European delivery questions

[hoffa3]

hello everyone,

as i am new to the forums (stalking the forum for about a year) i do not have access to make a new thread. i plan on purchasing a M4 but am curious on how to go about ordering through ED. what is the cost advantages of ordering ED? do they setup the trip (Hotel/flight/tourist passes) do i set up the shipment of vehicle once trip is complete? any help on this would really be appreciated. thank you!

[jbockrd]

Originally Posted by hoffa3

hello everyone,

as i am new to the forums (stalking the forum for about a year) i do not have access to make a new thread. i plan on purchasing a M4 but am curious on how to go about ordering through ED. what is the cost advantages of ordering ED? do they setup the trip (Hotel/flight/tourist passes) do i set up the shipment of vehicle once trip is complete? any help on this would really be appreciated. thank you!

You can talk to your client advisor at your local dealer or there is a search button on the top page of the forum where you can type "ED" and you will see other forums that have explained this process in detail. The percent savings is around 7% from the last thing I read. They take care of all the details, you just get out there and plan your stay/flight etc. But check out the guys on this forum. They are awesome references for you

[hoffa3]

thanks for the quick response, so i have to set up hotel and flight?

ive read in other posts that they situate your vehicle to be able to be driven throughout the country. so that should not be an issue.

just want to kinda get a plan situated to see if cost wise if it makes sense to make a trip out of it.

[Adobong_M]

Originally Posted by hoffa3

thanks for the quick response, so i have to set up hotel and flight?

ive read in other posts that they situate your vehicle to be able to be driven throughout the country. so that should not be an issue.

just want to kinda get a plan situated to see if cost wise if it makes sense to make a trip out of it.

Worth it! DO it! Contact David Aviles.

[signes]

Originally Posted by hoffa3

thanks for the quick response, so i have to set up hotel and flight?

ive read in other posts that they situate your vehicle to be able to be driven throughout the country. so that should not be an issue.

just want to kinda get a plan situated to see if cost wise if it makes sense to make a trip out of it.

Yes, you make your own travel arrangements. Everything with the car will be situated by BMW...

[hoffa3]

do they assist you in making your hotel arrangements, giving you recommendations, places to visit or anything? or do they literally only worry about the car itself and your 1-2days at the welt.

reason i ask, is i am building this around a trip to have a "bond experience with my father" so id like to have it set up properly, i have never gone to germany nor planned something as extensive as this vacation.

[hoffa3]

Originally Posted by Adobong_M

Worth it! DO it! Contact David Aviles.

anyone have contact information for David Aviles.

[GOLFFRR]

bmwdavid@icloud.com

[01ON19]

Originally Posted by hoffa3

do they assist you in making your hotel arrangements, giving you recommendations, places to visit or anything? or do they literally only worry about the car itself and your 1-2days at the welt.

reason i ask, is i am building this around a trip to have a "bond experience with my father" so id like to have it set up properly, i have never gone to germany nor planned something as extensive as this vacation.

I think they may still have some canned packages but I have never heard of anyone using them. The vast majority of people plan their own itinerary. It all depends on how much time you have, where you want to go, and how much driving you want to do.

[ZGM3]

Originally Posted by jbockrd

The percent savings is around 7% from the last thing I read.

I thought the initial (maybe first year or so) M3/4's are coming directly out of dealer allotment so there would be NO DISCOUNT on European delivery. Where did you hear differently?

[jbockrd]

Originally Posted by ZGM3

I thought the initial (maybe first year or so) M3/4's are coming directly out of dealer allotment so there would be NO DISCOUNT on European delivery. Where did you hear differently?

This was a general statement. No clue about the M specifically. So I yield to your knowledge of the situation.

[Hobbination]

Shipping back to the states is free though right?

[Alpine F31]

Originally Posted by Hobbination

Shipping back to the states is free though right?

http://www.bmwusa.com/standard/conte...y/default.aspx

[01ON19]

Originally Posted by Hobbination

Shipping back to the states is free though right?

Technically, you are not really shipping "back to" the states since the car has never been there. The car was going to the US one way or another. With ED, you are just picking it up in a different place.

[GOLFFRR]

here is everything you need to know about ED

http://www.bimmerdavid.com/#!delivery-options

[absoluteis350]

Originally Posted by ZGM3

I thought the initial (maybe first year or so) M3/4's are coming directly out of dealer allotment so there would be NO DISCOUNT on European delivery. Where did you hear differently?

The official pricing released for USA shows a lower price for ED.

[Hobbination]

Thanks y'all, I got MSRP minus 4500 to fly over, maybe hit the Ring, drink a ton of German beer and then come home to wait 3 months haha

[nullrouted]

Originally Posted by Hobbination

Thanks y'all, I got MSRP minus 4500 to fly over, maybe hit the Ring, drink a ton of German beer and then come home to wait 3 months haha

They gave you $4500 off ED MSRP? Or you're just talking about the base ED MSRP savings over US delivery?

If it's the latter, you kinda got screwed.

To better explain what I mean -- though I realize M4s are coming out of dealer allocations year 1, they won't be after that. Therefore you should never pay more than say, $1000 or so over ED -INVOICE- price, paying ED MSRP is just as bad as paying US MSRP (and you wouldn't do that, right?). Even with an allocation, I'd still hunt around in the coming months for other dealers who would be willing to negotiate on the ED MSRP (even if you pay say $2500 more than invoice, that wouldn't be too bad for a brand new model). My own 2013 M3 came out of my dealer's allocation because it was so late in the game when I bought it that they'd stopped doing the "allocation-free" EDs on them. I still only paid $1000 over ED invoice, allocation and all, so it can be done if you're persistent and know your stuff when you go to the dealer (I spent a while calling my CA a liar the first day when he told me ED was always MSRP, for example) -- 40 minutes later I had a callback and my offer accepted.

While BMWConfig.com doesn't yet have M4 invoice info -- you can get a pretty close estimate by subtracting 7% from the ED MSRP (including options) -- add some amount to that, and make your offers to the dealers.