GR86 GR86 Delivery Tracking and Collection thread

So from 2 weeks of placing order, to collection.

11 miles on it, and 1/3 tank of fuel.

Very happy so far

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Well, after complaining they finally got my car from end of the road and driven it back. I seen it had 32 miles on the clock. For some reason, this bothers me. Why has a my new car clearly been driven about? It should have been on a truck from new and dropped off at the compound which is 1.5 miles from the dealer. Thinking of just scrapping the whole new car idea now, the experience hasn’t been great and I’m a bit annoyed :(
 
I would ask the question as to why, as it's higher than most, mine came with 8 miles on it. Still lower than my GT86 mind you, which had 250 miles on it! I had it delivered to me, I expected that being on a trailer but no someone drove it from Wolverhampton to Kent :rolleyes:
 
Jayware33 said:
Well, after complaining they finally got my car from end of the road and driven it back. I seen it had 32 miles on the clock. For some reason, this bothers me. Why has a my new car clearly been driven about? It should have been on a truck from new and dropped off at the compound which is 1.5 miles from the dealer. Thinking of just scrapping the whole new car idea now, the experience hasn’t been great and I’m a bit annoyed :(
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A Pre-Registered car should generally have less than 100 miles on the clock, a brand new car delivered (not driven) to the dealership I would expect to have considerably less. My KonaN had 7 miles on it when I collected it from Edinburgh and both the wife's 4x4s had less than 10.
I'd be annoyed too though. It's difficult to prove where those extra miles have crept in and it makes you wonder what else they get up to. You can still reject the car but, is it worth it for 32 miles? By the time you're fuelled up, home across the bridge and get it to the detailers you'll have done that in week one. Don't drive it at all in week 2 and you'll have made those miles back - sorted! :LOL:
 
Cholmondeley-Biscuitt said:
A Pre-Registered car should generally have less than 100 miles on the clock, a brand new car delivered (not driven) to the dealership I would expect to have considerably less. My KonaN had 7 miles on it when I collected it from Edinburgh and both the wife's 4x4s had less than 10.
I'd be annoyed too though. It's difficult to prove where those extra miles have crept in and it makes you wonder what else they get up to. You can still reject the car but, is it worth it for 32 miles? By the time you're fuelled up, home across the bridge and get it to the detailers you'll have done that in week one. Don't drive it at all in week 2 and you'll have made those miles back - sorted! :LOL:
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It’s the fact someone may have ragged it about for those miles - who knows. It does annoy me.

I called Toyota who said not to take it while they investigate this as it was not standard. Now I’ve to wait for Toyota to give me some potential options - whatever that means. Waiting game now :(
The dealer has been useless though in between.

I suspect they have driven it. I’ve no evidence, but it’s a feeling.
 
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Jayware33 said:
It’s the fact someone may have ragged it about for those miles
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Agree.
Jayware33 said:
I called Toyota who said not to take it while they investigate this as it was not standard. Now I’ve to wait for Toyota to give me some potential options.
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At least they will be asking the dealership to explain themselves. Standby for a "it didn't sound right so we had our mechanics/technician/spotty apprentice take it for a spin" story ...
 
Jayware33 said:
My car arrived at the dealer holding compound at western Toyota in Edinburgh on Wednesday. Still haven’t seen the car and they still haven’t collected it (despite the fact it’s right across the road). Feel like they’re messing me about now as the sales chap getting my car keeps having customer appointments and moving me out. Complained to Toyota Online. Was supposed to have seen it yesterday and then again today … but now told next week as he’s busy.
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Could be completely innocent, it's not uncommon to have delivery miles in the teens and they've then gone to fill it up (unlikely I know),
Could be 20 customer laps at Knockhill on a dealer day, could be back and to from the bodyshop, could be anything (only joking).

Use it as leverage to get something from them, but you've done the right thing in flagging it with Toyota GB.
 
Cholmondeley-Biscuitt said:
Agree.

