Dave OH

I got confirmation yesterday from my dealer that my E55 will be shipped between the 20th and the end of this Month! Should get to me by the end of May!

JAYCL600

Whats up Dave, is it possible that your vehicle is being "built" and not "shipped" in the third decade of April, which would be between the 20th and the 30th?

Dave OH

Well, I was told that it would be completed and ready for shipment in the 3rd decade. 04/D3/03. I assume this means it comes off of the line sometime in that 10 day (aka decade) period. Correct? Anyone know how long it takes to build one?

JAYCL600

FYI mine is the 2nd decade of April yours is the third, and we have the same dealer

Dave OH

Cool! Your's is in the second decade... when do you expect to get it?

JAYCL600

I expect it to come at the beginning of June, but I will keep you in the loop, I bug Keil about every other day!!!!! Where are you located?

Dave OH

Haha, thanks. Yeah, Keil has been excellent. I contacted him a while back and at that point it looked like the only slot I could get from him was for a September build. My current lease runs out in June so that wouldn't work. (I'd go nuts if I had to drive a rental for 2+ months) But when one opened up he contacted me immediately and now I can almost smell the rubber! Btw, I'm in Cincinnati OH, right now we're figuring out how the car is getting to its new home.

kaneman

Fly out and drive it back! It's an *awesome* way to get the car broken in so you can enjoy it faster! I did just that when I bought an '00 M5 from BMW of Nashville. I picked it up at around 11 AM and was home by midnight that night with the car at 1200 mi or so. SO much better than trying to break it in over a month's time...

richard brown

Dave Oh, it takes approx 12-16 hours after paint to build "normal" vehicles, AMG vehicles are probably longer due to the specialty aspect probably alot more hand assembly, although I understand that they are built on the regular E class assembly line now.