How many miles on the new car when picking up from the dealer?

dandanio · 08-17-2011, 08:57 PM

First one was exactly at 0.0 (BMW Welt), the other one, picked up today at 7.8.

mibmwx3 · 08-17-2011, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brutus1

Ours had 2 miles on it when picked up at the PC. They test them inside the facility on a "treadmill" of sorts and put 1-2 miles on them.

I also picked mine up at the PC, but mine had 6 miles on it. Wonder why the difference?

Lotus7 · 08-17-2011, 11:23 PM

Mine had 28,500 miles and a set of bald tires on delivery.
Do you think I should complain to the dealer? My CA told me this was "normal".

Also, what does thick blue smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe mean?

Lotus7 · 08-17-2011, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mibmwx3

I also picked mine up at the PC, but mine had 6 miles on it. Wonder why the difference?

Yours was finished at lunch time and the Spartanburg McDonalds is 3 miles away.

mibmwx3 · 08-18-2011, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Lotus7

Yours was finished at lunch time and the Spartanburg McDonalds is 3 miles away.

I did see on someone else's post, that a car that looked just like mine was used on the track. So better McDonalds than the track.

Vintage · 08-18-2011, 08:27 AM

our X3 had 2 miles on it

02420X3 · 08-18-2011, 02:28 PM

2 here also.

Ural · 08-19-2011, 04:03 AM

15 kms

Nitropdx · 08-27-2011, 01:11 PM

8 miles on mine

mexxdude · 08-27-2011, 01:42 PM

6 miles.

silverforumsurf · 08-28-2011, 02:05 PM

7 miles

raleedy · 08-28-2011, 02:22 PM

Where do you all think the odometers start out? At zero or at some minus number? My '08 E92 was delivered at the Welt in Munich with less than a mile on the odometer. It's hard to see how they can even do that, just going from the assembly line in Regensburg to transit (train and truck or truck only) and into the building for prep and then delivery in Munich.

For US deliveries, I've often seen a dealer pull a new car off the lot for a short test drive with a customer, so I would assume that cars with higher mileage on them (say, >9 miles) may have been used this way.

Generally, depreciation ranges between $.50 and $1.00 per mile on cars in this price bracket. So — considerations of car virginity aside — the dealer may be taking you for as much as $10.

mccun934 · 08-28-2011, 07:43 PM

4 on mine

powertech83 · 08-28-2011, 08:18 PM

6 km on mine

Polar_Bimmer · 08-28-2011, 08:54 PM

6 km (3,7 miles) on mine

TiAg135 · 08-29-2011, 04:48 PM

4

canzilla · 08-29-2011, 07:02 PM

19km

sard · 08-30-2011, 12:42 AM

Just picked mine up tonight. 5 miles!

sfax · 08-30-2011, 01:01 AM

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Originally Posted by canzilla

19km

Good to see someone else with a higher figure. I don't know for sure and I'm annoyed now that I didn't check but I could have sworn mine had about 20 miles on it. Maybe they used it for a cheeky test drive

96_Impreza · 09-06-2011, 03:25 PM

2011 X3 35i @ 8 miles.

torzeck · 09-06-2011, 03:31 PM

PCD and ours had 2 miles on it.

greg2step · 09-13-2011, 10:57 PM

2.8 at the dealer today. its one advantage of ordering a car - nobody else ever put miles on it going for a test drive.

08-17-2011, 08:57 PM	#23
dandanio The one that drives! 22 Rep 187 Posts Drives: 11 x3 35i/09 Jetta TDI Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: New England iTrader: (0)	First one was exactly at 0.0 (BMW Welt), the other one, picked up today at 7.8.
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08-17-2011, 11:23 PM	#25
Lotus7 Major 66 Rep 1,041 Posts Drives: xxxx Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: xxxx iTrader: (0)	Mine had 28,500 miles and a set of bald tires on delivery. Do you think I should complain to the dealer? My CA told me this was "normal". Also, what does thick blue smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe mean?
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08-18-2011, 08:27 AM	#28
Vintage Colonel 378 Rep 2,588 Posts Drives: BMW G80 (MT), 718 Spyder Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Austin, Texas iTrader: (0)	our X3 had 2 miles on it
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08-18-2011, 02:28 PM	#29
02420X3 Captain 63 Rep 983 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 35i Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Boston iTrader: (0)	2 here also.
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08-19-2011, 04:03 AM	#30
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08-27-2011, 01:11 PM	#31
Nitropdx New Member 0 Rep 5 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 28i Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Portland Oregon iTrader: (0)	8 miles on mine
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08-27-2011, 01:42 PM	#32
mexxdude Private 7 Rep 58 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 35i Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Fairfax VA iTrader: (0)	6 miles.
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08-28-2011, 02:05 PM	#33
silverforumsurf Private 12 Rep 94 Posts Drives: To Buy Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: California iTrader: (0)	7 miles
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08-28-2011, 02:22 PM	#34
raleedy Colonel 160 Rep 2,248 Posts Drives: 2016 228i 6-speed Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon iTrader: (0)	Where do you all think the odometers start out? At zero or at some minus number? My '08 E92 was delivered at the Welt in Munich with less than a mile on the odometer. It's hard to see how they can even do that, just going from the assembly line in Regensburg to transit (train and truck or truck only) and into the building for prep and then delivery in Munich. For US deliveries, I've often seen a dealer pull a new car off the lot for a short test drive with a customer, so I would assume that cars with higher mileage on them (say, >9 miles) may have been used this way. Generally, depreciation ranges between $.50 and $1.00 per mile on cars in this price bracket. So — considerations of car virginity aside — the dealer may be taking you for as much as $10.
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08-28-2011, 07:43 PM	#35
mccun934 Enlisted Member 11 Rep 46 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Portland, OR iTrader: (0)	4 on mine
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08-28-2011, 08:18 PM	#36
powertech83 Second Lieutenant 12 Rep 208 Posts Drives: F25 X3 20d Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Indonesia iTrader: (0)	6 km on mine
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08-28-2011, 08:54 PM	#37
Polar_Bimmer Private First Class 14 Rep 166 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW X3 (F25) xDrive 28i Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Québec city (Canada) iTrader: (0)	6 km (3,7 miles) on mine
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08-29-2011, 04:48 PM	#38
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08-29-2011, 07:02 PM	#39
canzilla New Member 13 Rep 13 Posts Drives: 2020 X3M Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada iTrader: (0)	19km
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08-30-2011, 12:42 AM	#40
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09-06-2011, 03:31 PM	#43
torzeck Lieutenant 52 Rep 400 Posts Drives: 2011 X3 35i, 2020 X3 30i Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Portland Oregon iTrader: (0)	PCD and ours had 2 miles on it.
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09-13-2011, 10:57 PM	#44
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