May 13, 2016 Day 7:
Today was a crappy day with weather, but an awesome day at BMW.  We had a later start, so I just got to sleep in a tiny bit more than I usually do.  We drove to Munich again and could actually go into the main BMW building this time.  There were so many cars in there, it was so amazing.  I'm not very big on cars, but I was astounded by all the different types of cars.  I was especially interested in the ones with a matte finish.  We got to go in the museum too, which was pretty neat.  There were so many cars for only 100 years, it's really fantastic.
After being able to explore the 2 buildings by ourselves, we got a complete factory tour, from pressing to finished product.  we started in the press room where there were so many huge steel blocks.  We got to see how they lift and move the blocks with a pulley/crane system.  they looked like they were going to fall at one point, but it was able to support the weight some how.  from there, we entered a room full of KUKA robots that welded the parts together.  We were told that there were over 6000 spots that were being welded on the car to ensure everything would stay together in final production.
From there, we went to several different production lines where they did various things such as seating, putting the axles on, and putting the windshields on.  It was so mesmerizing to just watch the lines go by and the workers do everything so fluidly.
However, to no surprise, I enjoyed the paint process the most.  The paint came our of the nozzles and just appeared on the car out of nowhere.   We watched them prime the car with paint, then put on the base coat.  The primer could be one of four colors, but the ones we saw were white or tan.  The outer ones were black  or white, but they could be one of any 12 colors.  The outer color could also be a custom color, but then the body would have to be taken off production line and hand painted at a different site.  Paint makes me very happy, and maybe one day I will be able to work at BMW or another company with paints.
We finished our tour and left BMW.  Today was a very successful and fun day.  Though I'm not big on cars, I enjoyed everything thoroughly.