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08-24-2012, 08:53 PM | #1 |
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M3 Arrived at Port Hueneme Today
Spoke with my SA today and my car is here! I'm sure a couple others arrived today on the same vessle. SA says it should be ready for pick up Thursday or Friday next week from the dealer which is awesome so I can install my supercharger Saturday
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Congratulations! My car arrived at the dealership last night. Today, I got the chance to see her. I'm so freakin' excited! I pick up Monday.
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And doing ED like you are contemplating must even be worse...since you already get to pick it up...drive it for a few days...and then have to wait over a month for it to show up in the states!
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Wow that was fast...was your car dropped off on the East Coast or West Coast? I remember our cars were shipped around the same time so I'm assuming yours didn't have to make the path through the panama canal. Congrats and post some pics when you can!
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If you pick it up next Thursday or Friday, I'm guessing it will arrive at your dealership Tuesday or Wednesday! I posted a couple of pics of the dirty car in the Canadian tracking thread (as we're not supplied with an on-line tracking system by BMW): http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...5&postcount=85
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I'm told by my SA that the M3 will spend about a week at the VDC in Oxnard where it will get some carbon fibre add-on's and other prep, and should be ready to pick up as soon as the dealership gets it. I'm just now reading the manual but I will need a week to figure out all this DCT/MDM, etc stuff as I'm a slow learner. And I just got to the break-in part...so I can't redline this thing right out of the lot???
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Congrats to Julie and Longboarder. Mine just finished production yesterday, so it will be sitting around watching all the other cars. 11 days until we pick her up at the Welt
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Carbon fibre parts - that will look great on Mineral White! Mineral White is a terrific color for the M. I've seen two in person. Yes, cleaning will be less of a chore. I've been lucky with dark/ black cars - which I use year round - and haven't had any real issues. But I have a lot of patience for handwashing and waxing my cars. I'll be waiting for pics of your car!
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Congrats!! Are you stoked for your ED?? It will be awesome.
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Major excitement about ED. Still working out the full trip plan, working on a special ///M destination that I hope to be able to share once we get back.
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Yay =)
Another long week and a half here. Almost there.
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Congrats on doing ED delivery...hmmm "special" destination? Quite a few to choose from...the Ring, Autobahn, Alps, etc...!?!
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So your sig says you are doing PDC. If so, let me ask you something....I was just reading the owners manual about the break in period. Something about being particularly careful for the first 300 miles: not flooring it at all and not taking it above 5,500 rpm. Then for the first 1,200 miles: again, not exceeding 5,500 rpm and WOT for short durations only.
When you do PDC, don't you take your car on their track? It would be difficult to keep within these parameters if so.
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Ya, it's a little nuts that two people have 4 ///M cars. The E30 doesn't get driven a lot, so we'll probably let that go later in the year, and the E36 will become for autocross and track use. Still sad about selling the M Coupe last year, but I'll feel better when I'm driving the new M3 in Germany
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With PCD they give you a car to track that is similar to the
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