06-21-2017, 06:56 PM | #1 |
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Opinion on performance center delivery
CA tells me that my car is now in production but the performance center (east coast) is booked out and the soonest I can pick up there is Aug 30.
If I instead switched the port to NJ then I might get the car a month sooner. He is not sure about that as the build has individual paint and leather so maybe it might take longer to complete. I'm not sure what to do, I really want to experience the performance center but an extra month is a long time.
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A year from now, it won't matter that you waited an extra month. As in, you'll look back and say PCD was totally awesome, I had to wait a little extra time, but in hindsight I'd gladly wait again. Think about all the things you've waited for in the past ...would it matter, now that the waiting is over, whether any of them had taken extra time? No.
I did PCD with my 340i this May, and I can say with certainty that I will be doing it every time I get a new BMW. This is one of the few instances in life where patience has a guaranteed reward. Edit: A recommendation, given your distance from PCD - stay an extra night at the Marriott, just indicate you'll be doing that so BMW reserves the room for you for the extra night. Enjoy Greenville/Spartanburg after PCD, then drive home the next day. Charles
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Yes I should wait, next time I get a bimmer I want to do EU delivery, I just couldnt this time around because my little one is too young for the plane trip. So this will be my only chance to do performance center anytime during the next 6 to 10 years.
I wished they had timed production with the performance center, I could have gotten digital dash and touch screen idrive with a july production, but they had to go ahead and make it in june so it can sit in a dock for all of august.
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06-22-2017, 06:32 AM | #5 |
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i can share those sentiments. me and my wife are expecting in october, so the sooner the better. i actually placed my order in April but didn't get an allocation until this month, and luckily i was able to add the digital cluster at the last second.
my SA forwarded the email to me about the 8/30 date and i couldn't believe that was the soonest they could do. they must be really backed up. but it'll be my first rwd car and i figure it would be a good idea to find it's limits in a controlled location before i do something stupid on the street. |
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Actually, everyone, PCD is terrible, don't even bother signing up, I was just kidding in my last post about it being a great thing. Charles
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I thought a purchase order was a lock but now you are making me wonder. I will check tomorrow.
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kern, I forget . . . I'm pretty sure that you don't have an Individual interior, but do you have an Individual exterior color? My Individual interior was the specific reason that I was given for a delayed production date.
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nope, just didn't get an allocation in may and then PCD further pushing the date out. mine is a basic build overall with BSM paint and black sensatec interior, but i couldn't find many coupes with a manual transmission and rwd so i ordered primarily to get those options together.
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Thanks for bringing this up. My purchase order date is April 11 and individual gets a lock of 90 days (60 days for non individual). My CA said he would apply for an extension as the delay was from the factory.
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they confirmed i lost my April rate. freaking sucks.
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The special case is that I have individual paint/leather/trim so it took a long time to get the car on the production line.
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The good part is I don't have to start paying the lease until September.
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I don't know what someone can do with the production # but I have heeded your advice and removed it. Thanks!
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