SlammedR8

I know in the United States you guys are able to track your cars are coming over the water, but I’m not sure if we can do the same here in Canada.

Any Canadian owners who can chime in on whether this is possible or not.

TIA

Billyboy1

My SA in Toronto said no .Weird.

SQ8westcoast

Only in Canada eh ? what a pity

methodtim

Tracking a car is a totally manual process and the dealer will not help you at all, and this has nothing to do with Canada or not. My US sales person was straight up lol no when I asked her if she knew what boat my car was on.

Thankfully you can, through a lot of googling, infer pretty accurately what boat your boat is on by asking what day it departs. If you know that, the port is Emden. If you know the port of entry for your locale, you can have a really good guess at what ship your car is on. If you're lucky, you'll even be able to find the manifest of that ship and can confirm is has a butt load of Audis on it.

Good luck, happy sleuthing.

Edit for correctness: the dealer does have (or can get) the ship that your car is on (see here for an example: https://www.audiworld.com/forums/audi-q8-227/jan-order-%3D-june-delivery-3011041/page3/#post25556384). But maybe you have to ask extra nice or something because I’ve never been able to get that info so I just do it myself.

Pabla

You definitely can, you'll just need the vessel number from your sales advisor. Here the link head to post 35 that is how I've tracked my previous orders and how I am figuring out what boat my RSQ8 will soon be on

HDCL

Not sure why your dealer won't give you the vessel number. I did not even know that I could track my vehicle this way. I received an email from my dealer with the vessel information (snipped version below) without me even asking for it (or knowing to ask)

The name of the Ocean Shipping Vessel is Felicity Ace (315) and left the port of Emden, Germany on 2/18/2021, we are hoping it will arrive in Houston by the middle of March.
Thank you for all your time. I will be updating you as more information becomes available, in the meantime, please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Regards,
Audi Naperville

Pabla

My RSQ8 hasn't been shipped yet but I can get an idea of which boat it could be by looking at the boats at dock. Slated to ship Nov 15

SlammedR8

I was told November 16 departure as well…
maybe we’re on the same boat?
im in Canada so mine goes to halifax

Pabla

Yea ours RSQ8s should be on the same boat, all Canada bound Audi's come through Halifax port and are trained/trucked to their various locations from port. Of all the boats listed on the PWL group website that VW uses looks like Bishu Highway is the one our vehicles will be on since its currently at the Emden port. Here's the link to that vessel https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais...:BISHU_HIGHWAY

HDCL

Mine actually came to Halifax first and then the ship went to Houston where it was offloaded.