Getting my G80Cx with PCD enjoy

So in any case, issues have come a complete circle and I were given my automotive the day past from PCD. Its been a protracted adventure however I did take the shortcut by way of paying a 5K ADM for an open allocation for an out of state broker thank you Day Laborer because the wait was once 9-Three hundred and sixty five days when I used to be seeking to get at the order financial institution. Here’s my construct

M3 Festival Xdrive

Portimao Blue

Fiona Purple prolonged

Carbon Fiber Inside Trim

Government Package deal

Parking help Package deal

Laser headlights

Force recorder

Wi-fi charging

Purple brakes

Carbon roof

Used to be debating between the crimson prolonged vs complete however didnt need crimson leather-based at the decrease a part of my sprint and Im beautiful proud of the prolonged leather-based. I will be able to verify that the door phase has a strip of crimson leather-based for the Fiona Purple prolonged possibility

Timeline Breakdown

8/4/2022-Standing 112-Order positioned for open allocation wk 36 construct

9/4 – Standing 150 – Scheduled for manufacturing

9/12 – External frame meeting starts (151)

9/12 – In paint sales space (152)

9/12 – Coming into Meeting Line (153)

9/13 – Meeting in procedure (154)

9/13 – High quality test

9/13 – Manufacturing finished (155)

9/13 – In a position for shipping (160)

9/13 – Looking ahead to provider project (182)

9/13 – Dispatched from manufacturing facility (190)

9/14 – At port, Bremerhaven

10/24 – In transit (Kline Donnington)

11/11- At Port – Brunswick

11/17– VPC paintings order closed

11/18- PCD date give to CA – 12/5 (only one date)

11/22 – PC confirms supply date

11/23- At dealership (PCD)

12/5 – Efficiency Heart Supply

There were such a lot of thread on ordering, monitoring and PCD enjoy so Sick simply publish some updates

Ordering:

Wait instances have modified and marketplace has modified. Other people used to mention 9-Three hundred and sixty five days wait however now many sellers even out of state ones could have open allocations. Could be absolute best to succeed in out to them and position order with 3-4 sellers. Another way succeed in out to agents on this discussion board Day Laborer whom I’ve in my view used and autocompanion to look if there are open allocations to be had. Their commissions are very fair. Typically M4 will also be had at MSRP and even under and M3 would possibly nonetheless desire a top rate for however many are coming now @ MSRP

At Port

That is the most important crap shoot of all. Typically M3 is going to Bremerhaven and M4 move to Zeebrugge. As from my enjoy, the BMW Genius nor the CA had any data at the wait instances and when ur automotive will likely be at the send except for when ur automotive will get on a boat by which case, the Genius can verify which send your automotive is on previous than ur CA. At port for east coast certain ships can vary anyplace between 2-6 weeks. West coast ships had been normally 2-3 weeks however issues would possibly have modified now. Throughout my time (Aug-Nov 2022) the common wait instances at port have been 3-4 weeks. Mine was once behind schedule 6 wks and a few had been even longer. When any person is looking forward to greater than 4 weeks, they’ll in short move into “Intransit” for a short lived 12-24 hrs (and even shorter). This simply implies that you automotive is being moved from a special house of the port the place the automobile is parked to the staging lot which is the place the ships are docked. Typically ur automotive will discover a send inside 1-2 weeks when this occurs (so there’s gentle on the finish of the tunnel). Dont consider the Genius that claims that ur automotive is being moved from Bremehaven to Zee when it occurs. Thats no longer true !!!

Monitoring

A number of web site are to be had for monitoring ships. Maximum of them both move at the Wallenius Wilhelmsen (East coast, Canada and West coast)

https://www.walleniuswilhelmsen.com/schedules

or

Kline RORO (East coast)

https://www.klineglobalroro.com/schedules.html

You’ll be able to verify if you happen to automotive is at the WW when you’ve got a Invoice Of Lading (BOL) which is normally to be had in 2-3 days. The BOL is supplied by way of your CA or every so often could also be guessed. However there are posts about that. Or u can name ur genius when ur automotive is intransit and get the information on which send you’re on.

https://www.walleniuswilhelmsen.com/track-trace

WW ships replace the Mygarage to intransit normally in 1-2 days of ur automotive being boarded and Kline ships are somewhat late- normally 2-3 days

The unfastened web sites (maximum person pleasant) to trace ships around the ocean are:

www.vesselfinder.com

www.marinetraffic.com

www.fleetmon.com

As soon as the send is out of the Eu coast, it might handiest be tracked by way of satellite tv for pc and handiest Fleetmon gives unfastened monitoring. You could have to join a unfastened account (simply ur e-mail and no CC information)

Typically the ships take 10-14 days to succeed in East Coast. WW ships come to Halifax first after which to NY/NJ

Ok line ships come to Baltimore after which Brunswick and so forth.

