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Originally Posted by giphlag
My car is currently in production and I have asked for PCD. Hoping to bring a good friend as my +1.
Can you elaborate on exactly what is included for free in terms of track time, vs the extra booking you did? And how much did that cost.
Would love to know all the variables. Thanks!
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A few thoughts:
Make sure your CA fills in and submits all necessary PCD paperwork to BMW ASAP. Apparently some forget, don't know they need to, or fill it out incorrectly and it can cause issues. My CA was very on top of it and it was smooth.
We stayed at Hotel Hartness and it was incredible. They also picked us up from the airport and did all pickup/drop offs at BMW in a brand new X5M60, which was cool.
The day is 8am-3pm. Starts with classroom, then you do a bunch of exercises (threshold braking, skid pad - but only quickly to show you with and without DSC, and a mini auto-x), then you have lunch, go to the museum (waste of time... this is a placeholder until factory tours open back up), and then do a quick off-roading course in X5s before taking delivery. You sit in the car with your +1 and can switch off driving in each exercise.
If you've never been on track or done high performance driving, I think it's great. If you have, and want to get some real hot laps or spend time perfecting car control on the skid pad, then you'll need to do a private session or sign up for one of their schools if there is one before or after your delivery day. As mentioned above, cost for private instruction is $650/hr with a 2-hr minimum, then $500/hr thereafter. Also, they only book private sessions 2 weeks out, so it's tough to plan if you're flying in. Hope that helps.