if you lease, check out bmwconfig.com, get euro delivery invoice price, and negotiate the lease from euro delivery invoice +$1000... you will get the same residual as if negotiating from MSRP, but save a ton of money, get one lease payment paid by BMWFS while car is in transit, and get a euro vacation out of deal, with 2 airline tickets for the price of one. do it in the summer, so you don't need the winter tire rentals in germany... on an m3 it could be $5-7k savings