Docked In The USA

hlmiii · 03-30-2011, 11:24 AM

A vessel loaded with the first 1M's pulled into Brunswick, GA, last night at 11:30.

Release onto delivery trucks on April 2.
Delivery into dealership cities 3 - 5 days later.

Vehicles into customer hands about two days later.
I'm good.

Jet Mech · 03-30-2011, 11:27 AM

Great news. Any idea on how many were on the ship?

hlmiii · 03-30-2011, 12:13 PM

One car has been unloaded and is on US soil.
7 - 8 cars remain on the boat.

There are 53 cars "in production."
8 - 9 were shipped
The remainder are in "produced, not shipped," "in production" or "production not started' status.

The one on US soil is headed for Texas.

DriveHard · 03-30-2011, 12:21 PM

arent customers car going to be held until official release at auto show ??? BMW usually does that FYI.. they dont want the suprise spoiled..

Red135 · 03-30-2011, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

Vehicles into customer hands about two days later.
I'm good.

Any idea why you think you will get it that early?

hlmiii · 03-30-2011, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Red135

Any idea why you think you will get it that early?

That is what the printouts say (I will get a firsthand look today or tomorrow), and what has been said by the SA and GM several times during the past six+ weeks.

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Originally Posted by DriveHard

arent customers car going to be held until official release at auto show ??? BMW usually does that FYI.. they dont want the suprise spoiled..

That's the thing I have found the hardest to understand, but it's one thing the store has been certain about. We'll see ...

AW 1M · 03-30-2011, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

One car has been unloaded and is on US soil.
7 - 8 cars remain on the boat.

It sounds like those 7-8 cars are headed to the west coast. Do you have an estimate and when those will arrive?

hlmiii · 03-30-2011, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by AW 1M

It sounds like those 7-8 cars are headed to the west coast. Do you have an estimate and when those will arrive?

No. The 53 are destined for four regions, but there wasn't a timetable mentioned. I'll ask when I see SA.

YVES1M · 03-30-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

A vessel loaded with the first 1M's pulled into Brunswick, GA, last night at 11:30.

Release onto delivery trucks on April 2.
Delivery into dealership cities 3 - 5 days later.

Vehicles into customer hands about two days later.
I'm good.

Btw, sorry to tell you that there will be no delivery befor the lauch date in begining of may..

Red135 · 03-30-2011, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

That is what the printouts say (I will get a firsthand look today or tomorrow), and what has been said by the SA and GM several times during the past six+ weeks.
That's the thing I have found the hardest to understand, but it's one thing the store has been certain about. We'll see ...

OK, so what your CA says is greater than what BMW says. According to my CA, there is no reason to believe that customers will get their cars before the release date.

hlmiii · 03-30-2011, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by YVES1M

Btw, sorry to tell you that there will be no delivery befor the lauch date in begining of may..

Good to know that the BMW program data has been incorrect for several weeks. The delivery date specified for the GA delivery truck is obviously invalid.

hlmiii · 03-30-2011, 02:55 PM

Hmmmm ... I didn't say the people here were "greater" or better or anything like that.

I said that they are pretty darn certain. To the point that I am supposed to expect a vehicle pickup on a certain day. And that this is based upon hearing nothing to the contrary from anywhere in BMW. The store says it and BMW are anxious to get the cars into the customers quickly.

As I said, "we'll see."

But I also know that everything I have heard from my SA and GM has turned out to be 100% correct even though contradicted at every point by many posters here.

Red135 · 03-30-2011, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

The store says it and BMW are anxious to get the cars into the customers quickly.

But I also know that everything I have heard from my SA and GM has turned out to be 100% correct even though contradicted at every point by many posters here.

When did BMW ever say that? They didn't care how early the 135i and 128i got into their customers hands in 2008.

Yes, your CA and GM have been correct about the production schedule because it is on the computer they have in front of them. They are guessing about the delivery date.

orange flash · 03-30-2011, 04:10 PM

My car arrives at Brunswick on April 6th. I asked the sales manager at Braman in Miami when I get it and he replied that he had asked the regional mgr. And hadn't received a reply. He said he would push delivery once the car was at the VPC.

m981addicts · 03-30-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by AW 1M

It sounds like those 7-8 cars are headed to the west coast. Do you have an estimate and when those will arrive?

IIRC, west coast cars are shipped on a vessel that heads straight from Europe through the Panama Canal and destined for Oxnard, CA--from there, they're trucked up the coast.

