[RckyMtnBMW]

I flipped from "In the Paint Booth" to "Dispatched from Factory" overnight. My scheduled completion date was today.

[Bch53211]

Originally Posted by M_Adaptive

Mine is in the paint booth as well with a 10/7 completion date

Same for me , in paint booth and should be completed 10/7. Now hopefully no stop sales and we get on a ship soon.

[jkovac1]

Hey All! My status is now Dispatched from Factory!!! Hope to see all your cars soon.

[bmwdrive]

Originally Posted by KnightedBMW

Awesome. I'd temper expectations for getting on a ship leaving this Friday. You'll likely be at the port around 2 weeks. Hope you get through quick!

I'm dispatched from factory also. They're fast on the production side. I'm sure the next steps will not be so fast.

[merlin3008]

I advanced to paint booth this morning and then entering assembly line just now. Two status movements in six hours. My body can't handle the dopamine rush!

[M_Adaptive]

Originally Posted by merlin3008

I advanced to paint booth this morning and then entering assembly line just now. Two status movements in six hours. My body can't handle the dopamine rush!

I’ll take a dose of that!

[Sbm007]

I'm jealous guys! Still 150 but waiting patiently, hope to advance tomorrow or Thursday.

Don't think I will make the "planned completion date" of 10/8.. but who knows!

[krd]

In the paint booth as of last night, estimated completion oct 6

[RgEstate]

Originally Posted by merlin3008

Me too, man. I just flipped to in the paint booth and I'm showing a completion tomorrow. What color is yours?

dravit grey

[theone210]

My car is in final build and I will pick up next week. BSM coming to autobahn near you. I will post pics when I pic up and then it’s off to PPF the front and ceramic coat. Also mounting winter tires as it os a requirement here in Germany.

Prices are skyrocketing on these cars. Petrol cars last of a dying breed
Blessing to everyone that is getting there car produced for week 40.

[merlin3008]

Originally Posted by M_Adaptive

I’ll take a dose of that!

OMG Assembly in progress. That's three separate status bumps in 8 hours. My fragile mind can't take it.

[BIGW0RM]

Originally Posted by merlin3008

OMG Assembly in progress. That's three separate status bumps in 8 hours. My fragile mind can't take it.

That's freaking sweet!

[BGM-M3COMP]

Originally Posted by KnightedBMW

Awesome. I'd temper expectations for getting on a ship leaving this Friday. You'll likely be at the port around 2 weeks. Hope you get through quick!

Wait, wouldn't at the port be literal?

Like I'm "at the port" right now, meaning on the way to the states. Right?

Or do you mean the port at the states in 2 weeks?

If so, then that's great! My salesman has a crystal ball then because he predicted i'd get my car in october since the time i was nagging him about why i didn't have a production number back in early august lol

[Patton250]

Originally Posted by BGM-M3COMP

Wait, wouldn't at the port be literal?

Like I'm "at the port" right now, meaning on the way to the states. Right?

Or do you mean the port at the states in 2 weeks?

If so, then that's great! My salesman has a crystal ball then because he predicted i'd get my car in october since the time i was nagging him about why i didn't have a production number back in early august lol

My first M3 was stuck in Bremerhaven for two weeks before it got a ship. That was just bad luck though because it’s not always the case. Then it took three weeks to cross the Atlantic and it was stuck in freaking Savannah for two weeks. So that stupid car spent a whole months time in two different ports. It sucked.

[BGM-M3COMP]

Originally Posted by Patton250

My first M3 was stuck in Bremerhaven for two weeks before it got a ship. That was just bad luck though because it’s not always the case. Then it took three weeks to cross the Atlantic and it was stuck in freaking Savannah for two weeks. So that stupid car spent a whole months time in two different ports. It sucked.

Damn so there's really no set schedule for all this huh?

Is this how it usually is, or because of post-COVID?

If it makes my situation better, i did breeze right through the whole production thing fairly quickly vs others that i've read where they were stuck in "production begins" for weeks. Or stuck in, "waiting for carrier assignment" for weeks etc.

I literally breezed through all of it.

I gotta stop giving myself false hope LOL

[Patton250]

Originally Posted by BGM-M3COMP

Damn so there's really no set schedule for all this huh?

Is this how it usually is, or because of post-COVID?

