[Moserkm]

Originally Posted by locknloada94

Hey guys - wondering if anyone can help me out here. My 2021 M5C was just totalled in NYC.... a dude ran a light and there went the car - thankfully everyone was totally fine, but the car is totalled so I need to get into a new M5C which is MISERABLE right now given the new lease rates & supply chain issues.

I just put an order in on an allocation that has a build week of the 26th (6/19-6/25), and my dealer who I've gotten 3 other cars from including the dead m5 said he fully expects the new car to be here by August 1st AND that he expects the car to have all the options we specc'd which was all driver aids etc except B&W. Based on what I've read here and on some other threads, I'm wondering if he's being really overly optimistic, of if there's a chance the time may come by this time.

He said we should get a VIN number by next week. What do you guys think? Think it will come in time and if not when do you think it will come? Im struggling because my insurance Chubb only covers a rental up to 1.5k total and I need a car for my job so I'm pretty screwed here and am praying to sweet baby jesus this car somehow will come on time.

Thanks guys!

I have a production complete date of 23 May. That means it should be starting production any second now. I still don’t have a VIN and using the timelines given on the sticky thread about delivery times, I’m expecting delivery the last week of July. If yours is scheduled for mid June, I think you’ll be closer to end of August delivery. If you are east coast, maybe mid-august. Additionally, I read somewhere that they shut down production of a particular model year in June of that year. If that is true this year, not sure if it even will get built. But since you have a build week, I’d say you’re good to go. I won’t lie. Because of what I’ve mentioned about the shut down timeframe, I’m scared that if mine doesn’t start production by June, I may get pushed to a 2023 model year. No basis for my feeling but seems rational given the supply chain issues, they shut down production early. Hope it works out for both of us as that will add 2 months to our wait time.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by locknloada94

Hey guys - wondering if anyone can help me out here. My 2021 M5C was just totalled in NYC.... a dude ran a light and there went the car - thankfully everyone was totally fine, but the car is totalled so I need to get into a new M5C which is MISERABLE right now given the new lease rates & supply chain issues.

I just put an order in on an allocation that has a build week of the 26th (6/19-6/25), and my dealer who I've gotten 3 other cars from including the dead m5 said he fully expects the new car to be here by August 1st AND that he expects the car to have all the options we specc'd which was all driver aids etc except B&W. Based on what I've read here and on some other threads, I'm wondering if he's being really overly optimistic, of if there's a chance the time may come by this time.

He said we should get a VIN number by next week. What do you guys think? Think it will come in time and if not when do you think it will come? Im struggling because my insurance Chubb only covers a rental up to 1.5k total and I need a car for my job so I'm pretty screwed here and am praying to sweet baby jesus this car somehow will come on time.

Thanks guys!

Okay, this is my thread and I have regressed a few times status wise, so I'll bite.

aj_g80 is right about the sitting at port. Theoretically you should be sitting there for a few days, maybe a week (in normal times). However there are members here who have been at port as long as 3 or 4 months.

josec70 is a perfect example of a protracted timeline generally (and a very patient man).

And Moserkm is right on all of his points regarding timeline, but you never know what could happen. We're given very little insight as to how and when these cars progress. I was build week 21 and I got just pushed to Week 26, same as you, in the last few days (because I changed the freakin' emblems! What a stupid mistake.) When I was build week 21, CA said to expect the car mid July, now they're thinking beginning of September unless I get pushed back to week 21 or close to it. I have also been told I'll get everything I specced except for BW (don't even get me started).

A good dealer will do everything they can to make the process go quicker on the very few portions they can, but we're taking about gaining a day here or there because they are on top of the shipping company, for example. This is because there is little to none of this process the dealer has any control over. They can promise you a million times you'll get it quickly, but they're not very involved in the process for the most part. If BMW decides that it's going to sit at port for 3 months, nothing that your dealer can do will change that.

On a flawless, every single step moves as fast as possible hypothetical, no wrong/long moves, the stated timeline by your dealer is aggressive, but may have been possible (in 2018 perhaps LOL). I kid, but I highly doubt you're getting the perfect storm of everything going right to meet that timeline currently. With all this being said, I hope I am 100% wrong and you get your car ASAP. But going through the ordering process with many other members here, we can tell you that is extremely unlikely now. I'm assuming that you placed your order very recently, and you got an allocation with a build week for 6 weeks later. At lease you already way ahead then a lot people here were when they started.

Good luck, I hope it moves quickly for you!

[aj_g80]

i wouldn't steer anyone wrong... been there, been thru that...

[dweston]

Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

It seems like there is no rhyme or reason unfortunately. There are members here who had this happen fo them 6 or 7 times before their production actually began. This is the second time this has happened to me. The last time it was only for half a week or so though. Hopefully it will go forward again relatively quickly.

