UK Orders

Bustofa · 10-01-2011, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sfax

Are any other UK orders imminent? I've lost count! I assume these were all on the same boat

Mine is built and according to the dealer has left the factory. Now, it could easily have made the Mignon which sailed last Wednesday or the Integrity which sailed on Thursday.
However, my VIN isn't showing up on the 2W site. Strangely, perhaps, I can see cars destined for Bremerhaven on the Mignon but haven't spotted any for Southampton.
Has anybody in the UK managed to track their car on WW?

sfax · 10-01-2011, 02:09 PM

in case subscribers to this thread don't see the 2 new reviews before they get buried by other threads

tank
http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=592763

tuff
http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=592813

JimBeamer · 10-02-2011, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Bustofa

Mine is built and according to the dealer has left the factory. Now, it could easily have made the Mignon which sailed last Wednesday or the Integrity which sailed on Thursday.
However, my VIN isn't showing up on the 2W site. Strangely, perhaps, I can see cars destined for Bremerhaven on the Mignon but haven't spotted any for Southampton.
Has anybody in the UK managed to track their car on WW?

According to my dealer, mine is also now on route. I'm just going to wait for the call to come and collect it in a few weeks time. I was getting to stressed out wondering when it was going to be built, so now I'm just going to wait and try to be

about it (if I can).

Dave_B · 10-02-2011, 01:24 PM

Got Mine last Monday - it is awesome... When I get a spare min I will put some pictures up... but at the moment its covered in dead flies... Anyway on the day I received it I notices a very small chip in the paintwork (down to the metal). Its under the offside rear light cluster, on the tailgate.. I reported it on the same day I took delivery, and the dealer is going to look at it on Tuesday. I doubt the dealer will aviode liability, but I wonder how it will be dealt with... should I expect a touch up or a full resprayed tailgate ??? Your thoughts please....

sfax · 10-02-2011, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave_B

Got Mine last Monday - it is awesome... When I get a spare min I will put some pictures up... but at the moment its covered in dead flies... Anyway on the day I received it I notices a very small chip in the paintwork (down to the metal). Its under the offside rear light cluster, on the tailgate.. I reported it on the same day I took delivery, and the dealer is going to look at it on Tuesday. I doubt the dealer will aviode liability, but I wonder how it will be dealt with... should I expect a touch up or a full resprayed tailgate ??? Your thoughts please....

I would let them try to touch it up and then if you don't like the result, say it's not good enough - it will probably be fine. I think there are issues with a full respray re. colour matching and it not being the same process as during manufacture - not sure on this though.

Dave_B · 10-02-2011, 04:53 PM

I'm thinking the same sfax,,, if I, and they, didn't spot it in the showroom, its going to be harder to see when touched up..

W3dge · 10-03-2011, 11:43 AM

We pick ours up mid-way through next week.

About time.

I'm trying to get excited, but after what feels like an eternity, it's hard!

TuffLittleUnit · 10-03-2011, 03:44 PM

As I headed back north to Leeds tonight I saw another transporter full of prepped X3s heading south on the M1 about 30 miles south of Doncaster (I think they're prepped in Thorne?).

There was a very fetching white Msport perched on the top deck ... amazing just what detail the brain can take it at (ahem) miles an hour.

It could be yooooo.

washy · 10-05-2011, 07:08 AM

Looks like I will have to wait another week for mine. Not now due at the dealer until next Tuesday and ready for pick up at the weekend. Seems to be taking a long time to get from Southampton...

tank531 · 10-05-2011, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by washy

Looks like I will have to wait another week for mine. Not now due at the dealer until next Tuesday and ready for pick up at the weekend. Seems to be taking a long time to get from Southampton...

Keep hanging in - the last week felt like the longest for me.

When I collected last week I asked the dealer for a delivery update: he said 'no change, still at 9 months' seems hard to believe, maybe dealers have bagged all slots and let some go to those who spec. up to £40K+ ? He also told me absolutely no more discounts on X3 since April due to demand.

JOHNBMWM5 · 10-05-2011, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tank531

Keep hanging in - the last week felt like the longest for me.

When I collected last week I asked the dealer for a delivery update: he said 'no change, still at 9 months' seems hard to believe, maybe dealers have bagged all slots and let some go to those who spec. up to £40K+ ? He also told me absolutely no more discounts on X3 since April due to demand.

I have been told I have a chassis number and delivery will be 5/6 weeks time to the UK. thats mid November time.

Ant Man · 10-05-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sfax

I would let them try to touch it up and then if you don't like the result, say it's not good enough - it will probably be fine. I think there are issues with a full respray re. colour matching and it not being the same process as during manufacture - not sure on this though.

Any decent bodyshop using OEM BMW paint can (and correct paint code) can colour match 100%.

