Delivery Day - BMW WELT

Peter picks us up at 8 and drops us at the BMW Welt where deliveries and other BMW events take place. I will spare you all details about how incredible the Welt is. If interested they do have a great website.
http://www.bmw-welt.com/web/portal/de/index_highend.html

We are greeted by Stephanie who walks me through the various paperwork which needs to be reviewed and signed. This process takes about 20 minutes before we are then led to the Lounge on the top floor which is only for delivery customers and their guests. We were the first ones there and had the place to ourselves. As we are walking to the lounge we can see the down to all the cars being delivered that day and Jeff was the first one to spot my car. It was the only Silver delivered and suprisingly it stood out nicely I think.

After a short break in the lounge I meet my delivery person and we go over my car and its safety features, options, performance, etc. We then walk down to the car and I finally get to sit behind the wheel. Nice! After about 30 minutes the delivery process is over and I get to take my car for a couple of laps around the delivery level prior to driving down the ramp and out of the building.

After delivery we took the factory tour, which was very interesting. No cameras allowed on the tour so you will have to take my word for it.

After the factory tour we head out to drive. Our first destination is Rothenburg ob der Tauber, an amazing walled city from the medieval ages. Due to our relatively late departure and the GPS sending the shortest way, rather than the fastest way, we arrived with only about 30 minutes of light left. I do have some good pictures of that and will post soon.

Overall the European Delivery experience was exceptional. The level of customer service towards both customers and their guests, by several different individuals was exemplary. Many of the things listed above will be posted in photo albums at some point in the near future, and there may even be a video or two in there. I don’t know why it took so long to buy a car this way. For any of you considering purchasing a European car, whether it’s a BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, VW, Audi, etc, I can’t recommend this method enough. It was simply a fabulous experience.

We were told by our delivery specialist to keep two rules in mind during our 1,200 mile break in period – 1) not to exceed 100mph and 2) not to exceed 4,500 rpm. We generally adhered to the rules, but I think the 3 of us maybe have slightly exceeded the 100 rule for a quick second. By the end of today we had more than 300 miles on the car, with another 300 plus scheduled for tomorrow. We will be beyond the break-in period prior to our return to Munich Sunday, and then it’s time to let it loose. 100mph here feels like 70 and it’s funny when people pass you like you are standing still.

We return from Rothenberg before 10, grab the tripod to take some night shots at the Welt then return to our hotel for some authentic Löwenbräu.

Early departure tomorrow for Vienna, Austria via the Czech Republic.