Quote from: sno_duc on March 20, 2012, 06:49:18 PM
You pick up your US spec car at the Welt (delivery center) across the street from BMW corporate HQ, the BMW museum, and the factory where 3er's are built.
They provide 2 weeks ( 2 weeks is free, up to 6 months if you're willing to pay extra) of european insurance and a Zoll plate (tourist plate and registration), and you save 7 % off us msrp. (covered our airfare plus a few hundred)
The pluses are ordering exactly what you want, the savings (offset by travel costs), taking delivery with all zeros on the odometer (Sharon will put mile 1 on the clock), and a chance to drive the autobahn ( there are still stretches with no speed limit)
The downside is having to order months in advance and then wating 6 to 12 weeks for re-delivery.

That sounds like a pretty sweet deal 



Why did VW not offer this when I bought my Golf? 

Just ordered a 328i. I wish the dealer had told us about this as we want to go visit some friends in Germany anyway. Did you have more ordering options like being able to get xenons without spending $3600 on the full premium package? I would delete the sunroof if i could as we've used ours over the past two leases maybe 5 times.

Update! Special West coast Dimby the weekend of June 29th-July1st at Sno_duc's house!!!

Quote from: swampduc on March 20, 2012, 09:32:43 PM
wadded a 335is a few months ago. 
Completely my fault.
Thinking about the exact same car again, or perhaps an M3.

The probability of you having a friend to go with you will be greatly increased with it being an M3. Just sayin...

Quote from: El Matador on March 21, 2012, 03:15:53 PM


The probability of you having a friend to go with you will be greatly increased with it being an M3. Just sayin...

Yes, God forbid you be forced to slum your way through the alps in a 335is. Poor guy 

Quote from: El Matador on March 21, 2012, 03:15:53 PM


The probability of you having a friend to go with you will be greatly increased with it being an M3. Just sayin...

Hell, I think I could squeeze a second ED into next summers calender.
Every heard of Nürburgring ??    How about Stevlio pass? Need a co-driver with recent ED experience?? (rates are reasonable      every  night)

Quote from: swampduc on March 21, 2012, 04:47:53 PM
Yes, God forbid you be forced to slum your way through the alps in a 335is. Poor guy 

Isn't the 335is the official car of the 99% ? There's a certain standard that needs to be upheld.

Naw, seriously, I'm so totally down for whichever, just urging you on te path of the M3 as its the one I want. Closest thing I can come to owning one right now

Damn..  I want to go buy one now just for that trip.. then sell it when I get back.. lol..  awesome adventure. Have fun n be safe..

Our first view from the staircase landing.  (the delivery specialist hits a few keys on his PDA, the turntable your car is on starts turning, and spot lights come on)
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Sharon and her new (1 mile on the clock) car. 
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It was a gorgous day when we drove the Grossglockner, so every bike (motor and pedal) for 200 miles was on the pass including the old harley in front of the AMG M-B slowing everyone down. When we stopped to  take the picture of Sharon and her car a group of sport bikes flew by dragging knees and footpegs in the switchback. (clearly not their first time over the pass  )

Quote from: sno_duc on July 09, 2012, 05:58:18 AM

I like how the three of you are in matching colored outfits.   

What a cool experience and congrats to Sharon!!!   

Quote from: Stella on July 10, 2012, 05:46:17 AM

I like how the three of you are in matching colored outfits.   

What a cool experience and congrats to Sharon!!!   

About a month before your (our) delivery date everything gets locked in (up to that point you can change the order), Sharon spent an hour with our sales person out on the lot with interior chips (leather and trim) next to the only Orion Silver car on  the lot. Our intial choices were good.  After spending that much time on colors, blue jeans just wouldn't cut it.

On our next ED (a few years from now), going to stay at Zell am See, Austria (close to the Grossglockner), get up about 5 am, and drive the Grossglockner strasse before all the tour busses get roling. That road was awesome. Explains the hundres of sportbikes from D,A,I,CH,CZ,F. (I watch plates, saw M-B from RO)