[Green///Hell]

My cars dragging. It's been at the Performance Center since the 24th but they have to log it in the system and set it up so there's no update since it's been there

[F90_M5]

Mine has been sitting at the port in Germany for the last 9 days now. Anyone experiencing similar?

[SlowF90]

Originally Posted by WhoBaeWe

Mine has been sitting at the port in Germany for the last 9 days now. Anyone experiencing similar?

Mine was at Port for over a week but today it is finally on its way according to the tracker

[F90_M5]

Originally Posted by SlowF90

Mine was at Port for over a week but today it is finally on its way according to the tracker

Hmm. Hope mine got on the same boat.

[shayan30]

Originally Posted by WhoBaeWe

Hmm. Hope mine got on the same boat.

Call the BMW Genius customer service line and they will tell you info if you have been assigned a vessel yet and if so, will provide you the name and expected arrival to the US. You can even track the vessel online.

Mine is on a vessel sitting in Rota Spain. Next stop is Halifax for a drop off and then to NY/NJ port. The wait kills once you know it's on a ship lol

[claykin]

Originally Posted by SlowF90

Mine was at Port for over a week but today it is finally on its way according to the tracker

Your car is likely going to Brunswick Georgia VDC. Call your dealer SA and they can pull details of vessel, etc. from their computer system.

[Fegelein]

Originally Posted by shayan30

Call the BMW Genius customer service line and they will tell you info if you have been assigned a vessel yet and if so, will provide you the name and expected arrival to the US. You can even track the vessel online.

Mine is on a vessel sitting in Rota Spain. Next stop is Halifax for a drop off and then to NY/NJ port. The wait kills once you know it's on a ship lol

Mine was on the vessel for a couple weeks, finally being offloaded in NYC.

[F90_M5]

Mine is finally loaded on vessel called Integrity. It departed on 6/30 and will be stopping at Southampton, UK. ETA 7/15 Baltimore, MD.

[shayan30]

Originally Posted by Fegelein

Mine was on the vessel for a couple weeks, finally being offloaded in NYC.

Yeah its about a 2-3 week journey depending on how many stops. Mine is on its way to Halifax, CA and then NY/NJ port. Expected date is 7/8. My dealer said he expects it by mid/end of next week. The port is close to the dealership so should be a 1 day turnaround once it clears VPC.

[Fegelein]

Spoke to my dealer, it hit NYC on 6/30 and he expects to see it sometime next week!

[SlowF90]

Originally Posted by Fegelein

Spoke to my dealer, it hit NYC on 6/30 and he expects to see it sometime next week!

Arrives at GA port on 7/9. Hoping it will make it to the dealer in FL quick.

[Green///Hell]

Performance Center called and they moved my slot up a week!! I'll be there on the 11th

Been going crazy since the car has been here since 6/23!!

[shayan30]

Originally Posted by Fegelein

Spoke to my dealer, it hit NYC on 6/30 and he expects to see it sometime next week!

Mine hit the port in NJ today.

Did you take delivery of yours yet? Curious to know how long customs / VPC will take.

[Fegelein]

This is odd, but website again has log in issues. Spoke to my dealer, who said she's at port and hopes it to arrive on Thursday.
I checked status on site and it shows at port, but few weeks ago it was a check mark ahead showing in transit. Top pic is current, bottom few weeks ago...:

[shayan30]

Originally Posted by Fegelein

This is odd, but website again has log in issues. Spoke to my dealer, who said she's at port and hopes it to arrive on Thursday.
I checked status on site and it shows at port, but few weeks ago it was a check mark ahead showing in transit. Top pic is current, bottom few weeks ago...:

Maybe it's in transit from the Port to the dealer?

I'm hoping customs and VPC can be quick because the dealer told me they usually get the cars the next day being so close to the port.

[Fegelein]

Originally Posted by shayan30

Maybe it's in transit from the Port to the dealer?

I'm hoping customs and VPC can be quick because the dealer told me they usually get the cars the next day being so close to the port.

It's definitely at the port in NYC, but note that the second pic, was from a few weeks ago, when it was on a vessel from Germany to NYC and was listed as "in transit". Now that it's at the port in NYC, it's showing a check mark back, very strange indeed!!
Site has a lot of bugs... I'm going to call the number and see what that says...

[shayan30]

Originally Posted by Fegelein

It's definitely at the port in NYC, but note that the second pic, was from a few weeks ago, when it was on a vessel from Germany to NYC and was listed as "in transit". Now that it's at the port in NYC, it's showing a check mark back, very strange indeed!!
Site has a lot of bugs... I'm going to call the number and see what that says...

So same thing happened to me. The car arrived to NJ port on Monday but the website tracker took a step back lol

[Fegelein]

Originally Posted by shayan30

So same thing happened to me. The car arrived to NJ port on Monday but the website tracker took a step back lol

Ha! It must use the same port and in transit stages, for Germany, then state side. Mine was now just assigned to a truck, but it didn't leave yet as of this am. My dealer is keeping me posted.

[Slugsy01]

So not amused! After huge deliberation between the E63 and M5, I went to our dealer to finalise a spec and asked what delivery times were looking like?

So if I order now, I’ll likely get it Jan 2019!!! Urgh!

[Gassy]

So, Performance Center delivery adds time to delivery it seems. From those who’ve gone through this, how much of a delay did it add over having your dealership prep and deliver your car? Was the track session and factory tour worth having to wait?

[F90_M5]

Originally Posted by Gassy

So, Performance Center delivery adds time to delivery it seems. From those who’ve gone through this, how much of a delay did it add over having your dealership prep and deliver your car? Was the track session and factory tour worth having to wait?

I went through exact same thing but ended up doing dealership delivery.
I think it depends on how far it is booked at the performance center but for my case, it was about a month later than dealership. (mid July vs mid August)

I really wanted to do performance delivery because I wanted that experience, little class and driving back about 800 miles which helps break-in.
But for below reasons, I decided not to.
- Waiting 1 month more which was critical as you all know
- All the cost(Flight to SC, my PTOs which are basically money, gas money, meals, mileage, potential speeding tickets)
I was told that if you don't get a speeding ticket, then you didn't truly break-in an M. ;p (I'm definitely not encouraging speeding guys)

[Green///Hell]

I actually completed the PCD today and am driving back to Chicago. Stopped in Nashville at the moment. I urge everyone to do the Performance Center Delivery if they can swing it. I think it was worth every moment. Got to drive the shit out of their M5 and was drifting the skid pad as instructors saw that I could pull the donut, amazing all around. Hotel stay at the Marriott is top notch, BMW covers Dinner and Breakfast and it was all just a great old time.


Added bonus for me was getting to see the new X5, also a few X7 running around in camo...

But the true icing on the cake was a X3M Camo Mule in the factory that was getting worked on, but it was started up and I can confirm that new engine sounds great

Here is my full schedule for build, it doesn't take long at all

Week 23
Status 111 - Order Accepted at AG April 30
Status 112 - Scheduled for Production May 8
Status 150 - May 23 Production Started
Status 155 - Production Completed June 6th
Status 160 - 193 June 6th Waiting at Port
Status 195 - Shipped from Port June 9th
Arrived at Port - June 23

Shipped to Performance center June 26

Accepted Performance Center Delivery July 11