Hi All
I am updating my experience fir the imported BMW X7 from UK. I got the dealer in UK to register the car under mybmw app using the account I created with BMW on their uk website. I then on my iPhone connected to the uk Apple store (plenty of info on web on how to do this , I used a VPN client) and downloaded mybmw app and signed in. I could access the car and do remote functions such as the 3D view which was handy as I could see the car inside the ship whilst it was in UK. So the car finally arrived at Auckland port and when the ignition is turned on it pings its location to BMW cloud and I could see in the mybnw app, however I could not get the 3D photos to work as it would timeout. So I tried the unloading function (knowing car was already unlocked as the location info sent by the car includes info on whether car is locked or not etc) and then that function also did not work and gave me possible reasons as to why and one of them was the battery nay not be charged enough which kind of made sense. Over the two days the car was at the port it must have been turned on few times as mybnw app always reports the last location update based on when the car was turned on.. and then all of sudden the 3D feature started working and the picture showed the car on a trailer going to the compliance location. So it all works . I will get the maps updated via BMW new market as they quoted me the cheapest price although I woulda always use Apple car play with google maps.
so hope that helps the community and anyone looking to import a bmw from uk.
