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I got to know the people at the BMW store a little late. They seem to have a larger, more focused organization. Originally I priced a couple of cars on their lot and at Sweeney. Sweeney was about $500 less. At that point, I had Sweeney search for a car that was already enroute, that fit my needs. After the fact, the BMW store came back and tried to match the price, but I felt obligated to purchase from Sweeney. Hopefully, service at Sweeney will be just as good. I am moving to Chicago next year anyway...will have to find a dealer there. Good luck on your delivery next week.
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Well, more wait for me. Dealer said my car is arriving on the 28th, not the 24th, as we thought, which means a late next week pickup (hopefully). Strange though - I still don't show up in W&W and port of chas. shows no boats coming in on the 28th. I'm a bit confused.
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Any chance your car is due at the dealership on the 28th, not the port? Timing is about right based on my car, that we did pick up last night and it is awesome. Also, my arrived on the Franconia and I'm pretty sure it didn't show up on the Charleston schedule until a week before it arrived. Did the CA tell you the name of the ship?
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I remember someone mentioning that the 1-800 status changed from "in transit" to "waiting for a shipping vessel". How much longer do I have to wait when the status changed to that? I assume no more than a week is when I can pick up my car from the dealer?
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my CA called me yesterday to say that my car was going to be ready for pickup on the 22nd! I was so bummed out - my car was completed on 7/8. feeling a little better now and planning my trip to the Performance Center in my current car and back in my new car.
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For those of you have just ordered a car, here is the timeline I experienced with a recent order of a 330i:
Sat 5/21 - placed deposit with dealership Mon 5/23 - car was officially ordered from BMW Mon 6/6 - car was scheduled for production Tue 6/7 - car went into production Tue 6/16 - car was waiting transport Thu 6/17 - car arrived at shipping terminal Fri 6/18 - car was loaded onto the vessel 'Turandot' Thu 6/23 - car was enroute to the US Fri 7/1 - car arrived at the port of NY Sat 7/2 - car was released to BMW processing center Tue 7/5 - processing center officially acknowledged arrival of car Car waited for software updates at this point Wed 7/20 - car arrived at dealership in NY state Thu 7/21 - I picked up the car So, in summary, the process took two months. If it was not for the last minute software updates, the process probably would have taken a week less. In my mind, it was worth the wait to avoid any potential problems. A couple of comments about the BMW owner's circle web site: It's OK, but not great. If you are used to tracking packages on the UPS or FedEX web site, don't expect BMW's site to be as accurate (yet). Your initial Owners Circle home page will almost never have the current information. If you click on the link to track your order, that information will be a bit more up to date, but it will still be a bit behind. For example, it showed that my car finally arrived at the dealer several days after I had already picked it up. Also, the link for 'Order Detail' may not be accurate. I had ordered my 330i with the Sport and Cold Weather packages, and the car did arrive with these options, but the order detail did not indicate this. I hope you find this info useful. I'll try to post pics of the car in the Monaco Blue thread as soon as I can. My car arrived with *zero* defects and it's been an absolute pleasure to drive. |
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Is anyone else schduled for production on July 29th?
Today the 800 number told me that my car is in the "paint shop." I'm in New Jersey and praying that I have my car by the third week in August so I can enjoy the last days of summer/fall before the roads get messy. I'm going nuts waiting! When will the agony end??? |
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OC is showing my car at the processing center in SC. Thank goodness! I figure if the OC shows that, it is likely already on the way to the dealer (assuming no problems in shipping). It also confirms my car had to be on the Ingolstadt arriving on 7/24. The dealer is right on my way to work, so I'll have to keep an eye out for a truck unloading my car the next day or so. Cool.
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My bro in law did ED on a 530xi on July 4 weekend and his car hasn't yet arrived here. Should be any day, but his came in through NYC instead of Chas. Now for the kicker, I'm driving my father in law's 2003 E46 330i convertible today and tomorrow until my car comes in . . . . Hope these blessings continue. . . .
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