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      05-09-2018, 03:21 PM   #1
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"The wheels are in motion"

Received my first order update email from my BMW dealer today.

"The wheels are in motion" - it said

"Your BMW has reached production"

Status: "BUILD"

My car has a chassis number allocated.


Getting mildly excited about the whole process.


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Nice one. Just going through the buying experience myself.
For your expectations, got the same email on 17/4. Email on 1/5 said "left the factory on its way". Spoke to dealer and due at dealer on Tue 15th May. Maybe pick up next weekend. Can't wait.
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Nice one. Just going through the buying experience myself.
For your expectations, got the same email on 17/4. Email on 1/5 said "left the factory on its way". Spoke to dealer and due at dealer on Tue 15th May. Maybe pick up next weekend. Can't wait.

Thanks for that. Remember photos of pickup.

Mine is reported as "week 23 delivery". Has been since order was placed. That timing is consistent with your timeline as well.

Already booked in for a new car detail and possibly front end PPF on 18 Jun...

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Be interested to see the next emails. I didn't automatically receive the next 4 steps via email but I did track it through the BMW Genius.
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Be interested to see the next emails. I didn't automatically receive the next 4 steps via email but I did track it through the BMW Genius.
What's BMW genius????


If seen USA members mention this, so I assumed it was a BMW North America thing...

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What's BMW genius????


If seen USA members mention this, so I assumed it was a BMW North America thing...

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Go BMW.co.uk, click on new vehicles and start to build a car. Then click on live chat, that is the BMW Genius, it's another way to track your build.
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Thank you young YMB...

Must give that a try.
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Thanks for that. Remember photos of pickup.

Mine is reported as "week 23 delivery". Has been since order was placed. That timing is consistent with your timeline as well.

Already booked in for a new car detail and possibly front end PPF on 18 Jun...

Yours Aye

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Car has arrived at dealer today and I have a video of it in plastic and wrap
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Be interested to see the next emails. I didn't automatically receive the next 4 steps via email but I did track it through the BMW Genius.
I got an email from dealer today saying that my car had gone into the paint process.

No automatic email from BMW direct, so I may also miss out in the next 4 steps in that timeline?

Which would be a shame.

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Car has arrived at dealer today and I have a video of it in plastic and wrap
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I got an email from dealer today saying that my car had gone into the paint process.

No automatic email from BMW direct, so I may also miss out in the next 4 steps in that timeline?

Which would be a shame.

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Funnily enough, once I collected my car ALL of the emails in the process came through at once. Car in Paint, Car out for Delivery, Car Delivered, etc.
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Funnily enough, once I collected my car ALL of the emails in the process came through at once. Car in Paint, Car out for Delivery, Car Delivered, etc.
Well at least you then knew they had painted your car

Mine is due to go into production next week for delivery w/c 11th June
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Well at least you then knew they had painted your car

Mine is due to go into production next week for delivery w/c 11th June
Delivery only one week after mine, despite starting production two weeks later...


...Sounds fast

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Well at least you then knew they had painted your car

Mine is due to go into production next week for delivery w/c 11th June
not sure why I didn't get them in the first place, but not fussed.
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Update:

Last Tue I received a local email from dealer informing me that the car had gone into paint process.

Then, on Friday, another email to say that production was complete.

Later that day I then received the next 2 BMW emails: Paint, quickly followed by Production Complete. I'll share the pictures later.

For such a complex vehicle, it is surprising how quickly the build process takes from start to finish.

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Things Are Looking Bright

In paint Tue 15 May 18:

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Production Complete 18 May 18:

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It's on the way :)

And most up to date status that just hit my inbox - today 23 May 18:

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Delivery only one week after mine, despite starting production two weeks later...


...Sounds fast

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Mine went production complete today - catching you up! Time to get my MPE sorted so it is on the car when I collect...
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Mine went production complete today - catching you up! Time to get my MPE sorted so it is on the car when I collect...
Yes you'll probably receive yours before I do mine, LOL... yours appears to be the faster car.


What's MPE???
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