Thread: Order placed now the waiting game

Well, got an estimated delivery date yesterday of September 18.

Seems so far away, especially seeing a few photos of new deliveries being posted lately.

Going to be a long 14 weeks!

Don't do what I did or the wait is even more painful.
When you get your VIN enter the full number into live ships map. Even if you enter the last five digits, look down the many results and you will see your whole VIN number. I was tracking the wrong ship, excited mine would be here about month earlier than what the dealer was saying. Now tracking the right ship which is landing in Melbourne on the 16th June. argh the wait, looking forward to the grin!

Well, latest notification is through and the vehicle was built during the week.

Looking at September 13 arrival into the docks in Melbourne, plus a week or so for pre delivery, rego etc.

Hoping to have the VIN through shortly so I can start tracking.

The weeks are slowing ticking down

Ok, so things are heating up a bit.

Latest update from MLR suggests they're expecting my new Disco by the end of August, for a delivery in the first week of September (3 weeks early)!

Now I have the VIN, I've plugged it into Track and Trace and can see the ship is due into Melbourne on August 16th. Presumably there's customs delays etc before it gets to the dealer on (estimated) 28th of August, ready for pre-delivery.

Getting pretty excited now!

mine is due later this week with pick up on the 13th of August. took the current one for one last offroad drive yesterday, will miss it but the new one looks so good can't wait to see how much extra grunt it has.

Ship has docked safely in Fremantle and is due in at Melbourne on Saturday! Getting close now.

How long do the vehicles usually take to clear customs and be delivered to the dealership once the boat has docked?

DiscoFan

I'm told anywhere between 5-10 days. They must do compliance and pdi on the wharf. Mines on a ship just in front of yours, docks in Melbourne on Wednesday

Hey Sam,
5-10 days is correct.
Bond Stores need to be cleared, to the processing centre (no pd at wharf) for checks for damage, then books, Compliance & then sent to dealers.

Depending on work load-dont forget the processing centre has just been dumped with 1500 LR's, 1200 BMW's, 1000 Audi's, etc etc. all off the boat at once.
So obviously sold vehicles are prioritised, & again depending on how many vehicles are off loaded that could be anywhere between 3500-5000 vehicles.

It takes time. I know, i managed a processing centre for 10years.

Cheers