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Originally Posted by Lotus99
Services, including oil changes are included free of charge in Canada. I'm assuming it's the same in US? How come you didn't just wait for the car to be shipped back and have it done for free? I can understand it's not ideal to have the old oil sit in the engine for 6 weeks or so, but $500 is pricy...
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Service is free for first 3 years in US too, but you'll want to get the first service done in Europe after you reach your first 1200 miles, so you can unleash the beast on the autobahn; however, you have to pay for the service out of pocket if it's done in Europe, though BMW NA will do a "courtesy reimbursement" when you return - just save your receipt and send a copy of it to your CA when you get back, and BMW NA will reimburse you. That is, assuming they also do this for customers in Canada - taking an educated guess that they will (since it's BMW "NA"), but you can call BMW NA Special Sales at 1-800-932-0831 to confirm.
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Originally Posted by Lotus99
From what I've read so far, there are only certain days and times you can go on it, right? So I've got to figure that out first, then arrange my trip around it?
And can you just buy the lap tix when you get there?
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It's true - the Ring is not open every day for tourist laps, but there are many days when it is - you'll want to go to the Ring website where they have a calendar of events - the calendar shows when they are open for tourist laps - it's not every single day nor is it all day long. It's often a couple hours in the evening, around 5-7pm, but the times can vary slightly day to day so be sure to check the times for tourist laps on specific days and work it into your schedule based on that. You can buy lap tickets when you get there.
PS - beware, only if you happen to be booking a stay at Land-gut-Hotel zur Burg Nurburgring for your Ring visit, that this hotel will charge you the full amount even if you have to cancel for a provable emergency hospitalization.
Check out my ED trip post (see link in my signature) for more ideas if you like. Also, in addition to this thread & mine, there are other good M2 ED threads you can search for, such as by longbeachbluem2 and hoyasaxa.
