Holiday Time Production a Problem?

KanosWRX · 01-03-2008, 10:57 PM

Their open right now? Ill try calling now too.

KanosWRX · 01-03-2008, 11:03 PM

I just called, the automated system said its scheduled for production with no date scheduled for production... ok... Hopefully I get a production date soon. I figure if it can get scheduled for production in the next week or two I might get it by the end of February.

CALIF65GM · 01-03-2008, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KanosWRX

I just called, the automated system said its scheduled for production with no date scheduled for production... ok...

Typically when it says scheduled with no prod date yet. It'll go into production very quickly. You should check back in a couple of days and it may say "in body shop".

Explorer3253 · 01-04-2008, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by KanosWRX

I just called, the automated system said its scheduled for production with no date scheduled for production... ok... Hopefully I get a production date soon. I figure if it can get scheduled for production in the next week or two I might get it by the end of February.

Speak to a Customer Service rep. Mine said the same thing yours said and when the guy looked it up, he was able to be more specific for me.

KanosWRX · 01-04-2008, 09:18 AM

So I just called them, they still don't have an exact date when its supposed to go into production. She said "its estimated for the 4th week in January"

I can't believe it would take a month and a half to go from on order to production that's just insane. If that's true its going to take 3 months to get my car. I really hope their "estimate" is wrong and it goes into production sooner then that.

Uberdude328i · 01-04-2008, 09:43 AM

SOOOoooo, I wrote my somewhat local BMW dealer a check on 12/29/2007. I have been sceduled for a PCD date of 2/21/2008. Just under two months and I'll be zipping home with my montego blue masterpiece. Don't know how this will really help anyone, but for me its just under two months.

KanosWRX · 01-04-2008, 09:59 AM

Sorry a PCD date? Is that the delivery date? I really hope that's true for you and that they didn't forget about my car in the process so I get mine a little before that since I ordered on the 21st. No offense as I am sure you will agree but I would be pretty upset if someone who ordered a week after me got theirs before me.

TJW · 01-04-2008, 04:27 PM

Could someone explain what the following dates mean?

I rec'd a printout from my CA today of Vehicle Inquiry: Status.

Status and description reads...112 - Scheduled for daily production pack. Date 12/17 (that's a couple days after I placed the order)

In the right hand column that lists production dates, it reads:

Conf. Prod.: 2008/01/03 (Yr/Mo/Wk)

So is my car not going into production until then? A month after I ordered it? And then what...another month after it enters production until I receive it in Boston?

Thanks!

-TJW

FolsomMike · 01-04-2008, 04:35 PM

A lost of these posts sound like allotment issues. Be sure to get a straight answer from your dealer about which allotment date your car has. My car was scheduled for production less than a week after I placed the order because my salesman (the manager) was able to get it on their next allotment.

liliej · 01-04-2008, 04:46 PM

+1. Allotment is key. FYI... it's at LEAST a month after entering production that you'll see your car in Boston. Six weeks is more like it (depending on how quickly your car gets on a ship and makes it through VPC).

Uberdude328i · 01-04-2008, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by KanosWRX

Sorry a PCD date? Is that the delivery date? I really hope that's true for you and that they didn't forget about my car in the process so I get mine a little before that since I ordered on the 21st. No offense as I am sure you will agree but I would be pretty upset if someone who ordered a week after me got theirs before me.

PCD is Performance Center Delivery at the Spartanburg plant. Basically they ship it there (where they build X5s and Z4s for the world) and I have a similar (I said similar, not same) experience as Euro Delivery. They take me for a hot lap around their track in an M5 and sit down with me for two hours and go over every inch of my car. Then I get to drive it all the way home.

I might have forgot to say its Feb. 21st. I didn't get many options. I'm all for first come first serve, but I don't make the rules. I highly doubt your car was forgotten about. Ze Germans are quite meticulous. I more than likely happened to have an order very similar to something that was already in the system, and my name got stuck to it.

As for PCD, many have said that its better than Euro, and they did both. I'm really excited and hope that no one else suffers for my penny pinching.

KanosWRX · 01-04-2008, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Uberdude328i

PCD is Performance Center Delivery at the Spartanburg plant. Basically they ship it there (where they build X5s and Z4s for the world) and I have a similar (I said similar, not same) experience as Euro Delivery. They take me for a hot lap around their track in an M5 and sit down with me for two hours and go over every inch of my car. Then I get to drive it all the way home.

I might have forgot to say its Feb. 21st. I didn't get many options. I'm all for first come first serve, but I don't make the rules. I highly doubt your car was forgotten about. Ze Germans are quite meticulous. I more than likely happened to have an order very similar to something that was already in the system, and my name got stuck to it.

