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      08-24-2007, 08:58 AM   #47
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Originally Posted by mofomat View Post
OK, they will know it has been used as a demo, but why should that mean the run-in procedure hasn't been adhered to?
Well in principle they should not I suppose.

But in practice, how to you enforce this and still allow the potential buyer to try out the car? In the U.S., for example, a car cannot even be sold as new once it has over a certain amount of miles. I think it is 200, but I could be wrong. Its somewhere around there. This is far less than the required 1000 (or is it 1200?) needed to break in an M3. So the car will automatically be a CPO now, which will cost the dealerships money, which will cause them to push for more profit from BMW, which will raise the MSRP of the car.
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