[HorsePower]

Originally Posted by aford

Delivery scheduled for Saturday morning. Appreciate the emotional support along the way. It has been a journey to say the least. I'll capture photos and initial impressions and put a bow on it in a new thread.

For those of you waiting there's nothing that I can say that will be helpful. It sucks. There isn't great info coming out of BMW. You have little choice but to wait or walk away.

I chose to wait for my '21. I want the car. I'm not willing to start the process all over again for a '22 which may just end up with a stop sale anyway. Some may call me nuts. Some may underscore the depreciation. Not sure either are wrong.

Excited to put my hands and eyes on it IRL on Saturday.

Great news! Congrats! Excited to see pictures and your initial thoughts. Must have been a frustrating wait; I hope your experience was an outlier and not the new normal.

[Limegrntaln]

Originally Posted by BGM-M3COMP

I’m in love with gm small block pushrod engines. I have so much experience with them over the past 2 decades or so.

So I know this FPC in the new z06 will be special. Although the hybrid c8 variant is appealing too, especially with how advanced they are now.

I’ll most likely be keeping that new z06 longer than usual because of the death of ICE in the future.

I may need to pick up one, as well. I just dont think were ever going to see a production car that sounds like this, without getting into something Italian, and $300K. And even that will be gone with the end of ICE.

[BGM-M3COMP]

Originally Posted by Limegrntaln

I may need to pick up one, as well. I just dont think were ever going to see a production car that sounds like this, without getting into something Italian, and $300K. And even that will be gone with the end of ICE.

Exactly. GM has always made the corvette a "supercar" without it actually being a supercar. I think with the ME platform and the FPC engine, depending on what the final product will look like october 26, it's safe to say this is GM's first supercar.

Since i'm in queue for a 1st MY z06, i will lease it and if i like it, get another one but buy it, since it'll have the revisions and other bugs worked out by then.

This is definitely exciting but also sad we're at the end of the road here

[KNG.PN]

2022 M4 Competition xDrive in Skyscraper Grey

Stop Sales on Camera & Audio Modules

Arrived at NJ VPC: 9/27
ETA: ???

Dealership said it would be another 3-4 weeks, judging from the responses here, looks like I’m in for a looong wait

[B58SP]

Originally Posted by luckym3girlnj

My car, ordered in June is at port waiting for a vessel to go to NJ/NY. I am affected by the stop sales so I figured I'd jump on this thread :-( Anyone else at port right now waiting for a boat other than me?

I'm at port in Germany with stop sale since last week

[HorsePower]

Originally Posted by B58SP

I'm at port in Germany with stop sale since last week

Still at port waiting in Germany, going into week 3. Genius today had no update, and also had never heard of the main bearing issue.

As of this afternoon per UK recall site, I still have the RAM stop sale, and thankfully that's it for now (fingers, toes, arms and legs all crossed...)

[B58SP]

Originally Posted by HorsePower

Still at port waiting in Germany, going into week 3. Genius today had no update, and also had never heard of the main bearing issue.

As of this afternoon per UK recall site, I still have the RAM stop sale, and thankfully that's it for now (fingers, toes, arms and legs all crossed...)

Every day that goes by I get closer and closer to buying an AMG GT coupe…

[Next Level Auto Brokers]

I've seen a lot of stop sales lifted on the M3/M4 this week

The numbers were even more staggering on the regular 3 series cars but 90% of the stop sales has been resolved

[jpsimon]

I heard something similar earlier today from my SA. He said it looked like some of the stop sales were clearing up. Hopefully this continues!

[B58SP]

Originally Posted by HorsePower

Still at port waiting in Germany, going into week 3. Genius today had no update, and also had never heard of the main bearing issue.

As of this afternoon per UK recall site, I still have the RAM stop sale, and thankfully that's it for now (fingers, toes, arms and legs all crossed...)

Have any boats left since we got to port? If so, the stop sale is the only reason why I can think of us still there

[MavRick]

Originally Posted by B58SP

Have any boats left since we got to port? If so, the stop sale is the only reason why I can think of us still there

They’re not going to be fixing them at the port so it’s not because of the stop sale. It’s just the timing of the ships. Some people have to wait longer. But all repairs will be done at whatever VPC you’re assigned to in the States.

[JDR_G80]

My G80c was completed Sept 16. Left Germany Sept 26 on the WW Elektra and got to Port Newark NJ on Oct 8. I saw on marinetraffic that the boat was down by Atlantic City about 24 hours later, so it must have unloaded and peaced out. So my car is at the Port. Let the VPC RAM install TBD countdown begin.

