[mattinfll]

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After being thwarted by Hurricane Helene, and almost Milton, the folks at PCD were able to make my delivery happen on October 11th. And a huge shout out to Seth and Justin at PCD, Clint on the track training, Elisia on the factory tour, and Stan on personalized delivery. These are all people who were getting through the aftermath of a major hurricane and were still there to make us feel so special for our deliveries.

Everything about PCD is special, from the morning introduction to the track. If you're up to it you take an M3 out on the polished concrete and wet skid pad, turn off DSC and spin that thing out. What a blast, But then you turn the safety features back on and do it again, and push it, and you stay in control. Amazing. Several rounds of learning how to properly use ABS, followed by 8 slalom runs learning that your car actually does go where your eyes are, and if you look at the cones, you hit them.

The X5 off road course is a blast. Even if only 1% of X5 owners will ever push it to those limits.

Factory tour, the Zentrum, the gourmet lunch and then your personalized delivery. If you've ever had a dealership "genius" explain your car to you - leave that behind. This is the most thorough intro to your new BMW you will ever have. This is my 5th Bimmer, and I still learned a lot.

I drove my new X6 M60i home to Florida and loved every minute of it. Also a shout out to Vlad at Upstate Auto Detailing in Spartanburg, who put a 3 year ceramic coating on my car overnight before I left Spartanburg. Highly recommend.

Finally, Jon Shafer and Matt Corea at BMW Santa Maria, who made sure we made it through the whole hurricane issues and Florida DMV issues.

Tanzanite over Oyster. Definitely recommend the Driving Assistant Pro package. It is a game changer. Fully automated driving highway driving, even in stop and go traffic. But you can still step on it when needed, and it comes back to the system.

[RigaTony1982]

Car looks great. I’m bummed I couldn’t work the timing out to do PCD last year when I ordered my Z4. Swear I’m going to do it next time.

[manolooo]

That’s AWESOME!! Congrats….

[moriluvatar]

What were the things that specifically drew you to the x6? I’d be interested to understand your thoughts and perspectives in choosing this over something else in the BMW line up.

[hrf]

What is PCD?

[Bubbas Blue M3]

Seth helped me out for my M3 delivery. Amazing would be understated. Whole team at PCD is insightful and make the experience special.

[cosmicamnesia]

Originally Posted by hrf

What is PCD?

It's Performance Center Delivery. Definitely the most fun way to take delivery of a new BMW, though I do still miss the European Delivery.

[RockdriveMD]

Congrats. Nice color. Enjoy

[///M-Furby]

I've done PCD four times (euro delivery 2x) and will do it every time.

• It costs you nothing extra, except flight
• They pick you up at airport
• They give you hotel with dinner and breakfast
• They give youvlunch at pcd
• You get favtory tour
• You get a few hours of track instruction in a car that is like yours, but not yours
• You get to do the x5 offroad
• You get to go to gift shop where they have pcd only swag
• Did i forget to mention its free?

Then you drive home and make a nice drive event.

I really recommend it to anyone who can spare the time.

If you are having a hard time finding a dealership which will 1) give you a good price (well under msrp) and 2) doesn't know how to setup pcd (shocking, but its true, some don't) then PM me. I know a great sales manager who is attentive, doesn't lie and gives great deals.

With PCD you can go to any dealership, not just your local, as you are picking up at pcd

[curtdragon]

Originally Posted by ///M-Furby

I've done PCD four times (euro delivery 2x) and will do it every time.

It costs you nothing extra, except flight
They pick you up at airport
They give you hotel with dinner and breakfast
They give youvlunch at pcd
You get favtory tour
You get a few hours of track instruction in a car that is like yours, but not yours
You get to do the x5 offroad
You get to go to gift shop where they have pcd only swag
Did i forget to mention its free?

Then you drive home and make a nice drive event.

I really recommend it to anyone who can spare the time.

