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Originally Posted by Medal
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Medal -two url's everyone who orders a BMW should have:
http://www.f30post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=680467
From the time you hit status 150 (Production Started), expect about 7-9 working days for the car to "complete" production, from there, the other black hole of "your car has been assigned to logistic's carrier" starts - typically it is anywhere from 2-5 days to hit the port from manufacturing in Munich, in most cases you miss the boat that is already in port and have to wait until the following Tues/Wed for the next boat to leave (for vehicles bound to NY). If you know what port your car is coming into, go you can go to the Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics site (ocean carrier and is different from the plant to port company ) and search by port, see the exit date from Beemer Heaven (Bremerhaven) and arrival date into your nearest port which is NY - add anywhere from 1-7 days from port to dealer, a day at the dealer and magically some grueling 8 weeks later (for Munich builds), you have a nice new car and forget all the BS of ordering/BMW screwing with you.
The above 2 sites have great/detailed info and spelled out much better than the Cliff notes above. If your car is being manufactured in SA, ahhhh, well... make that 10-12 weeks later and you have a nice new car. Also, the website lags about 24-48 hours over the 800# which itself is off by 12-18 hours. If you call it, best to do so after 3pm EST as the Munich computers update +/- 3 hours from 3pm EST (from my experiences). Good luck and don't get frustrated... besides you are in great company with all of us overly anxious past/present/future orderers.
FWIW:
Order 2/19
Build Started: 2/27
Production Ended: 3/8
At Port: 3/12 (missed the 3/12 boat by that much
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Loaded on Asian King: 3/21
Currently in Belgium: 3/25
Due in NY: 3/4
Will be at the dealer with coffee in hand for delivery: 4/9