[KiloCo]

As of this evening in Southern California at the VPC, I still have the RAM stop sale.

[MunkyTool]

Originally Posted by luckym3girlnj

Hi Limegrntaln!

Yes, I did the M3 in Mint Green I have no idea which stop sale I'm involved in, I am waiting for a reply back. Not that it matters lol ... I was just hoping to get the car before the weather really changes Where are you from? I assume very north jersey.

Ahhh! I can't wait to see pics of your car. I've been waiting for someone to get a Mint Green M3.

Considering one as well.

[HorsePower]

Originally Posted by B58SP

Have any boats left since we got to port? If so, the stop sale is the only reason why I can think of us still there

I think so. When I spoke to the Genius yesterday, he basically said that there shouldn't be too much of a line ahead of my car, to get on a boat at this point. But didn't really have any information beyond that. I'm not great at tracking cargo ships, but I think we missed a few that have left in the past few weeks...

At this point, I can think of a million hypotheticals why our cars sit finished in Germany, from the simple explanation (backlog of cars to get on a boat), to other possibilities (such as waiting for RAM parts before the cars ship, which I do not think is the case), to things bordering on conspiracy theories LOL (they're not sure if our cars have the main bearing issue, and it's cheaper and easier to address while they're still in Germany...)

Hard to know what's going on at this point. With things like the coincidental outage of the UK recall site (a few days after this forum discovers how helpful that tool was), the lack of transparency is frustrating.

[B58SP]

Originally Posted by HorsePower

I think so. When I spoke to the Genius yesterday, he basically said that there shouldn't be too much of a line ahead of my car, to get on a boat at this point. But didn't really have any information beyond that. I'm not great at tracking cargo ships, but I think we missed a few that have left in the past few weeks...

At this point, I can think of a million hypotheticals why our cars sit finished in Germany, from the simple explanation (backlog of cars to get on a boat), to other possibilities (such as waiting for RAM parts before the cars ship, which I do not think is the case), to things bordering on conspiracy theories LOL (they're not sure if our cars have the main bearing issue, and it's cheaper and easier to address while they're still in Germany...)

Hard to know what's going on at this point. With things like the coincidental outage of the UK recall site (a few days after this forum discovers how helpful that tool was), the lack of transparency is frustrating.

If our cars are indeed affected by the main bearing issue I am 100% out. Too many choices in the used car market for the same price

[HorsePower]

Originally Posted by B58SP

If our cars are indeed affected by the main bearing issue I am 100% out. Too many choices in the used car market for the same price

For the same price (likely MSRP or close to it?), you could presumably re-order your same car, wait (again), and get one with a fresh engine from the factory. But hopefully it won't go something like this, though:

Customer: No I won't pay $100k for a car that had major work done before delivery. Give me a great deal so that I'm OK taking delivery of the engine-swap car, or order me a fresh one.

Dealer: That's fine. If you don't want it, someone else will pay top dollar for an on-the-ground M3/M4 once it's fixed. And we're happy to order you another one...go to the back of the line, and maybe your car will be ready by fall 2022 or winter 2023. And we'll happily continue to hold your deposit.

Perfect storm seller's market for the last 2 years, to stack the deck against all of us. But on the bright side, perhaps we'll all get to start buying absurdly expensive 10w60 oil for these engines, like I used to enjoy so much for my e46 m3 after its bearing recall

[jpsimon]

Has anyone passed through the VPC recently? How's the timeline going for you?

My car arrives there Saturday...

[NP7Manual]

My M3 manual arrived at the port on 27–July with a camera and audio stop sale. They were finally resolved on 02-Oct and now I have been waiting for over 2 weeks for it to be loaded on a truck and shipped to the dealership. Anybody else experiencing any problems like this? I have called everyone and no one has any answers.

[jpsimon]

Originally Posted by NP7Manual

My M3 manual arrived at the port on 27–July with a camera and audio stop sale. They were finally resolved on 02-Oct and now I have been waiting for over 2 weeks for it to be loaded on a truck and shipped to the dealership. Anybody else experiencing any problems like this? I have called everyone and no one has any answers.

Wow that's a solid chunk of time, sorry to hear that

[jpsimon]

My Camera stop sale just closed. Radio stop sale still open.

My car was at the port on 10/25.

[B58SP]

I got to port on the 19th and still waiting on RAM. Yet people who landed on same boat picked up their cars already