If you are having a hard time finding a dealership which will 1) give you a good price (well under msrp) and 2) doesn't know how to setup pcd (shocking, but its true, some don't) then PM me. I know a great sales manager who is attentive, doesn't lie and gives great deals.

With PCD you can go to any dealership, not just your local, as you are picking up at pcd

It's changed a lot.
I think you get a ride from the hotel or airport and lunch. No more overnights.
Bummer as it was offered when I was going to pick up the M2 when it was first released but now I get the lesser version. And no more European delivery at all 😭

[cfm56d7b]

Originally Posted by ///M-Furby

I've done PCD four times (euro delivery 2x) and will do it every time.

It costs you nothing extra, except flight
They pick you up at airport
They give you hotel with dinner and breakfast
They give youvlunch at pcd
You get favtory tour
You get a few hours of track instruction in a car that is like yours, but not yours
You get to do the x5 offroad
You get to go to gift shop where they have pcd only swag
Did i forget to mention its free?

Then you drive home and make a nice drive event.

I really recommend it to anyone who can spare the time.

If you are having a hard time finding a dealership which will 1) give you a good price (well under msrp) and 2) doesn't know how to setup pcd (shocking, but its true, some don't) then PM me. I know a great sales manager who is attentive, doesn't lie and gives great deals.

With PCD you can go to any dealership, not just your local, as you are picking up at pcd

Four times? Serious fun times four - undoubtably. Wish BMW had PCD center on the West Coast.

[Ronick]

Gorgeous! Congrats!!

[///M-Furby]

Originally Posted by curtdragon

It's changed a lot.
I think you get a ride from the hotel or airport and lunch. No more overnights.
Bummer as it was offered when I was going to pick up the M2 when it was first released but now I get the lesser version. And no more European delivery at all 😭

Wait, no free hotel? Last pcd was almost 3 years for me (did 2 in one month).. Sucks they took away hotel and ride from airport.

Still, worth it.

And no more ED makes baby jesus cry

Originally Posted by cfm56d7b

Four times? Serious fun times four - undoubtably. Wish BMW had PCD center on the West Coast.

2012 335 ed and pcd, 2016 m3 ed and pcd, 2022 m340 and x3 pcd (did them a month apart).
I love every minute of it

[David Kunitz]

Congratulations, a very beautiful spec

[FreudeamFahren18]

Congratulations
It used to be even better
Obviously nothing beats Euro Delivery that I did in 2017.
I did the PCD in 2021 and returning again next month
Iam collecting my G80 there in November.
It used to come with free hotel and dinner at Marriot but they took that away.
I think eventually they will do away with it completely.
Especially with Germany made cars.

[MONTEGO1460]

Originally Posted by ///M-Furby

I've done PCD four times (euro delivery 2x) and will do it every time.

• It costs you nothing extra, except flight
• They pick you up at airport
• They give you hotel with dinner and breakfast
• They give youvlunch at pcd
• You get favtory tour
• You get a few hours of track instruction in a car that is like yours, but not yours
• You get to do the x5 offroad
• You get to go to gift shop where they have pcd only swag
• Did i forget to mention its free?

Then you drive home and make a nice drive event.

I really recommend it to anyone who can spare the time.

If you are having a hard time finding a dealership which will 1) give you a good price (well under msrp) and 2) doesn't know how to setup pcd (shocking, but its true, some don't) then PM me. I know a great sales manager who is attentive, doesn't lie and gives great deals.

With PCD you can go to any dealership, not just your local, as you are picking up at pcd

I am going to be ordering an M2 shortly, would you mind sharing the name of the dealership as a good deal would be appreciated. System will not let me PM. Thanks.

[///M-Furby]

Originally Posted by MONTEGO1460

I am going to be ordering an M2 shortly, would you mind sharing the name of the dealership as a good deal would be appreciated. System will not let me PM. Thanks.

And wont let me message you, lol

Call Devon (manager) at bmw albany in GA. Tell them Avi sent you.


