Fresh off the boat.
Posted Oct 12, 2012, 3:57 PM UTC
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If Sportwagens are built in Mexico, where is this shipment being delivered? Are north American deliveries all sent on cargo ship? Is this a European delivery or elsewhere?
Edit: That Ford looks to have a US plate, or Mexico I suppose.
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This shipment would've came from Mexico. The only VWs still made in Wolfsburg and sold in the US are the Golf, CC/Passat, and Tiguan. The EOS is made in Portugal. The Touareg is made in Bratislava, Slovakia. The Routan is a rebadged Dodge Caravan made in Canada.
The more you know™
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CC/Passat
CC made in Germany, Passat made in Tennessee.
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I was wondering why there were no Golfs, now I'm glad there aren't. Wolfsburg FTW.
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No clue where its from, but the shpment came into Rhode Island. Id bet al least most east coast shipments are brought in via ship since it would be a lot more efficient than train.
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I work not too far from the Davisville port and all VWs going to the Northeast go through there. It's great running by there and taking in the new car smell!
Edit: All VW's but the Passats go through this port.
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Houston takes all West Coast and central state shipments.
So not all VWs.
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I thought San Diego took the West Coast shipments, or did that change recently?
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I figured as much. This is the second boatload I've seen since tuesday.
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fresh off the boat from mexico that is
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Quonset?
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I think so? I'm from the west coast, just got out here on tuesday, dont know the area at all really.
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A little trivia: Many German cars have a hole in the front and back bumpers to screw in an eye-bolt while it is shipping. It gets covered up later by an insert that leaves a square in each bumper. Some of the ones in the pic are still missing the cover.
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That eye bolt is the tow hook that is part of the toolkit with the spare.
Good to see VW using it for more than one person.
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Just walked through the lot, they all still have the bolts in them.
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AHH, that's where they scratch up all the KESSY buttons!
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I'll take that one! No wait that one, no that one...
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I thought this was going to be an asian joke, but then realized it was the vw subreddit.