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Order lead times

Posted: Sun May 11, 2014 12:51 am
by bobgolden
Hi all,

Like AllforUs, I'm a Discovery 4 refugee !

I ordered my X5 xDrive 30d MSport mid-march and have yet to get a build date.  The dealer estimated delivery in/end June but I guess that will slip now due to the shipping schedules from Spartanburg.

My question to the wise is how long are the current lead times ?

Cheers.

Bob.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 2:13 pm
by bobgolden
Anybody taken delivery of an F15 this year ?  I placed my order 2 months ago today and don't have a build date yet.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 7:50 pm
by worsy
Ordered March also. ETA First week of July, spec not locked yet though.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 8:17 pm
by bobgolden
Thanks Worsy.

Where did you order yours ?  I went to a small franchised dealer in Wakefield so was wondering if they were lower down the food chain than the big boys such as Sytner etc. the good news is that they held my PX price until delivery but I'm still getting impatient, not least because I want to get a few miles under the belt before I go on holiday in August.

Bob.

Order lead times

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:06 pm
by gjc2210
I ordered mine 23rd March from memory was was told delivery July ish.  Popped in to make a couple of amendments and was advised delivery was now schedule for mid-late august around 20th.

I am on the Isle of Man BTW which adds a day or two to delivery I guess.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Mon May 12, 2014 10:11 pm
by Woofer
I ordered mine October last year , took delivery March 1 but it was at the dealers 3 weeks earlier,

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 9:29 am
by worsy
[quote="bobgolden"]
Thanks Worsy.

Where did you order yours ?  I went to a small franchised dealer in Wakefield so was wondering if they were lower down the food chain than the big boys such as Sytner etc. the good news is that they held my PX price until delivery but I'm still getting impatient, not least because I want to get a few miles under the belt before I go on holiday in August.

Bob.
[/quote]

Swindon. Quite a big dealer covering Bristol and Berks too. It's 150 miles away but they held my part ex for July and got a great discount.

Edited to add I ordered on the 11th March.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 10:56 am
by Lawrence22
I ordered mine on the 31st of January and took delivery on the 8th May.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 12:35 am
by bobgolden
Thanks for the feedback.

I didn't get much of a discount but was happy with the PX price so I guess it's swings and roundabouts.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 11:12 am
by worsy
Update. We are wk 21, build is scheduled for wk25. 6 week delivery time after that. So I'm heading for last week of July, 1st week in Aug.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 7:46 pm
by bobgolden
Still no word on my build date so I'm thinking it'll be late August. If that's the case, I may as we'll wait until early September as long as the dealer will still hold my PX price.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:38 am
by bobgolden
Well, I finally got a call from the dealer to tell me the car should have been built this week but there are delays due to shortages of the 20" wheels - even though I haven't specced these on mine. ETA at the dealer is now mid July.

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:00 pm
by George D
I ordered mine in March, finally arrives later this month or early July. Why does it take so long?

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2014 9:04 pm
by X5Sport
[quote="George D"]
I ordered mine in March, finally arrives later this month or early July. Why does it take so long?
[/quote]

Shortage of certain wheel types due to change of supplier and stock build up of the new type.  At a guess...

When I ordered my X5 (E53) in May 2004, lead times were 14 months!!

Richard

Re: Order lead times

Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 12:05 am
by George D
Wow! That was a long time. Don't feel so bad now. Seems like July is the big month for deliveries