My Journey to a 1M w/ PCD Finish (VO w/ Pics)

03BeastCharmer · 07-14-2011, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by lhsa

isn't shipping to your home included in PCD?

PCD is Performance Center Delivery, so once you are done, you have your car and you can do whatever you want with your car at that point. Drive it home is the normal process. If you want to ship it back to your home state, that is all on your.

Shipping back to the states (and your purchasing dealer) is part of the Euro Delivery process, which is completely different than PCD. You can do Euro Delivery and PC re-delivery. I have a friend who did that, and it doubles your fun

, especially since he did the 2 Day ///M school while he was doing PCD.

MsCaballoVerde · 07-14-2011, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jsublime

Great review and great pics! Really wish they would do another year of these, I would get one in a heartbeat, love that VO.

A rumor crossed my eyes from this thread that our 128-135's will soon be 2ers (1ers getting down to smaller Euro stuff & the forthcoming FWD BMW offerings), and that our "1 series M Coupé" would soon re-emerge as the M2...FWIW

On another note, congrats on yer 1M! Sweet-looking ride!

Norsk · 07-14-2011, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by carchrism5

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Great looking car & very nice photos!

thx for sharing

GOLFFRR · 07-14-2011, 03:53 PM

awesome congrats!

carchrism5 · 07-14-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by tigerdr

I am heading to Hilton Head tonight for the weekend. Will be on the lookout for the VO 1M.
Congrats

Maybe I'll see you around. I'm gonna be in Callawassie and Hilton Head.

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Originally Posted by b33g33

Curious about a comment you made regarding the age of the other participants. Since the youngest you can be and be able to legally drive is 16, was everyone else at least 51?

I'm 22

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Originally Posted by IancoleTX

Fantastic write-up! Did you have to observe the break-in rev limit?

Yes, and it is funny because the guy said to keep it under 4k RPMs, but when I got bored today I opened the owner's manual and it said 5.5K RPMs for the first 1200, something it also said that no one has mentioned is that it takes 300 miles to break in the transmission. I'm going to actually look through the manual tomorrow or something.

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Originally Posted by mtechnik3

Also saw you're in the NY CT area. My wife is from there and has family in Greenwich - beautiful area.

Haha, that's where I live. For all I know they could be my neighbors.

PyratOne · 07-14-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by lhsa

isn't shipping to your home included in PCD?

not as I understand it. You get you butt to SC, have dinner, stay the night on BMW, have fun the next day. THEN you are on your own to ship or drive the car home.

edit: just saw the other posts, my bad

PyratOne · 07-14-2011, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 03BeastCharmer

PCD is Performance Center Delivery, so once you are done, you have your car and you can do whatever you want with your car at that point. Drive it home is the normal process. If you want to ship it back to your home state, that is all on your.

Shipping back to the states (and your purchasing dealer) is part of the Euro Delivery process, which is completely different than PCD. You can do Euro Delivery and PC re-delivery. I have a friend who did that, and it doubles your fun

, especially since he did the 2 Day ///M school while he was doing PCD.

Im trying this ^^ (minus the m-school - I think its a couple grand, no?)

BMW runs m-school purchase inclusion specials from time to time. It was last included in CPO M-purchase I think. I havent heard anything about free mschool with 1M. Too bad b/c it seems this crowd maybe more so than other M-buyers are more likely to track.

de85275 · 07-14-2011, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by PyratOne

not as I understand it. You get you butt to SC, have dinner, stay the night on BMW, have fun the next day. THEN you are on your own to ship or drive the car home.

from bmwusa.com

Can the BMW Performance Center transport a vehicle to a customer’s home after delivery?
The BMW Performance Center can only transport vehicles to the customer’s selling BMW center. The shipping cost will be at the customer or center’s expense. Upon the customer's or the BMW center's request, the BMW Performance Center can obtain quotes for the shipping charge.

mPlasticDesign · 07-14-2011, 05:11 PM

Thanks for sharing. Very nice!

justinco · 07-14-2011, 05:28 PM

Great looking car, congrats!

positiveions · 07-14-2011, 05:41 PM

great write up. Congrats

Vintage · 07-14-2011, 06:10 PM

thank you for sharing - VO is my favorite color on the 1M, great choice

bayer · 07-14-2011, 06:22 PM

Thanks for sharing! I did PCD on my last BMW purchase and it is totally worth it, wasn't even a 2nd thought for the 1M. After reading this I am even more excited for my 1M PCD!

tlav17 · 07-14-2011, 06:37 PM

cool write-up. i've done a school at the performance center and it was a blast. congrats on the 1M and good luck with it

Maximus_Prime · 07-14-2011, 07:12 PM

Awesome post and pictures! Congrats!

Let me know if you are still planning on swinging by Maryland on the way back home.

If not, have a safe and enjoyable trip back!

Dinan_Bimmer · 07-14-2011, 07:39 PM

hey Chris, where in CT are you would love to see the 1M
*EDIT* lol saw you are in Greenwich, my wife works down there and i am there all the time for business, would love to meet up sometime for a coffee and see the car can let you listen to the CTS-V rumble, lol

1mGator · 07-14-2011, 07:50 PM

Congrats and enjoy >>> we did X5 delivery in October and it was awesome ... great people and I still have a grin on my face from lapping around (sideways) with Rich and the BMW gang ....... highly recommend for everyone ... give you a true sense of what a BMW is about!

alik01 · 07-14-2011, 10:04 PM

Congrats on an amazing car and the amazing write up.

How the hell do you get the fans to switch on when you unlock the car? The dudes I have dealt with in Australia mostly no clue about the cars they sell!

biglare · 07-14-2011, 11:52 PM

Awesome experience!
Awesome write-up!
Awesome car!
Congrats!

Davin · 07-15-2011, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by IancoleTX

Did you have to observe the break-in rev limit?

That must be hard to do!!!

0-60Motorsports · 07-15-2011, 05:14 AM

Great Write up! Congrats on a beautiful car

Yogijet · 07-15-2011, 08:33 AM

Hearty congratulations on the 1M/PCD and thanks very much for sharing.

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