I stopped by my BMW dealer this morning to get the free brake fluid change. Even with an appointment that was booked a month ago, I had to wait almost 3 hours before the tech started working on it.(not their fault... my area had huge snow storm last week and screwed up their schedules) 40 minutes ago my SA told me it would be only another 15 minutes... but I'm still here... so I decided to write about the M3 I saw earlier.
Anyway... I walked around the lot and saw a ridiculously mint-looking 2025 M3 in my favorite dravit grey. I was shocked when the window sticker said it was knocked down from $75000 to $68000. It had only 7800 miles. The sales people weren't there yet, so I couldn't get inside. Around 9AM, they started showing up and I got a sales lady to help me.
When I pointed to that M3, she seemed excited but asked me the strangest question. She said "you smoke?" I never smoked, but I honestly thought that she was offering me a cigarette. I said "thanks, but I don't smoke" She said "oh, that's too bad..." At this point, I still thought she was offering me a cigarette.
She got the key fob and we got inside the M3. I instantly realized why she asked me about smoking. She said the previous owner was a HEAVY smoker and the dealership spent almost 3 weeks to try to get rid of the smoke smell. They even got two outside detailers to work on it but the smoke smell was still "haunting the interior"(her words). The car had been sitting on the lot for months and was rejected by EVERY potential customer, even smokers. Apparently they took this M3 in trade because the previous owner upgraded to a new M5.
Shen went on to say that they marked it down almost $10,000 cheaper than a comparable M3... but it may eventually go to auction due to lack of customer interest.
I'm still sitting here waiting for the tech to complete the brake fluid change on my car... boy, I'm sure that I'm not a smoker.
