Delivery to the UK

Steve Gill · 09-30-2010, 03:04 PM

Has anyone else ever tracked delivery of an X6 or X5 to the UK?

I ordered a new X6M in early August, and it arrived at the port (Charleston I believe) on the 2nd September. It was loaded onto a boat on the 11th, the Toreador, which went to Bremerhaven for a couple of days, and then left for Southampton, arriving on Tuesday morning (0300). That morning I had a call from the dealer confirming it had arrived in the UK.

The dealer called someone today who confirmed it was leaving for Thorne (distribution centre) tomorrow, and I should have it sometime next week.

The dealer believes that all X5s and X6s are quality checked in Germany during that 2 day period - does anyone know?

Is anyone else as sad as I am to track their car across the atlantic?

Dunzzy · 10-01-2010, 05:20 AM

Steve,
Your not alone in this. I did the same thing back in April. Lost track of the vehicle after it was offloaded in Bremerhaven. Car was at the dealers 2 weeks later later. I believe the EU customs and initial inspection is done at Bremerhaven and full inspection done at VDC (Thorne). Deal does final prep and registration. Not long to wait now though!

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Steve Gill Private First Class 492 Rep 127 Posts Drives: G82 M4 xDrive, F82 GTS Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Scotland, UK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2021 F87 M2 Schirme ... [0.00] 2005 E60 M5 [0.00] 2012 E92 M3 [0.00] 2016 F82 M4 GTS [10.00] 2021 G82 M4 xDrive [9.50] 2020 G05 X5 45e [0.00]	Delivery to the UK Has anyone else ever tracked delivery of an X6 or X5 to the UK? I ordered a new X6M in early August, and it arrived at the port (Charleston I believe) on the 2nd September. It was loaded onto a boat on the 11th, the Toreador, which went to Bremerhaven for a couple of days, and then left for Southampton, arriving on Tuesday morning (0300). That morning I had a call from the dealer confirming it had arrived in the UK. The dealer called someone today who confirmed it was leaving for Thorne (distribution centre) tomorrow, and I should have it sometime next week. The dealer believes that all X5s and X6s are quality checked in Germany during that 2 day period - does anyone know? Is anyone else as sad as I am to track their car across the atlantic?
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Dunzzy Private First Class 12 Rep 153 Posts Drives: 435Xd White Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Scotland iTrader: (0)	Steve, Your not alone in this. I did the same thing back in April. Lost track of the vehicle after it was offloaded in Bremerhaven. Car was at the dealers 2 weeks later later. I believe the EU customs and initial inspection is done at Bremerhaven and full inspection done at VDC (Thorne). Deal does final prep and registration. Not long to wait now though!
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