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      01-19-2011, 11:32 PM   #1
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Ordered 12/31 but will miss the holiday incentives!

I ordered 12/31 intending to take advantage of the 0.9% and $1500. My dealer left out the details about the 60 day lock and the holiday shutdown. Now I'm sitting on a week 7 build and a car that's 3 grand more than I agreed to pay, barring them airlifting it over here or really good March incentives. $3k is not a terrible amount of money piled on top of an M, but it's about as close to a bait-and-switch as I've seen and I won't do it on principle.

If I were a car company that had shed a quarter of its sales since 2006, I probably wouldn't be walking away from customers (and BMWCCA members at that), but then, I'm not a car company.

Any advice? Called BMW NA but they were as unhelpful as I expected them to be.

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i think this month program of leasing is even better
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      01-20-2011, 02:23 AM   #3
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West coast is 90 days so hopefully I don't end up in the same situation...
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      01-20-2011, 05:32 AM   #4
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I'm in the same exact boat. Week 7, $500 price lock, $1,500 holiday credit and 0.9%/36 mo finance. My CA is David at Eurocarsonline. Per David, as long as I sign the financing docs by 3/3/2011 I get all the above. The car should be on the water at that time frame.

My understanding is week 7 is the week of 2/7. The build should be completed by mid week 2/14.
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i think this month program of leasing is even better
But it does not make up for the Holiday cash and price increase when combined with the also low December lease rates.
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      01-20-2011, 07:03 AM   #6
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Same thing happened to me. It sucks but had I really understood the rules I wouldn't have been surprised. I blame myself for not doing more research rather than blame my CA for not mentioning an extremely likely scenario.
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Same thing happened to me.
joelk, What makes you think you will not be able to sign by March 3 to keep the incentives? What build week are you?
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      01-20-2011, 07:32 AM   #8
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joelk, What makes you think you will not be able to sign by March 3 to keep the incentives? What build week are you?
I'm build week 7* and financing (not leasing).

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "sign." I would guess you mean sign the loan agreement? It seems to me it wouldn't be a good idea to sign anything until you can inspect the vehicle upon delivery.

Do you disagree? thnx.


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      01-20-2011, 07:42 AM   #9
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I don't see why a Week 7 car could not make it to the east coast, especially with the holidays behind us.

I also have heard that some Dynamic Damper Control parts availability issues may have slowed down production, which could maybe give cause for allowing these cars a few days on the lock if they com in just under the wire.
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      01-20-2011, 08:07 AM   #10
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Not sure when my build is, but I have a feeling I have to sign the docs before I get the car. Ordered on the 12/31 also.
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      01-20-2011, 08:08 AM   #11
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I don't see why a Week 7 car could not make it to the east coast, especially with the holidays behind us.

I also have heard that some Dynamic Damper Control parts availability issues may have slowed down production, which could maybe give cause for allowing these cars a few days on the lock if they com in just under the wire.
10 days on the boat plus 1-2 weeks to get from the plant to on board a ship. This puts delivery early March.
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joelk, What makes you think you will not be able to sign by March 3 to keep the incentives? What build week are you?
I'm build week 7* and financing (not leasing).

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "sign." I would guess you mean sign the loan agreement? It seems to me it wouldn't be a good idea to sign anything until you can inspect the vehicle upon delivery.

Do you disagree? thnx.


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I'm a little concerned to sign the docs but you would have to sign everything if you did ED or PC delivery. I signed all docs when I did my Corvette Museum delivery.
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I'm a little concerned to sign the docs but you would have to sign everything if you did ED or PC delivery. I signed all docs when I did my Corvette Museum delivery.
thanks for the reply. what's the recourse should the car arrive w/o a critical option (e.g. DCT v. 6MT, DDC, etc)? Rely on the goodwill of the dealer to make it right?
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thanks for the reply. what's the recourse should the car arrive w/o a critical option (e.g. DCT v. 6MT, DDC, etc)? Rely on the goodwill of the dealer to make it right?
I assume so, and in general BMW USA would also help out. Again that I trust them to do the right thing.
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I'm in the same exact boat. Week 7, $500 price lock, $1,500 holiday credit and 0.9%/36 mo finance. My CA is David at Eurocarsonline. Per David, as long as I sign the financing docs by 3/3/2011 I get all the above. The car should be on the water at that time frame.

My understanding is week 7 is the week of 2/7. The build should be completed by mid week 2/14.
I could have sworn you ordered before me? My car is finishing being built TODAY!
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I'm in the same exact boat. Week 7, $500 price lock, $1,500 holiday credit and 0.9%/36 mo finance. My CA is David at Eurocarsonline. Per David, as long as I sign the financing docs by 3/3/2011 I get all the above. The car should be on the water at that time frame.

My understanding is week 7 is the week of 2/7. The build should be completed by mid week 2/14.
I could have sworn you ordered before me? My car is finishing being built TODAY!
I had a week 4 build but needed to push the build back to resolve a family issue. I relocked everything on 12/31.
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My understanding is week 7 is the week of 2/7. The build should be completed by mid week 2/14.
I don't think that's correct. Check out this PDF of the production week calendar for 2010.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=423577

The last production week of the 2010 calendar was the week starting Dec 25th, 2010. I would infer from this that the following week, the week of Jan 2nd, 2011 would be the first production week of 2011. Therefore:

Prod. Week #1: begins Sunday Jan 2nd
Prod. Week #2: begins Sunday Jan 9th
Prod. Week #3: begins Sunday Jan 16th
Prod. Week #4: begins Sunday Jan 23rd
Prod. Week #5: begins Sunday Jan 30th
Prod. Week #6: begins Sunday Feb 6th
Prod. Week #7: begins Sunday Feb 13th
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thanks for the reply. what's the recourse should the car arrive w/o a critical option (e.g. DCT v. 6MT, DDC, etc)? Rely on the goodwill of the dealer to make it right?
I assume so, and in general BMW USA would also help out. Again that I trust them to do the right thing.
I agree. If a major issue happens pre deliver, BMWUSA should help as it would be the shipping Co fault. Just confirm your build sheet before signing. If you ordered AW and MR shows up the dealer can not hold you too taking the car.
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My understanding is week 7 is the week of 2/7. The build should be completed by mid week 2/14.
I don't think that's correct. Check out this PDF of the production week calendar for 2010.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=423577

The last production week of the 2010 calendar was the week starting Dec 26th, 2010. I would infer from this that the following week, the week of Jan 2nd, 2011 would be the first production week of 2011. Therefore:

Prod. Week #1: begins Sunday Jan 2nd
Prod. Week #2: begins Sunday Jan 9th
Prod. Week #3: begins Sunday Jan 16th
Prod. Week #4: begins Sunday Jan 23rd
Prod. Week #5: begins Sunday Jan 30th
Prod. Week #6: begins Sunday Feb 6th
Prod. Week #7: begins Sunday Feb 13th
PKL is a week 3 build. His started production last week. My original week 4 build started production Tuesday. Either BMW is ahead of schedule or this calendar is off.
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Production week might be production completion week. If so, that calendar is correct.
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My original week 4 build started production Tuesday. Either BMW is ahead of schedule or this calendar is off.
When did the 800# or website show you were scheduled for production and not at the "...no confirmed production date yet" message?
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also I think in January BMW is working on a lot of custom builds. Due to all the requests made before the end of the year.
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