JEVA

I checked with the dealer early yesterday but he said it was still unassigned. Checked the WW site this morning and not found. He is supposed to let me know when it shows up as assigned but somehow I doubt that will happen.

dieseldoc

I would call dealer again today. You are paying a lot of money for a car and they depend on you to give them a good review after the sale. When my car was delivered. They went over the survey I was going to get in the mail. Besides, it only takes about 2 minutes for them to look in net star. My SA was checking even on the weekend!

JEVA

I'll check with him again next week...I don't really NEED to know the exact status, it's only to satisfy my curiosity. I don't want to be that PITA customer who badgers them for info all the time although to your point, I shouldn't even have the opportunity to be that customer if they remain proactive. It's very possible it hasn't been assigned to the ship yet so he hasn't updated me (I asked to let me know when it is assigned).

dieseldoc

My SA was very proactive. He was great to work with. I hope you have the same. He has called me three times since we got the car to check on us and to see if we needed help on anything or further lessons on how things work.

BigDeeLA

Just got an update on my actual dates and my car is now in B8, Assigned Ship! The dealer doesn't have the ship name yet. So here is how my car went:

B5: 2/23 produced (original date was 2/25)
B6: 2/24 factory invoiced
B7: 2/25 At Port, no ship assigned
B8: 3/2 At Port, ship assigned

I'll find out the start of next week the actual ship name. That's all that's showing right now.

JEVA

Congrats!

BigDeeLA

Thanks yours should be up next and just because yours don't have to travel so far to LA.. I will assume you will still get your car before I will.

syckiLee

Finally got the build date of March 20th. Ordered on Feb 25.

dieseldoc

Congrats! You should have your car by the end of April.

JEVA

Mine's still not assigned to a ship...guess I'm looking at April at this point.

dieseldoc

Hopefully, she will be on a ship this week and you will have her by the end of the month.

dieseldoc

You can check the SIS for the Bremerhaven port. Webapps.dbh.de. Multiple ships to Baltimore this week including several today..

JEVA

Can you check that using the VIN?

dieseldoc

Do not think you can put vin in. Only site you can put vin in is Wallenius Wilhensen.

JEVA

Well, as of this morning the VIN still doesn't come up on the WW site so either it's on another carrier or it's still awaiting assignment. I don't want to be constantly bugging the dealer guy so I'll check in with him next week if I don't see anything or hear from him before then.

mdsbuc

I feel your frustration. It can be hell waiting for an ordered car, but it's all worthwhile when the car arrives just the way you wanted it. On the bright side, this forum sure does help with the wait!

JEVA

Tru dat! I turn in my X6 this weekend so I'll be driving the Honda Element (or the motorcycle) in the meantime :/

BigDeeLA

They have 2 ships leaving on the 9th and I would think ours will be on those. Was told those 2 ships should have MBs on them... So check back with dealer end of week maybe Friday

mdsbuc

I just did the 30 day pre-inspection on our 3er. We turn the car in one month from yesterday, then within a week of that we are off to Germany to pick up the GLC. The excitement is really building now!

The downside of Euro Delivery is that you "get" to wait twice. What's worse is that when the car returns stateside for the "second" delivery, Customs can get hold of it and take as much time as they want with it.

JEVA

Yeah, that's why I nixed the ED...didn't want to wait after the fact. I thought maybe next time I'll do that and schedule an extended Euro trip so part of the wait will be taken up by vacation time

mdsbuc

Do it if you can; ED is a totally awesome experience!

dieseldoc

It is definitely worth the wait. I have a good feeling your car will be on a ship this week. WW does not always update with VIN until the ship leaves port. If your car is on another ship line like mine was, the dealer gave me the name. I found out the day after it left port. The wait is frustrating.

oldguy28613

Thanks to all for the build code information, I've asked my dealer for the status of the GLC.

We ordered ours 12/11/15, for factory pickup on 4/7/16. This dealer seems a bit confused by the process, insisting that 'everything will come from MBUSA', which wasn't the case when we picked up our 2008 C300 (ordered from another dealer), and isn't what all the communications from MBUSA say. I've provided the pre-registration sheet, and my passport, and hope they figure this out soon! I do have my confirmation from MB, which shows the delivery date, so keeping my fingers crossed we don't have to juggle our travel!

By the way, although it doesn't show on the web site as of today (3/9/16) MB has several new options for hotels in Switzerland and in Strasbourg, France, and you can put together your own multi-day package (you don't have to do a one-, three- or five-night deal).

mdsbuc

Hey oldguy, Congrats on your upcoming ED. Your delivery in Sindelfingen is 12 days before mine. Please join us on the new ED forum here at ///MBWorld. You can find the forum with this link:

https://mbworld.org/forums/european-...r-new-car-209/

It's a tough task getting the forum going and every new voice helps.

Enjoy your new car and the ED!

slw23

Our build date is 3/16. From the schedule here, looks like the car should be in mid-late April.