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I agree there is a place for dealers for some people but for most of us on these forums we only use a dealer to place our order. I have been to 3 BMW dealers and I knew more about the M4 than their "M Specialist". First dealer asked if my last name was "Dinan" when he saw the badge on my 3. The second said, "the brakes come in blue or yellow." I had to explain to him what the different colored calipers really are!
Some people need their hand held through the whole process but then there are others who know exactly what they want and the dealer is just a formality. I believe the ED is a special exception to the other 99% out there buying cars. We purchase our cars way ahead of ever seeing the actual vehicle. I would just like to have the choice of going to a dealer or doing it on my own. If BMW would go back to having ED left out of dealer allocations then we probably would not be having all of these problems with dealers.
A lot of the threads in this forum are about people's frustration over their dealers: Going back on their promised allocation for ED, pricing cars way above MSRP, and being vague on when they will be able to deliver (last one I understand, nobody knows). I would have signed up for this trip months ago if I had some confidence in my dealer. Like others, I cannot plan an European vacation with a month notice. I'm now looking at August because of time off requests at work and planning a 2 week trip.
I know this thread is about ED pick up but the dealers are having a HUGE say in who goes and who doesn't. I thought being first on a list was all I needed. Like others, I was wrong. Now I'm on 4 lists in 2 different states. And I still have no guarantee that I will get a car! This is getting ridiculous!!!
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