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Old 01-25-2008, 05:45 PM   #6
Jeff_DML
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Originally Posted by ZBB View Post
You're probably looking at an early Oct delivery to ensure an '09. When I did ED, the build date for my car was nearly a month prior to my pickup date (I picked-up in late May and my car was an April build).

Also, when I worked for BMW (in Munich), the plant did a 2 week shut-down to prep for MY changeover in mid August. New production started when the plant reopened in late August. that was back in '92, so I don't know if they still do the full shut down, or just do running changes (we did some running changes for pre-production when I was there...)
duh, forgot all those darn lazy europeans get all of august off
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