Latest ordered 25 June, 2010 - Thelma III
Well it was an exciting day to say the least.
We'll post the pictures here, but for commentary check out our Google Picasa web album (link below the pics - same pics but with captions.).
Now to go an enjoy the car!
Here's the e-mail we have been waiting for from our salesman -
"Sent 23 September 2010 17:20
Hi Larry,You beauty! All the ducks are in a row.
We're ready for the pickup (or is it delivery?)
And Colleen just gave me a kiss. What more could a man want?
Larry & Colleen
2010SP23 19:15 Sydney, 05:15 US EDT, 11:15 Germany
Minto is a suburb south of Sydney (but north of Port Kembla where ship docked), where BMWs go to be validated as meeting all Australian Standards.
According to Ken, our salesman and good friend who we visited on Friday, 10 Sept, (and he showed me the info on this computer screen) our 528i arrived in the Minto yard at 7:32am that morning.
Tentative arrangements have been made for handback of the 535i and pickup of the 528i on Friday 24 Sept, 1 week from today!
While gathering all the paperwork for this transaction we discovered an unread e-mail from BMW Australia e-nthusiast - Edition 2 2010 that had a link to the Wheels magazine reprint where the 5 series (535i) over the 4 other cars in it's class - Merc E350, Jag XF 3.0D S, Audi A6 TFSI and Lexus GS45h.
Now our good freind and fellow BMW owner actually test drove at least a Merc, but we both agreed, and didn't need the article to decide.
But we thought we'd be fair and at least post the article here.
Enjoy and more in the coming days!
Larry & Colleen
2010SP17 19:20 Sydney, 05:20 US EDT, 11:20 South Africa
Well arrived in Port Kembla a port south of Sydney near Wollongong!
We understand from the dealer that she now gets trucked to a southern suburb of Minto where she is checked by the government agency responsible for Australian standards compliance. She will then be trucked to the dealer for their preparation. Our next post will provide more specific details.
Well, it would appear that two things have occured. Our BMW has arrived in Australia, albeit on the western shore in Freemantle, Western Australia. The reference to "released" we are told is that the dealer has been made aware of the pending release of the car to the land process.
It's obvious that the ship is on it's way from Reunion Island, to Fremantle, it's first port of call in Australia.
But you have to look at the last copy of this report, to note that it was delayed in East London, South Africa and it's now one day later that it was in the previous report.
We hope it enjoyed the extra day in South Africa. Probably stayed to say hi to our friends Basil & Leonie who were on their way.
Getting excited.
Larry & Colleen
2010AG27 17:30 Sydney
Has departed Southampton UK (27 Jul) and on it's way to Port Elizabeth, South Africa (11 Aug).
Some new developments. Options now available from dealers that were not when we ordered our car.
The beauty of our order is that we were pretty pleased to find that while we didn't have the M-pack option to order back in June, aside from the M logos on the wheels, door sills and steering wheel (and something about an aerodynamic addition) we have added individual options that make up the same as what is in the M-pack, even to 19" wheels. We are especially glad we got the anthracite headliner option in at the very last minute!
Larry & Colleen
2010AG03 12:20
Photos 1,2,3,4,5 & 6 of our 540i E39 just before trading in on the 530i E60 (photos 6 & 7) on 26 Sept, 2006
We learned late last week that our car now has a VIN (vehicle identification number) and has been built. In fact, not only has it been built, but it's already on the ship and on the way to Australia! Boy, you should see all the places it will visit before it comes here. And Colleen commented that it too has a passion for cruising like we do.
So we are attaching the ports of call and dates. Our BMW is aboard the Morning Carol and will arrive in Port Kembla (Wollongong, 1 hour south of Sydney) on 2 Sept after having visited France, UK, South Africa, Reunion and even other ports in Australia (Fremantle, Western Australia being one of them!)
And we've even found a You-Tube video of the ship. The Morning Carol only comes into view at the 3:19 mark, but it's the ship!
Larry & Colleen
Welcome to our Posterous site. Lovely technology that allows us to have an archive of e-mail we post to our friends & family that relate to our BMW.
You just need access to the Internet and remember http://czarnik-bmw-528i.posterous.com/ Look at our first post for more details.
We keep track of the time around the world with http://timeanddate.com/s/e
Enjoy. We do.
Larry & Colleen
Welcome to our Posterous site. Lovely technology that allows us to have an archive of e-mail we post to our friends & family that relate to our BMW.
You just need access to the Internet and remember http://czarnik-bmw-528i.posterous.com/ Look at our first post for more details.
We keep track of the time around the world with http://timeanddate.com/s/e
Enjoy. We do.
Larry & Colleen
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