[aiursblade]

Originally Posted by KatRL1

Well just found out that I have not actually been at the port waiting for a vessel but waiting for transport to the port!!! Ahh! That means I've just been sitting at the factory for over a month??

Yep, mine did this for like 3 weeks. They have to pay for port storage so they don’t move them to the port till they know when a boat will be ready for it shortly after. Genius will be able to tell you when it’s actually in transit to the port.

[nkborsick]

whens this damn boat gonna be at the NY port!?

[Slick1984]

Originally Posted by nkborsick

whens this damn boat gonna be at the NY port!?

I’ve been at the port 4 days now… so there’s that as well lol 😂
this car has turned me into a psycho

[nkborsick]

Originally Posted by Slick1984

I’ve been at the port 4 days now… so there’s that as well lol 😂
this car has turned me into a psycho

at the NY port??

[Slick1984]

Originally Posted by nkborsick

at the NY port??

No i got dropped off at brunswick

[KatRL1]

Originally Posted by Slick1984

No i got dropped off at brunswick

My SA sent me a screen shot a few weeks back of my status and had a stop sale listed on it. I asked if that was what was holding it up in the Final Assembly status and he advised that no, the recall issue would be addressed when it arrived at the USA port. Not sure if that's true or not but maybe that's the reason it has been at the port for an extended time?

[EF42]

I was talking to my sales rep today. The Grand Ruby should be in NYC on 7/19. He said car should be in my hands before the end of the month.

[Houdre]

My allocation was delayed yet again... This time to September since all production quotas are for the xDrive variant.

Been waiting for an allocation since February, and getting the car to EU from Mexico, well all can I say, I doubt I'll see it this year...

[netgear]

Originally Posted by Houdre

My allocation was delayed yet again... This time to September since all production quotas are for the xDrive variant.

Been waiting for an allocation since February, and getting the car to EU from Mexico, well all can I say, I doubt I'll see it this year...

I am sorry to hear these bad news. Since you're from EU, how did you find out your allocation was delayed?

[Houdre]

Originally Posted by netgear

I am sorry to hear these bad news. Since you're from EU, how did you find out your allocation was delayed?

I contacted the salesperson where I ordered the car. Last month they said they might get RWD allocation in July, but it seems it was for xDrive and the next will, hopefully, be in September. Nothing definite.

[hpaco]

Finally picked it up! It was ready for pick up in June 16 but by then I was on my way to a previously planned trip to Europe. Arrived Wednesday night and picked it up Thursday first thing on the morning.

Had a 100 miles trip home, being on the break in period never toke it over 3000rpm, now I see the limit is 4500rpm Anyhow got it to 120mph effortlessly I can imagine how fast it will be taking it to redline.

Loving the Msport seats, it’s indeed (as some have reported) more insulated, it is more than my F30 330i Msport, not having adaptive dampers made it have a much harsher ride. Which is kinda confusing as this supposed to be a sportier car, even in sport mode it’s still softer. Have a F56 Cooper S that has a harder ride than the F30 I thought sport mode would lean it that way. HK is great, have read some complaints but I realized that using android auto o CarPlay kinda mutes the sound, using the onboard Spotify app gives a much louder and better quality sound.

Overall I’m very happy with it.

Originally Posted by hpaco

An update on this.

I'm still waiting for my car to arrive to the dealership, it is four hours from the plant and was produced on may 4 so it would have been devilered by may 15-20. I´m being told every day "maybe tomorrow".

I was told off the record from a guy on the plant that they´re having problems with nodriza (truck transport) drivers as they wanted being paid higher but BMW didn´t wanted too. Well isn´t as simple as that.

It turns out it´s a supply chain issue... car plants were working at a low capacity due to lack of components, now that components are arriving and/or part components factories are moving to Mexico, there are more parts and more cars are being produced. So "suddenly" more cars begun coming out of factories, they were driveng to ports by nodrizas or trains but there are not enough ships.

So nodrizas are stuck on port waiting for ships so cars can be unloaded. Tha´s why the "on port" status take weeks to change, because the car is loaded on a nodriza waiting for a spot on a ship.

Now it gets tricky, as there are not enough nodrizas they are setting their own price (no previously negotiated prices) and it seems BMW isn´t playing ball.

