[Mandingo9]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

Thank you man! Looks like I may be on that vessel. Any update with your car Mandingo9 ?

Nope. At port as of 7days ago. From what I see it's going to be another 7 to 14 days before I get on a ship. I called genius phone number that you posted for the hell of it. I'm not sure why people call them when they couldn't provide any more information than what's already on BMW USA. did I read in another thread that you had your ram module installed in Germany and not at the US port?

[mikeyr0x]

Originally Posted by Mandingo9

Nope. At port as of 7days ago. From what I see it's going to be another 7 to 14 days before I get on a ship. I called genius phone number that you posted for the hell of it. I'm not sure why people call them when they couldn't provide any more information than what's already on BMW USA. did I read in another thread that you had your ram module installed in Germany and not at the US port?

Yup. Was held in quality check in Germany for 30 days for what I was told was a ram module.

[mikeyr0x]

Turns out I am on Orion highway arriving stateside 2/14

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-374678000

Hoping for no hold ups and delivery a few days later? What's average time from arrival to dealership?

[Mandingo9]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

Turns out I am on Orion highway arriving stateside 2/14

https://www.vesselfinder.com/vessels...MMSI-374678000

Hoping for no hold ups and delivery a few days later? What's average time from arrival to dealership?

[mikeyr0x]

Finally delivered today !!
It's a beast.

[Mandingo9]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

Finally delivered today !!
It's a beast.

You bastard.

Looks great! Interior pixxxs

[mikeyr0x]

She bad…
Initial impressions:

Sport mode sound is very nice
Fine pore ash trim is beautiful
Glad I went with the black 19s with runflats they look great.
Carbon black looks blue in the light and black in shade which I love
Driving assist is cool tech but still figuring it out, I like how it tells you to put your hands on the wheel and seems to do a good job keeping distance
Park assist is great and auto backup is nice, Lights come on the steering wheel when it's backing up for you.
Xdrive just marries very well with the engine
The new black headlights and shadow line package is stunning
I was surprised to receive wireless charging! At build in September they were removing it from cars
The bmw key card is cool. Keep in your wallet and start the car and drive without keys.

It took me 5 months to get this car. I almost cancelled it 5x. I am glad it's here now. The car is very similar to my 2021 X5 in some ways and almost a little too familiar for me. It feels low as hell from having an X5 and X3 for the past few years. I love that. Wish it had the new idrive 7. The cars power and finesse should keep me happy for a bit.

Mike

[Mandingo9]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

She bad…
Initial impressions:

Sport mode sound is very nice
Fine pore ash trim is beautiful
Glad I went with the black 19s with runflats they look great.
Carbon black looks blue in the light and black in shade which I love
Driving assist is cool tech but still figuring it out, I like how it tells you to put your hands on the wheel and seems to do a good job keeping distance
Park assist is great and auto backup is nice, Lights come on the steering wheel when it's backing up for you.
Xdrive just marries very well with the engine
The new black headlights and shadow line package is stunning
I was surprised to receive wireless charging! At build in September they were removing it from cars
The bmw key card is cool. Keep in your wallet and start the car and drive without keys.

It took me 5 months to get this car. I almost cancelled it 5x. I am glad it's here now. The car is very similar to my 2021 X5 in some ways and almost a little too familiar for me. It feels low as hell from having an X5 and X3 for the past few years. I love that. Wish it had the new idrive 7. The cars power and finesse should keep me happy for a bit.

Mike

Excellent. Why no idrive7, I thought lci's came with it?

[mikeyr0x]

Originally Posted by Mandingo9

Excellent. Why no idrive7, I thought lci's came with it?

Oh I mean idrive8. The one on the iX.

[heath3777]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

Finally delivered today !!
It's a beast.

mikeyr0x She's beautiful! Congratulations!

[berninam550]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

Finally delivered today !!
It's a beast.

Looks beast! Congrats brother, were you able to get all your options? Mine is about to go into production was worried about deletions…

[ArchieV]

Congrats bud remember tracking this from way back thought you would have already received. Damn you COVID! Lol. Enjoy!!

[mikeyr0x]

Originally Posted by berninam550

Looks beast! Congrats brother, were you able to get all your options? Mine is about to go into production was worried about deletions…

All options came through plus some. I thought wireless charging would be removed due to chip shortage but it came through.

[YETIinFL]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

Park assist is great and auto backup is nice, Lights come on the steering wheel when it's backing up for you.

Very nice. I thought the auto backup was no longer available. Is it part of the Parking Assist Package?

Mine is coming with PAP, but the wireless charging was deleted.

Just watched a park assist video. Are you talking about auto park?

[mikeyr0x]

Originally Posted by YETIinFL

Very nice. I thought the auto backup was no longer available. Is it part of the Parking Assist Package?

Mine is coming with PAP, but the wireless charging was deleted.

Just watched a park assist video. Are you talking about auto park?

So I was referring to the auto backup feature. I believe this is part of the park assist package. I use this when pulling out of my driveway. It's a nice way to begin my drive. Our x5 with park assist has it so I believe it's part of that package.

The drivers assist is pretty neat too. Keeps distance with the big ass sonor sensor in the front. That plus the lane departure steering intervention makes me feel like I have a 20% autonomous driving vehicle

I have not tried the park assist automated parking. Had it on our i3 and with that car it worked well because, frankly I didn't care about it and whipped it around like a toy. I tried it a few times on our x3 and it wasn't that accurate so I stopped using it. May never use it on the m550.

Mike

[YETIinFL]

Originally Posted by mikeyr0x

So I was referring to the auto backup feature. I believe this is part of the park assist package. I use this when pulling out of my driveway. It's a nice way to begin my drive. Our x5 with park assist has it so I believe it's part of that package.

The drivers assist is pretty neat too. Keeps distance with the big ass sonor sensor in the front. That plus the lane departure steering intervention makes me feel like I have a 20% autonomous driving vehicle

I have not tried the park assist automated parking. Had it on our i3 and with that car it worked well because, frankly I didn't care about it and whipped it around like a toy. I tried it a few times on our x3 and it wasn't that accurate so I stopped using it. May never use it on the m550.

Mike

That's great. I did not realize the auto backup available. I watched a Mat Watson video not long ago, and I thought he mentioned that it was no longer available. Glad it came back.

[dhopewell]

2/27 Ordered awaiting allocation, 1st in line
Aventurin red
Ivory nappa leather
Shadowline trim
Driving assistant pro
Parking assist (visible to dealer, not on build page)
Spare tire
Leather dash
Ventilated seats
Red calipers
Stock wheels

[BMW012]

had no idea this posting existed!

My M550i went from "scheduled for production" on Feb 23rd back to "ordered" on March 7th... once the war broke out... anyone on the same boat as me?

Any ideas or estimated ETA one when to expect them to be built again? Thanks in advance!

[wakebord99]

Originally Posted by BMW012

had no idea this posting existed!

My M550i went from "scheduled for production" on Feb 23rd back to "ordered" on March 7th... once the war broke out... anyone on the same boat as me?

Any ideas or estimated ETA one when to expect them to be built again? Thanks in advance!

Check out the production week 14 thread.. we all got pushed back up to 10 weeks especially those of us with the m550i