As for PCD, many have said that its better than Euro, and they did both. I'm really excited and hope that no one else suffers for my penny pinching.

Sounds like a fun way to get the car. well not use complaining I guess it will get here when it gets here. just hope its not to long

Uberdude328i · 01-08-2008, 06:04 PM

I just got off the phone with BMWUSA. My car started production TODAY!!! Will be done later this week and on its way. Hopefully in Spartanburg before 2/21! Anyway, the guy said that their holiday is more like four weeks instead of two and that should be the reason sooo many orders seemed to be delayed so long.

01-03-2008, 10:57 PM	#23
KanosWRX Lieutenant 10 Rep 412 Posts Drives: E92 AW 335i / 1994 Miata R Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA iTrader: (0)	Their open right now? Ill try calling now too. __________________ "The most important mod is the one behind the steering wheel" - Koyokid RIP
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01-03-2008, 11:03 PM	#24
KanosWRX Lieutenant 10 Rep 412 Posts Drives: E92 AW 335i / 1994 Miata R Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA iTrader: (0)	I just called, the automated system said its scheduled for production with no date scheduled for production... ok... Hopefully I get a production date soon. I figure if it can get scheduled for production in the next week or two I might get it by the end of February. __________________ "The most important mod is the one behind the steering wheel" - Koyokid RIP
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01-04-2008, 09:18 AM	#27
KanosWRX Lieutenant 10 Rep 412 Posts Drives: E92 AW 335i / 1994 Miata R Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA iTrader: (0)	So I just called them, they still don't have an exact date when its supposed to go into production. She said "its estimated for the 4th week in January" I can't believe it would take a month and a half to go from on order to production that's just insane. If that's true its going to take 3 months to get my car. I really hope their "estimate" is wrong and it goes into production sooner then that. __________________ "The most important mod is the one behind the steering wheel" - Koyokid RIP
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01-04-2008, 09:43 AM	#28
Uberdude328i Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 263 Posts Drives: 97 328i, 08 335i Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	SOOOoooo, I wrote my somewhat local BMW dealer a check on 12/29/2007. I have been sceduled for a PCD date of 2/21/2008. Just under two months and I'll be zipping home with my montego blue masterpiece. Don't know how this will really help anyone, but for me its just under two months.
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01-04-2008, 09:59 AM	#29
KanosWRX Lieutenant 10 Rep 412 Posts Drives: E92 AW 335i / 1994 Miata R Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Fairfax, VA iTrader: (0)	Sorry a PCD date? Is that the delivery date? I really hope that's true for you and that they didn't forget about my car in the process so I get mine a little before that since I ordered on the 21st. No offense as I am sure you will agree but I would be pretty upset if someone who ordered a week after me got theirs before me. __________________ "The most important mod is the one behind the steering wheel" - Koyokid RIP
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01-04-2008, 04:27 PM	#30
TJW Private 2 Rep 69 Posts Drives: 2008 328xi Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Metrowest Boston iTrader: (0)	Could someone explain what the following dates mean? I rec'd a printout from my CA today of Vehicle Inquiry: Status. Status and description reads...112 - Scheduled for daily production pack. Date 12/17 (that's a couple days after I placed the order) In the right hand column that lists production dates, it reads: Conf. Prod.: 2008/01/03 (Yr/Mo/Wk) So is my car not going into production until then? A month after I ordered it? And then what...another month after it enters production until I receive it in Boston? Thanks! -TJW
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01-04-2008, 04:35 PM	#31
FolsomMike Lieutenant 23 Rep 502 Posts Drives: crimson red 335 cabrio Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Folsom, California iTrader: (0)	A lost of these posts sound like allotment issues. Be sure to get a straight answer from your dealer about which allotment date your car has. My car was scheduled for production less than a week after I placed the order because my salesman (the manager) was able to get it on their next allotment.
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01-04-2008, 04:46 PM	#32
liliej Private First Class 5 Rep 120 Posts Drives: 2008 335xi/Graphite/Lemon Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sandy, Utah iTrader: (0)	+1. Allotment is key. FYI... it's at LEAST a month after entering production that you'll see your car in Boston. Six weeks is more like it (depending on how quickly your car gets on a ship and makes it through VPC). __________________ 335xi/SGM/Lemon/Walnut/ZCW/ZPP/ZSP/Step
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01-08-2008, 06:04 PM	#35
Uberdude328i Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 263 Posts Drives: 97 328i, 08 335i Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ATL iTrader: (0)	I just got off the phone with BMWUSA. My car started production TODAY!!! Will be done later this week and on its way. Hopefully in Spartanburg before 2/21! Anyway, the guy said that their holiday is more like four weeks instead of two and that should be the reason sooo many orders seemed to be delayed so long.
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