04-20-2020, 01:03 PM | #1 |
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Anyone received a new car during lockdown?
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I have an M340i on order originally due for delivery in mid May....I can't get hold of the dealership at all, have tried calling, social media etc but nothing. Totally understandable - but I need to voluntarily terminate my current agreement and swap cherished plates. Just wondering if new cars are being distributed or stored until we're allowed out again. Cheers Jezz |
04-20-2020, 01:12 PM | #2 | |
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I was contacted by my dealership that my M340xi would be delivered sometime this week. I am waiting for their follow up call to get the specifics on the delivery. |
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04-20-2020, 05:08 PM | #3 | |
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I’d work on June for delivery, if it’s earlier then great. Your plate can be done online and is instant, not sure your VT can be dealt with because BMW Financial office is closed but some are working from home.
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04-21-2020, 02:38 AM | #4 |
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I was massively lucky. Car was not due until May. Got a call from lease company saying it had arrived for delivery (end March). Guy that delivered it had travelled from London to deliver and said I was lucky as all his others had just been cancelled that morning. My old car was due to be collected same day by Lex and they never showed. Again, the same day their drivers were taken off the road.
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04-21-2020, 03:51 AM | #5 | |
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Just need the BMW factory to reopen so mine can get built! |
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04-21-2020, 08:54 AM | #8 | |
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ETA: If your car was originally due for delivery in mid-May are you sure it's actually been built? That sort of delivery date would normally imply a late April or possibly even very early May build in which case it may not have happened due to the factory closure; if you've got the order number perhaps worth contacting the online genius (if they're working!) to check the production status? Last edited by JNW1; 04-21-2020 at 09:55 AM.. |
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04-21-2020, 12:13 PM | #10 |
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The more I think about it the more I think the OP's car won't have been built yet. For a mid-May delivery it would ordinarily be going into production about now but the factory's still closed and when it reopens there will presumably be a backlog to catch-up on; therefore, it could easily be June before the car's built in which case a July delivery might be more likely?
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04-21-2020, 03:08 PM | #11 |
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Checked my Wife's order on online genius and its says order isn't scheduled at present. He said no production until 30th April at present. Originally was schedule for 4th May
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04-21-2020, 04:08 PM | #12 |
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I got hold of them today. It hasn't been built and is "not scheduled" status. Said I'd be lucky for end June. But there will be a backlog, a backlog of getting it on a ferry and then a backlog getting it delivered!!!! Tough times
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04-21-2020, 04:09 PM | #13 |
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I work for a German company, I was talking about the restart of Germany on Monday with a colleague in Germany. He told me they are working on 80% of normal working time contracts.
Its a ruling from the government. So it means a 4 day working week instead of 5. As most factories in Germany are monitored by works councils they will follow the government order. It was done in the last recession also to help keep businesses afloat.
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04-22-2020, 02:03 AM | #14 |
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I was about to take delivery of my 330e M Sport (M Sport +, Premium & HK) in Mineral Grey on 7th April, but lock down happened.
So car is sitting at Partridge BMW, Hampshire. To add salt to the wound I’m still having to pay company car tax on my outgoing 430i Gran Coupe, about £250 more per month than the 330e, which is gathering dust on my drive.(a first world problem I know in the current climate) |
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04-22-2020, 04:29 AM | #16 |
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Any idea of when they will advise rescheduling? When was yours due to be built pre lockdown? Mine was due for build this week!!!
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04-22-2020, 09:33 AM | #17 |
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I understand the backlog on production but I'm not sure why there would be one on ferries and deliveries in the UK? Once the lockdown is lifted there'll be some cars in the system that have been built already - and need shipping and/or delivering - but even so I'd have thought the distribution end will have slack in it and won't get back to capacity until production restarts and cars begin to come through again?
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04-22-2020, 09:49 AM | #18 | |
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I feel your pain having happily ditched a 330d in favour of the 330e and saved a few hundred in tax and fuel at a much needed time! |
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However, sort of on topic, an e-mail's just landed in my inbox which states the following: A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has just issued an official statement to Car Dealer Magazine (a trade publication) confirming car dealerships can sell and deliver vehicles during lockdown. The official statement said: “We have asked non-essential shops like car dealerships and showrooms in England to close, unless they provide urgent car repairs and other necessary services. They are all able to continue to sell cars remotely and deliver cars, as long as they follow our clear guidance from Public Health England to protect both employees who cannot work from home and their customers.” Therefore, if I read this correctly, there's no reason why anyone awaiting delivery of a car that's already built and in the UK shouldn't be able to receive it? Whether you need it given the current lockdown is another matter entirely but assuming the above's correct there doesn't appear to be anything stopping the dealer from delivering it. |
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04-22-2020, 01:46 PM | #21 | |
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Also paying a lot more tax on my 2016 320d which I can't get rid of as Lex aren't collecting either. Frustrating but not a lot we can do. |
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04-22-2020, 04:48 PM | #22 |
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Mine G21 M340i is sitting at Thorne I believe. Delivery was 30th March. I terminated my 535d and BCA never turned up to get it so I am having to use it as still have to do some key work.
Do they leave the plastic protection on them at Thorne? Mine was booked for a ceramic coat on delivery at a detailer as it is black sapphire! There is also the issue of the car tax going up by around £750 on April 1st. Small issue in comparison I know but a pain!!! |
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