135 US release moved up possibly

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:11 PM

My BMW salesmen just called me to give me the latest update on the 135. The update is that the car is being released early which means January not March. He said he can fax me over an order sheet now to place my order for delivery in January if I want. Most times I take what dealers say with a grain of salt but this salemen is trustworthy as my family has bought 10 cars from him in the previous few years. Just wanted to relay this information to the other enthusiasts on the board. :headbang:

Lips

SCA · 08-24-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Lips

My BMW salesmen just called me to give me the latest update on the 135. The update is that the car is being released early which means January not March. He said he can fax me over an order sheet now to place my order for delivery in January if I want. Most times I take what dealers say with a grain of salt but this salemen is trustworthy as my family has bought 10 cars from him in the previous few years. Just wanted to relay this information to the other enthusiasts on the board. :headbang:

Lips

Tell him to fax it on over.

In this case a scan of the document

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:16 PM

He is going to be faxing me over a copy of the order form.

BForbes · 08-24-2007, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Lips

He is going to be faxing me over a copy of the order form.

Holy shit! This changes everything. I hope this guy knows what he's talking about. Which dealership??

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:21 PM

Vista BMW, he has never steered us wrong before so I see no reason for him to BS me.

atr_hugo · 08-24-2007, 12:22 PM

Hmmm, that means they'd have to have an options ordering guide for the US market. Hmmmm . . . Wonder if that means they've nailed down pricing also?

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:25 PM

He told me that pricing was still not released, but if this is true I would think pricing is going to be released shortly since we are close to January. Either way as soon as I get the fax from him I will make all the information available to everyone on this site. Also, I don't have a scanner readily available so if someone on this site wants me to fax this information to them and then they can scan it, it would be much appreciated.

Lips

joelk · 08-24-2007, 12:31 PM

hmmmm interesting. wait and see approach for me.

personally this puts me in an interesting bind because i was planning on waiting for a larger down payment ... hmmm

yeah please post a pic/scan of whatever you get

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:36 PM

Will do, this also puts me in a predicament as my lease does not end until December of 08 on my G35 coupe. I have no problem getting out of my lease a bit early with my salesmen from Vista, but 11 months early may be pushing it a bit. I was planning on waiting until June to order my car...

BForbes · 08-24-2007, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Lips

Will do, this also puts me in a predicament as my lease does not end until December of 08 on my G35 coupe. I have no problem getting out of my lease a bit early with my salesmen from Vista, but 11 months early may be pushing it a bit. I was planning on waiting until June to order my car...

I feel you man. I'm just happy its coming earlier so I can actually see one in person. This unfortunately dosent affect my purchase date(waiting for things to die down).

Robert · 08-24-2007, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Lips

Will do, this also puts me in a predicament as my lease does not end until December of 08 on my G35 coupe. I have no problem getting out of my lease a bit early with my salesmen from Vista, but 11 months early may be pushing it a bit. I was planning on waiting until June to order my car...

Not necessarily, some of the M3 owners are told to order without pricing right now.

kurichan · 08-24-2007, 12:46 PM

The G35 is a great car, and by Dec 08 all the bugs should (hopefully) be shaken out of the 135i and pricing should be more reasonable, so you might just look at this as a blessing in disguise...

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:48 PM

Yeah Kurichan, that is exactly right. I am not complaining by driving my G35, I love it and I will be sad to see it go.

Robert, that is exactly what my salesmen told me. He said I can place my order now, but obviously I won't know the price of what I am ordering. Chances are pretty good that I am going to hold out until pricing is released. What complicates matters more is I finally saw the new G37 up close and the photos really do not do that car justice. Now I have to figure out if I still want the 135 or possibly stick with Infiniti with a G37...decisions decisions.

Lips · 08-24-2007, 12:54 PM

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I feel you man. I'm just happy its coming earlier so I can actually see one in person. This unfortunately dosent affect my purchase date(waiting for things to die down).

I agree, now that I am torn by the new G37 I definitely need to see this car in person and test drive both. That will ultimately seal the deal for me, whichever drives best will be my next car.

joelk · 08-24-2007, 12:57 PM

They couldn't possibly force you into purchasing a car you order prior to pricing being released. It seems logical you could get your deposit back should you not like the test-drive, price, etc subsequent to actually ordering the car. They won't have any trouble selling these cars.

I've actually been considering a 335i lately so I need to make a decision quickly if the timeline is being moved.

larryn · 08-24-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Lips

Vista BMW, he has never steered us wrong before so I see no reason for him to BS me.

Vista SUCKS!

Opps, wrong Vista... :biggrin:

Lips · 08-24-2007, 01:09 PM

Lol, I guess your dealer is located up north and not in Florida?

1ster · 08-24-2007, 01:19 PM

Let's see that order sheet! :eyebulge:

Khobin~ · 08-24-2007, 01:52 PM

That doesn't sound like anything new to me... last Saturday when I was at the dealer here I could have put down a deposit to garantee an order for 1, but they wanted $1000 for deposit, and said it was NON-refundable...

And well personnaly I want to know what the price is actually going to be before I potentially toss away $1000.

If you were actually Ordering the car, they'd have to have the pricing and options info so that you could pick what you want and so that they can send a proper order to the factory.

Lips · 08-24-2007, 01:55 PM

It has nothing to do with ordering the car, it has to do with the fact that people will be driving the car in the US in January instead of March. People want to see the order sheet so they can see exactly what options, colors, etc. are offered in the US.

larryn · 08-24-2007, 02:01 PM

This could be good news for me. I wanted to do an ED during April school vacation, so I can take my kids with me, and not have them miss school.