I'll be calling Genius as well and will report back.

I hope yours stays on track!

Where is yours at today? Mine has been moving pretty good the last couple of days. Today I checked and it's in the Paint Booth. Hoping to hear you have made more progress since the last time you posted.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by dweston

Where is yours at today? Mine has been moving pretty good the last couple of days. Today I checked and it's in the Paint Booth. Hoping to hear you have made more progress since the last time you posted.

Congratulations! That is such good news! I am so happy to hear that. Unfortunately, I am showing order received. I got pushed back to Week 26 because I switched from anniversary emblems to standard emblems what a stupid mistake! I did not think that it would cause a 5 week delay.

[dweston]

Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

Congratulations! That is such good news! I am so happy to hear that. Unfortunately, I am showing order received. I got pushed back to Week 26 because I switched from anniversary emblems to standard emblems what a stupid mistake! I did not think that it would cause a 5 week delay.

I'm so sorry to hear that but I'm glad you're getting exactly what you want in the vehicle. I was excited about mine moving along fast but then I found another post in here saying port time is delaying folks as well so now I'm like dang it's built quickly to wait at port

[MilwaukeeM5]

Originally Posted by dweston

Where is yours at today? Mine has been moving pretty good the last couple of days. Today I checked and it's in the Paint Booth. Hoping to hear you have made more progress since the last time you posted.

That’s interesting to see. I went production begins on 5/3 (looks like 2 business days after you) and haven’t moved since. ZB2603 have you moved at all? I know we’re basically tied together due to paint colors.

ResIpsa, did they at least tell you before the change of emblems that it’d move you back? I feel like that would’ve been good customer service to confirm the week change one last time before they moved the emblem change forward. I guess if you did that for everyone though it could get time consuming.

[dweston]

Originally Posted by MilwaukeeM5

That’s interesting to see. I went production begins on 5/3 (looks like 2 business days after you) and haven’t moved since. ZB2603 have you moved at all? I know we’re basically tied together due to paint colors.

ResIpsa, did they at least tell you before the change of emblems that it’d move you back? I feel like that would’ve been good customer service to confirm the week change one last time before they moved the emblem change forward. I guess if you did that for everyone though it could get time consuming.

It's crazy how these things vary so much from person to person. I took everyone else's advice and called the genius line as well for a more accurate status for my car. Maybe try that as well? Hoping you get some answers soon and things move quickly for you!

[zb2603]

Originally Posted by MilwaukeeM5

That’s interesting to see. I went production begins on 5/3 (looks like 2 business days after you) and haven’t moved since. ZB2603 have you moved at all? I know we’re basically tied together due to paint colors.

ResIpsa, did they at least tell you before the change of emblems that it’d move you back? I feel like that would’ve been good customer service to confirm the week change one last time before they moved the emblem change forward. I guess if you did that for everyone though it could get time consuming.

@MilwaukeeM5 I switched to Production Begins the day after yours went in so it was May 4th. It didn't move at all so I was actually thinking of messaging you to see if you had any updates. But I gave the Genius Line a call on Tuesday and they told me that the production completion still shows 5/18 and is on track.

I just checked before writing this post again and it still says Production Begins so I don't know what to make out of that..

[zb2603]

Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

Congratulations! That is such good news! I am so happy to hear that. Unfortunately, I am showing order received. I got pushed back to Week 26 because I switched from anniversary emblems to standard emblems what a stupid mistake! I did not think that it would cause a 5 week delay.

Dude, I'm so sorry to hear that. That's ridiculous. I thought 11 weeks for an individual color was absurd but this is tops that. I hope nothing else causes any other delays..🙌🏻

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by dweston

I'm so sorry to hear that but I'm glad you're getting exactly what you want in the vehicle. I was excited about mine moving along fast but then I found another post in here saying port time is delaying folks as well so now I'm like dang it's built quickly to wait at port

Thank you so much. To add insult to injury I was speculative about the 50th emblems to begin with, but went with them because it was a cool differentiation — I hate going with aftermarket badges. Then I felt after a while that they kind of looked a chintzy "upgrade," and they looked exactly like an aftermarket badge.

I was scared there could be a slight delay, but I requested the change nonetheless. I was initially going to allow the anniversary emblems to remain, then have the dealer swap them to standard emblems when they did PDI in fear of a delay. Then I thought the OE fit of the emblems were better than playing with it after the fact, made the change. Extremely foolish move that I instantly regretted.

Hopefully you won't be at port too long, but at least your car is (almost?) built! I hope things continue to move forward for you. Keep us posted!

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by MilwaukeeM5

That’s interesting to see. I went production begins on 5/3 (looks like 2 business days after you) and haven’t moved since. ZB2603 have you moved at all? I know we’re basically tied together due to paint colors.

