BMW Factory Collection

[theaxe]

Has anyone done this? Do you get a discount on the car? Good experience or a hassle?

Any experiences would be appreciated.

[Slurms]

I have a couple of friends who've done the Merc version of this.

Always had good things to say about the experience but I know a couple people have posted elsewhere on this site to say they had problems with hotels etc.

Give it a go and tell us how you get on

[pgilc1]

theaxe said:

Has anyone done this? Do you get a discount on the car? Good experience or a hassle?

Any experiences would be appreciated.

i dont think you buy the car off the factory, just pick it up from there, so all discounts avail would still apply.

| cant see them giving you extra off if you pick it up, there is still an admin time cost with the pickup, tour, etc, and whats one car less on a boat to them?

[waremark]

Have done it a couple of times with Mercs, and it was a good experience. Merc pay the costs of your trip for the same cost as normal dealer delivery, with a night near the factory and a factory tour. Personally, I used their travel department to organise an extra couple of days on the way home, and they were a first class travel agent. Of course I paid the extra.

But when I asked my dealer if I could do factory collection for my BMW, delivered June 08, I was told BMW do not offer this - and he apparently checked with BMW UK before answering me. Has it just been introduced or was my dealer wrong?

[playerone]

AFAIK the only people who can organise it are the Diplomatic and Military sales at BMW Park Lane.

[ghb]

playerone said:

AFAIK the only people who can organise it are the Diplomatic and Military sales at BMW Park Lane.

This is true; I was speaking to them about this a couple of weeks back. Back in the 1980s when I lived in Germany I picked up my first 2 cars from the factory (which was cool!) so with one coming through Dip & Mil sales later this year I asked if I could do it again as it still mentions this on the international web site. I initially got a negative response but when pressed I was told it could be arranged BUT it would NOT be a "BMW UK" car as it would not have gone through their database and pre-delivery stuff. Therefore it would end up as a personal import in effect despite being ordered through Park Lane.

Not certain but I believe that such cars might not be taken as Px by main dealers against any later purchases and you wouldn't get the UK dealer warranty in such circumstances.

[theaxe]

Looking at E60.net it seems that customer pick up is available to NA customers but not UK customers (until this year, apparently).

Edited by theaxe on Sunday 15th February 08:39