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I heard that it was decided that none of the Canadian cars were supposed to have it and the ones who got it just got lucky. I don't have a source though.
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05-14-2008, 04:41 PM | #69 |
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I did call BMW Canada. I was told through the guy on the phone this;
"That is for USA only" It sucks. So lets be Canadian and just suck it in, and take it... EspressoBoy |
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05-14-2008, 06:35 PM | #70 | |
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All the early 1ers built for Canada (production dates pre Feb 20th) had the "Year one of the 1" starter button (as does mine). I still suspect that the engraved starter button (in English) ran afoul of Canada's official languages act, which requires bilingual packaging: "The Act provides that a product must carry bilingual packaging and labelling if said product is intended to be sold in an area that has a Francophone population of more than 10%. Moreover where a logo contains the trade mark and the generic name of a product, the description of the product must appear in both languages." My guess is that BMW Canada got a polite call from les gendarmes de language and voila, no more offensive English only engraving.. I fully expect BMW Canada to send me a sticky label with "Anee une de la 1" which I can stick under the starter button..
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05-14-2008, 07:40 PM | #71 |
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Don't mean to beat a dead horse, but if the first month did have it then shouldn't the owners get the binder and certificate as well. Thought BMW would/could have stepped up to address this a little better. What's the deal with the M dead pedals then?
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05-14-2008, 11:33 PM | #73 |
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bollocks
I'll try to talk myself into 1 (most likely swapped from a demo car)
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05-15-2008, 12:02 AM | #74 |
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just got my email back from BMW Canada
they claimed it to be a minor marketing error in other word...we effed up. and we are not sorry.
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05-15-2008, 09:26 AM | #75 | |
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Yah, it's a demo and was probably put into service at launch - which would give it an early production date (e.g. pre mid Feb).
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05-15-2008, 09:42 AM | #76 |
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What gets me, is that why can't BMW CA see that getting a little engraving on the start button gives a whole sense of "uniqueness" to the first year of owners ... such a small investment can give such a huge return.
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05-15-2008, 12:38 PM | #77 |
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Did anyone see the article in Car and Driver (if not was Road & Track) that showed a shipload of damaged M3's and 1's? It said some of the cars were scrapped while some were fixed and sold. I wonder who has one of the "fixed and sold" cars?
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Not only were they "fixed and sold", their production numbers and VINs were obviously altered to reflect production dates well after the date the Shipload accident took place....
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nah I don't think they are allowed to do that, that's illegal I think - like turning back the odometer.
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Picked up my barebones Lemans Blue 135i (M-sport package, USB audio) last week, and it does NOT have the engraving. Happy I got the M dead pedal, though.
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Picked it up last week and mine came with it. Sorry, forgot to post this. It's been raining like crazy in Calgary the last week and a bit so I haven't had any really nice days to take pics yet (and that one good day I was driving :P)
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PC Valkyrie, when you say M dead pedel by that do you mean you received the M sport foot rest?
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