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Old 03-30-2005, 04:18 PM
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How long do you have to wait before your dealership can find out your production number?
My dealership told me that they need about a week before they can find out my production number. I thought this was something that you get right away once your placed an order....Did your dealership tell you the same thing?
Old 03-30-2005, 05:06 PM
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Depends mostly on their allocation. If they have an open allocation, then the production number should be available when you place your order.
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Originally Posted by out_kold' date='Mar 30 2005, 08:18 PM
How long do you have to wait before your dealership can find out your production number?
My dealership told me that they need about a week before they can find out my production number. I thought this was something that you get right away once your placed an order....Did your dealership tell you the same thing? ?
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Yes, it sounds about right. This is my current timeline:
ordered 545i on 03/05/2005,
production number on 03/10/2005,
vin# on 03/25/2005.

She is in the production now with the completion date 04/05/2005.
My dealer said she should arrive in 3-4 weeks from April 5th.
Old 03-31-2005, 11:14 PM
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If they dont have a production order, they cannot really order the car. It is technically a pre order. I ordered mine, got the production number IMMEDIATELY, and looked up the car on BMW owners circle. It knew the color already, and in two days, all my options were listed. Your dealer is full of CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I ordered my 2005 545i Saturday afternoon 4/2/05 and I just received my production number
this morning (Monday) 4/4/05.
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Looks like production allocations come out around the 1st 1/3 of the month.

I ordered my 545 in Dec of 2003 for an April 16 2004 pickup. So production would have been mid March. I wasn't given a production # till Feb 14th.
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I called an hour before I came to sign and order a 06 and in 15 min, I knew the number.


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