Originally Posted by FunfDreisig (Post 649925)

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. :)

Funf Dreisig

Originally Posted by FunfDreisig (Post 649926)

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 :)

Funf Dreisig

Originally Posted by chiefneil (Post 831760)

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.

Originally Posted by chiefneil (Post 831760)

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.