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Old 06-27-2011, 02:15 PM
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Getting ready to pick up X5. Any suggestions?

Heading down to the dealer to take receipt of our new X5 in a few hours. Just wanted to see if there was anything specific I should do. Also what kind of "crap" are they going to try and sell me and is any of it worth while?

FYI it's a lease.
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Old 06-27-2011, 02:27 PM
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Are you 16 yrs old and this is your 1st car? You should know what to do and what to look out for. You were there during price and lease negotiations, right?
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Old 06-27-2011, 02:43 PM
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I'm sure they will try to sell you floor mats.
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Old 06-27-2011, 03:03 PM
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Everything sold by the finance manager has a very large profit margin. Avoid the temptation to buy tire insurance, wheel insurance, sythetic wax, fabric treatment, etc.

Allow enough time for the dealer to go over all the features of the vehicle. It can be time well spent.

Carpet floor mats, wheel locks, and a spare bottle of oil in a carry case are all free at time of delivery at my dealership. YMMV.
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The night before the delivery you assemble your 'delivery day kit'...

* a black leather/canvas briefs case, containing
* a clipboard with your multi page delivery check list
* a camera
* a pair of bifocal safety glasses
* a lab coat, with
* a couple pair of white cloth gloves neatly tucked in the pockets

and of course no delivery day kit would be complete without a dial caliper. Note the most important part of this high precision tool is the wooden case.

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Old 06-27-2011, 04:26 PM
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You arrive promptly for your X5 35d's delivery and greet your SA in a cordial but business like manner. After a few pleasantries, you ask your SA if he/she would mind delaying the standard delivery procedure while you check out a few things.

Once agreed, you place your brief case in the cargo bay, extract the clipboard, and put on the safety glasses, lab coat and a pair of white gloves. After checking off the easiest items on your list, you proceed to meticulously caress, err fondle, err inspect your future X5s curvaceous, err, voluptuous err, sleek body for minor imperfections in the finish. At some point you pause, look concerned and after taking a few photographs, you make some notations on page 2 of your check list. You then open the wooden case, insert the metal ruler in your breast pocket and proceed to check the dial caliper's calibration. By now several of the other SAs have come out of their cubicles to the witness the spectacle of you checking the gaps between the body panels and noting their measurements to the hundredth inch. After reviewing your check list & notes, you grudgingly announce that the fit and finish seems to be within spec. But you still have a few questions and would appreciate your SA confirming the location of a few things under the hood: like the manual oil dipstick and the customer approved 'exhaust fluid' filling procedure.

Having established that you are a bona fide wacko, who really did read the 2009 X5 Owner's Manual cover to cover, several times while waiting of your X5 to be built, you suggest that the standard delivery procedure could recommence. Everyone lets out a deep sigh of relief. And you proceed smugly suspecting that maybe, just maybe, you have given your SA a story to tell his/her grand kids someday

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There were a few things I actually bought from the finance guy, in spite of going in with a "this guy is the devil" attitude. Clear bra and window tint were both very competitive with local prices - I had gotten quotes before delivery. Note that when he initially offered these items I asked the price and proceeded to laugh out loud. He immediately dropped the price by a few hundred bucks to something actually competitive so I went ahead and bit.

The other thing I purchased was "door ding" protection. $150 for either the duration of the warranty or lifetime, I forget which. Anyway, they'll do as many ding removals as often as I want. $150 is just ridiculously cheap for that, as pulling 2 dings alone will cost that much, never mind doing multiple dings over the next 4 years.

Run flat insurance was kinda tempting. $450 for 4 years and they'll replace any damaged run flats on the vehicle (damage, not normal wear and tear). One nail would probably make it worth it. I think I'll be swapping the run flats for regular tires when they wear out or get damaged though, so I passed.
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Run flat insurance was kinda tempting. $450 for 4 years and they'll replace any damaged run flats on the vehicle (damage, not normal wear and tear). One nail would probably make it worth it. I think I'll be swapping the run flats for regular tires when they wear out or get damaged though, so I passed.
One of my runflats got a nail once. It cost $40 to fix it. I guess I can get 10 more punctures and still be ahead. Except that puncture was two cars ago.
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There were a few things I actually bought from the finance guy, in spite of going in with a "this guy is the devil" attitude. Clear bra and window tint were both very competitive with local prices - I had gotten quotes before delivery. Note that when he initially offered these items I asked the price and proceeded to laugh out loud. He immediately dropped the price by a few hundred bucks to something actually competitive so I went ahead and bit.

The other thing I purchased was "door ding" protection. $150 for either the duration of the warranty or lifetime, I forget which. Anyway, they'll do as many ding removals as often as I want. $150 is just ridiculously cheap for that, as pulling 2 dings alone will cost that much, never mind doing multiple dings over the next 4 years.

Run flat insurance was kinda tempting. $450 for 4 years and they'll replace any damaged run flats on the vehicle (damage, not normal wear and tear). One nail would probably make it worth it. I think I'll be swapping the run flats for regular tires when they wear out or get damaged though, so I passed.
I got a quote from Discount Tire for their tire warranty which lasts the life of the tire. It was $70 per tire or $280 total which is way cheaper than the dealer. And yes they will sell you the warranty on tires you didn't buy there and are already on a car...
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The tire warranty from the dealer I'm referring to was for any runflat tire for the duration of the new car warranty. So you could swap out the original tires and the new set would still be covered. Tires don't generally last 4 years / 50k miles for me, so for my driving habits it would have covered at least 2 sets.

And it would replace a damaged tire, not patch it.

I'm not trying to sell it to anyone - I didn't buy it myself. I'm just relaying what I was offered and why it would have been tempting if I was planning on sticking with runflats.
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