UK 1m customers

[scaramanga]

Originally Posted by clived

She (or is it a he, not really sure yet) has arrived at the dealership. Although I could collect it Tuesday morning, I'm off on business till Friday, so opting to collect next Saturday morning. Went to say hello today though, pre-PDI...

Congrats mate - looks fantastic. Am waiting for my black one to arrive in about a month or so. Can't wait!!!!!!

[clived]

Originally Posted by 1of690

What dealer I need to see the color in person so bad!!! But now anyone can get the color on their 1er it probably going to be black for me.

Are you visiting the UK?

[Ky1M]

Originally Posted by clived

Are you visiting the UK?

Yes I'm very lucky to be in London.
Visiting Brighton next. Went by park lane BMW , very nice gentlemen said a lovely vo went out last week , I was so close!!!

[Ky1M]

Originally Posted by 1of690

What dealer I need to see the color in person so bad!!! But now anyone can get the color on their 1er it probably going to be black for me.

Who can pick this dealer and tell the location?
I would love to go by and see the color in person.

[clived]

You have a PM :-)

Can we build a new list of who in the UK actually has taken delivery now?

[Joer]

Originally Posted by Boxercup

Anyone else got to 1200 miles yet?

My car has been off the road since last Wednesday and no date of when getting it back because the gearbox oil for the service doesn't exist in the UK yet and I've done my 1200 miles.

Can't tell you how p**sed off I am with my dealer.

Surely the oil can be purchased anywhere, it doesn't have gold flecs in it that have to be hand-placed by a BMW bod, does it?

anyway, rant over, I feel slightly better now!

My service was done at just over 1,200 miles. And was told to come back to get the gearbox oil changed when they got it in stock.

I was told the oil had to be ordered from Germany. It's now in stock so will get that changed ASAP.

[Schnorbitz]

Got my car on Friday, very impressed, way better than I was expecting, 335hp is a very conservative estimate in my opinion...

However, I'm off the road at the moment waiting for a new front tyre to arrive, noticed a sidewall bulge when washing it. Michelin will cover the cost if they determine it to be a manufacturing defect but otherwise it'll be £217 out of my pocket. Defo not pothole or kerb related, I've not been anywhere near any yet. I bet you can guess just as good as me how this is likely to turn out...

On another note I got Service Inclusive for £400.

[Joer]

Originally Posted by Schnorbitz

Got my car on Friday, very impressed, way better than I was expecting, 335hp is a very conservative estimate in my opinion...

However, I'm off the road at the moment waiting for a new front tyre to arrive, noticed a sidewall bulge when washing it. Michelin will cover the cost if they determine it to be a manufacturing defect but otherwise it'll be £217 out of my pocket. Defo not pothole or kerb related, I've not been anywhere near any yet. I bet you can guess just as good as me how this is likely to turn out...

On another note I got Service Inclusive for £400.

Congrats!

Did you know that the tyres on our cars are slightly different? They have a little star, I think they're the same as for the M3.

[Schnorbitz]

Originally Posted by Joer

Congrats!

Did you know that the tyres on our cars are slightly different? They have a little star, I think they're the same as for the M3.

Thanks Joer,

Yeah, I spotted that, when I spoke to the tyre shop and quoted everything off the tyre wall they asked was it was an M3.

[clived]

Originally Posted by Joer

My service was done at just over 1,200 miles. And was told to come back to get the gearbox oil changed when they got it in stock.

So what exactly did they do when they had it then?

[Schnorbitz]

The 1M specific handbook supplement states gearbox and diff oil is changed at 1200 miles. Engine oil is not changed.

[clived]

Ok, so they have the diff oil, not the gearbox oil?

[Boxercup]

Originally Posted by Joer

My service was done at just over 1,200 miles. And was told to come back to get the gearbox oil changed when they got it in stock.

I was told the oil had to be ordered from Germany. It's now in stock so will get that changed ASAP.

Still off the road with no word as yet from my dealer.

I am however, wafting around in loaner 5GT and its quite nice - showing my age!

[sootyvrs]

Anyone in the North East area that has taken delivery of a 1M?

Still have problems getting to see one in the flesh let alone drive one!

[as7920]

Although I thought this was for the US, this list seems to be pretty accurate for the UK too, if anyone is waiting.

Mine has been confirmed now as Released to Carrier and has been previously listed as "Scheduled for Production" and "Confirmed by Production Control"

Status Codes

0000 Cancelled
0037 Model or Feature Unavailable
0077 No Quota Available
0097qq No Current Event Allocated
0500 Cannot be Scheduled

1100 Scheduled
1200 Scheduled for Production

5000 Confirmed for Production
5050 Chassis Number Allocated
5055 Confirmed by Production Control
5100 Bodyshop Start
5190 Bodyshop Complete
5200 Paintshop Start
5270 Paintshop Complete
5300 Pre-Assembly Start
5400 Assembly Start
5500 Assembly Complete

6000 Transfer to Distribution

8200 Released to Carrier

9000 Departed Plant
9615/35/45 In Storage
9610/20/30/40/50/60 In Transit
9800 Arrived Dealer

[r11saf]

my car has arrived at my dealer yesterday should be picking up today shortly. getting the service inclusive for £400 also, my dealer had to make a few calls and was advised i can have it for £400 if purchased within the first 60 days otherwise its £1000 thereafter.
have asked the garage not to clean the car so im going to be busy all week getting the car cleaned.. my favourite bit lol


only one thing though has anybody had a problem with the exhaust not being even. the offside exhaust is sitting lower than the nearside i noticed this yesterday and its bugging me a little. my dealer said they would look to try and fix the issue. i know that most cars when they have dual exit exhausts they are not perfect but i felt this was too noticable.

[Boxercup]

Originally Posted by r11saf

only one thing though has anybody had a problem with the exhaust not being even. the offside exhaust is sitting lower than the nearside i noticed this yesterday and its bugging me a little. my dealer said they would look to try and fix the issue. i know that most cars when they have dual exit exhausts they are not perfect but i felt this was too noticable.

They are all like that.

[Joer]

Originally Posted by clived

So what exactly did they do when they had it then?

Originally Posted by clived

Ok, so they have the diff oil, not the gearbox oil?

Yup. They've now got the gearbox oil and getting that replaced tomorrow.

My steering is a bit off centre so will get that sorted as well.

[Schnorbitz]

Originally Posted by Joer

Yup. They've now got the gearbox oil and getting that replaced tomorrow.

My steering is a bit off centre so will get that sorted as well.

How far off is it Joer? Is it still off-centre when you straddle the white line?

The geometry is set up on a flat surface so the natural crown of the road always moves the wheel off-centre a little bit. Seems to be more noticeable on some cars / roads though.

It's a good idea to get it checked out, sooner rather than later too as you're only covered under the warranty on such issues up to something like 5000 miles / 6 months IIRC.

[Boxercup]

For all those not sure whether to purchase the sevice pack or not.....

The 1,200 mile running service is £370.00

[Aussie_in_London]

well thank the gods the misses convinced the dealer to throw that in for her lol

[Schnorbitz]

Originally Posted by Boxercup

For all those not sure whether to purchase the sevice pack or not.....

The 1,200 mile running service is £370.00

Did you actually have to pay that? I never heard of a dealer charging for the 1200 mile service on an M Car before.