[gashalot]

I placed an order with a regional dealer back in early December. He was all out of modifiable orders at the time, so we were waiting for a production number.

It's been over a month now and he tells me he's waiting on 111. I know demand is strong, but it seems as though the wait times are growing substantially over the wait times people posted in the survey thread for August - November orders.

Is anyone having similar experiences with other dealers? Does the BMW plant have an extended shutdown period over the holiday period that is adding to this delay?

I'm dying in this stupid rental Suzuki (sold the RX-8 a little earlier than planned).

[mmm def]

Hey dude keep waiting, it will be well worth it. It does suck, I cancelled my 06 Civic Si order after too many games from the dealer, ended up finding me my car 1 week after I cnacelled.

It's different with BMW in that you have to order your specific car, but there is the saying good things come to those who wait.

you just gotta wait a long ass time Good luck.

[beemah]

the coupes are rare mate, a reason i went with the sedan, keep calling him

[gashalot]

I understand the limited supply of the coupes, but it seems as though the average turnaround from most on the surveys was a lot less than 1+ months without even making it to 111 with a production number.

I guess I've got another 2-4 months with this rental.

[SpiralOut]

I ordered on Dec 22nd and I think mine is status "112" ?? The 1800# says scheduled for production with no confirmed production date... it's been saying that since day 1.

I originally wanted Terra with Aluminum which is so rare you pretty much have to order it.... but since I changed my mind and switched to Black Leather which is more common there's probably already one in the US somewhere. I'm gonna get the dealer to look tomorrow and I may end up just saying the heck with the order thing if they can find one close to what I want.

[beemah]

i got terra with alum

and black exterior

[m3power13]

I ordered my car first of December and will take delivery next week. I see your located in Wilmington. Did you deal with Schaffer (sp?)? If so, thats a pretty small dealership and consequently probably don't have a large allocation. Your dealer should have known what week of production he had open, but sometimes they like to be sneaky.

[wj4]

I ordered my car on a Thursday night on Xmas's week. I got my production number the night I left. I checked today, the car is in the body shop with complete production scheduled for the 11th of this month. My salesman told me to expect the car the 2nd or 4th week of Feb. I ordered an e90 335i btw.
Edit: Just checked again at 2AM...it is paint shop now.

[m3power13]

Wait times depend completely on the dealer you go to. Some dealers have a small number of allocations, some have a lot. Some dealers fill their allocations faster than others. The delivery date one dealer gives could be 2-3 months farther out than a different dealer. People have to keep this in mind when choosing where to buy their car.

In the end though, the wait (even 3-4 months) will be well worth it.

[SpiralOut]

Originally Posted by wj4

I ordered my car on a Thursday night on Xmas's week. I got my production number the night I left. I checked today, the car is in the body shop with complete production scheduled for the 11th of this month. My salesman told me to expect the car the 2nd or 4th week of Feb. I ordered an e90 335i btw.
Edit: Just checked again at 2AM...it is paint shop now.

Same here.... I guess my dealer had a slot already lined up cause I got Prod Order # and was already in status 112 (scheduled for production) right when I ordered. Mine is finally in production and scheduled to finish production on Jan 15th so I'm only a few days behind you wj4. :rocks:

I felt like I was waiting forever for the fricken production to start, but I may still may make it from order to delivery in around 8 weeks if everything goes smoothly from here on out.

[KL2DC]

Different dealers have varying numbers of production slot allocations.

To even it out, did you ever consider performance center delivery? Being in NC, SC is not at all a very long drive. With PCD you can deal with pretty much any dealership in the country enabling you to zero in on high volume dealers with plenty of slot allocations and perhaps, more aggressive pricing.

[The Cleaner]

Same thing here, no production number yet.

[gashalot]

I actually shopped around and went with the best rated dealer in Winston-Salem (Flow), which is a much bigger market than Wilmington. I am planning on doing PC delivery, but that doesn't seem to be helping my case right now.

They were also the best on service over the phone and had the strongest price when we were comparing the rest of the dealers in the state.

Perhaps the Christmas holiday season impacted BMW AG's order acceptance schedule for orders without allocations. We'll wait and see.

[BlueLion]

i haven't gotten my production number yet ethier

[beemah]

well, these coupes are in such high demand. see what your dealer has to say about when will the order go in etc.

[BlueLion]

i got my production number today

[jreaton]

Placed my order in mid/late October. Still listed as onorder. Dealer was VOB in Rockville, MD

[m3power13]

Originally Posted by jreaton

Placed my order in mid/late October. Still listed as onorder. Dealer was VOB in Rockville, MD

wow!

[gashalot]

Originally Posted by jreaton

Placed my order in mid/late October. Still listed as onorder. Dealer was VOB in Rockville, MD

Well I guess it could be worse. I'll wait for the end of the month, but at that point I'll find someone in the region with a real allocation, not just a spot in the shallow end of the "order pool."

I'm beginning to remember why I hate buying cars so much.

[beemah]

worry not folks, there is always hope

[m3power13]

Leith BMW in Raleigh, NC has 2 335i coupes. Space gray and black.

[JPIII]

My dealer called me today and told me my car was in and asked if I wanted it today. I choose not to take deliver today because it was snowing in Chicago. I'm set to pick it up tomm. at 12 o'clock noon. I got a chance to see it today and it looks . I bought the 335 i black sapphire/coral red/ grey pop. wood/ got everything except cold weather and the electronic cruise control. I also purchased silver/silver M6 rims and tires. There just waiting in the garage to be put on the love wagon. CHICKS DIG THE RED!

Ordered ..............................Dec 13th
Production Start Date ...............Dec 18th
Shipped Docked Charelston(Frisia)Jan 7th
VPC Jan 8th
Released to Carrier Jan 9th
Delivery Jan 15th!!!!!!!!!

6 weeks.


This is my third delivery and this one was the quickest out of all three! I'm not sleeping tonite!