The NY dealer initially said something to the effect of "how can you pick it up at a local dealer when they already sold all their shipments? They don't have any cars to deliver to you!". I brought it up again a week or so later, asking if they could just get one of their cars delivered to a CA dealer, and the salesman said he talked to their sales manager who told him that BMW ended that program a couple years ago. It sounds like local dealers don't really want to do courtesy deliveries for cars purchased out-of-state, since they no doubt know exactly why we buy cars that way.
Anyway, thanks for the tips. I'll try contacting some dealers directly.
-Brett
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