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      10-16-2020, 03:37 PM   #67
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Mine is supposed to be leaving the VPC in NJ for the trip up to Albany today. Should have it next week, hopefully early next week.
Awesome. Post pictures when you can!
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Finally picked up yesterday morning! Well worth the wait coming in just under 2 months.

I was doubting not getting the shadowline package, but after seeing it in person I think the Bernina Gray and wheels look better without it.

I took a 4 hour drive back from NJ dealer to Northern VA. There was pretty dense rain and fog coming back, and adaptive cruise control seemed to see better than I could. Very impressed. Only thing I noticed is it couldn't make a few curves on the highway coming back through MD. It'd flash yellow for me to take control in the middle of curve. Wish it'd give a bit more warning so I don't swerve into side traffic.

iPhone key works but I don't like that you have to pull your phone out. You have to tap the door handle with it like you're using Apple Pay. I'd rather hold onto a key and have the door open automatically when I'm a foot away. Useful I guess if you lose your key or want to give a shared key to someone else.

A bit disappointed BMW dropped soft-close doors. I had that option on my 540, so I'm a bit used to gently closing my door when getting in. Oh well.

iDrive 7 will take some time to get used to. They've moved the screens around quite a bit. It's bit more complicated than iDrive 6 in my opinion.

Updated navigation is great, it will tell you when and which lane to move into. Neat that adaptive cruise control will switch lanes for you with a flick of the turn signal. Confirmed that iOS maps do show the turn-by-turn on heads-up display.

I'm trying to figure out how to get drive recorder to record to a USB. If I'm in an accident I'd like for any recordings to be portable...

Gas mileage looks pretty terrible so far.. that was expected I guess.

Here's the final timeline for those interested:

August 19th (Order Placed) Scheduled for production
August 28th Production begins
September 6th Exterior body assembly begins
September 7th In the paint booth
September 8th Entering assembly line
September 9th Assembly in progress
September 9th Quality check
September 9th Final assembly
September 10th Ready for transport
September 10th Awaiting carrier assignment
September 10th Dispatched from factory
September 11th At the port
September 17th In transit
October 7th At the port (NY)
October 13th In transit
October 13th At the dealership (NJ)
October 16th Vehicle delivered

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And the photos. Some duplicate angles since it was raining when I picked up, retook them today with the sun out.

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Finally picked up yesterday morning! Well worth the wait coming in just under 2 months.
Congrats on your beautiful car. Great color combo. I had the mocha on my 2017 540i and loved it. Would have gotten it again with my 2021 but I always like a change.

Thanks for the feedback on the ride down to VA. Best of luck with the car!
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JRoyce Great looking car. Congrats and enjoy the new ride ! Appreciate the timeline you provided.
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JRoyce Congrats, Bernina looks great!

Mine is now Status 195 In Transit. admannj not sure if east/west coast are on the same route but we'll see:
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Mine is now Status 195 In Transit. admannj not sure if east/west coast are on the same route but we'll see:
ptt127 -- congrats on the car being shipped. Mine is still stuck in 190 (Dispatched from Factory). I am in NJ so the car will be heading to the east coast. Oh well ... the wait continues.
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I have been at the port for 12 days, hoping it sails soon.
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      10-19-2020, 12:01 PM   #74
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Well, good news and bad (not really so bad) news here:

My car has arrived at the dealer, but the MSO paperwork has not so they cannot do delivery today. I'm headed out of town Wednesday, so if not tomorrow it will be Thursday or the weekend (my sales advisor doesn't work on Friday).

Adding to the torture, he sent me a couple of pictures. Looks awesome. Can't wait.
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Well, good news and bad (not really so bad) news here:
MikeElmendorf -- I guess, in the grand scheme of things, there are worse problems! Good luck with taking delivery. Don't let the pictures torture you too much. You're in for a treat with that beautiful car!
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Finally picked up yesterday morning! Well worth the wait coming in just under 2 months.

