[RightYouAreKen]

Originally Posted by Blazer9547

Yeah, seems like people all have different timelines. Maybe depending on the specs. Mine has been on PRODUCTION BEGINS for nearly 3 weeks now. I'm trying to stop going to the tracker constnatly and just accept that it's probably at least 2 more months out.

Have you tried the F12 trick on the garage page to see your build date? Search the forum for details, but essentially you use your browser dev tools to pull hidden detail data out of the webpage. Shows your detailed build specs as well as build date and such. Mine is scheduled for build date next Wednesday.

[Blazer9547]

Originally Posted by RightYouAreKen

Have you tried the F12 trick on the garage page to see your build date? Search the forum for details, but essentially you use your browser dev tools to pull hidden detail data out of the webpage. Shows your detailed build specs as well as build date and such. Mine is scheduled for build date next Wednesday.

Ha, our cars really are twins! Same date.

[Blazer9547]

It's happening! Right on schedule.

[RightYouAreKen]

Originally Posted by Blazer9547

It's happening! Right on schedule.

Ditto!

[td1439]

Hone your patience for when the car is built and you're waiting for it to leave the factory. You'll need it.

EDIT: I'm on day 14 of "Final Assembly". No idea when my car is even going to leave the factory, much less be on a boat. Order was placed in early February and I'm starting to think I'll be lucky to have it by the end of June.

[RightYouAreKen]

Bummer. Wonder what the hold up is. Mine went all the way through to Final Assembly yesterday, so we’ll see if it stays there for a while. Wonder if they’re waiting for transport space or final components to complete the builds.

[PP3121]

Originally Posted by pash

Long time lurker, but figured I would share my info. First off - thanks to everyone who has given so much great information in this thread. My dealer basically told me nothing about how to track my vehicle, but I was able to piece together everything I needed to know by looking through these responses and updates.

My timeline:
Sept 30 - deposit placed
Oct 1 - production number received
Jan 29-31 - production/final assembly complete
Feb 1 - ready for transport
Feb 22 - on the ship (thank you @radix)
March 13 - arrived in Baltimore (or Sparrow's Point? Hard to tell)
March 23 - arrived at dealership
March 29 - resting peacefully at my home

The car is an M2, with the matte Frozen Portimao Blue color, the cognac vernasca leather, manual transmission. Few other options.

Did you get your car on the scheduled date you mentioned? Would love to see some pictures!

[td1439]

Originally Posted by RightYouAreKen

Bummer. Wonder what the hold up is. Mine went all the way through to Final Assembly yesterday, so we’ll see if it stays there for a while. Wonder if they’re waiting for transport space or final components to complete the builds.

I've seen several posts on Reddit (and maybe here as well) that the SLP factory is terrible about updating the process once the car is done, and people jump right from 'final assembly' or 'ready for transport' to 'in transit' and they find out their car is on a ship already. Certainly that's what I'm hoping happens in my case at some point soon, but there's no way to know for sure if the car is still at the factory, on its way to port, sitting at the port, or on a ship in the meantime.

You should be able to find out from your CA or Genius when the build is actually done even if the tracker doesn't update past 'final assembly'. Keep us posted on how things progress for you; hopefully we both get a ship soon!

[Zuban]

Originally Posted by RightYouAreKen

Have you tried the F12 trick on the garage page to see your build date? Search the forum for details, but essentially you use your browser dev tools to pull hidden detail data out of the webpage. Shows your detailed build specs as well as build date and such. Mine is scheduled for build date next Wednesday.

Thanks for pointing this out. I hadn't heard of this trick it but it works like a charm (a car-tracking, dealer-exaggeration-sniffing charm, that is).

[Blazer9547]

Ready for transport!

[RightYouAreKen]

Originally Posted by Blazer9547

Ready for transport!