Though I'd happily accept a spot repair too- it should be undetectable. Poor luck for the OP. How did this pass PDI?

Dave_B · 10-05-2011, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ant Man

Any decent bodyshop using OEM BMW paint can (and correct paint code) can colour match 100%.

Though I'd happily accept a spot repair too- it should be undetectable. Poor luck for the OP. How did this pass PDI?

Its going in on Tuesday - Basically told the dealer that I dont care what they do, just as long as I dont see the repair.. I said, let the bodyshop manager make the call.

SFAX - My car was built on the 15th August and it does not have the RTTI you/we would like to have.. :-(

sfax · 10-05-2011, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ant Man

Any decent bodyshop using OEM BMW paint can (and correct paint code) can colour match 100%.

Though I'd happily accept a spot repair too- it should be undetectable. Poor luck for the OP. How did this pass PDI?

Maybe although I still wouldn't want a resprayed panel. The paint might match but the application can't be the same as the original application

Ant Man · 10-05-2011, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by sfax

Maybe although I still wouldn't want a resprayed panel. The paint might match but the application can't be the same as the original application

They both come out of a gun but depending on the amount of 'orange peel' on the surrounding panels, the bodyshop will have to lower their standards to match it and thus create 'orange peel' effect when usually a flawless finish would be achieved

Seriously, you could not tell the difference from any competent BMW bodyshop.

The durability would be the same too.

sfax · 10-05-2011, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ant Man

They both come out of a gun but depending on the amount of 'orange peel' on the surrounding panels, the bodyshop will have to lower their standards to match it and thus create 'orange peel' effect when usually a flawless finish would be achieved

Seriously, you could not tell the difference from any competent BMW bodyshop.

The durability would be the same too.

What I mean is during production the panels are sprayed and heat treated before they are assembled. If you re-spray you're spraying an assembled car and covering up the parts you don't want to over spray. That might look the same but can't be as good IMO

X3_About_Time · 10-06-2011, 02:53 PM

I was contacted by my dealer the other day offering me an alternative X3 to the one I ordered for delivery in March 2012. I was certainly tempted, but the spec wasn't as good as mine and it included options I have no interest in. The buyer pulled out at the last minute. A small incentive discount was offered but the compromise was too great. It also felt wrong being someone else's car. I'll go back to my hibernation for five and a half months. I am so jealous of you lucky people who received your X3's recently.

tank531 · 10-07-2011, 01:13 PM

The car you were offered must have entered production otherwise you can change the spec. right up to the last minute. Probably the dealer did not want to allow this as you wanted a lower spec. car but they always want to sell high spec.

They probably will find a buyer due to the wait time. When I picked mine up last week a F25 was in the yard too but dealer told me the 'owner' lost his job so it was 'now available'

kennygee · 10-07-2011, 01:44 PM

Spotted in Birch this morning on delivery from Thorne west bound M Sport
DS Blue standard wheels could be Oyster interior. Have photo will have to work out how to put it on.

X3_About_Time · 10-07-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by tank531

The car you were offered must have entered production otherwise you can change the spec. right up to the last minute. Probably the dealer did not want to allow this as you wanted a lower spec. car but they always want to sell high spec.

They probably will find a buyer due to the wait time. When I picked mine up last week a F25 was in the yard too but dealer told me the 'owner' lost his job so it was 'now available'

It was waiting at the dealer's for the customer to collect it. It sounds like a similar situation to the one you mention.

Dave_B · 10-09-2011, 12:06 PM

Finally got round to putting these up..

TuffLittleUnit · 10-09-2011, 12:37 PM

Gorgeous. Every time I see an Alpine White I think I should have stuck with my original order ... but then I look at my Space Grey and feel that this was also the right answer. Couldn't afford two X3s!

IMHO the white looks better without the Xline trim - the black frames in these photos look excellent. White seems to make the X3 look "chunkier" i.e. better.

P.S. looks like your council are a bit OCD on the recycle front - how many bins do you guys need?!?