Devon (sales manager) 229-255-6305
Cory (sales guy); 229-299-4396

Let me know how it goes!

[anakha]

Originally Posted by cfm56d7b

Four times? Serious fun times four - undoubtably. Wish BMW had PCD center on the West Coast.

Wait they don’t do PCD at Thermal? I see that SC is the only option now, but did I imagine that they used to do it in CA?

[MONTEGO1460]

Originally Posted by ///M-Furby

And wont let me message you, lol

Call Devon (manager) at bmw albany in GA. Tell them Avi sent you.


Devon (sales manager) 229-255-6305
Cory (sales guy); 229-299-4396

Let me know how it goes!

Greatly appreciated AVI,
Thank You, Larry

[JK479]

Originally Posted by mattinfll

After being thwarted by Hurricane Helene, and almost Milton, the folks at PCD were able to make my delivery happen on October 11th. And a huge shout out to Seth and Justin at PCD, Clint on the track training, Elisia on the factory tour, and Stan on personalized delivery. These are all people who were getting through the aftermath of a major hurricane and were still there to make us feel so special for our deliveries.

Everything about PCD is special, from the morning introduction to the track. If you're up to it you take an M3 out on the polished concrete and wet skid pad, turn off DSC and spin that thing out. What a blast, But then you turn the safety features back on and do it again, and push it, and you stay in control. Amazing. Several rounds of learning how to properly use ABS, followed by 8 slalom runs learning that your car actually does go where your eyes are, and if you look at the cones, you hit them.

The X5 off road course is a blast. Even if only 1% of X5 owners will ever push it to those limits.

Factory tour, the Zentrum, the gourmet lunch and then your personalized delivery. If you've ever had a dealership "genius" explain your car to you - leave that behind. This is the most thorough intro to your new BMW you will ever have. This is my 5th Bimmer, and I still learned a lot.

I drove my new X6 M60i home to Florida and loved every minute of it. Also a shout out to Vlad at Upstate Auto Detailing in Spartanburg, who put a 3 year ceramic coating on my car overnight before I left Spartanburg. Highly recommend.

Finally, Jon Shafer and Matt Corea [...]

X6 tails are growing on me! Nice build

[tturedraider]

Originally Posted by anakha

Wait they don’t do PCD at Thermal? I see that SC is the only option now, but did I imagine that they used to do it in CA?

Yes, you imagined it. They have never done PCD at Thermal.

[mattinfll]

Originally Posted by moriluvatar

What were the things that specifically drew you to the x6? I’d be interested to understand your thoughts and perspectives in choosing this over something else in the BMW line up.

First, someone asked what PCD stood for - it's Performance Center Delivery, which is part of the Spartanburg factory complex. They do lots of driving classes on their track. And I don't think Thermal ever had it. I've been to Thermal, and they use an adjacent track that is a private track for race car enthusiasts, who build multi million dollar homes around it (like a golf course). Not as extensive a set up as Spartanburg, but still worth a visit for a class.

As for the X6. I loved my X4 M40, but as that lease came up, I really wanted to move up. I rent from Sixt a lot and I get X5's pretty often and my best friend has a '24 X5 with MSport. Great vehicle, but I am single, no kids, no dogs, no need to carry bulky items. One time Sixt gave me an X6, and it is definitely more refined and luxurious than my X4 (not that the X4 isn't great as is). BMW definitely dials more in as you go up the product chain.

But I'm also getting older, and I was thinking this might be my last truly fun, rather expensive, sporty car - and not being ready to go electric, it was hard to turn down one of the few massive 8 cylinder ICE's remaining on the market.

Finally, I just grew out of sedans/coupes - again, maybe because I'm getting old and I like the higher ride height. Also last year when Fort Lauderdale got hit by the historic flooding from essentially a year's worth of rain in a day, my friends in sedans got stranded/flooded out. Those added few inches of ride height on the X4 got me home safe.