[Timbo8000]

The VIN gets allocated and you can get it from the dealer but for a while no system recognises it. Then someone evidently flips a switch and it becomes real.
You can probably look it up in VIN decode sites and also add it to the owners guide app to get the manual now.

[Hobasg20d]

Originally Posted by tricky6

The Arval system currently says delivery by 30th September (and only last week they were indicating early September) so there is something out of step. I got the actual dates from BMW Genius service. Reality is that if the dealer only get's it mid October then I'm not going to get it for at least another week while they do all their checks; I've requested to pick it up from Cooper Reading to save faffing about with trying to get a car transporter to my house!? Here's hoping that production speeds up! But that we don't get the Friday afternoon cars... :-)

I just asked the corporate order management folks at Inchcape and they gave me the BMW order number, no problem. As you've no doubt uncovered the Arval numbers don't work!? Arval themselves haven't (yet) responded to my request for the BMW order number...

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[snusnu]

well, my Arval page is absolutelly stable since early July - no updates, same delivery date 14.10.2019 which is the same as end of lease of my current vehicle )

[Blackers]

Originally Posted by Timbo8000

The VIN gets allocated and you can get it from the dealer but for a while no system recognises it. Then someone evidently flips a switch and it becomes real.
You can probably look it up in VIN decode sites and also add it to the owners guide app to get the manual now.

You are right, Just been checking, yes a VIN site recognised it correctly plus the online manual is available too.

[Blackers]

Latest update from BMW Genius
9000 departed plant and on the way to the port.

Assembly happened quickly once they were back from the summer shutdown.

[Timbo8000]

Mine is 5400, Assembly Start, this morning.

[tricky6]

I'm still on 5055, looks like I will have the Friday car, apparently it is still on track to be started this week...

Interestingly I've got my VIN from the dealer but none of the BMW systems will recognise it. Guess it doesn't actually exist yet... ;-)

[Timbo8000]

Originally Posted by Blackers

You are right, Just been checking, yes a VIN site recognised it correctly plus the online manual is available too.

It’s interesting that you’ve got the option of the PDF manual. I’ve got the drivers guide for a G20 330i and even though it’s up to date there’s no PDF option.

[mlcgd21]

I picked up mine today, did 220 klms, electric range is around 40-50 klms, max speed in electric mode is 147 kmh, consumption in motorway is amazing, never seen a "powerful" gasoline engine being this efficient given that the car weighs 1800kg, I drove always between 140-155 kmh I averaged 6,0-6,5 liters/100km during 180 kms, and used almost no electric power, so it is very similar with a diesel engine with same power, amazing!

Compared to the F30 which we also own, I feel like this G20 is two generations up, the difference is gigantic between the two.

[tricky6]

Thanks for this post. 47 MPG at 90MPH is very good indeed! I usually bumble along around 60-65, can only imagine it'll be pushing mid-high 50's at that speed. Sounds very promising as that's only a little less than I get from my Mondeo diesel.

Now just to get them to start building mine, still 5055! :-)

[-Nick]

This guy got his 330e last week and he said he's impressed with the performance and economy. Hopefully we start seeing some independent reviews on smaller YouTube channels soon. I want to see how it fares against a 330i!

https://www.instagram.com/xanmannekens/

[mlcgd21]

Feel free to ask any question, the engine has a run in period of 2000 klms, max rpm 4500, so I won't push it much until then.

The only downsides for me right now is that the electric range with my driving is closer to 40 klms, and the car is too big for my taste.

The M adaptive suspension is not like in a 5 series, it is much harder, it is tuned in a much more sporty way, which I like. Also the exhaust is valved, which I didn't know.

[snusnu]

40 km on electrical...

I just see who it is "What is that building over there? On the side of a road? A petrol station?! No, never heard of it!"

the only thing is that it might take me like 2 months or even more to make 1000+ miles DDD

[-Nick]

Originally Posted by mlcgd21

Feel free to ask any question, the engine has a run in period of 2000 klms, max rpm 4500, so I won't push it much until then.

The only downsides for me right now is that the electric range with my driving is closer to 40 klms, and the car is too big for my taste.

The M adaptive suspension is not like in a 5 series, it is much harder, it is tuned in a much more sporty way, which I like. Also the exhaust is valved, which I didn't know.

Is there a sport+ mode? I've seen mixed reports as to whether there is or not?

Is there any way to keep the valves open on the exhaust?

Assuming it's much louder if there's a sport+?


Thanks

[mlcgd21]

Originally Posted by -Nick

Is there a sport+ mode? I've seen mixed reports as to whether there is or not?

Is there any way to keep the valves open on the exhaust?

Assuming it's much louder if there's a sport+?


Thanks

There's no sport+, you have the following sport modes:
- Sport
- Xtraboost (which is the equivalent sport+ in this car)
- Sport Individual

Regarding the valves it is difficult to say because when the car is parked there is no way to turn the engine on, so the valves are always closed, but in xtraboost I believe they are open when you start driving fast, the right exhaust pipe is the one with the valve, and is closed by default.

[tommy_sn]

Any exhaust "popping" from the 330e in the sport modes?

[mlcgd21]

I want to finish the run in process and then I will check it

Yesterday I used all the battery for the first time, from 100% do 1 klm left in it, here are the results:

Total driven : 125 klms
Total electric : 51 klms
Fuel consumption : 4,6 liters/100km
Av speed : 60 kmh

80 kms of these 125 kms were done on the motorway at 140-150 kmh

[Jebk]

That's super impressive. Any chance you could post a photo of the boot with say a large suitcase in it? Mines ordered, but I'm now worrying about size.

[Timbo8000]

Mine's now 8200, Released to Carrier. Still on track for the 16th. They certainly don't take long once they start!

[tricky6]

Originally Posted by Timbo8000

Mine's now 8200, Released to Carrier. Still on track for the 16th. They certainly don't take long once they start!

Mine is still at 5055 despite meant to be into production w/c 26th August. Guess it has slipped, unless they work weekends. Does anyone know? Perhaps they've run out of orange paint... ;-)

[Timbo8000]

Originally Posted by tricky6

Mine is still at 5055 despite meant to be into production w/c 26th August. Guess it has slipped, unless they work weekends. Does anyone know? Perhaps they've run out of orange paint... ;-)

I think they do, the restart after the summer shutdown started on a weekend.
I expect they only put their best people on the orange ones (Valencia Orange Z4 owner, here ).

[mlcgd21]

Originally Posted by Jebk

That's super impressive. Any chance you could post a photo of the boot with say a large suitcase in it? Mines ordered, but I'm now worrying about size.

There you have it, a plane trolley, you can then increase the capacity by lowering the first half if you need, but then it is not flat like in the photo.