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Originally Posted by E90Fleet
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Originally Posted by SamS
Barely any. I have been to the Munich plant, and Spartanburg SC, and seen cars leave final assembly to the transporter.
At Munich, the 3 series get an alignment, then a systems check on a rolling tester to make sure all electronics work. Then they are driven a short distance (a few hundred meters) to the transporter. You can pick up a new car at the Welt with <.2 miles. However, my M3 from Regensburg had 2 miles upon pickup.
The Spartanburg factory for X3/5/6 is almost the same. After final assembly, the vehicles drive 30m or so over some simulated rough terrain (this is all indoors) to check for rattles. Then, driven straight to a transporter. This has to be less than .5 miles.
The extra 1-2 miles you see on top of this are from loading on the ship, customs, VPC, and additional transportation. In short, there is no "testing" once the car is assembled, it's straight off to final destination.
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All 3 Series produced in South Africa get wheel balancing and light alignment.
Then go for a computerized Dyno test to over 100mph before a final quality inspection.
After teh inspection they go through a water tunnel to test for water leaks and then drive a simulated rough terrain course to test for rattles.
After that they drive about 4 miles to the distribution center to wait for their truck or train that will take them to their destination country.
Many miles are put on the cars.
The Odometer is not 0 when the car leaves the factory floor and is in a special factory mode.
When the car is finally prepared by the receiving countries VDC the odometer is set to 0 .
Thast why some car can be delivered with just 2 or 3 miles on it, mostly put on by the dealer.
Every day a certain amount of cars are pulled off the factory line at different points for much more intense inspections and tests to ensure quality.
A couple bodies a month are even pulled before paint to test their welds to destruction for quality purposes. |
So you think BMW made in SA are better built quality than the ones made in US and Germany? After all there are more tests in place than US and Germany? Cheap labour perhaps to do all this?