MY15 Ordered..Now Waiting

nm2003 · Feb 12, 2015

nm2003 said:
Welcome to the club waiting for their MY15's to arrive.

When I ordered mine, I was not even offered the choose of a genuine towbar.

Will be interested to hear how you go with Google Online services when you get yours.

Confirmed from VW Australia today that that Aust spec does not get Mobile Service/Google Street View.

Re-confirmed with a local dealer that Aust MY15 spec does not get this feature

Will be interested to find out if you can just enable this via VCDS options.

View attachment Touareg MY15.pdf
View attachment vw-touareg-my15-specifications.pdf

logger · Feb 12, 2015

Will require a bit more than VCDS coding but will give it crack in a couple of weeks when mine turns up.

Easy6 · Feb 13, 2015

Have a 14.5my with sim slot, useless, as it kills the default Bluetooth connection to you phone. I was hoping that my data sim would supply functionality for other applications eg: hot spot. But the system believes it's a phone sim and won't default connect to my Bluetooth on iPhone 6.
Interestingly Audi with the same system have a software update that fixes this, but asking VW I got that strange distant look.
I'm getting use to that look!

logger · Feb 13, 2015

Thats annoying. If the MY15 UK Touaregs are actually shipping with Google services enabled as is suggested, they will have to come up with a fix.
Although I am not interested in using the SIM slot per se. It is more an indication that the hardware should be hotspot ready. This makes it possible to drive data back the other way from smart phone to car. Then is we can get the Google apps running we can feed them with data from a phone.
When you placed a sim in your car did a wifi hotpot get created in the in the RNS850 or were there any menu options to configure the SIM behaviour?

Easy6 · Feb 13, 2015

Yes. Have Hot spot. Nothing in the menu to configure SIM
Some reading:
Google mmi Bluetooth Phone and Dashboard Data SIM Card

Bluetooth Phone and Dashboard Data SIM Card [Archive] - VW AUDI Forum
Unless I'm missing something. I loose phone book and phones Bluetooth
preference upon inserting data SIM. Car delivered 8/14, VW response
it's the latest MMI FW. I'll wait to see if the MY15 has the option as Audi does.

Flipper Dog · Feb 13, 2015

I had a look at the German spec Touareg's RNS850 in December and google maps worked great. Not looking into it too much but a sim card was there and it provided Bluetooth capability from the user's phone. Visually the RNS850 was of no difference from my unit (2 x SD card readers and a sim card slot). Google maps worked very well but standard maps were available in the system's harddrive.

Also a point to note - German spec Touaregs are not as optioned as our models, a base 150TDI is very basic with the pricing over in Germany not that better than what we receive. To spec out a 180TDI (now called a 193TDI) to what we get is looking at 66,000 Euro, that is about $97,000 AU in todays rates. When I say spec to our level that is what you would pay with the options as standard in Australia. True you can configure your vehicle to how ever you want and only pay for those things that you need. Hey you can even pick it up from Wolfsburg at their glass towers and have someone who knows the vehicle deliver it to you. Factory orders are generally available within 6 weeks, now how is that for service.

logger · Feb 13, 2015

That all sounds quite promising actually. Flipper the DE car you tested in December would have to have been built NOV or earlier one would think. My car which I get in ten day is I suspect an early NOV build (complied Jan). While its RNS850 & MMI load will be different, there is a good chance they both will have both addressed the issue Easy6 speaks of.

In Europe it seems the Google POI & mapping is a subscription service called Car NET. However this may just be a subscription for the data feed including SIM.

Hoodie · Mar 16, 2015

Thinking about getting a new 150, anyone care to share what they paid, pm me if you don't want to make it public.

Singh · Mar 16, 2015

Hoodie said:
Thinking about getting a new 150, anyone care to share what they paid, pm me if you don't want to make it public.

Lemme know before you are ready to do a deal Hoodie, have a very good contact

Gr33nbastad · Mar 16, 2015

Hoodie said:
Thinking about getting a new 150, anyone care to share what they paid, pm me if you don't want to make it public.

