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Originally Posted by Nantucket
This is for Canadians.Once you know your VIN,go to the VIN decoder and put your VIN in to get your production date.Then you need to change the last number of of VIN,one number lower or greater.This will give you another 2 series car.Then make sure it is a US car and that it was built on the same day as your car.All of this info is listed in the VIN decoder.Then go to the BMW genius website and register the car,using the US VIN with a US user name,US address and US phone number.Once you do that it will give you the production number and production status.Then you can call the 1-800 number on the website and talk to a genius rep who will give you detailed production status info about your car.He will ask for your phone number.Just make sure you give him the same US phone number that you used when you registered on the website.The 1-800 number works from Canada.Because the US car has finished production the same day as your car it will be on the same ship from Bremerhaven.All of the ships from Germany go to Halifax first and then to the US ports along the east coast of the US,New York and then Baltimore.I just did this and it worked.My new M2 just arrived in Halifax on March 10.This is the only way to track the car now for Canadians because the W and W website doesn’t let you track the car on the ship anymore with the VIN.
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Interesting idea. Since I have a cottage in Michigan so a US address and US phone number, not too hard. I don't care about shipping though as I am doing European Delivery. I just want to know its production status. I have been tracking in on a vin decoder, however, all they tell you is production date but I don't know where that means (beginning, end, somewhere in between??).
The reason I am trying to find out is the vin decoder is showing the wrong wheels but I have been told that sometimes options are showing incorrectly until production is complete.