So they have much fewer nodrizas due to nodrizas waiting on port and nodrizas not coming back to plant as they´re being paid higher elsewere.

In Mexico they´re sending cars sometimes by nodriza sometimes by flatbed trucks, but a nodriza holds 16 cars and there are just so many flatbeds as they´re not intended for this purpose (I guess people who crash are having problems to find flatbeds). But for export they have to wait for nodrizas to unload and once they unload not always are coming back to plant.

So for overseas shipping of cars four things have to happen:

1. That there is a ship with space for the car on the long back log they have.
2. That a nodriza is next on the line and gets unloaded.
3. That such nodriza actually returns to plant and is not out bidded by another plant.
4. That there is a nodriza on plant to take a car to port, and repeat.

I got the info from different sources over a few days they also said parking lots are getting fuller by the day. Yesterday I confirmed as saw cars being delivered by flatbed to a dealership.

[eljuanitor]

Originally Posted by KatRL1

Well just found out that I have not actually been at the port waiting for a vessel but waiting for transport to the port!!! Ahh! That means I've just been sitting at the factory for over a month??

I was expecting to take delivery of mine next week, until they decided to update the expected delivery week to WEEK 36 just days before the supposed delivery date?? Final assembly was on 5/22 and on 7/13 it was ready for transport to port of departure?? Absolutely fuming right now. That's my plans of taking it on a trip to Italy in a couple of weeks out of the window...

[JoeyJoeJo]

Originally Posted by eljuanitor

I was expecting to take delivery of mine next week, until they decided to update the expected delivery week to WEEK 36 just days before the supposed delivery date?? Final assembly was on 5/22 and on 7/13 it was ready for transport to port of departure?? Absolutely fuming right now. That's my plans of taking it on a trip to Italy in a couple of weeks out of the window...

Mine (UK) has estimate of next week (29) but has been at 160 since 28/05 and reading this, we must have been quite close in production, expecting the bad news this week....

[stvward]

My car was due at dealership in week 29 also and I have been told to expect about a 6 week delay due to shipping delays from the factory.

[nkhvastunov]

Man, Grand Ruby stuck in Baltimore for so long! Guess it won't make to NY by July 20th

[tabarnzo@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by nkhvastunov

Man, Grand Ruby stuck in Baltimore for so long! Guess it won't make to NY by June 20th

Yeah, my POA is Baltimore and status has changed back to 'At the Port' from 'In Transit',..... SA told me it's at the VPC / next step on a truck to my DLR (Pittsburgh).

I think there are many makes on that ship so it's moved around to multiple docks in Baltimore unloading a little here and there.

The only guarantee is that they are not 'early' on their estimates

[German1967]

I hope the shipping delays clear up soon… Mine is a 2024 to be produced first week of August… was told to expect delivery still in September… looks more like October considering the delays quoted here.

[zipstic]

Originally Posted by tabarnzo@gmail.com

Yeah, my POA is Baltimore and status has changed back to 'At the Port' from 'In Transit',..... SA told me it's at the VPC / next step on a truck to my DLR (Pittsburgh).

I think there are many makes on that ship so it's moved around to multiple docks in Baltimore unloading a little here and there.

The only guarantee is that they are not 'early' on their estimates

Did your SA give you any indication on when you'll be able to get your car?

[J-RO]

5/25/23: Walked in to dealership and asked if they had an allocation for
M240ix. I was advised that they had none. To my surprise
noone was on a list so I became nunber one.

6/29/23: Advised that dealership had obtained an allocation.

6/30/23: Order submitted.

7/14/23: Production begins. Options:

Aluminum Rhombicle Anthracite
Harman Kardon surround sound
Lumbar support
Remote Engine Start
Wireless Device Charging

[tabarnzo@gmail.com]

Originally Posted by zipstic

Did your SA give you any indication on when you'll be able to get your car?

Would not commit to this week but was 'hoping'. I'm moving my expectations to early next week for pick up.

[silvaquas]

Status just changed to "Ready for Transport".

Do you need to call Genius to determine which vessel you're on then look up the schedule from there to determine ETA?

[zipstic]

Originally Posted by silvaquas

Status just changed to "Ready for Transport".

Do you need to call Genius to determine which vessel you're on then look up the schedule from there to determine ETA?

Yes, but they probably won't tell you which vessel your car is on until it's physically on it.