[AHall]

Your sales person should have given you a build date. It took 1.5 months for my order to get to scheduled for production status.

[TrevorM3]

about 3 months for speical order. who did you order this car thru?

[Crumbs]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

Can anyone give me an ETA on what to expect as far as when it will be ready for delivery? I'm guessing 10-12 weeks?


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I ordered my fashion grey on 10/2/20 expecting it mid Feb so the full 4 months.

[josec70]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

Thank you brother! Technically, I haven't seen it yet myself lol

But I just got settled from work and logged into this. I'll be refreshing this every 30 min for the few months.

Can anyone give me an ETA on what to expect as far as when it will be ready for delivery? I'm guessing 10-12 weeks?


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Mine took 10 weeks but this was in 2018 so not sure how COVID has impacted timelines.

[FSHNGRY]

Originally Posted by Crumbs

I ordered my fashion grey on 10/2/20 expecting it mid Feb so the full 4 months.

...4 Months...

[FSHNGRY]

Originally Posted by TrevorM3

about 3 months for speical order. who did you order this car thru?

Steve Pelkey. GM of Lauderdale BMW. We've been friends for 20 years and sold me my 330i ZHP in 2006

[TrecNY]

Congrats on the build. Really like the color.

For the timing of the build, it will take 3-4 months, most likely closer to 4. For reference, dealer submitted my Nardo Grey build on Aug 31 and it arrived at the dealer on December 11th. The wait for the car to go into production was the worst part, but once the car went into production, it took about 5 weeks to be delivered from there. I will add I lucked out because the port was next to my dealer, so you may need to add a week or so in for the carrier to deliver the car to your dealer. The wait is brutal, but well worth it in the end

Good luck and can't wait to see some pics

[Ampera]

Individual order.

The general lead time for BMW Individual Manufaktur products is at least 6 weeks. Special paint should be planned with approx. 8-10 weeks. For special upholstery you have to calculate with significantly longer lead times (min. 14 weeks). This lead time is necessary to develop the construction deviations for the plants and suppliers, to provide the process partner with the required material and to produce the upholstery according to the customer´s request. Exception with special equipment 944: The production of the contents takes place in the BMW Individual Manufaktur after the F2-date in the factory. The delivery week indicated in the system is extended by approx. 3-4 weeks. Please consider this in the customer consultation.

My Individual from order to delivery
Order 10. feb.
Prod. Date 15. juli.
4 week in M-
Delivery 19. september.

[Crumbs]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

...4 Months...

Yep. Been stuck at port apparently for 4/5 days now as well. Think that fuel vent recall really slowed down things for me at the end of 2020 as by the time its all said and done my build from order to collection will be over 4 months. No worries, i ordered well ahead of my current lease end just in case and seems like i made the right move.

[bemami]

Can someone tell me why fashion grey is not on the bmw website for the bmw m5?

https://www.bmwusa.com/build-your-own.html

[Crumbs]

Originally Posted by bemami

Can someone tell me why fashion grey is not on the bmw website for the bmw m5?

https://www.bmwusa.com/build-your-own.html

Because it is an individual special order color.

[FSHNGRY]

Originally Posted by AHall

Your sales person should have given you a build date. It took 1.5 months for my order to get to scheduled for production status.

Update: I reached out to my Sales Associate yesterday to ask when to expect to see "production scheduled" on the BMW website.

I was told that my M5 will not be going into production until second week of March, which is around that 1 - 1.5 month AFTER placing the order. Oh boy- this wait will be BRUTAL.

What was your experience after the car went into production?

[AHall]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

Update: I reached out to my Sales Associate yesterday to ask when to expect to see "production scheduled" on the BMW website.

I was told that my M5 will not be going into production until second week of March, which is around that 1 - 1.5 month AFTER placing the order. Oh boy- this wait will be BRUTAL.

What was your experience after the car went into production?

Nothing special, I just check the site a couple of times a day to see if the status has changed. I took a screen shot of each status change just for my records. This is the first car I have ordered!!!

After car moved to Production Begins, it was there for 7 days. Then completed the production steps between January 20-25. This included a weekend. The car left the factory on the 27th and arrived at the port on the 28th where it is now. I checked the port where the car is supposed to arrive, Galveston, Texas. This port is run or maybe owned by Wallenius and Wilhelmsen. So I assume this is the shipping company to be used to transport my vehicle. I then checked the ship schedules on their website and could see they had a ship which left on January 28th and the next one leaves on February 11th. So I guess the car will just sit at the port until then. The shipper's site gives an arrival date on March 6th. So maybe I will get the car on March 13th.

[Luminor513]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

Steve Pelkey. GM of Lauderdale BMW. We've been friends for 20 years and sold me my 330i ZHP in 2006

I'm right up the road in Delray Beach. Congrats on the new ride. Please share pics of the beast when it arrives.

[Crumbs]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

Update: I reached out to my Sales Associate yesterday to ask when to expect to see "production scheduled" on the BMW website.

I was told that my M5 will not be going into production until second week of March, which is around that 1 - 1.5 month AFTER placing the order. Oh boy- this wait will be BRUTAL.

What was your experience after the car went into production?

Order placed beg of Oct, Car didnt go into production til Dec believe production fininshed either 12/18 or 12/20 i forget and as of today its on a ship over the atlantic. This weeks marks 4 months since order was placed.

[AHall]

Wow that is a long time. My car got to the port in Germany the day the ship left so it is waiting on the next ship. It is two weeks between ships leaving for Galveston, Texas via 6 other ports on the way.

[Crumbs]

My fashion grey finally arrived ~4.5Month wait all in.

[AHall]

Fashion Grey looks great Crumbs. I am sure it will be worth the wait.

[NJBMWSpecial]

Congrats Crumbs and BRCHP. Fashion grey is spectacular. Here is mine at dealer on Sunday. Expect to take delivery mid week.

[FSHNGRY]

Originally Posted by NJBMWSpecial

Congrats Crumbs and BRCHP. Fashion grey is spectacular. Here is mine at dealer on Sunday. Expect to take delivery mid week.

Wow. This is Fashion Grey in the sun? At quick glance I thought this was Alpine white

[AHall]

Originally Posted by BRCHP

Wow. This is Fashion Grey in the sun? At quick glance I thought this was Alpine white

I think NJBMW was referring to Crumbs car which is Fashion Grey.