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Originally Posted by manari06
Even Military Sales requires the car to be shipped Conus, I already asked if I can leave the car in Germany and bring it back after my tour there and I was told I can't I need take delivery Conus and then ship it back. I went with Superiormotorsmsp.com this is what I was quoted with them.
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I don't think that's correct at all. See below link
http://www.pentagoncarsales.com/bmw/faq.php?ref=009#14
Superior is located in Bahrain, and they're probably more accustomed to shipping cars to the US. I used First Choice out of UAE and so far so good, car is being built right now. I would check with one of the dealers actually in Germany. I haven't used them but Pentagon seems to have a pretty good reputation.
http://www.pentagoncarsales.com/
or find a dealer where you'll be stationed
http://www.bmw-military-sales.com/mi...gent_find.html
And while they may not give you invoice pricing on all options like a US dealer they do have some flexibility as they included Satellite Radio on my purchase for no charge. I just don't see the point of buying a car and shipping it across the ocean twice during which time it may be damaged(especially with the lowest bidder contractor the govt would use to send it back) when for pretty much the same price(my M3 cost $1050 more than the invoice ED price which would have gone at least $500 higher for dealer profit plus the cost of having to go to Europe to pick it up) you can do Military Sales and pick it up in Germany. Plus if you register the car in Germany for several months you should avoid paying any sales tax on it which may or may not be a factor depending where you live. The downsides I see would be if you absolutely needed to trade in your 335 rather than sell it and you would also need to order the car now while you're still deployed or once you got to Germany which might then require a few weeks of waiting while it's built.