smithf80 wrote

For future reference here:

If PCD contacts you/dealer to confirm dates, and you decline all offered dates, they route the car to the dealer at no cost.

If you (or the dealer) confirm a PCD date, the car is routed to the PCD post production. If you need to cancel after confirming the date (unless, maybe, it's like, fairly immediately after) you would be responsible for shipping costs from the PCD to the dealer.

smithf80

SCA wrote

smithf80 No disrespect, none at all… as I have great respect for you as well as all your contributions, but that has not been my experience via the past three PCDs that occurred in mid 2017, late 2019, and early 2025. All three of those were Plant Spartanburg built vehicles and were on site at the PC when a PCD delivery specialist has reached out directly to set a delivery date. As I stated earlier once the buyer has selected performance center delivery the vehicle moves from a priority one to priority nine once production commences.

Edit: BTW, I also seem to recall that there is a six week window from when the PC initially extends the first date of delivery. My most recent PCD sat at the PC exactly six weeks prior to our arrival.

guppyguy wrote

The email from PCD today:

"Vehicles are not shipped to the Performance Center until an experience date is confirmed with the client....Private transport is only required if the experience is cancelled after the vehicle has shipped to our location. We don’t have the vehicle shipped to our facility until we have a confirmed delivery date to avoid that very scenario."

So unless the customer confirms a date, it doesn't matter where the car is physically, they still pay for BMW to ship.

Well, at least that was my singular experience as of this afternoon:)

SCA wrote

Re our most recent G05 (see below) As one can clearly see via the VIR it shipped from the Greer VPC to the PC two days after it finished production. I was contacted directly days later via telephone to set the date for PCD. The delivery date initially offered was five weeks after production. We had to push to the following week. Via four prior PCDs the initial delivery date offered has always been four weeks post completion of production. Our second G05 was the first one that was offered five weeks post production.

smithf80 wrote

That's actually not what that VIR shows.

That VIR is showing a car that is (at least at the time of that photo) sitting at a VPC.

It would show dates for "Actual" next to "Ships from VPC" just like it does for "Arrive at VPC".

Your photo shows the actual date it arrived at the VPC, 12/11/24, but it does not show that it left the VPC, as there is no "Actual" date listed for "Ships from VPC".

SCA wrote

Yes, I am aware as I am a former center employee. FYI, It is also the same at Porsche. Estimated vs Actual.

I was directly contacted late on the 17th that the vehicle was on-site and received the email from PCD confirming the delivery date on the morning of the 18th.