Yay, mine just flipped to ready for transport this morning. Here's my full timeline thus far:

1/31/24 - Order Accepted (Dealer's previous order allocation)
3/3/24 - Order updated to my specs, deposit made (Thundernight M240i xDrive)
3/15/24 - In Production (status 150), build date 4/11/24, VIN assigned
3/27/24 - Build date changed to 4/10/24
4/10/24 - Entered Production through Final Assembly
4/16/24 - Ready for Transport

[td1439]

Day 19 of "Final Assembly"

[Baldilocks73]

Originally Posted by td1439

Day 19 of "Final Assembly"

They are still looking for that bolt that got dropped between the seat and the armrest.

[Navin_Johnson]

Originally Posted by td1439

Day 19 of "Final Assembly"

Mine was stuck in Final Assembly for 21 days. Finally changed to Ready for Transport 4 days ago on the 12th. They must have finally found the missing bolt under the seat, lol.

When I stopped by the store the other day, my CA told me that it may not update again until the car arrived at the dealership. She doesn't take the tracking system very seriously since it doesn't seem to be updated very well. Thankfully she was wrong since it did move again.

This is still way more info than I got when my Kia was being built, which was no information at all.......

[td1439]

Originally Posted by Navin_Johnson

When I stopped by the store the other day, my CA told me that it may not update again until the car arrived at the dealership.

I've read that SLP isn't great about updating the system, although seeing that Blazer & Ken had theirs move to "ready for transport" suggests they might be better than some are reporting.

Just doesn't seem to be any consistency in the system, and unfortunately it's what CAs and Genius rely on to update customers as well.

[M5wag]

Just hit ready for transport today after being in final assembly since 3/27!

[RightYouAreKen]

I wonder if there's any relationship between production timelines and destination locale, specifically east coast US/europe vs west coast US deliveries. I noticed a trend in looking through past posts in this thread that east coast/europe bound cars seemed to sit waiting for transporation a lot longer than west coast US bound cars.

I also notice something strange this morning that the myBMW app still shows my car in Final Assembly, whereas the website My Garage shows Ready for Transport. Seems like maybe the app is a bit delayed in getting it's data source updated.

[OGPedro]

Originally Posted by td1439

Day 19 of "Final Assembly"

Mine hit “Final Assembly” on March 21, and just got moved to “Ready for Transport” today (26 days!!), so hopefully yours is too. The app still says “Final Assembly” so check the website, which seems to have more current information for whatever reason.

[td1439]

Originally Posted by RightYouAreKen

I also notice something strange this morning that the myBMW app still shows my car in Final Assembly, whereas the website My Garage shows Ready for Transport. Seems like maybe the app is a bit delayed in getting it's data source updated.

My app status was definitely delayed while my car was being built. The whole time the tracker was on the different stages of production, the app still showed "Production Begins". When the tracker updated to "Final Assembly" and my CA texted to say the car was built, the app suddenly changed to "Final Assembly" as well, and the gallery was updated to show better renderings and the videos of the exterior and interior.

[Zuban]

Originally Posted by RightYouAreKen

Have you tried the F12 trick on the garage page to see your build date? Search the forum for details, but essentially you use your browser dev tools to pull hidden detail data out of the webpage. Shows your detailed build specs as well as build date and such. Mine is scheduled for build date next Wednesday.

For those out there trying the F12 trick and thinking they're doing it wrong, it's not you. BMW's tracking systems aren't really talking to each other very well right now. "My Garage" has been stuck on "at port" for a week; the F12 trick has reported 193 (at exit port) for a week as well. I called the "Genius" today and was told that, no, the car was actually sitting at the VPC in New Jersey. But, her system wasn't telling her why it has been at VPC that long or why it has not yet been assigned to a carrier.

So where's my car? Maybe in New Jersey? Maybe still in Mexico? Maybe on a truck to the dealer? Nobody knows.

[td1439]

Originally Posted by Zuban

So where's my car? Maybe in New Jersey? Maybe still in Mexico? Maybe on a truck to the dealer? Nobody knows.

lol. great system you have going here, BMW.

[td1439]

Originally Posted by td1439

Day 19 of "Final Assembly"

Finally, on Day 21, moved to "Ready for Transport". Here's hoping the next few stages move along a little more crisply, lol