[Hender46]

Cautiously optimistic that I’m going to get it before Feb. little anxious about the shipping time though.

[NateM15]

Would you be willing to share your production completion date?

Mine was November 14th. My order is EXACTLY like yours with the exception of black nappa and Dynamic handling. I've been stuck in quality check now since the competition on the 14th.

[Hender46]

Yep. Prod complete was 11/22. Might have been a day or two early.

[NateM15]

Today all of a sudden the online tracker today for mine jumped a couple of steps and now says it's at the port.

Just happy to see it moving. 😉

[Marlow]

FWIW my production date was 11/19. Was on the boat to NYC 11/28 out of Zeebrugge with a 12/6 ETA.

[NateM15]

I'm still at the port. The wait is painful. 😉

[DCDude]

Originally Posted by Marlow

FWIW my production date was 11/19. Was on the boat to NYC 11/28 out of Zeebrugge with a 12/6 ETA.

Makes me sick. Mine was built on 9/28 and has been sitting in the ****ing parking lot at the factory awaiting carrier assignment. Dealer and BMW Genius have been useless.

[Marlow]

Originally Posted by Hender46

Yep. Prod complete was 11/22. Might have been a day or two early.

I’m three days ahead of you with 11/19 complete. Going to MA via NYC. I’d check with genius Monday as I made the chartered Grimaldi boat which left Zeebrugge 11/28 arriving NY 12/7 or so. You may have made that one if you’re going to NH.

[Luckdragon]

Ordered 9/3/22. Still nothing from dealer. Said today,they build in batches, still waiting for order to be filled?

[Hender46]

Originally Posted by Marlow

I’m three days ahead of you with 11/19 complete. Going to MA via NYC. I’d check with genius Monday as I made the chartered Grimaldi boat which left Zeebrugge 11/28 arriving NY 12/7 or so. You may have made that one if you’re going to NH.

Man…that would be awesome. Status changed to dispatched from factory. I’m having dreams about this stupid car…is that sad?

[Hender46]

At the port!

[Marlow]

Nice! Given how quickly mine got on a boat and got out of town, I’d say there’s a decent chance you might have it by the end of the year.

[NateM15]

The Orion Highway docked this morning at Bremerhaven, has a 2 layover there leaving on the 6th; and will be at Zeebrugge on December for the 8th and the 9th. It's listing it's next stop as Baltimore on Dec 19th. Let's hope we all get a seat on it.

The next vessel to make the trip is the Hoegh Jacksonville departing Bremerhaven on December 22 with an arrival in Baltimore Jan 2. It's sister ship Hoegh New York leaves Bremerhaven on January 26th and lands at Baltimore on February 7th.

I'm really hoping we make it on the Orion. Being that it's stopping at both Bremerhaven and Zeebrugge makes it sound like the most logical.

Fingers crossed everyone.

[NateM15]

Originally Posted by DCDude

Makes me sick. Mine was built on 9/28 and has been sitting in the ****ing parking lot at the factory awaiting carrier assignment. Dealer and BMW Genius have been useless.

Do you know or have any idea if the allocation was submitted as a paid/sold order? Seems from what I see on other posts that those marked paid/sold move the quickest thru the process.

[DCDude]

Originally Posted by NateM15

Do you know or have any idea if the allocation was submitted as a paid/sold order? Seems from what I see on other posts that those marked paid/sold move the quickest thru the process.

As far as I can tell, it has no bearing. I've got a 9/28 build date and my car is in the ****ing parking lot at the factory. Reading about cars built at the same factory a month after mine is p*ssing me off more by the day. The dealer is radio silent, Genius is useless, and BMW customer service line flips me to the Genius line.

[NateM15]

Originally Posted by DCDude

As far as I can tell, it has no bearing. I've got a 9/28 build date and my car is in the ****ing parking lot at the factory. Reading about cars built at the same factory a month after mine is p*ssing me off more by the day. The dealer is radio silent, Genius is useless, and BMW customer service line flips me to the Genius line.

Wow that is bad. I'm not in your shoes but if I were I would draw a line in the sand, give them a date to give you some in writing clarification as to the issue and if not satisfactory, get another allocation elsewhere.

That's got to be rough. Sorry man. 😐

[Hender46]

Ugh…Orion Highway en route…car still at port. Looks like I missed that one.

[NateM15]

Originally Posted by Hender46

Ugh…Orion Highway en route…car still at port. Looks like I missed that one.

Same here. But some of the other posts have said that other BMW's have been also recently shipped out of Zeebrugge too. That is its next stop. Since we don't know at "what port" means for an "at the port" status there is still a chance.

Guess we need to reachout to the genius lines and ask if they can say what port we are truly at.

[NateM15]

You may want to check your status with the genius line. I called and I indeed make it on the Orion Highway with a planned arrival date in Baltimore of Dec 19th.

[Hender46]

Good for you Nate! I tried genius line a day or so ago and they were useless. How does the car have to go from Baltimore for you?

[NateM15]

On the genius line, just make sure that you are asking for someone to talk to regarding a paid/sold order. I was transferred 3 times before I got someone that knew where to find all the details. As long as you have the VIN I've found the info to be accurate.

As far as how far inland, greatlakes area. So I would gather it's going to be a train ride from Baltimore to some where close to be transfered to a truck. I can't imagine that they would truck it a 9 hour drive but then again I could be wrong.

I will be pleasantly stunned if it gets here before the year end.

[DCDude]

Originally Posted by NateM15

Wow that is bad. I'm not in your shoes but if I were I would draw a line in the sand, give them a date to give you some in writing clarification as to the issue and if not satisfactory, get another allocation elsewhere.

That's got to be rough. Sorry man. 😐

Yeah. I'm far enough along that I think I'm close to the finish line. After this experience, I don't want to start over again. I noticed on BMW USA's website they had local inventory search, so I started looking through and noticed they had the VIN on a car at my local dealer. I looked up the build date on it and it was the same date as mine.

I hit the roof, pulled all VINs similarly equipped to mine and built after mine. I took an unconventional approach to contacting BMW Group re: why my car's still in awaiting carrier assignment when unsold cars built after mine are sitting at local dealers.

I seem to have hit pay dirt on that approach, as someone from BMW NA reached out to me yesterday and conveyed that she'd spoken to the factory to get my car on a boat ASAP. We shall see.