If it makes my situation better, i did breeze right through the whole production thing fairly quickly vs others that i've read where they were stuck in "production begins" for weeks. Or stuck in, "waiting for carrier assignment" for weeks etc.

I literally breezed through all of it.

I gotta stop giving myself false hope LOL

I think you’ll get your car before the end of the year so that’s awesome. If everything goes smooth more than likely before the end of November and that’s really awesome. So I think you are not having false hope.

[RgEstate]

Entering assembly line

[luckylingy]

Originally Posted by BGM-M3COMP

Checked at 5am today and I was still stuck in “dispatched from factory”, since last Friday October 1st.

Checked 30 minutes ago, I’m currently “at the port”!!!!

Someone said the ship sails this Friday so I think my car is leaving the port Friday!

Same here: on the assembly line yesterday, dispatched from the factory this morning, at the port this afternoon.

Different ships are destined for different U.S. ports. Your car’s going to NJ; mine’s going to Charleston (for PCD). The ship carrying mine may or may not stop in NJ or Baltimore en route to Charleston and subsequent ports — depends on the ship.

We may or may not get on a ship this Friday; in my case, that’s simply the best-case scenario. That won’t happen if there are enough cars in Bremerhaven (and other roll-on ports) ahead of mine. By nature I’m a pragmatic optimist, so I’m aware of the best case but not counting on it.

[BGM-M3COMP]

Originally Posted by luckylingy

Same here: on the assembly line yesterday, dispatched from the factory this morning, at the port this afternoon.

Different ships are destined for different U.S. ports. Your car’s going to NJ; mine’s going to Charleston (for PCD). The ship carrying mine may or may not stop in NJ or Baltimore en route to Charleston and subsequent ports — depends on the ship.

We may or may not get on a ship this Friday; in my case, that’s simply the best-case scenario. That won’t happen if there are enough cars in Bremerhaven (and other roll-on ports) ahead of mine. By nature I’m a pragmatic optimist, so I’m aware of the best case but not counting on it.

Ok so here's another question out of false hope lol.

Let's say our cars do leave this friday. And i'm in NJ, 15 minutes from newark (not that it makes a difference because i can't get it from newark), but isn't one of the ports at newark NJ?

If so, let's say our cars leave friday. Would the newark port be the quickest, or first stop, in the states?

Wouldn't it result in a faster delivery time because of this? For me at least? This is assuming our cars leave on friday.

[luckylingy]

Originally Posted by BGM-M3COMP

Ok so here's another question out of false hope lol.

Let's say our cars do leave this friday. And i'm in NJ, 15 minutes from newark (not that it makes a difference because i can't get it from newark), but isn't one of the ports at newark NJ?

If so, let's say our cars leave friday. Would the newark port be the quickest, or first stop, in the states?

Wouldn't it result in a faster delivery time because of this? For me at least? This is assuming our cars leave on friday.

WW has a ship (Asian Majesty) leaving Bremerhaven tomorrow (October 6) and arriving in New York (which is actually Newark) on October 22 after a stop in Halifax. From there it goes through Panama before two more stops on the West Coast. FWIW, it has 3 other stops after Bremerhaven before crossing the Atlantic.

WW’s next ship bound for Charleston is Torino, which leaves Bremerhaven Friday the 8th, has the same 3 other ports of call before it’s Atlantic crossing, stops in Baltimore and Brunswick GA before docking in Charleston October 26.

So yes, you’re right, BGM-M3COMP, but not exactly by the set of assumptions you state.

Note each WW ship sailing between Bremerhaven and Charleston this month has a different number and combination of ports of call, so the days between those ports ranges from 15 to 24 days. Also recall BMW uses two other carriers besides WW, so this is all hypothetical speculation until we each learn which ship our respective cars are on.

[PWB]

I think I´m loosing my mind; now looking into production week threads that are ahead of mine (has been bumped back and forth and hope the last (W41) is correct) to see movement and excitement as progress happens for you guys.

[V-Eight]

Originally Posted by PWB

I think I´m loosing my mind; now looking into production week threads that are ahead of mine (has been bumped back and forth and hope the last (W41) is correct) to see movement and excitement as progress happens for you guys.

you're not alone.....I'm so gealous with who is fortunately seeing the car going through the production process!