[MadMoose]

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Hey, posting a quick summary of my PCD since it started back up. Ordered my M3 xDrive through Day Laborer back in January and took delivery at the PCD May 31st.

We got our allocation through a dealer in Louisiana and they turned out to be easy to work with. They had a super low ball offer on my G87 trade though so ended up selling to Carmax for $6k more.

As has been mentioned the hotel is no longer included, the new partner hotels are Hotel Hartness and the Grand Bohemian. We booked with Hotel Hartness and thought it was excellent. There's hiking trails around the hotel and a local restaurant / bar both at the hotel and another within about a 10 minute walk. Limo ride was provided by BMW from the airport to hotel, and from the hotel to the performance center the next morning.



I didn't get many pictures at the Performance Center prior to delivery, but was definitely happy with the experience. We got to drive a watermelon spec M3 xDrive (IOMG/Fiona) and it gave my wife a lot of confidence driving the car. She's previously been nervous driving my M cars. The flow for the day was: Classroom for overview of the day, braking exercise, autocross style course, skidpad, track ride with an instructor. After that we headed to the museum in some X5 M60i's and on the way back hit the offroad course.



Then we had lunch, hit the gift shop and it was time to see our cars.




This was far and away the most thorough and professional walkthrough of a vehicle by the BMW Performance Center team of any vehicle I've ever purchased. They made sure we had everything set up to our liking and answered all questions (unlike your typical dealer).

We were done at about 2pm and paused for a quick photo out front before hitting the road for our overnight stop.


We stayed at the Rivers Edge treehouse cabins in Robbinsville before hitting the Cherohala skyway the next day and the rest of our drive home. Was definitely a cool place to stay, secluded and right on a river, they even have a setup to wash your car at your cabin.




The next day we hit the Cherohala skyway early and barely saw any other cars which was fantastic...




This was our first time doing PCD and I'd definitely recommend it if you can make it happen. Makes the experience feel more special. Only thing I wish we could've done is the factory tour but that's currently under construction and will be available again soon.

[Burrcold]

Beauty! Awesome pictures as well, congrats!

[Macabuca]

Wow! Pics are awesome. Car spec is hott!

[dport]

You are a better photographer than I am!
Nice choice of options.

Day Laborer also assisted me with a Fire Orange G80.

[Day Laborer]

Amazing write up and so glad you had a great experience !

[M3 GUSTA.G80]

I am super happy for you, but also very confused. I thought they stopped doing PCD for anything that isn’t made in Spartansburg, and they only make X series there. Did I miss something? Annoyed since I just took delivery of a new M3cx in February and was told this.

[cfm56d7b]

Stunning build - on fire (but no need to call the fire department). That “tree house” looks awesome.

[FreudeamFahren18]

So you can do PCD?
Why is my dealer then telling me this is no longer an option?

[MadMoose]

Originally Posted by BenitoBlanco

I am super happy for you, but also very confused. I thought they stopped doing PCD for anything that isn’t made in Spartansburg, and they only make X series there. Did I miss something? Annoyed since I just took delivery of a new M3cx in February and was told this.

They had stopped it for a while for vehicles other than Spartanburg built, but recently started it back up again (I think sometime in February?). I saw a post on here that it was available again and asked my CA to submit the request and it all worked out!

[kraken]

Originally Posted by BenitoBlanco

I am super happy for you, but also very confused. I thought they stopped doing PCD for anything that isn’t made in Spartansburg, and they only make X series there. Did I miss something? Annoyed since I just took delivery of a new M3cx in February and was told this.

They just started doing delivery of other cars back up recently.... in May I think. When I did PCD in March for X3, it was only for X vehicles.

[M3 GUSTA.G80]

Originally Posted by MadMoose

They had stopped it for a while for vehicles other than Spartanburg built, but recently started it back up again (I think sometime in February?). I saw a post on here that it was available again and asked my CA to submit the request and it all worked out!

HA, so they started it back up again right after I took delivery. Of course 😭 I am glad you got to enjoy though! I did PCD for my M340i in 2021 and it was a really cool experience.

[M3 GUSTA.G80]

Originally Posted by kraken

They just started doing delivery of other cars back up recently.... in May I think. When I did PCD in March for X3, it was only for X vehicles.

Ah, okay, May makes me feel better than February at least!

[kraken]

Very nice... curious how you got the limo treatment? LOL
Is it because you got M3?

I did PCD back in March for X3 M40i and really enjoyed the experience.... but def. no limo LOL

Going to order 2025 M240i when they are available and will be doing PCD again.

[MadMoose]

Originally Posted by kraken

Very nice... curious how you got the limo treatment? LOL
Is it because you got M3?

I did PCD back in March for X3 M40i and really enjoyed the experience.... but def. no limo LOL

Going to order 2025 M240i when they are available and will be doing PCD again.

Haha, there were several other people picking up vehicles that were staying at Hotel Hartness and they all had limo rides waiting out front too. We were the only M3 delivery that day and the others were almost all X3 and I think an X5.
The hotel called me about a week out and asked if we needed transportation from the airport and to BMW, I said yes and they took care of the rest.

[MadMoose]

Originally Posted by BenitoBlanco

Ah, okay, May makes me feel better than February at least!

Yeah, February-ish was probably when they started accepting PCD requests again and not when deliveries took place. I'm just speculating though.

[kraken]

Originally Posted by MadMoose

Haha, there were several other people picking up vehicles that were staying at Hotel Hartness and they all had limo rides waiting out front too. We were the only M3 delivery that day and the others were almost all X3 and I think an X5.
The hotel called me about a week out and asked if we needed transportation from the airport and to BMW, I said yes and they took care of the rest.

Interesting.... maybe because you stayed at the BMW partner hotel... we stayed at Courtyard lol

[///M TOWN]

Awesome…

Thanks for sharing… ‼️

[Ev0lutionx]

Originally Posted by MadMoose

Hey, posting a quick summary of my PCD since it started back up. Ordered my M3 xDrive through Day Laborer back in January and took delivery at the PCD May 31st.

We got our allocation through a dealer in Louisiana and they turned out to be easy to work with. They had a super low ball offer on my G87 trade though so ended up selling to Carmax for $6k more.

As has been mentioned the hotel is no longer included, the new partner hotels are Hotel Hartness and the Grand Bohemian. We booked with Hotel Hartness and thought it was excellent. There's hiking trails around the hotel and a local restaurant / bar both at the hotel and another within about a 10 minute walk. Limo ride was provided by BMW from the airport to hotel, and from the hotel to the performance center the next morning.



I didn't get many pictures at the Performance Center prior to delivery, but was definitely happy with the experience. We got to drive a watermelon spec M3 xDrive (IOMG/Fiona) and it gave my wife a lot of confidence driving the car. She's previously been nervous driving my M cars. The flow for the day was: Classroom for overview of the day, braking exercise, autocross style course, skidpad, track ride with an instructor. After that we headed to the museum in some X5 M60i's and on the way back hit the offroad [...]

Congrats!

And what an awesome experience.

Thank you for sharing.

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by MadMoose

Hey, posting a quick summary of my PCD since it started back up. Ordered my M3 xDrive through Day Laborer back in January and took delivery at the PCD May 31st.

Fantastic build, great combo! Fire orange is 🔥

[DocWeatherington]

Congrats

[Rich807]

Congrats & great post!

[moonluv810]

What an awesome set of photos!
Congrats!