European Delivery- How long did your car sit in Customs?

[TTG]

My 1st ED cleared customs in one day and cleared VDC in 2 days

2nd one spent 3 weeks in customs....It was very painfull.....

Those are the joys of ED and I will not buy a BMW without doing a ED (when offered) It is all worth the wait.

[skier]

3 days. 7 weeks total form drop off in Munich (Jan '11) to pickup up at the dealer in AZ in Mar '11.

[fuddman]

Originally Posted by Technic

I think that issue of who get first out of the port is as simple as logistics on top of any other delay (damage, for example). Either they have a truck ready to go to your area, with space for your car available when your car is there or they do not.

In other words, timing.

Please don't get me wrong. I'm not bitching about BMW. I like my car (2000 miles) and I respect the company. But, if I'm reading you correctly, what you suggest is the company passes cars through the VPC on, what amounts to, a random basis.
I happen to think car processing through the VPC is orchestrated by BMW, and that it's based on money flow. For example, if a ship has 3000 cars and, say, 1000 are sold and If the average sale price is, let's say, $40,000, then BMW stands to get $40,000,000 as soon as they get the cars to the dealer. I think that's important to BMW and to the dealers.
My guess is they feel they need to get EDs to the customers no later than 8 weeks from drop off. That's the only requirement which could create a higher priority than getting a sold car to a dealer.

[JohnnyRoaster]

Mine cleared in four days. It was four weeks from drop off in Paris to re-delivery. Some have experienced much longer delays in customs.

http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/sho...=customs+audit