[Tenac]

Just to chime in on parts.

Manufactures do NOT store parts at the assembly plants for dealer services...

Keep in mind most of the parts are actually produced by third party builders. BMW does not produce its own frame they source that from companies such as Magna. Obviously we don't have a list of what they actually produce and what they source out.

Dealers utilize BMW Supply Chain to gather the needed parts from the manufactures of said parts. Most dealers keep limited inventory of commonly replaced parts, so with a new model such as the GO5 they maintain what has previously know from other models and things new to the GO5 are rarely ordered ahead of time in prep to be replaced bc there is no supporting data for that. Now a days electronics DOA is very rare so ordering costly parts to sit on a shelf does not make sense. Why pay for something you might not use or you might use??? Keep in mind dealers pay for the parts they store or have on site ahead of a warranty repair.

As for parts from overseas well BMW actually has many companies it works with overseas that produces the parts for their cars. Hence why parts come from there to dealers as well as the the assembly plant here in the states. Its very simple and common practice to perform lean manufacturing styles not to store un-needed parts at locations just to make delivery quicker. They are not like Amazon......


Ok my rant is over!!!