[Sequence001]

Originally Posted by ando

My i5 arrived at the port on September 11. Thinking I will be on the next ship. Is this how you are tracking?

Schedules option at the bottom and search EU to North America by route.

Shows 22nd departure date. I believe my car is loading on Themis as well. Next Ship is “Morning Chant” scheduled for next week departure, 27th. So if your car is being built right now, but it’s not at the Port today, you should see it in transit next week.

[Travis]

Still waiting for the status change to “In Transit” LOL.

I will be pissed if at the end of day my car is not on the ship.

[CharlieBravo]

Same, Travis. Mine has been "dispatched from factory" for 48 hours.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by CharlieBravo

Same, Travis. Mine has been "dispatched from factory" for 48 hours.

I guess in your case it is highly likely your car will not be on the boat today. Probably the one next week.

[DHDCF]

Should still beat the next interest rate hike.

[OciWan]

Mines still at the port as well. Been like that since Saturday.

[pgershon]

My car has been at the port since September 13 and it looks like it will miss this vessel. I called BMW Genius and they say the vessel remains unassigned for my vehicle. Next ship leaves Oct 4 or so. And there are two ships that week so its a good bet my car will make one of them. I remember waiting about a month after arrival at the port for my i4 to ship last year.

[Travis]

Mine is still at the port. I guess that is it.
Bit disappointed.
Anybody else has better luck?

[wagonallterrain]

Originally Posted by Travis

Mine is still at the port. I guess that is it.
Bit disappointed.
Anybody else has better luck?

Even if you car got here in the US tomorrow, your dealer wouldn't be able to sell to you until Oct 28, so don't feel disappointed - there is still more than a month to go before the launch.

BMW also has Baltimore and Brunshwick as their east coast ports, so the cars could be on a ship to these destinations as well. In fact, my 840 entered the country from Baltimore.

ps: mine is still at the port as well

[tsbrown]

Originally Posted by wagonallterrain

Even if you car got here in the US tomorrow, your dealer wouldn't be able to sell to you until Oct 28, so don't feel disappointed - there is still more than a month to go before the launch.

This. In fact a dealer employee who posts on other threads here has said they have to keep the cars hidden/camouflaged until launch. I just saw them at the Welt. If you liked it enough to order based only on photos, I think you’ll like it better in person.

[Travis]

Oh dear my status just changed to In Transit. My car is on the ship at the end. Happy happy.

[pgershon]

Originally Posted by Travis

Oh dear my status just changed to In Transit. My car is on the ship at the end. Happy happy.

Thanks for the note. I just checked again and my status changed too, after 11 AM EDT on 9/22. Now in transit.

[ando]

Ugh, my i5 eDr 40 didn’t make it, but congrats to you all who did!

[OciWan]

Mine did not make it either. 😢

[pgershon]

I may be wrong, but I would advise those who did not make it to keep checking back through tomorrow. BMW is very late updating these shipment tracks. I see people here whose car got to the port a few days before mine - I wouldn't be shocked if they update records late. I thought I had missed it when I looked at 11 AM today, then looked again after seeing others who got late notice.

Also, thought of you not on the East Coast may be on a different ship. BMW typically uses a different shipping line altogether for West Coast deliveries (I am not sure about midwest)

[cpt]

Originally Posted by Sisyrx

SoCal here as well…really hoping IAS ends up being a happy surprise as I’m a small-car guy moving to a very large car with the M60.

Let us know what you find out!

I wasn't able to get a confirmation from my dealer, but funny enough I got an answer from the official BMW USA twitter account: (see attached screencap)

Hopefully that settles it.

[Sisyrx]

Originally Posted by cpt

I wasn't able to get a confirmation from my dealer, but funny enough I got an answer from the official BMW USA twitter account: (see attached screencap)

Hopefully that settles it.

Much appreciated! Really looking forward to being able to see/drive one soon and subsequently ordering.


Hyped for all you preorders and cannot wait to hear about your experiences!

[wagonallterrain]

Originally Posted by ando

Ugh, my i5 eDr 40 didn’t make it, but congrats to you all who did!

Looks like our cars will be on the ship next Wednesday to Baltimore (hopefully)

[Kball]

My car has arrived at the USA port. It is a shame I can’t get it until 10/28. It would be interesting to understand what BMW is trying to accomplish by making us wait.

[Rionshin]

It is really interesting how people get VIN and check their cars, because in EU that’s not possible yet . I preorder on 1st July and dealer inform me that production will start November or December and I will have VIN earliest at November.
Can I request from BMW some document that order is accepted and planned production week , is it better to contact bmw directly or my dealer ?

That’s what I ordered https://webfrontend.evecp.bmw.cloud/b74f917


Thanks

[tsbrown]

Originally Posted by pgershon

I may be wrong, but I would advise those who did not make it to keep checking back through tomorrow. BMW is very late updating these shipment tracks. I see people here whose car got to the port a few days before mine - I wouldn't be shocked if they update records late. I thought I had missed it when I looked at 11 AM today, then looked again after seeing others who got late notice.

Also, thought of you not on the East Coast may be on a different ship. BMW typically uses a different shipping line altogether for West Coast deliveries (I am not sure about midwest)

From working with international container shipments for years, the shipping companies (Wallenius Wilhelmsen for BMW) take up to 3 days after port departure to confirm what is on board. I don’t recall if this was the case with my F30 and G30 shipments several years ago.

[Scrapula]

I kept waffling between the i5 and a Lucid Air Touring, so ended up just putting a deposit on a dealer build. Production date August 4th. Still in transit to VPC.
Mineral White / Black Veganza
20” wheels
Premium Package
Sky Lounge

I would have picked a different color and merino leather, but hopefully the Veganza will be okay. I might do a partial wrap with the white.