[TMR013]

Got that email from my SA the other day. The M2 is born and sitting in a parking lot somewhere in Germany waiting for the big boat trip.
Thinking 5-6 weeks since it has to come to the west coast. Would make it a little less than 4 months since I put the deposit down. Honestly that's about what I expected, I really felt the 6 months my SA quoted me was him just being cautious. That what everybody else has been seeing?

[pruettfan]

Originally Posted by TMR013

Got that email from my SA the other day. The M2 is born and sitting in a parking lot somewhere in Germany waiting for the big boat trip.
Thinking 5-6 weeks since it has to come to the west coast. Would make it a little less than 4 months since I put the deposit down. Honestly that's about what I expected, I really felt the 6 months my SA quoted me was him just being cautious. That what everybody else has been seeing?

I was in full OCD mode when my car was sitting at the port and then made it on the boat. My car took 28 days from completion to delivery in Tucson. It arrived on a Wed morning at the port in Cali and was at my dealer at noon on that Friday so it made it through port quickly. Your dealer should have info on the boat assignment soon and of course you can call the BMW genius and get up to date information. Also https://www.2wglobal.com is the site for the shipping company that seems to do all of the work for BMW, you can enter your VIN in their search engine and see tracking. Finally if your fully OCD you can pay 6-7 bucks for a month of tracking on the ship and watch the little icon go from port to port, across the Atlantic and through the Panama Canal (guess which option I chose).

[ShelJW]

Originally Posted by TMR013

Got that email from my SA the other day. The M2 is born and sitting in a parking lot somewhere in Germany waiting for the big boat trip.
Thinking 5-6 weeks since it has to come to the west coast. Would make it a little less than 4 months since I put the deposit down.

Congrats!

What color/options did you order?

I placed my order mid Dec., and I'm going nuts waiting for it! I always say I can be very patient, as long as I don't have to wait!

When did they start to build your M2?

I'm sure you're getting even more impatient than I am... the closer it gets, the more difficult the wait!

[GregoryK]

Originally Posted by pruettfan

I was in full OCD mode when my car was sitting at the port and then made it on the boat. My car took 28 days from completion to delivery in Tucson. It arrived on a Wed morning at the port in Cali and was at my dealer at noon on that Friday so it made it through port quickly. Your dealer should have info on the boat assignment soon and of course you can call the BMW genius and get up to date information. Also https://www.2wglobal.com is the site for the shipping company that seems to do all of the work for BMW, you can enter your VIN in their search engine and see tracking. Finally if your fully OCD you can pay 6-7 bucks for a month of tracking on the ship and watch the little icon go from port to port, across the Atlantic and through the Panama Canal (guess which option I chose).

2WGlobal no longer works with your Vin #. They took that search engine down for "security reasons" on the Jan 24.

[qnet]

My CA emailed me and said my M2 is ship bound and should arrive sometime in February. I put my order in last April. I'm doing the PCD so I want see it until March.

[TMR013]

Originally Posted by ShelJW

Congrats!

What color/options did you order?

I placed my order mid Dec., and I'm going nuts waiting for it! I always say I can be very patient, as long as I don't have to wait!

When did they start to build your M2?

I'm sure you're getting even more impatient than I am... the closer it gets, the more difficult the wait!

LBB/DCT/Apple car play. Also buying some M Performance CF bits to add on once it gets here (steering wheel insert, rear winglets)

Put the deposit down the week before Thanksgiving. Been in build the last month.

[TMR013]

Originally Posted by qnet

My CA emailed me and said my M2 is ship bound and should arrive sometime in February. I put my order in last April. I'm doing the PCD so I want see it until March.

Wow! That is a long wait. Wonder why it's shorter for some?

[dcmac]

Ordered mine Nov 10 last year, about to take delivery next week... so just under 3 months. And mine needed to sail to the west coast too.

[navarrojiii]

I am going through Chandler BMW as well. I put a deposit down on 10/7/17 and was supposed to get a week 2 build. My M2 left Bremerhaven on the Liberty around 1/15/18 I believe and it is scheduled to hit Port Hueneme on 2/13/18. I’m assuming I’ll have my car around 2/17/18 depending how long my port installed options take. Definitely counting down the days!

LBB w/ executive, moonroof, CarPlay

[qnet]

Originally Posted by TMR013

Wow! That is a long wait. Wonder why it's shorter for some?

My situation was kind of different I suppose. The first CA I dealt with wanted to sell me a car they had coming, which had several thousand dollars of extras on it. I didn't want that car because of the extras and what it cost. The manager seemed a little irritated by this, and I was basically told the only way I could get a car at MSRP was to order one, and it would be a year wait.

