2022 Officially "On Order"!

[Pyrrho]

I didn't know you could order color-matched luggage along with the bike, but what he showed you was too specific to your, so you're still in the game, congrats!

From what I understand the only color you can get matched is Storm Black Metallic (yet another reason why it's the best color). Everything else comes w/the same grey lids you either have to live with or get painted somewhere.

As for my bike...

I stopped in at my dealership yesterday and sat down with my sales guy and the sales manager. I explained what BMW of Chicago told me. Their first response was that they're not aware of any interface that allows a dealer to see another dealer's orders. I told him I could see bikes associated with different dealers in a list, but I didn't look at the headers so that's all I could definitively say I saw -- bikes associated with dealers. There were some other columns of data but all I looked at was the bike description and the name of the dealership and their location.

They said it could have been a list of bikes in inventory and Tytler's in Green Bay already has the bike. They repeated that they've heard not a single peep from BMW that there's any delay on RSes.

The way I put it to the sales manager was that I have two BMW authorized dealers telling me two different stories. One who has my money already and has been around for a year saying everyhting is cool, and another that's been around for 20+ years who's saying you're either lying or don't know what you're doing.

I made it clear I wasn't assigning blame but they have some explaining to do. It's not about the deposit money, it's about the time invested in waiting for it. The exact bike I want (without luggage or sport seat) is in inventory at a dealership in Alabama. I could buy that bike on Tuesday over the phone and be riding it by next Monday.

I'm promised more info Tuesday morning so we'll see what happens. Sounds like I get a bike either way.