01-27-2011, 01:51 AM | #23 |
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Goes back to what I and others were saying about putting off customers altogether. There's no way I would order if told anything over 6 months, but I guess it depends on your circumstances and whether or not there are viable alternatives.
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I’m not sure exactly what you mean by “log on” but you don’t need to login or register to use the WW website. I used Internet Explorer (v8) (it doesn’t work with Chrome) and then went to this link
http://www.2wglobal.com/www/wep/index.jsp On the right it says Track and Trace and then underneath there is an “All Users” button with a picture of an open padlock. Click this. It opens a new window (a popup window, so if you don’t see this window popup, turn off your popup blocker for this website and try again). Then copy your full 17 digit VIN into the Quick Search Cargo ID field and click the Track button. I used to see a “No records found” message (in red) and now I see the status screen that you can see in my first post on this thread. Sorry if you’re already doing all of this and it comes across as very patronising! Hope this helps. My dealer is still yet to inform me that my X3 is now in the Atlantic.
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Not wishing to tempt fate, perhaps I should have said in a boat on the Atlantic!!
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01-28-2011, 01:53 AM | #29 |
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The X3 is in huge demand in Europe especially for the xDrive20d. Suffice to say that the new X3 has really taken off in Europe and they are trying to keep up with the demand for the new X3.
The recently announced xDrive30d is also beginning to fullfill it's initial allocation.
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I was looking at changing the order to a 3.0d in order to speed up delivery, however the allocation they had has already sold out and we're now looking at delivery in week 44! I wonder if how much business they're losing out on because of the long delivery times? |
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I have a question concerning the basis price of 3.0d. The basis price on website of BMW and the BMW configurator is 39 315 (OTR). My London BMW dealer said that in his system the price is 39 435. Difference of 120 GBP.
Do you have similar experiences or do you know the reason about why the prices are different? |
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01-29-2011, 01:26 AM | #33 |
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Got my VIN
Managed to get my ViN from the dealer! Not looking as though the car is on the ship yet. Status has left the plant. Missed the 27th sailing so hoping will be on the ships that go out next week. Any idea how long it takes from factory to ship? Do they load in bulk? This tracking is great although very Sad!
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Finally got my order through my fleet management company. The good news is that their discount has increased so I got to add more toys.
The downside - the lead time quoted was 24-25 weeks. Ouch. Looks like the cold weather pack I ordered will be useful as soon as I get the car because we'll be heading into winter 2011 by then! |
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![]() ![]() ![]() My departed plant status was 14 Jan. My loaded on vessel status on the WW website was 27 Jan so about 2 weeks in my case. I would just try your VIN every couple of days on the WW Track and Trace, it will appear there eventually.
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02-01-2011, 03:57 AM | #36 |
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I have just added some more detail to the first post in this thread.
My dealer is still giving me a status of "departed plant" incidentally. I haven't told him I know it's on a ship.
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Has anyone been tempted by the ex-demo cars that seem to be in the used market?
No quite sure if this is quite the right place for a secondary question but anyway. We've always bought our cars outright. With this being the price it is that is more of a stretch. What kind of deals are people seeing to finance their X3? |
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I also use interest free balance transfer credit cards over 3 years. It's always much better than any short term loan deal in my experience because the handling fee is 2.5%-3.0% and interest free period is at least a year so you pay less than 3% pa. You will probably need a 900+ credit rating to get enough credit (depending on how much you need to borrow). And if you shift the balance from a purchase card that has cashback the real interest cost can be nearer 2% pa. If you don't want the hassle, there's always hire purchase. Somewhere like lingscars maybe.
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Have also used the credit card shuffle in the past but as it costs dealers money I have found now they won't do more than £5k which on an X3 doesn't get you too far. In my areas none of the dealer demos can be sold on pain of death from BMW until new ones to replace them arrive and for some reason this is frequently quoted as in April. So you might struggle to find one and even then get little discount. some dealer demos are actually sold but cannot be released until April - hope the buyers get something off.
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That said, even if you took a direct cash advance with a 3% handling fee from a credit card and then transferred the balance to another card, this is only a one-off 3% fee usually, and the overall cost of borrowing is still £1,000s less compared with a 7% APR short term loan for example. If you have a 900+ credit rating you can easily shift £20,000 on balance transfers this way.
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The best site for tracking the ships progress (when you're bored!) seems to be http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais in my experience. My X3 is about halfway!
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