09-05-2011, 02:54 PM | #25 |
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As a European, this thread makes me laugh. Damn, lawyers in the US must be so f*cking rich.
Also, when some guys do ED and take their car the next day to the Nurburgring and to Spa-Francorchamps for extended lapping, you're all like 'woohoow!' But when some garage guy drives the car around the block the way M cars are built to handle, oh boy, bring on the suits. I'm not saying you're wrong and the dealership is right. But I'f someone would offer me 2k$ for a 10 minute joy ride in my car (without braking anything), I'd happily take the money. No need for an army of lawyers. |
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09-05-2011, 02:55 PM | #26 | |
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Though we do not expect much from most of the car sales industry, the Pacific BMW is well beyond tolerance in this case and MANY others view. If we carefully examined the story, not only the 1M was abused, and there are other cars (e.g., M3 as pointed out) treated the same way. So bad BMW has them as an authorized dealer!!! My 2 cents here. |
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09-05-2011, 02:56 PM | #27 |
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take as much action as you can!!! not you or anyone else deserves this type of treatment especially when buying a "limited" run model. personally i think/would go for way more than $10k. you should get the markup plus all the warranty and fees you had to pay for and MORE. it doesnt matter that the car is most likely not damaged in the long run. the point is that the car is super "limited" and was sold at the time of the video. if no test drives were allowed when considering the car then no one should even move it once it came off the truck until someone purchased it. get bmw na involved because im sure the bmw name overall got hit with this one pretty hard so theyll be more than happy to comply.
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09-05-2011, 02:56 PM | #28 | |
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09-05-2011, 03:00 PM | #30 | |
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For your such comments, i even doubt you would be willing to pay over MSRP. Your fundamental claim shakes. Flames on. |
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09-05-2011, 03:04 PM | #31 | |
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that was a few hard accelerations here and there, hardly anything that would even remotely hurt the car everyone is making this a lot more big of a deal than it really is |
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09-05-2011, 03:06 PM | #32 |
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you should be able to get 5-10k back good luck keep us posted |
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09-05-2011, 03:11 PM | #34 | |
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Question the OP needs to ask, is has the car been damaged in any way? If not, move on. No big deal. |
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09-05-2011, 03:13 PM | #35 | |
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09-05-2011, 03:22 PM | #36 | |
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The car is unlikely to have been damaged as that could very well have been standard PDI fare. I don't know. I suspect the techs were fired for videotaping and publishing and probably not for an over-zealous PDI effort. The real potential negative for you though, is the existence of the video vis-a-vis resale from a pure PR perspective. I suspect that is the potential loss you're probably looking for them to compensate you for. I wouldn't because I'm a good egg (j/k) but the average joe buying your car down the road will probably try to use the vid to haggle on price. That plus the $10,000 over invoice price must taste like poison. Anyway, good luck with this. Keep us posted in any event.
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09-05-2011, 03:25 PM | #38 |
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Oh damn, they are going to get it hard. I hope you get your 10k back from them, good luck dude.
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09-05-2011, 03:34 PM | #40 |
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09-05-2011, 03:37 PM | #41 |
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HAHA; stupid pacific bmw. I tried to buy from them when i lived in Glendale but they were horrible.
Lawyer up...u'll probably get your $10k back..or close to it if your lawyer'ed up. |
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09-05-2011, 03:42 PM | #42 |
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I am a trial lawyer. First, decide what you want AND make sure it is reasonable based on the facts (e.g. the $10k back and the BMW extended warranty). Second, call the general manager of the dealership and make the request in calm and straight forward terms. Third, immediately follow-up that call with an email to the General Manager that summarizes your request, his/her response, and the situation in brief terms. In the email, set a deadline of about 5 days out (based on the assumption he/she said "NO") for which you will take additional action if not resolved to your satisfaction. Then outline the additional action that will be taken but do not sound overtly threatening at anytime.
The key here is to show anyone that would sit in a jury or evaluate your situation that you have been fair, direct, and not a jerk. That will "win" almost every time in the court of public opinion, which will most likely force the dealerships hand. As someone else pointed out in this thread - they called you because they were panicked you had already hired a lawyer and they were trying to head it off at the pass but whoever called you did not do a good job. Remember, if the dealership ultimately gives you the finger, you can seek much more than you initially asked for in the way of damages based on fraud related claims. This is not a lottery ticket but you should be compensated - if the 1M is to be driven in that manner it should be only by the owner that paid $10k over sticker (my opening to a jury in a nutshell). |
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^that should be the least of his concerns. He paid.. Actually over paid for a car that should have not been touched, besides being on a towing truck to have it delivered. I would definitely not settle for anything less then: 10gs back, and extended warranty. Good luck
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If I ran the dealership...$12k back to you would be the best $12k you could spend on good PR and customer service.
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