i got an x

[mario486]

Originally Posted by ohnoyuji

In Canada, there's only 1 model to choose.
The Xdrive 28i with N20 engine.
There are a lot of standard feature on the base 28i. Like the 8 speed auto tranny.
There are very very few optional feature that you can pay for.
Most of the optional feature are part of a package, so you can only have some feature be part of the package. (Where you can pay more....)

I agree, thats not very nice. Sounds almost as if they are making it easy for themselves to pre-build the cars. You get to pick the colour and thats it.

[ohnoyuji]

Worst part of it, they are making you to wait to built your car to your standard....
BUt it's not exactly a fully personalized car, but more of a one of the kind packaged car.....

[manicm]

It's the same in India - you can only choose packages, not individual extras. That and making the service plan optional are probably why they can offer the X1 at such good prices, apart from local assembly.

I'm surprised they're taking the same route in Canada though.

[ohnoyuji]

Originally Posted by manicm

It's the same in India - you can only choose packages, not individual extras. That and making the service plan optional are probably why they can offer the X1 at such good prices, apart from local assembly.

I'm surprised they're taking the same route in Canada though.

That's probably why it cost much more to buy the same car in Germany....
Go figure..

[iwantanx]

It's finally here! My X1 arrived!

Ordered June 2
Delivered July 26

It looks really nice, but I must say that I'm *not* impressed with the transmission so far. I find that in regular D mode, when starting from a full stop, I have to press the gas pedal a considerable distance to get any response from the throttle at all, and then it lurches suddenly as it goes to 3000rpm. I Googled and found that this is a common complaint about BMW's automatic transmissions. I have all the symptoms reported here:

http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=559462
http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=536103
http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=455949

If I switch the DS mode, everything works as I would expect, so it has something to do with the programming of the gears/shiftpoints, etc. Interestingly, the first time I accelerate forward in D mode, after having reversed, it's fine.

Does anybody else with an xDrive28i experience this?

Cheers!

Pictures to follow.

[DUH CAR]

Originally Posted by DUH CAR

Hey, you'll be driving it by the end of July. Here's my guesstimate for you.

9 days to Haliax
3 days at Halifax VPC
2 days by train to Montreal
2 days by truck to Ottawa
2 days to dealer and prep

= pickup Friday July 22!!

Hey, I was pretty close. The weekend got in the way.

Re the tranny, I haven't driven my wife's car that much, but haven't noticed it. However, complain to the dealer so it goes on the record. If enough people do, they'll come out with a software fix.

In the meantime, enjoy.

[ohnoyuji]

Mine was pretty smooth, what car did you drove before?
I guess this is pretty common for an Bimmer....
On top of this, today's D drive would try to save you gas...
And the turbo lag as well...

[iwantanx]

Some photos taken at the dealership, prior to delivery day:

[danintas]

The interior is still in it's original packaging

Nice car ... welcome to the Cashmere Silver club

Very jealous of that 8 speed tranny but

[Douggie]

The gear knob/lever is nice!

Originally Posted by iwantanx

Some photos taken at the dealership, prior to delivery day:

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[manicm]

fab!

[iwantanx]

And... some pictures from today (no more plastic wrap):

[Phil777]

Iwantanx - I haven't experienced this on my wife's X1, in fact, the transmission is excellent! There is a lot of smooth power in this engine and with the turbo, it comes online very early in the rev range. I've been really impressed. I have, however, experienced the problem you're talking about in my car - a 550i Grand Turismo (which also has the 8 speed automatic transmission). When I talked to the dealer about it, they re-downloaded the engine management software (which apparently takes something like 8-10 hours), but it did help a lot with the problem. Perhaps you could ask your dealer in Ottawa to consider doing this for you...

[HoTiCE_]

Originally Posted by iwantanx

My X1 is aboard the Manon, en route from Bremerhaven to Halifax! Today she's in Zeebrugge, departing tomorrow for Southampton. Only a few weeks to go :-)

Hey can you tell me how do ppl on these boards track their cars in production and when they get on the boat?

Mine's an August production...should I be asking for the VIN from my guy at the dealer?

[DUH CAR]

Originally Posted by HoTiCE_

Hey can you tell me how do ppl on these boards track their cars in production and when they get on the boat?

Mine's an August production...should I be asking for the VIN from my guy at the dealer?

Do a search on tracking BMW. There's lots of posts on how to do it.

[rob_378]

Nice photos!!

[abhay]

Congrats on new X, but this is the first X1 pic I saw with a Electrionic Automatic Gear Liver, we all have manual once, you seem to be lucky guy

[iwantanx]

Originally Posted by abhay

Congrats on new X, but this is the first X1 pic I saw with a Electrionic Automatic Gear Liver, we all have manual once, you seem to be lucky guy

We have no choice with our engines or transmissions here in Canada. It's a gasoline powered turbocharged 2.0L 4-cylinder engine with an 8-speed automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive (xDrive28i). Though it does sound a bit like a diesel when idling. :-)

As Henry Ford is claimed to have said when marketing the Model T, "You can have any colour you want, as long as it's black".

[iwantanx]

Originally Posted by HoTiCE_

Hey can you tell me how do ppl on these boards track their cars in production and when they get on the boat?

Mine's an August production...should I be asking for the VIN from my guy at the dealer?

I followed these guidelines, which are specific to BMW USA. Most of them don't apply to Canada, but I did find the ship tracking from Wallenius Wilhelmsen worked very well.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/07/14/ho...d-to-delivery/

[HoTiCE_]

Originally Posted by iwantanx

I followed these guidelines, which are specific to BMW USA. Most of them don't apply to Canada, but I did find the ship tracking from Wallenius Wilhelmsen worked very well.

http://www.bmwblog.com/2009/07/14/ho...d-to-delivery/

Bmw.ca doesn't seem to have a members area to track the vehicle building stages like bmwusa...

Looks like the only way for us is to call them with the VIN

[DUH CAR]

1) find out the build week from your dealer
2) once build has started, you can get the VIN from your dealer
3) then about 9 days after build started, keep checking the Wallenius site to see what ship you are on
4) the ship's schedule will tell you when it will arrive in Halifax
5) dealer can give you the rail car number for rail and CN can tell you where the railcar is
6) if in Toronto, Hansen's does the trucking from Concord and their site will tell you where th car is

sigh

[mario486]

Originally Posted by iwantanx

And... some pictures from today (no more plastic wrap):

Hi iwantanx, congatulations And may you have many safe, trouble free and happy motoring miles!

Lovely pics as well, thanks for sharing.

Bit jealous about that 8-speed though