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01-17-2008, 05:16 PM | #1 |
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Just placed my order
I just got back from the dealership in north Houston, Texas. They required a $2500 deposit, which I wasn't quite happy with (interest free loan ) but I wanted the car so oh well.
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The Requested Production for this car is 2008/03/10, which I found out does not mean March 10th. It means the 10th week of the year 2008, which is anytime between March 2nd to 8th. He estimates if everything goes right then I'd get it middle of April since he says 1 week for building, 2 weeks for shipping, and then another week or so for customs and testing in South Carolina. Even though pricing is out already my Order sheet has MSRP as Blocked. I guess the system has not been updated yet. He wasn't sure if there would be Gas Guzzler Tax but he said an estimate of $2k wouldn't be far off. And he knew about the 300+ cars in New Jersey that got damaged but he has not had a bulletin yet, as to whether that would have a domino effect on production. Hope that is useful information to some people. I'm super excited about the car and the next 3-4 months will be going by real slowly, what with me refreshing this website 10 times a day. Last edited by Yonkers; 01-17-2008 at 05:34 PM.. |
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Congrats!
It sounds like your dealer has the M-DKG option showing up in their system. As of yesterday, my dealer didnt have it in the system yet and could not build it out. M |
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01-17-2008, 05:33 PM | #3 |
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Now that I think about it, pricing was announced before the M-DCT. It's odd the system would have that but not pricing.
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01-17-2008, 05:41 PM | #5 |
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Wow, that's great news for you.
So you were able to just walk into a dealer, put down a deposit, and order a car for March production?????? No waiting list? |
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01-17-2008, 05:44 PM | #6 |
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Perhaps this is not the best place for a thread, but here's mine (go ahead and flame me - I KNOW some of the choices are unpopular here!):
0837 - M3 Coupe A73 - Jerez Black GEAT - Anthracite & Black Cloth Leather (aka "Speed Cloth") (unpopular, I know...) ZTP -Technology Package 403 - Moonroof (it's cool - I have Nomex on - flame away!) 494 - Heated Front Seats 4MY - Carbon Leather Trim 639 - BMW Assist (and Bluetooth) 6FL - iPod & USB Adapter 752 - Enhanced Premium Sound This is the 6MT, not 2MK. I've got a week 6 build slot. Everything is listed as "blocked" Supposedly this will change "next week" according to my dealer, including the gas guzzler tax. I will also be getting the alarm, but since this is dealer installed it does not show up on the order.
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I can scan my paperwork later tonight. I saw him enter the order in the system. I think it's called DCS? Or Online DCS or something? |
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Obviously I agree... but there was more to my final decision. I wasn't crazy about the interior options so I picked black/speed cloth. I figured the moonroof will help brighten the interior, specially if I tint the windows. I'll leave the really dark side to Darth Vader
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01-18-2008, 01:49 AM | #13 |
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Thanks for posting. I'm going to show this to my dealer and ask if he can do the same. For some reason, my dealer refuses to enter an order until they actually get a production number. He insists that unless there's a production number assigned, you can't spec it out. But those printouts prove otherwise since I don't see a production number yet. Is there anything special your dealer had to do on the ordering system?
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It may not be as big a deal for you since your car will be here so soon, but I am looking at a sedan with DCT, so I may be waiting 6 months or more it looks like. I'd rather not put down more money than I have to. Thanks and congrats on getting your order in. |
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01-18-2008, 09:20 AM | #17 | |
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I actually got up and walked out because it bothered me that I was giving them an interest free loan. It wasn't a matter of the money it was the principle. But the sales guy got me to sit back down with the manager and the manager explained to me his side of things. And because I wanted the car pretty badly I relented. When you talked to them and they said $1000 for being on the list, did that mean they would actually put you in their order system? Because mine is actually ordered and I'm not just on a list that they will call me later when somethings available. |
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01-18-2008, 11:01 AM | #18 |
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Very nice setup Yonkers!
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01-19-2008, 12:59 PM | #19 |
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oh well if you calculate a 4.5% yearly interest on $2,500 for 3 months that is only 28 dollars !!! hell I have lost > $20,000 in the past years in investments and I am not wealthy. Now that is real loss not 9 gallons worth of gas. That would be about 129 miles. You can just assume you bought it in the next city and picked it up. How's that for making you feel better. Not that anyone will for me.
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01-19-2008, 01:30 PM | #20 |
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Last summer BMW West was talking of a 5,000 premium over MSRP....did you hear anything about having to pay OVER MSRP? Did they guarantee you MSRP?
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01-19-2008, 02:28 PM | #22 |
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Great thread, I got the same paperwork in a pdf file containing my options specs, and status 047.
Anyone know how long it takes to go from 047 to 111?
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