[jmciver]

For those who did not get the Space Saver Spare option and are interested in this storage part for the spare tire area, I may have been able to find it. Every US online vendor that I searched stated that this part was unavailable (or even discontinued which made no sense of course). I didn't bother with my local dealer since they use the same BMW parts system that the online BMW vendors use (not to mention the local dealer would not have been the best price either). Even several overseas vendors were coming up short as well.

However, I think I did find a vendor that has it. And I verified that they did in fact have the part and that it was not on some type of terminal backorder - $119 shipped ($33 is the shipping charge if you were curious). The part is supposed to ship out on Monday and it is coming from overseas (the UK) so I will let you know how it turns out. This is not the first time I have bought BMW parts from overseas vendors. For those of you who are not too familiar with doing this, many times parts from overseas can be cheaper than buying them stateside, even taking into account shipping.