After 2 days of swallowing the $1300 pill I received an e-mail from my dealer that my 2009 C350 has received its VIN # and is ready for departure.
Now the bad news; 35 days of expected transit.

 

pretty typical, but it could be worse...you could live on the west coast!

 

damn. It only took 2.5 weeks after I was notified it was built and ready to ship. 4 of those days was the trip from New York to California

 

lol
i just found out that my car arrived Halifax

 

^I was able to track my BMW e92 from Day 1 production all the way to my local dealer. I was at the dealer an hour after they unloaded the car . With Merc, it's a completely different story. I placed an order for my W204 and was told to expect it around September

The wait makes it more exciting though

 

This is the one thing I liked most about BMW. The tracking from start to finish is a very nice feature.

 

My dealer told me that my 2009 is at the port on the west coast , to bad they messed up my order and built it with an automatic.

 

So how long until a correct one arrives? Sorry to hear about that.

 

....just received an e-mail from the dealership, looks like my C300 has been built and should arrive in 3-4 weeks.........