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[ronnyd]

BMW Thundernight.....   

What on earth were you on when you ordered a purple car?        It's hideous! 

WBAC will definitely knock their initial offer down when you rock up in that! 

Shouldn't that be Chundernight?  Sorry m,lud.

[STEMO]

Just showed it to wifey. She said she likes it, but wouldn't have it on her own car. Make of that what you will 

[countrywoman]

My 71 Challenger was originally Plum Crazy, thank God someone had repainted it red------------

[BazaJT]

As Opti already has a pink Signum Thundernight won't be too bad an option.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Maybe I'd get used to it.      And I suppose you don't see the colour from the driver's seat anyway. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

As Opti already has a pink Signum Thundernight won't be too bad an option.

Pomegranate red.

Nothing pink or poofy about it.

[Sir Tigger KC]

As Opti already has a pink Signum Thundernight won't be too bad an option.

Pomegranate red.

Nothing pink or poofy about it.

Thundernight poofy purple however! 

[STEMO]

Maybe I'd get used to it.      And I suppose you don't see the colour from the driver's seat anyway. 

Aaaarrgghh.....my eyes 😵‍💫

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

As Opti already has a pink Signum Thundernight won't be too bad an option.

Pomegranate red.

Nothing pink or poofy about it.

Thundernight poofy purple however! 

I had to provisionally  pick a colour for the order to go through. I do like this colour but maybe only in small doses.

If this colour is not picked I essentially have the choice between blue, red, black, or grey. That's it.

......oh and white, but white isn't really a colour at all.

[STEMO]

Blue or red 

[JasonH]

Your problem is this:

The car manufacturer would like to build and ship the car immediately.
The issue is that to build the car you need ALL the parts.
Some parts will have been ordered, literally years ago, like more than 12 months ago but still haven't arrived.
Some won't turn up and will need to be ordered again.
Some will turn up late.
The world has gone to cr*p and it seems nothing can be relied on.
Electronic parts (of almost every type) are the worst.
But it could be trim clips or wipers...

All this means the manufacturer with something like 5,000 to 20,000 parts in a modern car has no idea when they can actually build it. Well not until all the parts have actually been delivered.

[biggriffin]

Order a new Truck...Up to 2 year wait,and they cannot guarantee that.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Order a new purple Truck....  They'd laugh at you! 

Fixed that for you BG! 

[countrywoman]

Years ago a lad that worked for Ford told me he was given a large bag of steering wheel nuts and had to go round the storage area and fit them to loads of Transits as they had run out on the line.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

When I ordered my Beemer, I got a provisional build week, which moved around a bit (week or two either way) until about 4m before the estimated day. Thereafter it got a status code that showed where it was in the build/transport process so it could be tracked all the way to the supplying dealer.

Sounds like whoever you got CBA to look it up for you.

Just got off the phone to BMW. They tell me they can't give me a build week because they have no build slots available for 2022.

When I do get a build slot it will be for 2023 but they can't tell me which quarter. As for getting a status code that is miles down the road.

£1000 deposit paid on 19th May. Somebody needs to pull their finger out.

I mean, how does a business make money if it can't supply goods to it's customers?