[antjones21]

Originally Posted by kokito18

Yup, then it went to 2 different ports within Baltimore. The Brunswick port is the only one that puts a reliable 15 day outlook up. https://gaports.com/facilities/port-...ook-brunswick/

Ok cool thanks. Looks like it arrived at Brunswick an hour ago. Hopefully I’ll have it by next weekend!

[kokito18]

Originally Posted by antjones21

Ok cool thanks. Looks like it arrived at Brunswick an hour ago. Hopefully I’ll have it by next weekend!

It will probably dock tomorrow morning and head out by the evening, godspeed my friend

[simpact]

Originally Posted by kokito18

Yea there are no temp plates in Ma so I have to wait for the rmv to open on Monday. Nice spec I also picked BSM

Good choice on the color, although I am biased as all my cars are black even though they show dirt more than other colors.

But with ceramic coating it’s easy to maintain.

[_JaredJD]

Originally Posted by simpact

Finally got it!

Now I need to get the run flats replaced with my Michelin Pilots ASAP. Even with the adaptive suspension in Comfort, it’s a bit rough over bad roads.

Still a fun car though and glad to be back to rear wheel drive!

Hey! Congrats on receiving your car! It looks good!

I saw you're in CA, I am too as well. I'm currently on Ready for Transport since 2/29/24, about how long from Ready to Transport til Delivered for you?

Thanks!

[simpact]

Originally Posted by _JaredJD

Hey! Congrats on receiving your car! It looks good!

I saw you're in CA, I am too as well. I'm currently on Ready for Transport since 2/29/24, about how long from Ready to Transport til Delivered for you?

Thanks!

Thanks!

For me, I was in RFT on 1/29 and took delivery on 3/1. It sat at the port in Ca for 10 days which was longer than normal due to my dealer being backed up.

A lot of it depends on when you can catch a ship from Mexico. From what I can see, it’s only the NYK company that handles this for BMW. Their current schedule shows a ship (Mercury Leader) coming in tomorrow to Lazaro Cardenas and would arrive at Port Hueneme on 3/13. If you can catch that ship, and if your dealer can arrange things you should be able to get it a week or two after it arrives in port here.

Currently the next ship after the Mercury isn’t until 3/28. So, I hope you can catch the Mercury!

There could also be other currently unscheduled ships that could pick up in between those dates too. The ship that mine was on, wasn’t originally scheduled but suddenly appeared one week. It wasn’t one of NYK’s normally scheduled vessels, wasn’t on a regular route either and never even showed up on the Port Hueneme’s schedule arrivals. NYK update’s there published schedule once a week. Here’s the link to their current schedule: https://www.nykroro.com/wp-content/u....pdf#view=FitH


Here’s a link to all of their shipping routes and schedules: https://www.nykroro.com/customer/schedules/

The one for BMW to the West Coast is the Mexico-USWC Asia (RTW) one.

[_JaredJD]

Originally Posted by simpact

Thanks!

For me, I was in RFT on 1/29 and took delivery on 3/1. It sat at the port in Ca for 10 days which was longer than normal due to my dealer being backed up.

A lot of it depends on when you can catch a ship from Mexico. From what I can see, it’s only the NYK company that handles this for BMW. Their current schedule shows a ship (Mercury Leader) coming in tomorrow to Lazaro Cardenas and would arrive at Port Hueneme on 3/13. If you can catch that ship, and if your dealer can arrange things you should be able to get it a week or two after it arrives in port here.

Currently the next ship after the Mercury isn’t until 3/28. So, I hope you can catch the Mercury!

There could also be other currently unscheduled ships that could pick up in between those dates too. The ship that mine was on, wasn’t originally scheduled but suddenly appeared one week. It wasn’t one of NYK’s normally scheduled vessels, wasn’t on a regular route either and never even showed up on the Port Hueneme’s schedule arrivals. NYK update’s there published schedule once a week. Here’s the link to their current schedule: https://www.nykroro.com/wp-content/u....pdf#view=FitH


Here’s a link to all of their shipping routes and schedules: https://www.nykroro.com/customer/schedules/

The one for BMW to the West Coast is the Mexico-USWC Asia (RTW) one.

Thank you so much for your insight! This is all really helpful and appreciated!!

[simpact]

[QUOTE=simpact;30761772]Just placed my order for a 330i on 12/20 and got a Week 3 slot.

Black Sapphire Metallic
Black Leather Seats
19” M Double-spoke bi color jet black wheels, style 791M Performance RFT (I will immediately swap these with Michelin PS4S set)
Driving Assistance Package
Shadowline Package
Parking Assistance Package
Premium Package
M Sport Package Pro/ Red Calipers
Adaptive M Suspension
Harmon Kardon
SensaTec Dash
Power Tailgate

Pickup at dealer in SoCal

Final Timeline:

Order Placed – 12/20
Order Received – 12/20
Scheduled for Production as of 12/20
Build Week 3 - Per BMW Dealer
Production Begins - 1/11
Exterior Body Assembly - ?
In Paint Booth - ?
Entering Assembly Line - 1/25
Assembly in Progress - ?
Quality Check - ?
Final Assembly - 1/26
Ready for Transport 1/29
Awaiting Carrier Assignment - ?
Dispatched From Factory - ?
At The Port (Mexico) - ?
In Transit - 2/12, loaded on vessel Dione Leader (Note: this took until 2/15 to update to In Transit on web tracker and I got the 2/12 date from BMW Genius)
At the Port (arrival) - 2/17
At The Dealership - 3/1
Vehicle Delivered - 3/1

Stages with question marks mean update in online tracker skipped the update or it moved through the stage faster than I was monitoring for (which was way too frequent )

Car sat at Port Hueneme for 10 days waiting on dealer to be ready to accept it due to backlog.