I managed to get a whole $490 off!! So, $68,000 neat for a 150 with Tungsten silver paint. Bastard didn't even give me a keyring on delivery. Now just waiting on Peter to get back so I can get the Bluefin on and make sure it works with whatever changes they made to make the CJMA engine 450nm.

Hoodie · Mar 16, 2015

Singh said:
Lemme know before you are ready to do a deal Hoodie, have a very good contact

Great can you PM me there name and contact, thanks for your help.

13Tregex · Mar 20, 2015

Rossco said:
NM2003 - Your dealer will have your VIN which is applied during manufacture. My dealer gave me all the details yesterday
I can tell you your Touareg will be sailing on the Elektra departing the port of Bremerhaven on the 19th January and arrives at the Port of Melbourne on the 3rd March.
If you go to www.2wglobal.com
Once you have your VIN and after the 19th January, you will be able to track the progress of your new toy, logging onto www.2wglobal.com then "Track and Trace" then "Cargo ID" then "Track"
We have nothing better to do....we are like expectant mothers.
Voyage Details: C0502-ELX

Vessel: ELEKTRA

IMO Number: 9176577

Voyage: CO502-ELX

Be happy...

This did not work for me. I entered the VIN WVGDP9BPFD005995 and it said no records found.

nm2003 · Mar 20, 2015

I think that site works for Touareg shipped out to various destinations:

I just entered mine (masking last three digits) and it came up telling me that mine in sitting on a transporter getting delivered to the dealer

Cargo ID : WVGZZZ7PZFD010XXX Current Status:
(DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS) DELIVERED FROM 18-03-2015 15:00:00 Location: MELBOURNE
Voyage Details
Bill of Lading Number Booking Number Vessel Name Voyage Number Port of Load ETD
(DD-MM-YYYY) Port of Discharge ETA
(DD-MM-YYYY) Port of Receipt Port of Final Destination Quantity

BE1507793 DEBRB1287729 MORNING COMPOSER CO503-MCM ZEEBRUGGE 05-02-2015 MELBOURNE 13-03-2015 286
Status Details
Status Status Location Date
(DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS) Status Quantity

DELIVERED FROM MELBOURNE 18-03-2015 15:00:00 1
DISCHARGED MELBOURNE 14-03-2015 07:54:20 1
LINER RELEASE MELBOURNE 09-03-2015 19:21:45
LOADED ON VESSEL ZEEBRUGGE 04-02-2015 06:10:00 1
RECEIVED AT TERMINAL ZEEBRUGGE 21-01-2015 07:14:00 1
BOOKED ZEEBRUGGE 21-01-2015 07:12:00 1

Your VIN does not look like a Touareg, so may not be usable, or it may not have arrived at the shipping company yet.

Hoodie · Mar 21, 2015

Ordered my 3rd Touareg today. 150 TDI Tungsten Silver. Should get it in about 3 weeks.

Singh · Mar 21, 2015

Hoodie said:
Ordered my 3rd Touareg today. 150 TDI Tungsten Silver. Should get it in about 3 weeks.

Glad it worked out Hoodie

13Tregex · Mar 22, 2015

Well I registered that VIN on VW+ website, it came up as a Touareg right away. I guess the VIN configurations must be different for different areas of the world?
Mine is scheduled to be shipped Mar 30. It started factory build Jan 19 and had final factory check on Feb 20.

13Tregex · Mar 22, 2015

Actually the VIN I posted was missing a digit. Corrected is WVGDP9BP7FD005995 which still does not work. It is valid on VW VIN search, and it knows it is destined for Canada.

OneEyedMan · Mar 25, 2015

13Tregex said:
Actually the VIN I posted was missing a digit. Corrected is WVGDP9BP7FD005995 which still does not work. It is valid on VW VIN search, and it knows it is destined for Canada.

I think you have 2 digits transposed - try changing 'P7' to '7P' and see how you go

mtalinm · Mar 25, 2015

Hoodie said:
Ordered my 3rd Touareg today. 150 TDI Tungsten Silver. Should get it in about 3 weeks.

third Touareg? Now there's a true believer.

Hoodie · Mar 27, 2015

mtalinm said:
third Touareg? Now there's a true believer.

For the price nothing compares. Did consider going to a Forester XT Premium

MY15 Ordered..Now Waiting

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