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BMW 3 series VIN number

10 messages,  Last post on May 30, 2011 at 7:50 PM

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#6 of 10 Re: BMW 3 series VIN number [winston2000] by busiris

May 27, 2011 (10:39 am)

Replying to: winston2000 (May 25, 2011 8:50 pm)
Just for the record, I have had the VIN for EVERY BMW I have ever ordered within 48 hours of placing the order.
 
Usually, the dealership simply converts a pre-exisiting, allocated, non-sold car to your order and modifies the specs accordingly, so they move it into the system pretty quickly.
 
FWIW...

#7 of 10 Re: BMW 3 series VIN number [busiris] by winston2000

May 27, 2011 (2:32 pm)

Replying to: busiris (May 27, 2011 10:39 am)
Thank you. I now have the VIN / Production number . A non-sold car was converted to my order and I am now following the production process at the BMWUSA site.
 
Thanks to all

#8 of 10 Re: BMW 3 series VIN number [winston2000] by kyfdx HOST

May 27, 2011 (8:27 pm)

Replying to: winston2000 (May 27, 2011 2:32 pm)
Good deal!

#9 of 10 Re: BMW 3 series VIN number [winston2000] by rhmass

May 28, 2011 (5:00 am)

Replying to: winston2000 (May 25, 2011 8:50 pm)
I ordered three BMWs with equipments I had specified. Each time, I was able to track the movement of the car from pre-production to the entire transport process including the ports the cars arrived in the US. However your order appeared to be matching one of those coming dealer's way with equipment you wanted, so it was not exactly ordered by you. It should arrive as promised, except hopefully the car is not only closely matching what you want as options. It is possible dealer may pull something like "Sorry they missed this or added that option to your ordered car by mistake"! This certainly has happened even with a car ordered at the outset by the customer, but rarely..

#10 of 10 Re: BMW 3 series VIN number [rhmass] by busiris

May 30, 2011 (7:50 pm)

Replying to: rhmass (May 28, 2011 5:00 am)
However your order appeared to be matching one of those coming dealer's way with equipment you wanted, so it was not exactly ordered by you. It should arrive as promised, except hopefully the car is not only closely matching what you want as options. It is possible dealer may pull something like "Sorry they missed this or added that option to your ordered car by mistake"!
 
I disagree.
 
BMW allocates vehicles to each dealer far in advance of manufacture, and the dealer "pre-configures" each vehicle as if it is going on his lot. As special orders are placed, these same vehicles are re-configured to exactly match the order from the customer (as long as the vehicle hasn't entered production already).
 
That is how the dealer can give a correct VIN to the special order customer within 24-48 hours, as they already have the list of VIN's allocated to the dealer.
 
Now, if a car arrives with different specifications than ordered, either the dealer ordered it incorrectly or is intentionally attempting to pass-off a car as a special order when in fact it was already in the "no-change" position in pre-production.

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