Production Time and South Carolina

[elvism]

at plant. i thought i read somewhere u pay

[siga4ever]

Originally Posted by elvism

at plant. i thought i read somewhere u pay

Yes you still have to pay

[Gilles]

I am wondering how long it will take BMW to Bring the X5 per boat in Europe. Any Idea ?

[Billigoat]

Slalom - I was thinking the same thing. As the car is scheduled for production next week, I'll be tracking it's build and delivery progress to see how long it really takes. I assume they are trucked across the country.

If I had the time, I'd fly to SC, pick it up, and drive it back.

[whalerdude]

We picked up our X5 at the performance center on 12/21/06. They completely exceeded our expectations!! Santa Claus was even there!

We really cooked the tires on their demo X5 on the performance center track. The instructor gave me a ride for some hot laps in an M5 also WOW!!

I definately recommend the performance center delivery. they treat you like royalty! They even picked us up at the airport in a new 5 series wagon.

[Slalom]

Going the other direction it took less than three weeks from drop off to pick-up (tourist delivery of a 3 series). That was with a Munich drop off via Bremerhaven EH Harms did the shipping. It would have taken less time if I had dropped off closer to Hamburg. Would be an interesting tourism venture to offer Europeans a tourist delivery in the US I am sure that there would be a market for this in Germany.

[irvrobinson]

Originally Posted by siga4ever

Has anyone placed an order for the e70 recently? If so, do you know the production time? Also, has anyone picked up their car at the factory in South Carolina? Is it worth going there to get it?

It's well worth it to go,a great experience,wonderful people to show you everything,amazing factory tour and a great drive home in your new ride.I picked up an X3 for my wife there,the week after I went to Munich and picked up a 750LI for my dealership....you can see the photos at www.edBMW.com/photos

[efenska]

Hi all, this is my first post. After checking with every Houston BMW dealer and hearing 6-8 weeks lead time when ordering, one dealer emailed me saying "I have a build spot that will get you the exact X5 you are looking for in 30 days." Too good to be true? Is there a way to verify his claim?

[Slalom]

If he is talking about 30 days to Texas "the exact X5 you are looking for" - has a production number (so can be checked on line) and is already built or will be next week. I have a January production number and I was told in December - no changes.

[trueX5er]

I'm still confused on why my E70 is being built so late..... The end of April seems wayyy to long from what I'm seeing on here. I'm sure there's a pretty fair amount of demand in Northern IL, but something seems wrong.