I called their bluff, and told them I didn't mind waiting. They let me order my car, but insisted on a non-refundable $1000,00 deposit. I was never comfortable with that whole situation so, after a few months, I charged back my deposit on my CC.

I figured that would piss them off and never expected to here from them again.

Fast forward to January of this year, I get contacted by another CA at the same dealership who still has my order information. The original CA I dealt with is no longer with the dealership (he moved on to other opportunities I was told). He informed me that they had a configurable M2 going into production soon. Still having my order info in a folder he saw, he wanted to know if I wanted to change anything, if I was still interested of course. I added a moon-roof, Apple car-play and PCD.

I told him I never expected to here from them again, and he apologized for no one keeping in touch with me. So far everything's been cool.

[champignon]

Originally Posted by qnet

I told him I never expected to here from them again, and he apologized for no one keeping in touch with me. So far everything's been cool.

Did you feel like you needed to take a shower after this conversation?

[qnet]

Originally Posted by champignon

Did you feel like you needed to take a shower after this conversation?

LOL, yeah I guess.

[champignon]

Originally Posted by qnet

LOL, yeah I guess.

Keep that soap handy, you may need it again before the curtain drops on the final scene of this play :-)

[akkando]

Originally Posted by qnet

I called their bluff, and told them I didn't mind waiting. They let me order my car, but insisted on a non-refundable $1000,00 deposit. I was never comfortable with that whole situation so, after a few months, I charged back my deposit on my CC.

I figured that would piss them off and never expected to here from them again.

Charge back, I love it!!

[seattle86]

Originally Posted by navarrojiii

I am going through Chandler BMW as well. I put a deposit down on 10/7/17 and was supposed to get a week 2 build. My M2 left Bremerhaven on the Liberty around 1/15/18 I believe and it is scheduled to hit Port Hueneme on 2/13/18.

Nice, I'm on the Liberty too. Hoping to pick it up after the long weekend @ BMW Northwest. Got lucky and put a deposit down on an already in production on 12/21.

[navarrojiii]

Originally Posted by seattle86

Nice, I'm on the Liberty too. Hoping to pick it up after the long weekend @ BMW Northwest. Got lucky and put a deposit down on an already in production on 12/21.

Been tracking the Liberty... looks like its ETA into Baltimore is 1/31/18 now, so about 2 days behind schedule. I wonder how much this will affect our respective pickups.

[qnet]

I hadn't seen anything posted in this thread for awhile. My car is at the performance center. It got there early, but I still can't pick it up until when I originally planned on March 12th. The roadblock is my current car and trade-in, the Focus RS. The RS has a head gasket issue that is finally being addressed by Ford. There have been several issues with dealerships, backorders and delays. I originally went to the dealer I bought the car from, several weeks ago; and got the runaround.

Needless to say, this experience has soured me on Ford but not necessarily the Focus RS. It's a really fun car, but now I just want to get rid of it, and never step foot back in a Ford dealership again. Sorry for the negative post, I just had to vent.

[rkmjr]

Well, my 18' M2 MG MT is now waiting for a boat as well. I am on the US east coast so I am hoping for a mid-April delivery.

[TMR013]

Arriving in LA 2/22. My Dealer may try to fast track it to make month end. I might have it in a week!!

[Anthony1s]

Originally Posted by rkmillerjr

Well, my 18' M2 MG MT is now waiting for a boat as well. I am on the US east coast so I am hoping for a mid-April delivery.

My 2018 MG DCT finished production on 2/16 and is awaiting it's boat. I'm also on east coast, so maybe we'll be on the same boat.

[rkmjr]

Originally Posted by Anthony1s

My 2018 MG DCT finished production on 2/16 and is awaiting it's boat. I'm also on east coast, so maybe we'll be on the same boat.

Originally Posted by Anthony1s

My 2018 MG DCT finished production on 2/16 and is awaiting it's boat. I'm also on east coast, so maybe we'll be on the same boat.

Possibly the same boat, where are you located? I'm in south central Pennsylvania.

[Anthony1s]

Originally Posted by rkmillerjr

Possibly the same boat, where are you located? I'm in south central Pennsylvania.

Haha a coincidence. I'm in North East PA, but it's getting delivered to Reading BMW. Forget being on the same boat, we might be parked next to each other on it lol.

According to the timeline in the tracking thread, I estimate getting mine between March 11th-28th. And my dealer estimated 5-6 weeks after being built. So hopefully you'll get yours before mid-April. Unless you'll be at the port longer getting accessories put on.