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The credit card shuffle requires either a cash advance (which usually carries a 2.5%-3% one-off fee) or credit cards which let you transfer a balance from your current account (effectively giving you cash in return for a cc balance). Both methods will work out considerably less than most loan APRs now available.
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02-03-2011, 10:27 AM | #46 |
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Should also point out that even if you only pay the deposit with a credit card you have much more cover than you would with debit card / cash if anything goes wrong.
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Paid £500 deposit via credit card following above advice. Appears orders now are for del July to Sept depending on dealer. I went for 01 Sept reg as advised car worth up to £1000 more than same car reg in Aug come resale. For the sake of a couple of weeks decided to wait for the 61 plate.
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http://www.brenz.net/services/vin_checksum.asp I would say that if you have the correct VIN and WW says not found, it's not on the Elektra or the Oberon but I might be wrong (and I really hope I am with respect to your X3!). Re. position, this mid-atlantic position is about right for an 11 day sail so it appears on schedule for Bremerhaven on 7/2/2011 and ultimately Southampton on 14/2/2011. Oberon's schedule is UA050-OBE which is CHARLESTON,SC U.S.A. 21/01/2011 21/01/2011 BREMERHAVEN GERMANY 01/02/2011 05/02/2011 ZEEBRUGGE BELGIUM 07/02/2011 07/02/2011 SOUTHAMPTON UNITED KINGDOM 08/02/2011 08/02/2011 Docked at Bremerhaven now looks correct and then it's Southampton on the way back as you said. I don't think the dealers will get any update on their system until it arrives at Southampton (which is poor to say the least). There are two more Charleston - Southampton voyages leaving 4/2 and 8/2 arriving 23/2 and 28/2, so if it's not on a ship yet, you should check on 5/2 and 9/2 for these using your VIN. Good luck!
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Hi.... Also trying to find my car. No luck so far but supposed to have left plant. Hoping for something on 8th sailing. What the heck do they do with the car from factory to port????? Hope you manage to find yours.
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02-07-2011, 04:17 PM | #52 |
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It's annoying but I think you have no choice but to plug in your VIN each day.
I hope when your X3s are finally loaded onto your ship that your captain stays off the booze. The captain of the Elektra is struggling to find port at Bremerhaven it would seem. See latest track from this evening....
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02-07-2011, 04:45 PM | #53 |
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... and being full of BMW's I bet he didn't indicate once.
I guess I'll have to stop with those sorts of comments soon (well, maybe this year if I'm lucky). One of the few naff things I found with the X3 was the way the indicator and wiper stalks function - it's almost like they're pandering to the stereotype above.
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![]() I didn't like the indicators on my test drives but hoped I would get used to them. Much prefer how they function in my VW, but hopefully with time I'll see the light and grow to love them. No rain on either of my test drives so I may dislike the wiper function as well.
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Surprised y'all didn't like the indicator stalk. What was it?
Was the triple-signal feature enabled? I've come to really like that feature. Don't know if this is at all what y'all experienced, but when I first a BMW I was frustrated with the indicators. First, the resistance bit was different than my other cars. In those cars canceling the indicator was a bop in the opposite direction. In the BMW if you do that you tend to end up indicating the opposite direction. Canceling is a light bop in same direction you're already indicating. After a bit, that became second nature. Second, the triple-signal function was disabled. Once I turned that on I really liked it. A light press indicates three times in that direction. Great for lane changes, quick, small turns, and the like. For me this function is a great economy when driving in traffic, at high speed, etc. A little press to the stalk and hands back on the wheel. Maybe y'all already know all the above and just don't prefer the way it works. Offered it up just in case any of it was new/useful.
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Overtaking mode (triple wink) was what I've been used to from Audi so that felt natural.
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![]() In consignment isn't helpful at all as to me that covers the entire trip from Spartanburg to the dealer. It's not too late for it to be on Faust which sails today. I think I checked WW late in the evening on the day that Elektra sailed out of Charleston and that was the first time I got a VIN match. Must be very frustrating for you ![]() If it is on Elektra, I think you'll get a call next Monday or Tuesday.
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I know the UK is generally disliked the world over, particularly in Europe (see recent Eurovision Song Contest results), but it's still quite disappointing to see that some of our newly ordered and eagerly anticipated X3s (and X5s etc) sail right past Southampton on their to Bremerhaven, when surely offloading the UK order cars at Southampton first would save some fuel
![]() ![]() Below is Elektra, now on her way to Gothenburg. No offence to the guys in Stockholm, just envy ![]()
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I heard something abut a strike on WW lines maybe they gone lay the ship up in Gothenburg!!! http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/images...nfused0068.gif
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Hmmm, so my dealer called me today and said my car is now "in the UK" and will be shipped to them soon. But according to WW's VIN tracking system, it's still in port in Gothenburg and won't arrive in the UK until Monday! Very odd.
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