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Originally Posted by jmcarter
Learned about driving in the left lane in Germany REALLY quick in 1975 when my wife and I were stationed there, you could be humming along ~80 in the left lane keeping an eye in your rear view mirror, look away and suddenly there is a big Mercedes sedan flashing his lights and honking at you. Have done the Performance Center Delivery before and dreamed of doing the European Delivery deal last year but COVID squashed that notion. Germany is by far my most favorite European country to visit, one reason being the drivers seem to actually know what they're doing.
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Amen.
Oktoberfest is pretty fun too.
We have not done the Performance Center Delivery, but I can tell you that NOBODY does European Deliveries like BMW.
A limo driver in a 3-piece suit picked us up at the airport in Munich in a big black 7-series long-wheelbase limo. Upon our arrival at the BMW Welt, we were issued our credentials, lockers, a coupon to buy accessories, and directed to the Premier Lounge upstairs, reserved solely for European Delivery customers. The free food menu changes three times a day, and all the free alcohol you want. At the appointed time, my wife's delivery consultant walked her down a long dramatic staircase to her new car, which was slowly rotating on a turntable under spotlights in the center of the building. She cried. The car came with German plates, registration, insurance, stickers to get us into the major cities, road triangles, first aid kit, and a full tank of gas. All we had to do was use the coupon to buy a couple of orange reflective safety vests. A professional photographer took her delivery photos, and we were later presented with them framed. After her delivery, they let her drive a "victory lap" around the inside of the building while everybody stopped to watch. It also came with free tours of the BMW factory, the museum, and the Welt itself. It was just epic.
When I ordered my new Porsche convertible, we considered doing a European Delivery in Stuttgart at the factory where it was built, but Porsche just doesn't compare to BMW when it comes to European Deliveries.