Long transit from factory?

lamj01 · 08-30-2009, 11:25 AM

Hello everyone,

Do these dates seem right? Just got this info from my CA.

Production started 7.22
Completed 8.12
Left Port 8.26
Charleston, SC arrival 9.11 (anticipated)
Estimated date to dealer 9.15/9.16

Seems like an awfully long time to sit at the port right? Just wanted to know others thoughts cause the waiting is killing me. Thanks.

dick w · 08-30-2009, 05:22 PM

The production start to complete is what looks long to me. The production complete to left port time also includes the time it takes to get from Leipzig to Bremerhaven by train. And ships don't leave every day and there is a queue to get on one. If it just misses a train or a boat, well, then a "short" trip becomes a "long" one.

Ordered ours 6/20. It went in production something like 6/29 and was complete 7/2. It waited until, IIRC, 7/6 to go in transit to the port. It went to waiting for vessel something like 7/9 and departed Bremerhaven 7/14. Got to Port Hueneme 8/7. Left Oxnard VPC 8/11. Arrived Denver 8/13. I picked it up 8/14.

08-30-2009, 11:25 AM	#1
lamj01 Enlisted Member 8 Rep 42 Posts Drives: 135i Black Sapphire Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NC iTrader: (0)	Long transit from factory? Hello everyone, Do these dates seem right? Just got this info from my CA. Production started 7.22 Completed 8.12 Left Port 8.26 Charleston, SC arrival 9.11 (anticipated) Estimated date to dealer 9.15/9.16 Seems like an awfully long time to sit at the port right? Just wanted to know others thoughts cause the waiting is killing me. Thanks. __________________ N54 / 6MT / Black Sapphire / Beige Leather / Silver Aluminum Trim / M sport / iDrive / Prem Hi Fi / iPod / Alarm
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dick w Private 1 Rep 79 Posts Drives: '09 135i coupe TiAg/Coral Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denver, CO iTrader: (0)	The production start to complete is what looks long to me. The production complete to left port time also includes the time it takes to get from Leipzig to Bremerhaven by train. And ships don't leave every day and there is a queue to get on one. If it just misses a train or a boat, well, then a "short" trip becomes a "long" one. Ordered ours 6/20. It went in production something like 6/29 and was complete 7/2. It waited until, IIRC, 7/6 to go in transit to the port. It went to waiting for vessel something like 7/9 and departed Bremerhaven 7/14. Got to Port Hueneme 8/7. Left Oxnard VPC 8/11. Arrived Denver 8/13. I picked it up 8/14.
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