Crazy Story unfolding on M5board

SlammedR8 · 09-01-2010, 03:14 PM

Dealership rags my car and wrecks it on a test drive!

Its at 35 pages already and over 70 000 views, I thought the guys in Texas would want to see this. The owner of the 2007 M5 has not named the "crash" dealer yet. But here is a quick sum up of what is going on.

The owner took his 07 M5 for an oil change and brake job. He got a call from the dealer the same day saying the car was involved in an accident. The dealer made up BS about sand being on the road and the driver (a tech) spun out and hit a curb. The dealer was not very good about it, they gave him a quote of $2500 in damage, which didnt seem right. So he took the car from the "crash" dealer, and took it another BMW dealer and the quote is nearing $30 000 in damage. Needless to say, the "crash" dealer is in BIG shit now. They tried to get away with only paying out $2500 in damage. Did they really think they could get away with that?

FStop7 · 09-01-2010, 03:58 PM

I don't get why the crash dealership is making such a big deal out of this by trying to fuck their customer over. They should just file a claim with their insurance, fix the customer car, and move on. This is why dealerships have insurance. Instead they're embarrassing themselves and generating a lot of negative attention.

op487062 · 09-01-2010, 04:03 PM

i can't imagine how pissed off i would be if i had an expensive car experience like that.

i guess it's the state of things in our country, but i hate when people think they're lawyers and start demanding "half a million/personal grief" for something like this. can you legally grieve over property???

Mavrick151 · 09-01-2010, 04:15 PM

WOW

BMWMFAN27 · 09-01-2010, 04:23 PM

unbelievable. The nerve of some people.

quiksi · 09-01-2010, 04:32 PM

unfortunately this happens all the time... it's what you get when you put expensive hardware in the hands of some of these people

This happened to a guy I met in the S2000 club a few years back, it still pops up on Google as #4 when you search for the dealer name.

http://bad-car-dealer.blogspot.com/

BMW BRAD · 09-01-2010, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by FStop7

I don't get why the crash dealership is making such a big deal out of this by trying to fuck their customer over. They should just file a claim with their insurance, fix the customer car, and move on. This is why dealerships have insurance. Instead they're embarrassing themselves and generating a lot of negative attention.

^^^^ +1 ^^^^ Fully agree.........

E92-Lighting · 09-09-2010, 01:50 AM

well they are just trying to save some money on the uneducated, cant blame them

jasperxli · 09-10-2010, 02:02 AM

holy crap dude. that sucks!

09-01-2010, 03:14 PM	#1
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FStop7 I like cars 329 Rep 5,052 Posts Drives: M6 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Newbury Park, CA iTrader: (3)	I don't get why the crash dealership is making such a big deal out of this by trying to fuck their customer over. They should just file a claim with their insurance, fix the customer car, and move on. This is why dealerships have insurance. Instead they're embarrassing themselves and generating a lot of negative attention.
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op487062 Enlisted Member 0 Rep 36 Posts Drives: audi s5 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: los angeles iTrader: (0)	i can't imagine how pissed off i would be if i had an expensive car experience like that. i guess it's the state of things in our country, but i hate when people think they're lawyers and start demanding "half a million/personal grief" for something like this. can you legally grieve over property???
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09-01-2010, 04:23 PM	#5
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09-01-2010, 04:32 PM	#6
quiksi Captain 75 Rep 903 Posts Drives: E90 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (1) Garage List 2018 Toyota Tundra ... [0.00] 2011.5 E90 M3 [0.00]	unfortunately this happens all the time... it's what you get when you put expensive hardware in the hands of some of these people This happened to a guy I met in the S2000 club a few years back, it still pops up on Google as #4 when you search for the dealer name. http://bad-car-dealer.blogspot.com/ __________________ 2011 E90 M3 6mt AW/Speed Cloth - ZCP, Moonroof, non-iDrive - PCD 12/9/10 Painted reflectors, matte black grills/gills, Deansbimmer Belly Pan, DEI Alarm, Homelink/compass retrofit, Passport MAX2 Hardwire, GP Thunder 8500K, modmy3 LED interior, Dinan Mufflers, HRE P40 19" Satin Charcoal, Michelin PS4S
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09-01-2010, 04:15 PM	#4
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09-09-2010, 01:50 AM	#8
E92-Lighting 860 Rep 35,253 Posts Drives: Next Generation LED Lighting Join Date: May 2008 Location: Walnut iTrader: (324)	well they are just trying to save some money on the uneducated, cant blame them
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09-10-2010, 02:02 AM	#9
jasperxli Private First Class 8 Rep 153 Posts Drives: space grey e60 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: socal iTrader: (2)	holy crap dude. that sucks!
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