I think it was at dealership on 2/29 but status didn’t update until 3/1. Got lucky to get it on 3/1 as they had 25 cars arrive on same boat.

[Pkinneb]

Well its only a few more days for me, pick up the car on Saturday

Order received 12/9/2023
Scheduled for production 12/11/2023
Production Begins 1/24/2024
Exterior body assembly 1/29/2024
In the paint booth 1/30/2024
Entering the assembly line 1/31/2024
Assembly in progress 1/31/2024
Quality check 1/31/2024
Final assembly 2/1/2024
Ready for transport 2/1/2024
Awaiting carrier assignment2/1/2024
Dispatched from factory 2/1/2024
At the port 2/5/2024
In transit 2/13/2024
At the dealership 3/5/2024
Delivered 3/9/2024 pending

[Tbitt]

Originally Posted by antjones21

Ok cool thanks. Looks like it arrived at Brunswick an hour ago. Hopefully I’ll have it by next weekend!

Mine’s on that ship, too. Just posted their plan to arrive at Baltimore on 3/8. Show me code 196!

[antjones21]

Originally Posted by Tbitt

Mine’s on that ship, too. Just posted their plan to arrive at Baltimore on 3/8. Show me code 196!

Finally! Hoping it’ll be at my dealership in Wisconsin by early to mid next week!

[Tbitt]

Originally Posted by antjones21

Finally! Hoping it’ll be at my dealership in Wisconsin by early to mid next week!

I’d be ecstatic if it made it by the 22nd. Mine’s coming to Appleton, so you’ll get yours a few hours ahead of me!

[antjones21]

Originally Posted by Tbitt

I’d be ecstatic if it made it by the 22nd. Mine’s coming to Appleton, so you’ll get yours a few hours ahead of me!

That’s where mine is goin too. Bergstrom BMW? I’m in Milwaukee but the dealers here suck when it comes to getting a decent deal.

[kokito18]

Originally Posted by kokito18

Mine was supposed to arrive Friday but it ended up arriving today! Picking up Friday

Wait was worth it, unfortunately has been raining all week

[simpact]

Originally Posted by antjones21

That’s where mine is goin too. Bergstrom BMW? I’m in Milwaukee but the dealers here suck when it comes to getting a decent deal.

Had a similar issue here in California. I’m in NorCal and went to SoCal to get mine. In NorCal the best I got was 4% off, but got 10% off in SoCal.

On the plus side, I pretty much finished the break-in period on a scenic drive back home!

[Tbitt]

Originally Posted by antjones21

That’s where mine is goin too. Bergstrom BMW? I’m in Milwaukee but the dealers here suck when it comes to getting a decent deal.

Yes! We’ll probably be rushing there at the same time. I’m working with Lane. I would LOVE to be surprised and get it late next week.

[antjones21]

simpact kokito18 curious which version of iDrive 8 did your cars come with?

[simpact]

Originally Posted by antjones21

simpact kokito18 curious which version of iDrive 8 did your cars come with?

Just 8 (I’m assuming there aren’t different versions between 8 and 8.5 though).

From what I’ve seen online the hardware won’t support 8.5 so there won’t be an option in the future to upgrade to it.

But, so far I like it. Still learning it though.

[kokito18]

Originally Posted by antjones21

simpact kokito18 curious which version of iDrive 8 did your cars come with?

8, simpact is correct, I don't think this current gen has the hardware for 8.5

[antjones21]

Ok cool thanks, I saw a video where 8.5 had a native YouTube app, but I later figured out that’s only on the 2024 XM models. Don’t know why they don’t do more OTA software version updates for previous recent models.

[kokito18]

Originally Posted by antjones21

Ok cool thanks, I saw a video where 8.5 had a native YouTube app, but I later figured out that’s only on the 2024 XM models. Don’t know why they don’t do more OTA software version updates for previous recent models.

I read somewhere 8.5 has requires different hardware so ota updates wouldn't be possible

[antjones21]

Originally Posted by kokito18

I read somewhere 8.5 has requires different hardware so ota updates wouldn't be possible

Yea I saw that too, that just seems dumb to me but oh well!

[antjones21]

For those who got their cars recently in the last few weeks. Did your status change from “in transit” to “at the port” when it arrived at the VPC? My boat arrived in Baltimore late Friday night and left Baltimore on Saturday. I just called genius and they don’t have any info that the ship arrived in Baltimore.

Is there any other way to verify that the car is at the VPC?