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Accepting ED (Picking up car) Question
When you pick up your car in Munich, is that the same as receiving your car from a dealer in the US? Do you do a test drive? Do you need to check everything out thoroughly? Or, do you do that upon receipt from your dealer in the US? Thanks in advance  KM | | Reply » Accepting ED (Picking up car) Question |
Once you pick up the car in Munich it is yours, you own it. So do as you would when picking up a brand new car from your local dealer. (Ie: get in and drive)  (Did you forget you will still have a 4 year warrantee?) 
I've seen posts here in the past (sort of like this one) where people say should I 'check it out thoroughly' and they usually are thinking like it's some used POS, forgetting entirely its a new car. Did you want to put it up on a rack, run some diagnostics, etc?  How about a compression check before you sign the papers!  Or perhaps you can find a local independent mechanic and he can do the thorough inspection for you?  I'm 100% sure that his evaluation will be... "er...ah... absolutely EVERTHING seems to be like new". 
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Quote: | ..... Do you do a test drive? Do you need to check everything out thoroughly? Or, do you do that upon receipt from your dealer in the US? .... |
  
You are not serious ... right??!! 
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Uhh, guys, in fairness to Mr. KMonster, there are numerous links and references on these boards to Jerry's Pickup Checklist posted over on the X3/X5World boards, so I read his post in the light of "is this something I should do at the ED center" or is it something I should do at re-delivery or what". I think he was just asking if this was appropriate or not.
I was kinda curious about that myself, but then knowing the German culture, I immediately realized they would be insulted if I ran through Jerry's list with a new car fresh from the factory that they were taking the time to introduce me to personally like a mother might introiduce me to her daughter  ...and under their breath they would mutter "bloede Ami".
Greg
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Quote: Uhh, guys, in fairness to Mr. KMonster, there are numerous links and references on these boards to Jerry's Pickup Checklist posted over on the X3/X5World boards, so I read his post in the light of "is this something I should do at the ED center" or is it something I should do at re-delivery or what". I think he was just asking if this was appropriate or not.
I was kinda curious about that myself, but then knowing the German culture, I immediately realized they would be insulted if I ran through Jerry's list with a new car fresh from the factory that they were taking the time to introduce me to personally like a mother might introiduce me to her daughter ...and under their breath they would mutter "bloede Ami".
Greg | The question was innocent enough, but I can't imagine doing this with a "new" car that I purchased direct from the factory even at a US dealer. Maybe with a new car off the lot, and obviously with a used car.
Remember, if there are any problems with the car (and there may be), there's warranty coverage and an opportunity to have it corrected stateside. And if it's a serious problem, like you can't drive it off the lot . . . well, you'll know that in time.
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A full inspection and test drive would likely be somewhat "insulting", but, from my own experience, you should still check out the car a bit.
During the delivery process in Munich, I noticed my NAV screen was scratched and a piece of trim not attached properly. I wrote on the delivery paper (the one that says you accept the car), that I was taking provisionnal delivery but that 2 things needed to be fixed. It probably had no legal value, but I wanted to make sure my dealer or BMWNA wouldn't say I scratched the screen. When I came back, the dealer fixed it (oddly enough, the VPC did nothing about it)
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