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Good thing these cars have the nannies like traction control defaulted on. I knew of a couple guys in a (nationwide) car club that had their non-T.C. sports cars wrecked by test-driving/joy-riding dealer personnel. It's not that uncommon. You would think that a mechanic whose job depended on being responsible with customer cars would be, well, responsible. Not always the case... |
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07-11-2014, 04:40 PM | #46 |
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Completely Untrue. While the SA's and Managers may not care about cars they see everyday, the drivers many dealerships hire can't afford BMWs. Iv spoken to many of them and they all say they love driving BMWs all day... so clearly they love the opportunity to drive our cars.. even take advantage when no one watching.
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I assume that you had a tire shop install the wheels? (No one would buy wheels from BMW, at least not unless it is Silver Spring BMW.)
Why didn't you get the shop to check it? They probably would have done it for free as it is part of the install. If not, I'm sure that their balance would be less than the dealer. I was just quoted $400 for a "four wheel balance" at my last service. I needed tires as well which they were going to give me at a "reasonable" price of $1800 and change (without stems, mounting, tax, etc.). I took it to Wheelworks and got the entire job done for $1430 out the door. Expect at least a 100% overcharge at the BMW dealer. |
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Don't put words in my mouth. I never said the E92 is an exotic, no current BMW is an exotic. That doesn't mean the drivers don't desire these cars and love driving them.
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07-11-2014, 05:25 PM | #55 |
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Absolutely NO test drives on my car. Required or not. They call me and I do the test driving. Period.
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1. No courtesy wash. 2. The car does not leave the lot unless I am present and come along. 3. If I am not on site (i.e. had to drop off the car), call me before it leaves the lot and tell me how many miles you expect to drive it. 4. No burnouts or launches! I know what my tires looked like and how much gas I had when I arrived. 5. Seriously, no courtesy wash. 6. Please have anyone who sits in the car take appropriate care and precautions with the leather seats and floormats (learned this the hard way when some asshole tech fucked up my seat by riding around with his keys in his back pocket... never got that spot on the seat back to 100% ) 7. Don't randomly change my oil without informing me first. This has happened twice now, both times they didn't reset the service interval. I very much appreciate the sentiment and free oil, but I like to collect Blackstone samples for every oil change, and now I've had three oil changes in 6000 miles, and am due for another one in 2500 per the computer. First world problems? 8. Same goes for any other random service you decide my car needs. Let me know before you touch it. 9. NO FUCKING COURTESY WASH! 10. I know where to find you. YMMV. |
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4 miles on paper vs 37 miles on car. Very possible that the tech did his job turn in the R.O. the SA then filled in the box. Not knowing what the mileage out is, he just went ahead and add 4 miles from in to out. Done this many times where I forget to fill in the box. |
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