Dove in head first - my order

[Shade]

just called BMW NA abt the order status i am @ status 112 - with no confirm production date. is that a bad news? am i going to wait forever til it gets to 150 ?

[jeremychen]

M-DCT +1
And I finally fine one person order the same color with me.
Good!!

[lucid]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Should be on the train or at the port by now. Stop checking in with my "silly" car order. Get out there and get yours broken in so you can go WOT!

Just trying to catch up with what else I missed last week.

If I proceed at this rate, it will be broken-in in about a week, and BMWNA does not have the parts to service it yet!

[swamp2]

She is built and through final QC. Now awaiting transport.

[eclipsisNA]

Originally Posted by Epacy

Congrats!



That's one way to look at it. Another way is each step is like a level of hell. Each progressively worse filled with bewilderment and peaks and valleys of rapturous delight then incurable suffering. All leading up to a grandiose finale...

Or maybe it's just me...

I was thinking the same thing when my car was on order. Man that sucked.

Congrats swamp! Your options rock.

[swamp2]

Made it on the Hojin, ETA 4/23, Port Hueneme.

[T Bone]

Swamp, congrats.... Nice car except the aluminum trim.

I have aluminum trim in my 335xi....and it is ass but it was that or shitty wood for me. Get the carbon trim, it is subdued when compared to the M6....very nice and more suitable to the M3's character.

Ditch the aluminum.

[Epacy]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Made it on the Hojin, ETA 4/23, Port Hueneme.

Proper!

[M-Maika]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Guys, thanks again for all of the comments. Good thing we all have our own tastes and that makes the world interesting. I really like raw, brushed metallic finishes in industrial part, cars, homes, whatever.

1. Who has seen Blue-gray aluminum trim?
2. Isn't it just a raw aluminum color and isn't it really made of aluminum?

Hopefully I can just pop down at a dealer and see it. If I don't like it I would consider Ti Shadow but I just can not warm up to the CF leather. No matter how you slice it I view it as an imitation of CF and I have serious problems with that. I certainly do not think it looks bad.

Just follow what your heart tells you ..., after all the car is for you.

If you don´t like CF leather, that´s ok. Go for the aluminum trim.
I were checking the trims available for US spec cars and the blue-gray aluminum trim is the one i like more ( besides CF ).

Best Regards, Maika

[Epacy]

Do you people not realize Swamp's car has already been built and is on a ship?

[T Bone]

Originally Posted by Epacy

Do you people not realize Swamp's car has already been built and is on a ship?

Then aluminum is awesome!

[swamp2]

Originally Posted by T Bone

Then aluminum is awesome!

, typical hilarious/sarcastic T-Bone style! Thanks.

[gadget]

My dealer had a FR extended with Aluminum- I though it looked sweet. It really creates a nice separation and contrast between the black and the red leather. I don't like red as a color but i think it will look greet having seen it in real life. Congrats again on the car- just don't forget to pay homage to poseidon as your car prepares for its maiden sea voyage.

[monsta]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Made it on the Hojin, ETA 4/23, Port Hueneme.

congrats!!!

[M-Maika]

Originally Posted by Epacy

Do you people not realize Swamp's car has already been built and is on a ship?

hummm.
Just missed that.

Epacy, you don't give a break to anyone. But you are a guy.

[swamp2]

Cruising through the Panama Canal today. Pics of Gutan Locks and at Centennial Bridge.

[GregW / Oregon]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Cruising through the Panama Canal today. Pics of Gutan Locks and at Centenniall Bridge.

Looks familiar--glad you're having a productive day!

[///MML]

Originally Posted by swamp2

Cruising through the Panama Canal today. Pics of Gutan Locks and at Centenniall Bridge.

swamp2,
that is the hojin correct? I actually ended up on the Carmen (WWL) ship. I'm schedued to pass through the canel on 4/20 a coupel day behind ya.

We are getting close.....

[swamp2]

Now going through Miraflores. So weird to be looking at the ship carrying my car so very far away. I wish I had x-ray vision or was in Panama dining on the terrace cafe above the locks. However, I'd get in big trouble trying to jump aboard the ship and stow away.

[MDCTFTW]

Hey swamp congrats. How do you track west coast bound ships? A few of us are on the MV Grus, but we suck and can't track it. Any tips?

[Epacy]

Sweet, good catch! On the backside of the journey now.

[swamp2]

Originally Posted by MDCTFTW

Hey swamp congrats. How do you track west coast bound ships? A few of us are on the MV Grus, but we suck and can't track it. Any tips?

Some lines provide a lot more detail than others. I think some folks have access to some paid tools as well for tracking. Have a look here and here (Hojin specific but you may learn something). I just poach other folks results for the most part. I did get the MF locks pics from the original source myself though at pancanal.com.