot for a new avatar but unlike you and I, without a little blue bit of foam where the number plate should go.

 

[Jans2]

Blue foam is the new black

 

[Ocean Spirit]

Nice blue foam there Jans2

 

[Jans2]

Soooo excited

 

[Ocean Spirit]

What build week were you Jans?

 

[Jans2]

“Estimated build week 44”
Arrived in UK 22 November
Arrived at Dealership 28 November
Sent off for tracker, immobiliser and dashcam to be fitted .... then off to detailers asap!

 

[Ocean Spirit]

If that came into Sheerness it actually would have been the 21st (same boat as mine).
Who's the dealer?

 

[Jans2]

You see - I definitely wasn’t paying attention (can’t stand the suspense). I bought it through Breeze, Poole where Jim Hart has been politely and patiently answering my many, many questions and is probably suffering RSI after typing all the options I went for!

 

[Ocean Spirit]

An update on post number 79 for future Build Time Hyper Stalkers .


My time line for ordering and taking delivery.
I'm not suggesting this is good, bad, quick, slow or typical.
However I'm not alone in that very similar timescales have been experienced by most of the contributors to this thread up to the date of this post .

Order date - day 1
A) I ordered from Dealer on 29th Sept to secure & got build week 45 confirmed in under 3 weeks.....slick!
Build date - day 38
B) Build week 45 started November 6th
Build complete/in transit - day 48
C) 16th November it was code 30 (in transit from factory).....slick!
Left Port of exit (Emden) - day 51
C) Code 36 (at Emden), 38 (released to ship) & 39 (On ship) followed by the 19th November.....slick!
Arrived at port of entry (Sheerness) - day 53
D) Code 40 (at port of entry, Sheerness UK) on 21st November (15 days total from build so far)...slick!
E) Still at Sheerness still at code 40 waiting for dispatch (code 60) 23rd November....not slick
meanwhile the ship has got all the way back to Emden...
Left port of entry and had short journey to Dealer - day 61
F) Arrived at SMG Tonbridge at the 'call forward' request from them on 29th of November (23 days)
PDI & Hand over / Pick up - day 67
G) Earliest mutual convenience for pick up (dealer under some pressure from me due to a pending house move and top service from him in return (thanks Martin SMG) December 5th (29 days).

67 days for a 67 plate...spooky!

 

[Pete_Hampton]

future Build Time Hyper Stalkers

You are leaving a great legacy on the eve of your graduation. I hope the new recruits are as meticulous as all of us.

Pick up - day 67

Very slick overall for you. 115 days for us but still a bit less than we originally anticipated.

Have a smooth collection tomorrow.

Checklist [tick?], money [tick?], insurance [tick?], Police escort [tick?], fav tunes on a CD, SD Card, BlueTooth thingamajig [tick?], driving buddy to get your other car home [tick?], first camping trip booked [tick?]

 

[Ocean Spirit]

Have a smooth collection tomorrow.

Thank you!
Checklist [✓], money [?], insurance [✓], Police escort [✓], fav tunes on a CD, SD Card, BlueTooth thingamajig [✓], driving buddy to get your other car home [X], first camping trip booked [X]
A bit slack on the last requirement....but not for long.

 

[Jason wallace]

Nothing confirmed for me yet...response from dealer yesterday was...

'transport order was raised on the 30/11/17 it can take up to 10 working days to arrive but we are expecting it to arrive sooner.'

I'll see if Ishmahil has any better news today.

 

[Pete_Hampton]

expecting it to arrive sooner

Not long now...exciting isn't it!?

Ishmahil

aka Santa? Provided we all get what we asked for in good time, of course we have all been extremely well behaved...

 

[Pete_Hampton]

OK - so it's well over 19 hours into collection day and I have been drumming my fingers on the table, pacing back and forth, reading chapter after chapter of our new California Ocean Owner's Manual, monitoring AA Roadwatch for all routes between Tonbridge and Hampshire, viewing all the online traffic cameras in the South East just incase he whizzes by, all as I pass the time waiting to hear from @2020 freedom with news of his brand new California...

Maybe he simply stopped on route for supply of stick-on coat hooks, or to reprogramme the Sat Nav but now can't make head nor tail of the Latvian route instructions, or perhaps he is just standing out in the driveway admiring his new purchase...