so anyone complete????

[GatoGrande]

My car is in FINAL ASSEMBLY !!!!! YEAH..... !!!!

[Rearro]

Cool Guy, I spoke with the BMW Nurse and he told mine Is a week 8 Prod., maybe his calendar was diff. than mine but he told me My car would start Production the week of Feb 4th. He said it would only take Between 5-8 days to finish Production. It takes 4-8 days to leave the port in Germany, Bout 2 weeks on the boat and 5-7 days at the port of entry and a few days to the dealership.

So if the time line is correct (or in a perfect world ) I would have mine on Launch date!!

You said you were Week 7 so we would be right around the same time!!

Alpine White Baby!!!
Coral Red Leather
Glacier Silver Aluminum Trim
Premium Package
Sport Package
Heated seats
Ipod/USB
Premium Sound
Paddle Shifters ( Automatic Wife can't Drive a stick )

Possibly: Comfort access
Rear Backing Sensors
Have not decided if I was going to call to have these options added. Not really Necessary options But cool to have Not sure if they're worth $850.00 ???

Can't Wait!!!!!:eyebulge:

[larryn]

"Released to carrier and awaiting transportation to port of exit" :biggrin:

[TunedM2C]

Paddle Shifters ( Automatic Wife can't Drive a stick )

Umm...can't you teach her on a rental??


And it looks like I'll be complete on Monday.

[larryn]

Actually, with the hill assist feature on the clutch, it would be pretty easy to teach her on the 1er.

[Rearro]

I looked at renting a stick but they are just not avail. around here! And there is no way I will teach her on the 1'r. She is very uncoordinated. and usually very cautious.... So I can see her holding in the clutch while giving it gas but not releasing the clutch! and me going NutZ

Now how would the down hill decent help with teaching her to work a clutch??

[SA135i]

Originally Posted by Rearro

Now how would the down hill decent help with teaching her to work a clutch??

It's not a downhill decent, the system brakes the car for a few seconds to prevent the car rolling backwards on uphill starts, which makes it a little easier for a learner to control and feed out the clutch pedal.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Rearro

Cool Guy, I spoke with the BMW Nurse and he told mine Is a week 8 Prod., maybe his calendar was diff. than mine but he told me My car would start Production the week of Feb 4th. He said it would only take Between 5-8 days to finish Production. It takes 4-8 days to leave the port in Germany, Bout 2 weeks on the boat and 5-7 days at the port of entry and a few days to the dealership.

So if the time line is correct (or in a perfect world ) I would have mine on Launch date!!

You said you were Week 7 so we would be right around the same time!!

Alpine White Baby!!!
Coral Red Leather
Premium Package
Sport Package
Heated seats
Ipod/USB
Premium Sound
Paddle Shifters ( Automatic Wife can't Drive a stick )

Possibly: Comfort access
Rear Backing Sensors
Have not decided if I was going to call to have these options added. Not really Necessary options But cool to have Not sure if they're worth $850.00 ???

Can't Wait!!!!!:eyebulge:

its not worth it... i taught my wife on my sti and she could drive it but parallel parking and other manuvers in nyc would just stress her out..and i would rather her not crash the car than have manual. plu sits only .1 sec diff and with p;addles you can hold it in gear!

[ARES45]

For me I am sure the auto will be faster, I am just not well practiced in a manual. Maybe after awhile but I also don't think I would be able to get on an open road to enjoy the manual enough to make it worth it.

[BMWeber]

for an update my vehicle is being transported to port of exit :smile:

[mikeo]

I'm already at Bremerhaven and have been assigned to a shipping company (West Coast).

[BMWeber]

Originally Posted by mikeo

I'm already at Bremerhaven and have been assigned to a shipping company (West Coast).

:middlefin..................:wink:

[ChrisK]

Nice...your arse is sooo red.

[ChrisK]

I just called BMW----Almost home baby!!

I'm at Bremerhaven and have been assigned to a shipping company (East Coast). I'm trying to find the name of the ship!

[BMWeber]

Originally Posted by chriskurn

I just called BMW----Almost home baby!!

I'm at Bremerhaven and have been assigned to a shipping company (East Coast). I'm trying to find the name of the ship!

did you talk to someone or just the automated thing. I just listened to the automated thing.

[ChrisK]

I talked to a rep at BMW.

[1ForAll]

Originally Posted by coolguy

Mine is a week 7 build(Guess 3rd week of feb?) starting with 390****. Any thoughts if I can get it by the release date march 22nd? Thx

Excited to see the 1er at the detroit auto show tom:headbang:

I don't believe the prod. #'s have anything to do with date of mfg. My car's prod. # started 391**** and my car is done today. It all has to do with dealer allocations, and the priority of the dealer.

If you dealer is one of top dealers in your region, then they will get more cars, thus you get you car sooner.

This is what I was told

[ChrisK]

I agree. So far the production numbers haven't meant squat. If you were first or second on your dealers list, it seems those cars were mfg'd at the same time.

[ARES45]

Mine was finished today, I was production number 3911 so I don't think that has a lot to do with it. It was also my dealer's only first allocation car though so volume may not be a determining factor either.

[TunedM2C]

I'm done as of today as well. Guess this all doesn't matter since we won't be getting them till mid-March.

[essexcounty]

I was first allocation at my dealer and I still haven't gone into production - 3902.

[TP 135i]

Originally Posted by essexcounty

I was first allocation at my dealer and I still haven't gone into production - 3902.

3902 here also....Second on my dealers list, not in production either.