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is this doable?
my brother lives in the boston area and would be interested in doing an ED purely for the price break. can one fly over, take delivery turn around and fly home? in other words do you physically have to drive the car in munich to the eh harms office, or can the delivery center just take the car and ship it? also, who would you recommend for a boston area "down to the bone" price. similar to what jim cupp does at delon for people? if there is no one in the boston area that will do this, based on threads i have seen is joern the man at passport in maryland? of course, my brother would have to find a boston area dealer willing to accept a courtesy delivery.
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Interesting question.
I wondered it myself. I heard in the past that there was a minimum number of driven miles (or days) required before drop off, so the car is considered used, thus qualifying for the tax break upon shipping to the US.
Can someone in the know clarify?
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Quote: Interesting question.
I wondered it myself. I heard in the past that there was a minimum number of driven miles (or days) required before drop off, so the car is considered used, thus qualifying for the tax break upon shipping to the US.
Can someone in the know clarify? |
What tax break??? Even with ED, doesn't one also pay local (county or state) sales tax?
Do you mean import or "Duty" tax? Don't think there's such thing for import cars; trucks or SUV's maybe.
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Quote: Interesting question.
I wondered it myself. I heard in the past that there was a minimum number of driven miles (or days) required before drop off, so the car is considered used, thus qualifying for the tax break upon shipping to the US.
Can someone in the know clarify? |
The European Delivery discount still exists regardless of how much you drive around Europe, yes. It has nothing to do with taxes, all cars purchased in the U.S. are subject to taxes. If you ask me, its pretty ridiculous to just fly in and fly out;; you'll be missing the whole point of European Delivery.
Regarding mileage, I don't think this really matters...once you sign the papers and accept delivery, its a used car. As far as leaving the car with the Delivery center, yes you can, but there is a fee associated with this of approximately 50 or 75 Euros. Otherwise you MUST drive it YOURSELF to any one of the E.H. Harms drop-off points.
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Quote: What tax break??? Even with ED, doesn't one also pay local (county or state) sales tax?
Do you mean import or "Duty" tax? Don't think there's such thing for import cars; trucks or SUV's maybe. | I look at it this way: if one buys the car in US, it costs X. The same car delivered in Europe costs Y. I believe BMW is making the same profit (roughly speaking). The difference (X-Y) must be due to the difference in processes of importing a new (unsold) car, versus a used (sold) car. Both cases incurr the same transportation costs, so it must be due to government requirements.
I used the term "tax" in a generic way. The hope was for people more in the know to clarify what that is.
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Your theory is right but you missed the involvement of the middle man. So in short, the saving is not due to and tax/import duty saving on BMW AG or BMW NA's part.
cheers,
beewang 
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is this doable?