I was doubting not getting the shadowline package, but after seeing it in person I think the Bernina Gray and wheels look better without it.
Nice! No offense to anyone that got the Shadowline package with Bernina Gray -- but I think this looks much better without it for this color of the car. Especially since the trim is more of a grayish silver instead of a shiny chrome color. It matches the wheels more. I think the dark black out of no where with the gray doesn't mesh as well, so definitely digging that combo.
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Well, good news and bad (not really so bad) news here:

My car has arrived at the dealer, but the MSO paperwork has not so they cannot do delivery today. I'm headed out of town Wednesday, so if not tomorrow it will be Thursday or the weekend (my sales advisor doesn't work on Friday).

Adding to the torture, he sent me a couple of pictures. Looks awesome. Can't wait.
Wow, that looks amazing. Congrats!

Spoke to our dealer tonight too, and we're collecting ours on Thursday. I was hoping for sooner too, but I'm sure it'll be worth the wait!
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Finally picked up yesterday morning! Well worth the wait coming in just under 2 months.

I was doubting not getting the shadowline package, but after seeing it in person I think the Bernina Gray and wheels look better without it.
Nice! No offense to anyone that got the Shadowline package with Bernina Gray -- but I think this looks much better without it for this color of the car. Especially since the trim is more of a grayish silver instead of a shiny chrome color. It matches the wheels more. I think the dark black out of no where with the gray doesn't mesh as well, so definitely digging that combo.
Depends if you got the silver wheels or black wheels. If you got the silver accent ones, I can see what you mean. If you got the black wheels, I disagree...

The great part about opinions is that everyone's got one. It just happens that mine is always correct...

Either way, enjoy the car. I'm still waiting for mine.
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ptt127 -- congrats on the car being shipped. Mine is still stuck in 190 (Dispatched from Factory). I am in NJ so the car will be heading to the east coast. Oh well ... the wait continues.
Oh man, hope it moves to port in the next day or two!
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ptt127 -- congrats on the car being shipped. Mine is still stuck in 190 (Dispatched from Factory). I am in NJ so the car will be heading to the east coast. Oh well ... the wait continues.
I am one day behind you in production and I have been waiting at the port since 10/9. I suspect your car is also at the port but somehow the status has not changed. It looks like the next ship is 10/25 so that would be 2 weeks plus at the port for me.
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Finally made it to the port! (Boy that was a long 7 hour train ride from Dingolfing to Bremerhaven!)

Timeline thus far:

111 Order Accepted
9/11/20
112 Scheduled for Production
9/11/20
150 Production Started
9/24/20
151 Body Shop Started
10/1/20
152 Paint Shop Started
10/1/20
153 Assembly Started
10/5/20
### Quality Check
10/6/20
155 Production Completed
10/6/20
160 Vehicle Handover to Sales
10/6/20
165 In-Transit to Port of Departure (Leaving Factory)
10/6/20
182 Schedule for Carrier
10/6/20
190 In-Transit to Port of Exit (To Port)
10/15/20
193 Arrived at Port of Exit
10/20/20
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Glad to hear it's there. The note on the order tracking thread in this forum about a couple day delay switching from 193 at port to 195 in transit is likely true. The two west coast ships that I know of departed Bremerhaven on 10/16 (Volans Leader) and today 10/20 (Tulane) but my status went to 195 on 10/19, so might be on the former. Hope you all set sail soon!
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Just picked mine up and I couldn’t be happier with it.

Will try to get some better photos in the coming days. It’s going to a detailer to be ceramic coated soon, so we asked the dealership not to wash it etc.
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Just picked mine up and I couldn’t be happier with it.
That is beautiful! It's too bad we don't get this body type in North America. Great color. Best wishes!
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Just picked mine up and I couldn’t be happier with it.

Will try to get some better photos in the coming days. It’s going to a detailer to be ceramic coated soon, so we asked the dealership not to wash it etc.
She looks amazing! Btw, are the aero covers near the rim of the wheel removable?
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Thanks all!

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She looks amazing! Btw, are the aero covers near the rim of the wheel removable?
Good question. I had wondered this myself (for ease of cleaning) but haven't tried yet. I'll let you know!
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@Jas387 - what color is your car? Is it San Marino Blue?
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@Jas387 - what color is your car? Is it San Marino Blue?
Mine is Tanzanite Blue II Metallic. I'm really pleased with it. It's quite subdued in cloudy weather but it really looks special in the sun; not that we get much of that in the UK!

I'll get some proper photos of it once it's been detailed.
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