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I think this will look good and I've seen it on pictures which makes me think it's the way to go. You can get away with matte black on white/red but not so much on the darker colours... IMO of course. |
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09-10-2015, 02:40 PM | #91 |
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Hi guys, Im new to the forum and have just placed my order today for the 335D XDrive. Have to say i love the M performance with 405 20 inch wheels and have these on order too. I just wanted to ask how you find the ride as im around the hertfordshire/essex areas. Really worried the ride may be really harsh on the 20's.
Love the white with M performance extras and have to say that i noticed the gap between arch and tire seem to be less when you run 20's. Must be the imagination but a defo difference from the 19's or 18's when i saw the car in the show room. |
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09-10-2015, 03:06 PM | #92 | |
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Welcome to the forum by the way. I've only been on a few months myself. |
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09-10-2015, 03:18 PM | #93 | |
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Your spec is amazing everything ticked and that engine will sound amazing. i'd already had my 335d order locked in as the 340i was announced. was so tempted to pull the plug on the 335d but decided to stick with it in the end. No regrets but part of me would have loved a 340i i must admit. |
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09-19-2015, 06:31 AM | #95 | |
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09-19-2015, 06:39 AM | #96 |
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My VIN ends in K467477, and the last one that has been produced today is K467466, so about 11 cars away!
Gosh you formers have made me into an even bigger geek!!! I know I'll be tracking the ship with my car in it when it gets transported but I WON'T be travelling to Southampton to try and see it being unloaded... lol |
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09-28-2015, 04:56 AM | #98 |
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I got a production date of today on the car when I check use a VIN checker... Does that mean the car is now made or does that mean it has gone into production? Thanks!
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09-28-2015, 06:03 AM | #100 | |
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I thought I'd stock up with some white microfibres for the leather as all of mine are either bright red or blue (risk of dye transfer from the microfibre to the Opal White leather???? )
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09-28-2015, 06:14 AM | #101 | |
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"5500 Assembly Complete" = VIN Tracker Production Date It takes approx 40 hours (which could obviously span 3 working days) to complete production - "5100 Bodyshop Start" to "5500 Assembly Complete". On that basis (and assuming BMW continue to produce UK 335d Tourings at last week's rate of 15 per day), mine should have already started production today and hopefully complete just before EOD tomorrow. Fingers crossed
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09-28-2015, 07:06 AM | #102 | ||
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Good news on your build! Our cars may even be shipmates if the timings work out... Fingers cross indeed! |
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09-28-2015, 07:07 AM | #103 |
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The Dr Leather Dye Block is out of stock so I'll have to wait for it to get back in before I order...
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09-28-2015, 01:54 PM | #104 |
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Having just ordered myself a 340i, this seems a good place to check in and ask how you guys are tracking your orders so closely? Aside from the undurstandable excitement at the new motor arriving I am also about 1-2 months away from needing 4 new tyres and a full set of brake pads changing, so would like the new one to arrive before shelling of for that little lot!
Therefore tracking order status may help me to "pace" my driving! |
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09-29-2015, 07:05 AM | #106 |
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To be fair, I was basing that duration on my tour of Ryton when they were making Pug 206s, it's entirely possible a more larger, more complex car takes longer to build, but manufacturing tech has also moved on. I kinda plucked the figure out of the air in hindsight
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10-02-2015, 08:09 AM | #108 | |
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I’ve been regularly checking the Southampton shipping schedule over the last few days (shows arrivals up to Oct 8th at the moment) and have been rather concerned with the lack of suitable ships appearing. http://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live...ned_Movements/ I have some good news though, I‘ve just refreshed the page and both Asian Breeze and Arabian Breeze have just appeared (scheduled to arrive within a day of each other which is very unusual) – The main two ships that BMW & UECC Shipping use from Cuxhaven into Southampton! If there is a backlog issue BMW/UECC have now dispatched the cavalry! ASIAN BREEZE 8202381 Ro/Ro (URR) SGP 06-Oct-2015 12:30 Nab Cuxhaven 31 S 1.00 164.01 11623 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS ARABIAN BREEZE 8202355 Ro/Ro (URR) SGP 07-Oct-2015 21:00 Nab Cuxhaven 31 S 1.00 164.00 12577 WALLENIUS WILHELMSEN LOGISTICS + Both ship trackers here: http://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels/...MMSI-564994000 and https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-563373000 Hopefully mine will be on one of them as well. All the best, Joe
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10-02-2015, 08:44 AM | #109 | |
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Sounds like the next shipment is the 6th and 7th of next week then? What's the shipping time to Southampton? |
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10-02-2015, 08:58 AM | #110 | |
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Those are the arrival dates into Southampton + The crossing will only take a day as they are both coming directly from Cuxhaven with no stops on the way.
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