04-22-2014, 06:47 PM | #1 |
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SO I closed a deal on Sat and put the deposit down. So my question is.....how long should it take to get order confirmation, VIN to track and a eta on completion? It is Tues and have not heard anything from the dealer. I do not want to seem over anxious but.......
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04-22-2014, 06:51 PM | #2 |
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IF the dealer has an allocation for your car you will have the production number immediately. You won't get the vin until it is very near or is in production.
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Oh. And congrats!
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04-22-2014, 06:54 PM | #4 |
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SO I need to contact them then....They mentioned something to the tune of 6 weeks to build and 8 weeks to PCD. I am still droving my trade as a loaner. They didn't give me any other official info. Since it was Sat I thought Mon or Tue I would here something official.
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04-22-2014, 07:34 PM | #6 |
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I'm at almost 7 weeks and mine just got shipped. Hendricks probably has better allocation than BMW of Columbia so you should have your car in 8 weeks to Charlotte. I ordered 3/6 and it hits Brunswick 5/4 plus a couple days to Columbia.
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Just a note...Hendrick was a PITA and would not work with me....didn't know the product and messed up on my wife's C250. I will not buy from them again. They guys at Columbia didn't mess around |
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From another thread it sounded like "it depends" based on the dealer's build slot? Is there any way to know that in advance before placing an order? I'm getting close to placing an order but the dealer is saying it could be 3 months until it arrives. |
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Build is: M235i Mineral Grey Metallic Red Coral Leather Auto Premium pkg Tech pkg Cold Weather pkg Harman/Kardon audio |
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04-23-2014, 05:15 PM | #12 |
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Sounds like a nice M235i. Congratulations.
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04-23-2014, 06:25 PM | #13 |
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My dealer just told me they have no production week yet but I have a production number does this sound right?
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04-23-2014, 07:28 PM | #14 |
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I got GS with Coral Red but with a manual. I hope I made the right choice with Coral but I wasn't going to do black no matter what. Mine hits Brunswick on May 4. What trim, I did brushed aluminum with the Coral? I love Mineral with Coral but I just love how easy silver is to keep clean and I couldn't make the switch.
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Yes, I had a production number and then got my VIN/Production started 2 weeks later. In between getting my production number and getting my VIN, both my dealer and BMW CS were telling me that there was no CONFIRMED production week yet.
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I have a confirmed build week of May 4, but my car is showing as being in production already. is it just wishful thinking to hope it may have gotten started early, or does every order show as being "in production" after a few days/weeks even while waiting for a future confirmed build week?
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No.... It will go out as soon as it's finished...
What happens is that they leave some buffer in the productions slots in case something goes wrong.... so if everything is right they usually have some slots from other production weeks... Lets say they can produce 20 cars/ week, the only schedule 17, if at the end of the week they are done with the 17 they take 3 from the next week for example |
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thanks for the heads up! I've been trying to temper my expectations but now...
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