The X3 has finally arrived at the dealer after spending a week at a rail yard.  Who wants to bet that we might even get it on Saturday or will it be January 2nd?

I was told, this morning, that the vehicle was on rail.  Well now, it’s off the rails because… It’s been picked up by Hansen’s!

Now to get it to Policaro and PDIed and delivered.  I admit, I have asked if we could have a Saturday delivery but I suspect it’ll be Wednesday next week.

Well it looks like the X3 is ready to be shipped from South Carolina!  Talking to my dealer this morning, the vehicle is in 182 status which means, “Scheduled for Carrier”.  Sweet!  Let’s hope it gets picked up in the next day or two!  Which hopefully means one week of transport?  Maybe it gets to Brampton next Tuesday, maybe for a pickup by next Friday?

We can hope!

Thankfully, robots don’t drink on Mondays.  The good news is, production day was on Tuesday.  The vehicle was in assembly in the morning, so we’ll see.  I’m hoping that tomorrow, Friday, it’s starting to be shipped, so maybe in status 190?  One can hope!

I have no idea what status the car is in, and in many respects I don’t want to jinx it.

Here is a guide to BMW production status codes:
0 Order deleted by NA
17 Order not Specified
37 Order is at BMW NA
87 Production Week Assigned
97 Order sent to AG
100 Order deleted by AG
101 Error in data transmitted
102 Special Order (no Prod Week)
105 Order out of Prod. Period
111 Order Accepted at AG
112 Order scheduled for Production
**** Up to this point you can still make changes to the car such as options, colors, etc. However, once the car goes to status 150, you cannot make any changes since the car is now in production!
150 Production Started
151 Body Shop Started
152 Paint Shop Started
153 Assembly Started
155 Production Completed
160 Released to Distribution
168 AG Stock
170 Waiting Workshop
172 Planned for Workshop
174 Workshop Entry
176 Workshop Complete
180 Waiting for Export Dispatch
181 Waiting for Domestic Dispatch
182 Schedule for Carrier
190 In transit to port of exit
191 Returned to BMW AG
193 Arrived at Port of Exit
194 Selected for Shipment
195 Shipped from Port of Exit
196 Shipment Arrival at destination port?

So, despite the fact that the car went into ‘Production’ as in BMW’s code 150, that didn’t mean it was being built at Plant Spartanburg – yet.  It more or less means that the just-in-time components are in the process of being built

Talking to BMW directly, it turns out that the X3 is scheduled for actual production, meaning assembly at Plant Spartanburg, during week 49.

The week of December 4th to 9th – assuming a 6 day week, with Sunday being a shutdown.

It’s pretty much in line with what I said in my last post on November 22nd. I figure the car will be a mid-week build with assembly being completed on December 6th as a guess.

This means the car is shipped by Friday, taking two weeks means arriving December 22nd, just in time for Christmas.

Interestingly, talking to the business manager, she actually said that she was going to put a rush on the vehicle because she wanted us to have it before Christmas.  Mainly because she’s on holiday from the evening of the 22nd through to January 2nd.  This wasn’t my specific request, but it’s appreciated.

So we’ll see.  I have no idea what a rush delivery actually means.  Does that mean we could have it by the 18th because rush means one week delivery?  We’ll see what happens.