PCD Enjoy

If you wish to have PCD, you wish to have to let your CA know as early as imaginable but it surely wont be showed within the device till you succeed in standing 150. It is going to display beneath the order main points in ur VIR. Your CA can nonetheless request PCD after that however then its extra complications however when you’ve got a just right dating along with your CA, its price to pursue it

Typically PCD port of access was once Charleston however its been all over the place now. Majority move to Brunswick (kline) and a few also have long gone to NY/NJ (WW).

Typically PCD contacts your CA (or ur CA can succeed in PCD) as soon as your automotive reaches the mentioned port AND the paintings order has been finished. Typically paintings order is finished at VPC in 24-48 hrs at NY/NJ and 4-7 days in Brunswick and provides them 1-2 PCD dates to selected from. Some have had success calling PCD and gotten greater than 1 dates. So its truly a success of the draw. Typically supply of PCD takes puts 3-4 weeks after it reaches your Port in US.

So far as the PCD enjoy itself, if you happen to havent performed any of the BMW occasions – Autobahn or using occasions, its well worth the enjoy of the Skidpad (drifting within the rainy with and with out DSC) and a music tournament (1 mile) with slalom within the automotive that you simply ordered that BMW has in its inventory (so u r no longer the use of ur automotive for those). I were given to power the M3 automotive that BMW makes use of. Additionally they then move over the main points of ur automotive and provide an explanation for the ID8 tool intimately (esp in case you are new to BMW). The keep on the Marriot and the meals are OK, however the true PCD enjoy will likely be well worth the bother.

When you have already been to an BMW autobahn tournament or the using one (normally they use I4 or IX automobiles at the present time) or the M using faculty factor, then the stuff that they do at PCD is way shorter and no longer a lot other from the ones. The music (slalom) is beautiful quick and also you truly cant let unfastened until you select their M using all day tournament package deal and many others. The skid pad, emergency braking, slalom and stale highway path truly doesnt do a lot when you’ve got have already got skilled those sooner than however your effects would possibly range.

If you’re desirous about skipping the PCD, you’ll nonetheless do these items at PCD withing 1 yr however there is not any be sure that u would possibly power the similar automotive that u ordered (which is probably not a nasty factor) and the lodge keep isnt lined. Typically those are the automobiles used

Skidpad- 3 collection M340i (similar for all)

Slalom- very similar to the automobile that u ordered – M3 for me

Emergency braking – M3 for me

Off Highway Path – X5 (similar for all)

Teacher using heading in the right direction with u because the passenger – M3 for all

The excursion of the BMW manufacturing facility (produced X3,X4,X5, X6 and XM) is just right but it surely felt somewhat mundane esp when you’ve got already watched movies of the way your automotive is made at Bremehaven and tracked or stalked the mygarage app continuously like maximum folks have performed. Atleast it provides u a standpoint of what occurs in each and every state of this procedure in individual now as ur watch them.

I truly wasnt digging the off highway factor. Sought after to simply get my automotive and skip it but when you wish to have the manufacturing facility excursion, you’ll be doing this off highway as a part of that crew.

The lodge enjoy was once just right. Other people had been pleasant and well mannered esp after they knew u had come for the BMW. The dinner was once just right (take a look at the Hong Hong Salmon if you happen to like highly spiced seafood). The breakfast was once mediocre and the lunch on the BMW efficiency heart was once mediocre too however its identical to anyplace. You didnt come for the meals lol.

I misplaced the tire lottery and were given Pirellis. I’ve a protracted power again to WI and so used Bargain Tire in Woodruff to change to DWS 06 (they’d them in inventory) which I ordered about 10 days sooner than I picked up my automotive on-line. They had been excellent and took care of my logo new rims and packed my tires in plastic baggage and loaded them into my automotive.

I used Excessive Auto Spas close to PCD to do my PPF. Their costs had been cheap and used Xpel. Most often PPF takes about 1 day. So I might name them ASAP while you get ur PCD date and notice if you’ll agenda it. The are tremendous great to paintings with and Sheldon is superior !!!. You get a BMW CCA cut price of 10% or they normally do a cut price of $250 if you happen to do PPF and ceramic. Their standard complete frontal PPF prices about $2300.

I did get some other set of wheels 827M CSL from Paddleshifterz in Germany which Im going to mount the Pirellis on and use as summer time tires. Cant wait to place this beast to paintings as soon as the smash in duration is finished. I wanna thank the entire Bimmerpost individuals whom Ive interacted with on this discussion board for the previous 5 months and listened to my court cases and cribbing..lol. Its been in reality an ideal discussion board to get urself aware of the automobile or even vent ur frustrations. Just right success with ur automotive !!!!