If the car's out in January, then I can probably get a little better discount than buying within the first few weeks of release.

I kind of got robbed on my e90 (just shy of MSRP) that I picked up on the 2nd week of US consumption.

Khobin~ · 08-24-2007, 02:04 PM

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It has nothing to do with ordering the car, it has to do with the fact that people will be driving the car in the US in January instead of March. People want to see the order sheet so they can see exactly what options, colors, etc. are offered in the US.

I'm not saying that it won't be out in January, but just as you said, if they have order sheets, then those sheets would have Pricing and options for the car, which he said that the dealer told him they didn't have that info yet...

So it's just them trying to get him to put down a deposit to basically hold a spot in line for when they do get that info, and can actually start doing orders, which if the car is now slated to release in January, it would probably be around October

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Lips First Lieutenant 27 Rep 362 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	135 US release moved up possibly My BMW salesmen just called me to give me the latest update on the 135. The update is that the car is being released early which means January not March. He said he can fax me over an order sheet now to place my order for delivery in January if I want. Most times I take what dealers say with a grain of salt but this salemen is trustworthy as my family has bought 10 cars from him in the previous few years. Just wanted to relay this information to the other enthusiasts on the board. :headbang: Lips __________________ 2005 G35 Coupe Lakeshore Slate 2007 Mazda MX-5 Galaxy Grey
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Lips First Lieutenant 27 Rep 362 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	He told me that pricing was still not released, but if this is true I would think pricing is going to be released shortly since we are close to January. Either way as soon as I get the fax from him I will make all the information available to everyone on this site. Also, I don't have a scanner readily available so if someone on this site wants me to fax this information to them and then they can scan it, it would be much appreciated. Lips __________________ 2005 G35 Coupe Lakeshore Slate 2007 Mazda MX-5 Galaxy Grey
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joelk Lieutenant Colonel 37 Rep 1,680 Posts Drives: Space Gray E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (0)	hmmmm interesting. wait and see approach for me. personally this puts me in an interesting bind because i was planning on waiting for a larger down payment ... hmmm yeah please post a pic/scan of whatever you get
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Lips First Lieutenant 27 Rep 362 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	Will do, this also puts me in a predicament as my lease does not end until December of 08 on my G35 coupe. I have no problem getting out of my lease a bit early with my salesmen from Vista, but 11 months early may be pushing it a bit. I was planning on waiting until June to order my car... __________________ 2005 G35 Coupe Lakeshore Slate 2007 Mazda MX-5 Galaxy Grey
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kurichan Mr. Happy 8 Rep 479 Posts Drives: Join Date: Aug 2007 iTrader: (0)	The G35 is a great car, and by Dec 08 all the bugs should (hopefully) be shaken out of the 135i and pricing should be more reasonable, so you might just look at this as a blessing in disguise...
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Lips First Lieutenant 27 Rep 362 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	Yeah Kurichan, that is exactly right. I am not complaining by driving my G35, I love it and I will be sad to see it go. Robert, that is exactly what my salesmen told me. He said I can place my order now, but obviously I won't know the price of what I am ordering. Chances are pretty good that I am going to hold out until pricing is released. What complicates matters more is I finally saw the new G37 up close and the photos really do not do that car justice. Now I have to figure out if I still want the 135 or possibly stick with Infiniti with a G37...decisions decisions. __________________ 2005 G35 Coupe Lakeshore Slate 2007 Mazda MX-5 Galaxy Grey
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joelk Lieutenant Colonel 37 Rep 1,680 Posts Drives: Space Gray E90 M3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Atlanta iTrader: (0)	They couldn't possibly force you into purchasing a car you order prior to pricing being released. It seems logical you could get your deposit back should you not like the test-drive, price, etc subsequent to actually ordering the car. They won't have any trouble selling these cars. I've actually been considering a 335i lately so I need to make a decision quickly if the timeline is being moved.
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Lips First Lieutenant 27 Rep 362 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	Lol, I guess your dealer is located up north and not in Florida? __________________ 2005 G35 Coupe Lakeshore Slate 2007 Mazda MX-5 Galaxy Grey
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Khobin~ First Lieutenant 15 Rep 312 Posts Drives: Join Date: Aug 2007 iTrader: (0)	That doesn't sound like anything new to me... last Saturday when I was at the dealer here I could have put down a deposit to garantee an order for 1, but they wanted $1000 for deposit, and said it was NON-refundable... And well personnaly I want to know what the price is actually going to be before I potentially toss away $1000. If you were actually Ordering the car, they'd have to have the pricing and options info so that you could pick what you want and so that they can send a proper order to the factory.
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Lips First Lieutenant 27 Rep 362 Posts Drives: Join Date: Jul 2007 iTrader: (0)	It has nothing to do with ordering the car, it has to do with the fact that people will be driving the car in the US in January instead of March. People want to see the order sheet so they can see exactly what options, colors, etc. are offered in the US. __________________ 2005 G35 Coupe Lakeshore Slate 2007 Mazda MX-5 Galaxy Grey
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larryn Lieutenant General 2148 Rep 10,176 Posts Drives: '97 332ti, '21 X5 45e, '16 GT4 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Seattle iTrader: (2)	This could be good news for me. I wanted to do an ED during April school vacation, so I can take my kids with me, and not have them miss school. If the car's out in January, then I can probably get a little better discount than buying within the first few weeks of release. I kind of got robbed on my e90 (just shy of MSRP) that I picked up on the 2nd week of US consumption.
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