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Originally Posted by jyoung69
I have just been told by my dealer that my car has left the port.
When i asked how long it will be at sea for she stated that it was due to arrive the first week of the new year!!!
Are these cars built in China by any chance?? 2 weeks at sea?
That surely cant be right, can it?  |
The date she gave you will have been the "expected delivery date" which is the date they say it will arrive at your dealer (not how long it's at sea) and is pretty much a random date that has some contingency built into it! My car landed in the UK yesterday for instance, and will be at the dealer tomorrow; however my "expected" date is 31st December (13 days off).
Don't worry too much about it; your car will be at sea for approximately 16 hours if it's on the normal UK crossing. So as long as it is on a boat as your dealer says, it should be in the UK tomorrow. The cars coming in to the UK are currently going straight to the dealers; so, I would phone BMW UK tomorrow to check when the status changes to 9630 (port of entry) or anything after that; then call your dealer to let them know the car has arrived at the port (you will likely find this out before them), and you'd really appreciate it if they could arrange transport to get it up to them ASAP, so you can collect before Christmas. Should be just about okay, as you're only max. 2 days behind mine, and I could have collected mine on Thursday.