ResIpsa, did they at least tell you before the change of emblems that it’d move you back? I feel like that would’ve been good customer service to confirm the week change one last time before they moved the emblem change forward. I guess if you did that for everyone though it could get time consuming.

They did NOT inform me. I would have never messed with it. As I've said a few times already — very stupid decision. Especially knowing how delayed things are as is. I was under the impression that up until status code 112, you could make changes up until hitting 150. I was about 12 days out from the start of my build week. I thought it was so minor that it wasn't likely to cause a delay. I'd previously watched a video of the (Regensburg?) production line and had seen the badges were one of the last steps before QC. I figured between that, and the nearly 2 weeks before the Monday of production week, I'd be fine.

Lesson learned. Or, I should say affirmed. Don't make last minute changes, however minor, leading up to production, and perhaps in this environment, not at all after you hit Order Received at BMW AG.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by zb2603

Dude, I'm so sorry to hear that. That's ridiculous. I thought 11 weeks for an individual color was absurd but this is tops that. I hope nothing else causes any other delays..🙌🏻

Thank you for the kind words! If it's 5 weeks for emblems, 11 weeks for paint isn't so bad. Just kidding. Of course 11 weeks in painful. But as dweston mentioned, you are getting EXACTLY what you want!

Are you in production yet?!

EDIT - sorry, just saw your post above! Congratulations! I am so happy for you!

[Moserkm]

Just hit 150! Hard to get excited for the little moves though when you are still anticipating 10 more weeks until delivery. What makes it worse is that I already sold my SRT. My Ram 3500 dually just doesn’t scratch the performance itch.

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by Moserkm

Just hit 150! Hard to get excited for the little moves though when you are still anticipating 10 more weeks until delivery. What makes it worse is that I already sold my SRT. My Ram 3500 dually just doesn't scratch the performance itch.

Congratulations! At least you know the production phase won't be delayed. I know that's not much, but in this climate, you're way ahead of the pack!

[Dual.V8]

Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

Congratulations! That is such good news! I am so happy to hear that. Unfortunately, I am showing order received. I got pushed back to Week 26 because I switched from anniversary emblems to standard emblems what a stupid mistake! I did not think that it would cause a 5 week delay.

Wow glad That I didn't switch for the 50th emblem anniversary!
Mine was due to start production on week 11 … a little bit of delay but now she's on the boat !
Order the car back in november with individual paint

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by Dual.V8

Wow glad That I didn't switch for the 50th emblem anniversary!
Mine was due to start production on week 11 … a little bit of delay but now she's on the boat !
Order the car back in november with individual paint

Congratulations! So happy for you!

[Dual.V8]

Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

Congratulations! So happy for you!

Thank you ! Hope you get yours soon and enjoy it for the summer

[MilwaukeeM5]

Originally Posted by ResIpsaLoquitur

They did NOT inform me. I would have never messed with it. As I've said a few times already — very stupid decision. Especially knowing how delayed things are as is. I was under the impression that up until status code 112, you could make changes up until hitting 150. I was about 12 days out from the start of my build week. I thought it was so minor that it wasn't likely to cause a delay. I'd previously watched a video of the (Regensburg?) production line and had seen the badges were one of the last steps before QC. I figured between that, and the nearly 2 weeks before the Monday of production week, I'd be fine.

Lesson learned. Or, I should say affirmed. Don't make last minute changes, however minor, leading up to production, and perhaps in this environment, not at all after you hit Order Received at BMW AG.

That’s crazy that it would even change the date of production. Sorry to hear that this happened to you but hopefully you find the wait to be worth it whenever you finally get your car!

zb2603 I’m in exterior body assembly begins this morning. So things are moving. Let’s hope completion is May 18th and we can get on a boat shortly after…

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by MilwaukeeM5

That's crazy that it would even change the date of production. Sorry to hear that this happened to you but hopefully you find the wait to be worth it whenever you finally get your car!

zb2603 I'm in exterior body assembly begins this morning. So things are moving. Let's hope completion is May 18th and we can get on a boat shortly after…

Thank you! I still can't believe it myself. Incredibly stupid thing to do. The wait is super frustrating but I'm lucky that at least my current DD is a pre-LCI F90. Don't get me wrong though — I'm still dying for the new one. These are absolutely fantastic automobiles, especially for DD purposes.

Happy to hear about your status update!

[dweston]

Mine is awaiting carrier assignment...it moved soooo fast! I know the shipping part is the hard part, but dang BMW really put this machine together fast!

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Originally Posted by dweston

Mine is awaiting carrier assignment...it moved soooo fast! I know the shipping part is the hard part, but dang BMW really put this machine together fast!

WOOHOO!!!

Congratulations! Keep us posted!