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      09-06-2018, 11:50 AM   #23
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Correct. ED cars are subject to delays at Customs because they are not automatically rubber stamped while still on the ship as regular vehicles are, because they have been in a customer's possession. They may actually be hand-inspected, including having parts removed if they deem necessary. They are also the last-priority vehicles processed at the VDC.

ED cars may also experiences scratches, nicks, dents, curbed wheels, etc., all of which are fixed at the VDC, which adds extra time. This is also true of non-ED cars that may have been damaged in transit, either from the factory to Bremerhaven, or while on the ship, or possibly even when driven off the ship and to the VDC, about a mile away.

All cars need to be scheduled onto a car carrier and that is outside the scope of the VDC, although there are usually lots of trucks available.

I've met and talked with the top-level manager at the VDC during tours of the VDC (twice, most recently last month) and I sincerely doubt that he will or can "rush cars out of the port". The only control he has over a car is when it is actually at the VDC and they have a thorough procedure to inspect all cars passing through, regular and ED.
sometimes the trust people have in these top level executives scare me.
But believing your CA can expedite customs check doesn't?
by the way I've never done ED so I can't elaborate on that. and let's take every possibilities into account; I might just be a complete dumbass and got lucky a few times.
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by the way I've never done ED so I can't elaborate on that. and let's take every possibilities into account; I might just be a complete dumbass and got lucky a few times.
More like the latter...

Just stop claiming that your CA has the ability to "rush cars out of the port", because he doesn't, regardless of how much "trust" you have in him.

I've done three Euro Deliveries and non-ED cars on the same boat got delivered to the dealer up to three weeks before mine did. Non-ED cars get rubber-stamped through Customs so there's no delay there. Customer ordered non-ED cars get first priority at the VDC. Dealer ordered cars get second priority at the VDC. ED cars get last priority. And I trusted him when the VDC manager told me this in a conversation that I had with him. I don't know why that "scares" you.
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@geneatals what'd you order this time man?? I remember you hooked me up w Polo on my last F80.

I sold my '16 a few months ago and miss it. I wanna order an individual 6MT. Can we still order ??? I'm gonna call polo tomorrow.
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@geneatals what'd you order this time man?? I remember you hooked me up w Polo on my last F80.

I sold my '16 a few months ago and miss it. I wanna order an individual 6MT. Can we still order ??? I'm gonna call polo tomorrow.
He hasn't been back since his original post two weeks ago...
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@geneatals what'd you order this time man?? I remember you hooked me up w Polo on my last F80.

I sold my '16 a few months ago and miss it. I wanna order an individual 6MT. Can we still order ??? I'm gonna call polo tomorrow.
RockinPA G30 530e this time. Work commute and life priorities changed some...got me a dad car..lol...

yes man...went thru polo..he's still the guy....hope you were able to contact him, let me know, if not I'll let him know to reach out. PM me
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Updating this thread...via BMW Genius, car left port on 9/17 on the Asian Parade. Scheduled to be in Port Hueneme on 10/12.

Hopefully I can catch the vessel going through the Panama canal like all my previous orders
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Updating this thread...via BMW Genius, car left port on 9/17 on the Asian Parade. Scheduled to be in Port Hueneme on 10/12.

Hopefully I can catch the vessel going through the Panama canal like all my previous orders
So it arrived the port of departure on 8/28 and left on 9/17? Almost 3 weeks wow! I thought they don't let the cars sit at the port more than a week.
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production finished supposed yesterday 8/27...
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Updating this thread...via BMW Genius, car left port on 9/17 on the Asian Parade.
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So it arrived the port of departure on 8/28 and left on 9/17? Almost 3 weeks wow! I thought they don't let the cars sit at the port more than a week.
OP said that his car finished production on 8/27 (in Regensburg) and left port on 9/17. His 5 Series took 20 days to be transported to Bremerhaven, wait for Asian Parade to arrive, be loaded onto the Asian Parade, and depart. So it didn't sit at the port for 20 days.
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