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10-02-2011, 01:24 PM	#884
Dave_B New Member 0 Rep 21 Posts Drives: X3 M40D G01 LCI 2022 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cheshire UK iTrader: (0)	Got Mine last Monday - it is awesome... When I get a spare min I will put some pictures up... but at the moment its covered in dead flies... Anyway on the day I received it I notices a very small chip in the paintwork (down to the metal). Its under the offside rear light cluster, on the tailgate.. I reported it on the same day I took delivery, and the dealer is going to look at it on Tuesday. I doubt the dealer will aviode liability, but I wonder how it will be dealt with... should I expect a touch up or a full resprayed tailgate ??? Your thoughts please.... __________________ X3 M40D G01 2022 LCI Last edited by Dave_B; 10-02-2011 at 02:24 PM..
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10-02-2011, 04:53 PM	#886
Dave_B New Member 0 Rep 21 Posts Drives: X3 M40D G01 LCI 2022 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cheshire UK iTrader: (0)	I'm thinking the same sfax,,, if I, and they, didn't spot it in the showroom, its going to be harder to see when touched up.. __________________ X3 M40D G01 2022 LCI
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10-03-2011, 11:43 AM	#887
W3dge Private 0 Rep 72 Posts Drives: F25 X3 2.0D Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cumbriaborough iTrader: (0)	We pick ours up mid-way through next week. About time. I'm trying to get excited, but after what feels like an eternity, it's hard! __________________ BMW F25 X3 xDRIVE 20d SE Space Grey, Wheels, Doors and a boot, Pushy Finance Person pack (with optional walk out of dealer mode), Professional Medium Pack, Fully Eclectic Towbar, Autocratic Gearbox, Sporty seats, Heated Arguments, Reversing Assist Camera with Top View, BMW signature sills, Panoramic Glass Roof, have you considered the Pushy Finance Person Pack? ETD 22/12/2012
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10-03-2011, 03:44 PM	#888
TuffLittleUnit Lieutenant 112 Rep 519 Posts Drives: G26 420d MSport Pro Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Leeds, UK iTrader: (0)	As I headed back north to Leeds tonight I saw another transporter full of prepped X3s heading south on the M1 about 30 miles south of Doncaster (I think they're prepped in Thorne?). There was a very fetching white Msport perched on the top deck ... amazing just what detail the brain can take it at (ahem) miles an hour. It could be yooooo. __________________ G26 420d Gran Coupe MSport Black on black, MSport Pro Pack, Comfort Plus Pack, Harman Kardon audio
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10-05-2011, 07:08 AM	#889
washy Captain 225 Rep 752 Posts Drives: M2c/S1000RR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Looks like I will have to wait another week for mine. Not now due at the dealer until next Tuesday and ready for pick up at the weekend. Seems to be taking a long time to get from Southampton... __________________ '17 S1000RR , '19 M2 Competition HS
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10-06-2011, 02:53 PM	#897
X3_About_Time New Member 0 Rep 14 Posts Drives: X3 (F25) Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: IOM iTrader: (0)	I was contacted by my dealer the other day offering me an alternative X3 to the one I ordered for delivery in March 2012. I was certainly tempted, but the spec wasn't as good as mine and it included options I have no interest in. The buyer pulled out at the last minute. A small incentive discount was offered but the compromise was too great. It also felt wrong being someone else's car. I'll go back to my hibernation for five and a half months. I am so jealous of you lucky people who received your X3's recently. __________________ X3 20d SE, Manual, Mineral Silver, Black Nevada, Xenons, Sunroof, sun protection, folding mirrors, Fineline wave.
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10-07-2011, 01:13 PM	#898
tank531 Deckhand 5 Rep 389 Posts Drives: F25 2.0D SE xDrive (Sep 11) Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Coventry - UK iTrader: (0)	The car you were offered must have entered production otherwise you can change the spec. right up to the last minute. Probably the dealer did not want to allow this as you wanted a lower spec. car but they always want to sell high spec. They probably will find a buyer due to the wait time. When I picked mine up last week a F25 was in the yard too but dealer told me the 'owner' lost his job so it was 'now available'
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10-07-2011, 01:44 PM	#899
kennygee Enlisted Member 0 Rep 41 Posts Drives: 20d M Sport Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Durham iTrader: (0)	M Sport on transporter Spotted in Birch this morning on delivery from Thorne west bound M Sport DS Blue standard wheels could be Oyster interior. Have photo will have to work out how to put it on.
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10-09-2011, 12:06 PM	#901
Dave_B New Member 0 Rep 21 Posts Drives: X3 M40D G01 LCI 2022 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cheshire UK iTrader: (0)	Pictures - Alpine White On A Wet Day Finally got round to putting these up.. Attached Images __________________ X3 M40D G01 2022 LCI
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10-09-2011, 12:37 PM	#902
TuffLittleUnit Lieutenant 112 Rep 519 Posts Drives: G26 420d MSport Pro Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Leeds, UK iTrader: (0)	Gorgeous. Every time I see an Alpine White I think I should have stuck with my original order ... but then I look at my Space Grey and feel that this was also the right answer. Couldn't afford two X3s! IMHO the white looks better without the Xline trim - the black frames in these photos look excellent. White seems to make the X3 look "chunkier" i.e. better. P.S. looks like your council are a bit OCD on the recycle front - how many bins do you guys need?!? __________________ G26 420d Gran Coupe MSport Black on black, MSport Pro Pack, Comfort Plus Pack, Harman Kardon audio Last edited by TuffLittleUnit; 10-09-2011 at 12:40 PM.. Reason: spelling and noseyness
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