Confirmed delivery date YAY!!

[terrapen73]

March 27th will be the day. Picking my car up with Performance Center delivery. I can not wait.

[bdoooh]

At what point during the process did you get your date? Mine just entered production last week and I would loooove to know a date!

[terrapen73]

I placed my order on January 24th around lunchtime. On January 27th my salesman called to say that the Performance Center had emailed 3 dates for me to pick from and April 13th was the soonest. He emailed the Performance Center back and on January 31st I got an email confirmation from BMW and forms to fill out for the delivery there.

My car has yet to enter production. It is a week 7 build so in the next week or two it should get built. According to posts here and what my salesman could find out from BMWNA distribution, build time is about a week and then another week or so to get to the port. Then a varying wait of almost nothing to a couple weeks for a ship. I am East Coast so shipping is usually around 12-14 days to Charleston, SC. This means the Performance Center should get my car by mid to late March at the worst, giving them a few weeks of leeway to get the car there and prepped.

I also discussed the possibility of taking delivery at my dealership since that seems to be available sooner. BMWNA distribution could NOT give a firm delivery date for that other than to say mid to late March. If you are doing a Performance Center delivery you should be able to get dates and all that right now and should have probably already done so. It sounded like the waiting list is long. I would bet mid to late April now if you were to ask for delivery there tomorrow.

If you are doing a delivery at your dealer, then assuming that production ends on it this week, port next week, then anywhere from 2-4 weeks to the US and I imagine a port around NJ since you are in Ohio. Best case of say 4 weeks from now up to 6 weeks probably.

Your salesman should be able to call BMWNA distribution and get an estimate that will be very rough, IE early March.

[terrapen73]

Car went into production today. This wait is going to kill me, lol.

[ejm3]

Took about a week and a half from when it went into production until completion, which is supposed to be today. Hopefully yours will move that quickly.

[terrapen73]

Getting closer.

[terrapen73]

I have my VIN now. Car should be going off to the port today or tomorrow.

[JoeMize]

Originally Posted by terrapen73

I placed my order on January 24th around lunchtime....... It is a week 7 build...........

By chance did you, or does anyone know, what's the last day to Order a 2012 1-Series? Thkx...joe

[ejm3]

Originally Posted by JoeMize

By chance did you, or does anyone know, what's the last day to Order a 2012 1-Series? Thkx...joe

If I recall, the buold schedule I saw had them building 2012's through late June.

[gnpower]

Originally Posted by terrapen73

April 13th will be the day. Picking my car up with Performance Center delivery. I can not wait. Only 74 days to go.

uh oh, Friday the 13th

[terrapen73]

Originally Posted by gnpower

uh oh, Friday the 13th

Ya, that has been in my mind since I was told the day. Not gonna let it freak me out too bad though.

[terrapen73]

Originally Posted by ejm3

If I recall, the buold schedule I saw had them building 2012's through late June.

That sounds correct to me also. I do think that there will be a 2013 model too though, so you could probably get a 1 series later this year if that was your concern.

[JoeMize]

Thkx all for the your info. All I can get from my local BMW delaer is something like, 'Better sooner than later, then being sorry.' I'm looking for a definate date not a guess-imate date.

Although I prefer the 2012 body style I've seen something else in 2013 write-ups. There have been a couple mentions there might possibly be a 6cyl Option offered in 2013's? Anyone else see that or have more info? Thkx...joe

[terrapen73]

Originally Posted by JoeMize

Thkx all for the your info. All I can get from my local BMW delaer is something like, 'Better sooner than later, then being sorry.' I'm looking for a definate date not a guess-imate date.

Although I prefer the 2012 body style I've seen something else in 2013 write-ups. There have been a couple mentions there might possibly be a 6cyl Option offered in 2013's? Anyone else see that or have more info? Thkx...joe

2013's will be identical to 2012 models so far as I know. We probably won't see the new 1 series that just released in Europe prior to 2014. I expect to get that car as a 2014 model year.