03-15-2017, 11:56 AM | #23 |
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Delays in 2 series convertibles (F23)
Regarding delays in delivery of new 2 series convertibles. See the notice my dealer has provided me. Mine has been sitting in Newark now over a week, awaiting the part.
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03-15-2017, 01:37 PM | #24 | |
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But it's weird that BMW Genius tells me mine is unaffected and not going to be stopped anywhere along the way. |
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03-22-2017, 12:54 PM | #25 |
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Are you sure it's not going to end up at Port waiting for the soft top boot?
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03-22-2017, 04:31 PM | #26 | |
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BMW Genius continually tells me no that will not happen.
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03-22-2017, 05:49 PM | #27 | |
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Keep us posted on the progress.. I've got my fingers crossed for you!!
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03-22-2017, 06:53 PM | #28 | |
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A little frustrated now because everything went so smooth thus far - but now I've hit a wall. The car hasn't moved since Friday morning from the port. No updates.
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03-22-2017, 08:04 PM | #29 | |
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Have you tried going to the Wallenius & Wilhelmsen site and using your VIN to see what it might show? http://www.2wglobal.com/ Go there... then click the track and trace link. When that comes up, enter your VIN in the CARGO ID field. Let us know what happens...
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03-22-2017, 08:19 PM | #30 | |
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Maybe you are lucky and yours is one of the first completed ones. Production was supposed to be back on for convertibles with week 14. Week 11 was just one cycle before that, as they don't make convertibles every week. Hope you don't have to wait for it because they hold it at port. I'm still scheduled for week 14. Which is fine, since it was -10C today in Toronto.
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03-22-2017, 09:25 PM | #31 | |
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I've tried once a day the past few days with my VIN on that site but nothing yet... |
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03-22-2017, 10:32 PM | #32 |
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Seen somewhere on the Wallenius site some time ago that it's usually 1 ship/week to the East Coast. You may not get on the first ship though if the "line-up" is too long. It's not just BMWs on those ships.
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Confirmed! I'm on the "Toscana" Voyage #CA712
My vin now shows tracking info on the Wallenius site. Genius says I'm on that ship and departed last night/today. ETA in NYC 4/5! Can't wait! |
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03-23-2017, 06:37 PM | #36 |
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CONGRATULATION!! Once it gets here on 4/5.. I wonder how long it will take for it to make it's journey to your dealer....
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I'm on the Tongala (CA711). Original ETA for Port of Newark was 3/30 (today), but it got pushed back to 4/2 and now 4/4, so the Toscana is not far behind the Tongala. Wondering if yours is running behind schedule as well.
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03-30-2017, 10:44 PM | #38 |
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Ouch. That's a big pushback. Yeah mine started out 4/5, then 4/6, now it has been 4/7.
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Now here's the kicker. That alert message they sent out about the F23 retro fitting the Top thing... It doesn't expire till the end of May. I wonder what that means for others like myself... Does it mean that when my order is built in April, it might sit at the VDC till the end of May for the top cover too? I wonder if the F23s that will start being built this week will get the cover at the factory? All I know is that I heard Recticel, the supplier, was back up in limited production in March and was suppose to be back at 100% on April 1. Wish I had more info...
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I was told today that my order was still in the "Order Bank" and that there were no modifiable 2-series chassis available at the moment. Could someone please explain how this process works? It sounds like the number of chassis available is limited.
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04-03-2017, 08:10 PM | #42 |
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Lol, it's not that there's a literal shortage of 2 Series chassis available. It's that dealers are only given a specified number of "allocations" for each series. In other words, if 200 people wanted to order an M240i at your dealership tomorrow, all those orders couldn't be fulfilled. Larger, better performing dealers get the most allocations, but it's still a mystery to outsiders. I know when I ordered my M240i on 1/26, they didn't have a readily available allocation and I had to wait a few weeks for a production number. Be patient and request full transparency from your CA. By "modifiable", they mean that a current allocation they already have on order (but not yet in production) for their regular inventory cannot be modified to your individual request (options). |
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Here's what happened to me... I ordered and dealer said if he didn't have allocation, he would get one. I called and asked for a production number for tracking and was told BMW wouldn't not allow modification or take any orders till April 1 for 230i verts. I took the ordering managers word.. But I happened to stop at a different dealer to just see a 240i Vert. When I told them I had order and the issue I was having, they checked their system and told me BMW was taking orders/modifications and they had allocation. Next day, I was at my dealership... Sat there while the ordering manager looked in his system for allocation then watched him make the call to the other dealership to trade. They ended up trading an X5 allocation to get me my 230i.. Ask your dealer to do a search for allocation with another dealer while you watch. If there truly is none, you'll have to wait.. if there is, ask them to call and do a trade.. Good Luck!
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