YVES1M · 03-30-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

Good to know that the BMW program data has been incorrect for several weeks. The delivery date specified for the GA delivery truck is obviously invalid.

your car wiil be ready!! but bmw wont release befor launch

hlmiii · 03-31-2011, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Red135

When did BMW ever say that?

It has told the people here just that, about three - four times since February. An email request has not changed that.

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Originally Posted by Red135

They are guessing about the delivery date.

The delivery pickup date is set - there is a two-day range in place.
The delivery to customer date can't be so definitely set. It is subject to the schedule of the transport truck (it's load and stops are unknown until pickup) and the physical capability of the dealer to finish its preparation. As of now it's in a range of April 8 - 10. This is no different than any delivery you or I or anyone else has experienced in purchasing a new BMW. (I assume you've had the experience.)

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Originally Posted by YVES1M

your car wiil be ready!! but bmw wont release befor launch

See above.

superchargedman · 03-31-2011, 01:36 PM

BMW is anxious to get cars into customers? I'd better ask for a bigger discount. How big is the 1m again?

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

Hmmmm ... I didn't say the people here were "greater" or better or anything like that.

I said that they are pretty darn certain. To the point that I am supposed to expect a vehicle pickup on a certain day. And that this is based upon hearing nothing to the contrary from anywhere in BMW. The store says it and BMW are anxious to get the cars into the customers quickly.

As I said, "we'll see."

But I also know that everything I have heard from my SA and GM has turned out to be 100% correct even though contradicted at every point by many posters here.

Papethova · 03-31-2011, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by m981addicts

IIRC, west coast cars are shipped on a vessel that heads straight from Europe through the Panama Canal and destined for Oxnard, CA--from there, they're trucked up the coast.

+1 Port Hueneme

Red135 · 03-31-2011, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

It has told the people here just that, about three - four times since February. An email request has not changed that.

You are the only person who believes that you will get the car before it's US release date.

YVES1M · 03-31-2011, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Red135

You are the only person who believes that you will get the car before it's US release date.

+1

JasonCSU · 03-31-2011, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by hlmiii

It has told the people here just that, about three - four times since February. An email request has not changed that.
The delivery pickup date is set - there is a two-day range in place.
The delivery to customer date can't be so definitely set. It is subject to the schedule of the transport truck (it's load and stops are unknown until pickup) and the physical capability of the dealer to finish its preparation. As of now it's in a range of April 8 - 10. This is no different than any delivery you or I or anyone else has experienced in purchasing a new BMW. (I assume you've had the experience.)

See above.

The car may be at the dealer by then, but they won't let you take delivery until the official launch date. The same thing happened when the first 135's arrived in the US.

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hlmiii Lieutenant 86 Rep 541 Posts Drives: '11 1M '10 M5 '05 M3 '12 CRT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston iTrader: (1)	Docked In The USA A vessel loaded with the first 1M's pulled into Brunswick, GA, last night at 11:30. Release onto delivery trucks on April 2. Delivery into dealership cities 3 - 5 days later. Vehicles into customer hands about two days later. I'm good.
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hlmiii Lieutenant 86 Rep 541 Posts Drives: '11 1M '10 M5 '05 M3 '12 CRT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston iTrader: (1)	One car has been unloaded and is on US soil. 7 - 8 cars remain on the boat. There are 53 cars "in production." 8 - 9 were shipped The remainder are in "produced, not shipped," "in production" or "production not started' status. The one on US soil is headed for Texas.
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DriveHard Colonel 115 Rep 1,998 Posts Drives: X1 and R58 JCW Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Long Island iTrader: (0)	arent customers car going to be held until official release at auto show ??? BMW usually does that FYI.. they dont want the suprise spoiled.. __________________ X1, R58 JCW, M2 in my future if planets align
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hlmiii Lieutenant 86 Rep 541 Posts Drives: '11 1M '10 M5 '05 M3 '12 CRT Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Houston iTrader: (1)	Hmmmm ... I didn't say the people here were "greater" or better or anything like that. I said that they are pretty darn certain. To the point that I am supposed to expect a vehicle pickup on a certain day. And that this is based upon hearing nothing to the contrary from anywhere in BMW. The store says it and BMW are anxious to get the cars into the customers quickly. As I said, "we'll see." But I also know that everything I have heard from my SA and GM has turned out to be 100% correct even though contradicted at every point by many posters here.
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orange flash Private 56 Rep 64 Posts Drives: BMW 135 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Miami iTrader: (0)	My car arrives at Brunswick on April 6th. I asked the sales manager at Braman in Miami when I get it and he replied that he had asked the regional mgr. And hadn't received a reply. He said he would push delivery once the car was at the VPC.
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