Hey, posting a quick summary of my PCD since it started back up. Ordered my M3 xDrive through @[Day Laborer](contact:79298) 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. Theres 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 didnt 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. Shes 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 M60is 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 Ive 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 Id definitely recommend it if you can make it happen. Makes the experience feel more special. Only thing I wish we couldve done is the factory tour but thats currently under construction and will be available again soon.