At least they will be asking the dealership to explain themselves. Standby for a "it didn't sound right so we had our mechanics/technician/spotty apprentice take it for a spin" story ...
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I asked the dealer and they said “we collected it like that, we have no idea why”. So not sure why Toyota are going to get out of them. I’ll need to wait until next week now but I’m the worlds most impatient person and feeling a little irritated now and my excitement has fizzled out.
 
gr-fun said:
Could be completely innocent, it's not uncommon to have delivery miles in the teens and they've then gone to fill it up (unlikely I know),
Could be 20 customer laps at Knockhill on a dealer day, could be back and to from the bodyshop, could be anything (only joking).

Use it as leverage to get something from them, but you've done the right thing in flagging it with Toyota GB.
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They have two petrol stations next door that they use.

It does seem high for a new car, Toyota told me not to take it until they can investigate. Not sure what they’ll do but thinking of rejecting the car now, between this and the useless dealers. Just stressing me out as I’m quite susceptible to such things and tend to let them really get to me. I’m already worked up about other external things, this feels like something else chipping away at me that I could let go. I’m curious though to see what Toyota say.

20 laps around knochill …. Christ! 😄
 
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Got a call back from the dealer who say that the car has likely been a cancelled order previously and moved about between depots. It would certainly align with the fact I placed the order and the My Toyota app said the car was in the UK instantly. This sounds more plausible and reassured me that the car has simply been moved between compounds through one or more cancelled orders. Cars are driven from drop off points to allocated dealers and back again if cancelled. It still has all of the wrap and new car film on it. I’ll inspect tomorrow visually myself and await to see what Toyota come back with as well.
 
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Got a call back from the dealer who say that the car has likely been a cancelled order previously and moved about between depots. It would certainly align with the fact I placed the order and the My Toyota app said the car was in the UK instantly. This sounds more plausible and reassured me that the car has simply been moved between compounds through one or more cancelled orders. Cars are driven from drop off points to allocated dealers and back again if cancelled. It still has all of the wrap and new car film on it. I’ll inspect tomorrow visually myself and await to see what Toyota come back with as well.
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Sounds entirely feasible, and I'm hopeful the car will be in fine order for you. Best wishes for the collection, the fun starts here!
 
Jayware33 said:
Got a call back from the dealer who say that the car has likely been a cancelled order previously and moved about between depots. It would certainly align with the fact I placed the order and the My Toyota app said the car was in the UK instantly. This sounds more plausible and reassured me that the car has simply been moved between compounds through one or more cancelled orders. Cars are driven from drop off points to allocated dealers and back again if cancelled. It still has all of the wrap and new car film on it. I’ll inspect tomorrow visually myself and await to see what Toyota come back with as well.
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I would be annoyed too, but in reality 32 miles is nothing, however driven. There are demonstrators that live a long life...
 
just inspected the car in person and it looked mint. Once I’d seen it and started it up, the fact it had done a few more miles disappeared. The car was clearly brand new and still had all the stickers on the windscreen and wrap you’d expect inside and out. Decided to go ahead and get it. Aiming for next weekend
 
Jayware33 said:
Decided to go ahead and get it. Aiming for next weekend
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Excellent news! If you need any of the customisations done (windows, sound generators etc) I have a laptop with Techstream installed, that I haven’t yet had the opportunity to try out to see if it actually works 😟.
Drop me a DM if you fancy experimenting with disabling the Sound Generator and we’ll plod through it together…
 
Cholmondeley-Biscuitt said:
Excellent news! If you need any of the customisations done (windows, sound generators etc) I have a laptop with Techstream installed, that I haven’t yet had the opportunity to try out to see if it actually works 😟.
Drop me a DM if you fancy experimenting with disabling the Sound Generator and we’ll plod through it together…
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Sounds good - you go first though, I’m nice that way 😄

That does sound handy. Curious to see what options there are. I really fancy the mirrors folding upon locking/opening, will need to dig about.

When you getting yours? What colour did you go for again?
 
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