Do ED cars get cosmoline?

Papethova · 04-20-2011, 12:53 AM

Im wondering if they are coated after drop off for the boat ride.

Anyone know?

Brandon26pdx · 04-20-2011, 10:11 AM

Good question...I don't.

igom3 · 04-20-2011, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TrackRat

All the ED cars I have purchased received the exact same transport prep protection as the normal U.S. shipments.

+1

AW 1M · 04-20-2011, 04:16 PM

I don't think any cars get cosmoline these days.

Red135 · 04-20-2011, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by AW 1M

I don't think any cars get cosmoline these days.

Judging by the yellow puddles I had beneath my 135, they absolutely do.

Papethova · 04-21-2011, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by AW 1M

I don't think any cars get cosmoline these days.

I know my 135 did in 2008

grant · 04-21-2011, 08:16 AM

ED Cars are US-spec in every way, so if we get cosmoline for US-delivered cars, the ED cars will have it too...

Papethova · 04-21-2011, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by grant

ED Cars are US-spec in every way, so if we get cosmoline for US-delivered cars, the ED cars will have it too...

I dont think its a US spec thing. Id guess all new cars going on boats would get it regardless of destination, but I dont think they cosmoline individual private transport vehicles. So I just am curious where the ED car falls in.

BimmerMeUp · 04-21-2011, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Papethova

I dont think its a US spec thing. Id guess all new cars going on boats would get it regardless of destination, but I dont think they cosmoline individual private transport vehicles. So I just am curious where the ED car falls in.

When I did ED with an Amsterdam drop off in June of 2008, I didn't have time to clean the car before giving it to the stevedores.

When I got my car back two months later at my west coast dealer, it had been lightly washed, but that's it. I found dead bugs from the autobahn (or maybe the Belgian highways, they aren't as nice) still stuck to the bumper.

You may have better luck with a Munich drop off. That would be my first choice for the next time I do ED. My car was not transported by the typical WW ships used from Munich, I was on some other ship that headed the wrong way to make other pickups for a few days before starting across the Atlantic.

Papethova · 04-21-2011, 04:53 PM

Sounds like they dont get it

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