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#2686 of 3499 Re: Waitin'...anticipatin' [carnaught] by kyfdx HOST Jul 13, 2007 (5:47 am)
Replying to: carnaught (Jul 12, 2007 3:34 pm) When they leave you the message that your new car is ready..., don't call them back for a couple of days.. Then, tell them it will be the first of next week before you can get in, as you are going out of town on business..   You can easily put off delivery for a couple of weeks.. Replies to this message: carnaught (Jul 13, 2007 7:50 am)
#2687 of 3499 Re: Waitin'...anticipatin' [kyfdx] by carnaught Jul 13, 2007 (7:50 am)
Replying to: kyfdx (Jul 13, 2007 5:47 am) When they leave you the message that your new car is ready..., don't call them back for a couple of days.. Then, tell them it will be the first of next week before you can get in, as you are going out of town on business..    You can easily put off delivery for a couple of weeks..   Thanks. Dealer already told me they understood that I would not take delivery immediately should the new car come in weeks before the older lease expires. They said they have a "room" for purchased cars that will be safe from being test driven and the lookieloos.
#2688 of 3499 Lease 2008 535i by tocheer4 Jul 17, 2007 (1:19 pm)
I have never done lease before. This time I want to try lease a 2008 535i. Here is what I got so far   Silver, Sport, Premium, Cold Weather, Logic 7, Park Distance, HD   $1500 over invoice, .0020 MF (another dealer offer $1750 over), 10,000 / yr miles   What should I look for? Can I negotiate residual value? What's the residual value?   The delivery date is late Oct. That long?   Any help is greatly appreciated. Replies to this message: pearl85 (Jul 19, 2007 12:29 pm)
#2689 of 3499 anticipation by gohorns1 Jul 18, 2007 (4:49 pm)
I ordered a 535i at the end of last month. It completed production after a week (as per the BMW owner's circle.) For the past 10 days it has been sitting on a wharf in Germany awaiting transport. Any experience out there regarding how long it usually takes to get shipped. I was told to expect 8 weeks for delivery, but the time table I was given assumed a longer period to build the car. I'm thinking of hopping a plane to Germany, but the family and work would not be pleased...... Replies to this message: carnaught (Jul 19, 2007 5:50 pm) awhm (Jul 20, 2007 4:53 am) gohorns1 (Jul 23, 2007 6:22 pm) wolfer2 (Jul 25, 2007 1:58 pm) carnaught (Jul 26, 2007 4:58 pm) hihomike (Jul 22, 2007 6:13 am) vinay1974 (Jul 22, 2007 9:28 pm)
#2690 of 3499 Re: Lease 2008 535i in Seattle [skobola] by skobola Jul 18, 2007 (9:24 pm)
Replying to: skobola (Jul 07, 2007 8:09 am) This is just a repeat of my previous question (#2672) that was not answered, when kyfdx mentioned that the current lease customers may get a MF of 0.0018. Namely, my question was if this much lowered MF was only for a 535 or it applied for other BMWs. In addition, provided the different MFs for different BMW models, is there a formula for calculating the MF for the lease customers? This would be great, as the discount would be fairly significant, as the current MF for 535 is 0.0025, so 0.0018 would mean that the MF would be discounted 28% for current lease customers!
#2692 of 3499 Re: Lease 2008 535i [tocheer4] by pearl85 Jul 19, 2007 (12:29 pm)
Replying to: tocheer4 (Jul 17, 2007 1:19 pm) try this link   http://www.leaseguide.com/calc.htm
#2693 of 3499 Re: anticipation [gohorns1] by carnaught Jul 19, 2007 (5:50 pm)
Replying to: gohorns1 (Jul 18, 2007 4:49 pm) ordered a 535i at the end of last month. It completed production after a week (as per the BMW owner's circle.) For the past 10 days it has been sitting on a wharf in Germany awaiting transport. Any experience out there regarding how long it usually takes to get shipped. I was told to expect 8 weeks for delivery, but the time table I was given assumed a longer period to build the car. I'm thinking of hopping a plane to Germany, but the family and work would not be pleased......   I ordered my 535 about the same time you did. Mine is similarly built and waiting for transport. My dealer told me that at this point the on-line information is incorrect and can lag by a week or two and to just ignore it. He went on to tell me the car should arrive here by about 7/25 and that it could be at the dealer by the very end of the month.   Well, time will tell, who or what to believe. Keep us informed and I'll do the same. Replies to this message: awhm (Jul 20, 2007 4:53 am) gohorns1 (Jul 23, 2007 6:22 pm) wolfer2 (Jul 25, 2007 1:58 pm) carnaught (Jul 26, 2007 4:58 pm)
#2694 of 3499 Re: anticipation [carnaught] by awhm Jul 20, 2007 (4:53 am)
Replying to: carnaught (Jul 19, 2007 5:50 pm) Had a similar experience - the key dates to keep in the back of your mind is the 8 weeks - ugh...as Owner's Circle does a great job of building anticipation - hint, hint, hint! I checked my car's status every day as I was awaiting and being in the manufacturing/production field, I am not surprised that certain segments were completed ahead of a proposed date and this is all part of managing the flow. Ideally, the car would go from parts to assembly line to boat to port to ground transport to dealer to you - without any breaks. However, it is not feasible to send a ship loaded with only one car. I received mine ahead of the expected delivery date and although I would wanted to have it sooner (since BMW was exceeding expectations at almost every step) I was still excited to receive the call advising it is in and ready for pickup.
#2695 of 3499 Re: anticipation [gohorns1] by hihomike Jul 22, 2007 (6:13 am)
Replying to: gohorns1 (Jul 18, 2007 4:49 pm) I ordered my 2008 535i in mid April. I took delivery on June 5th, or about 7 weeks from order to delivery. That's about average, since I've ordered 3 5 series cars in the past 4 years, and each of them took about 7 weeks. Replies to this message: vinay1974 (Jul 22, 2007 9:28 pm)

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