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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 00:48:49 GMT
From: "levyte357" <levyte357nospamAM_hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: SON of  reliability of  used cars in BMW 5 series bracket - 48 Hours from Purchase


> > The point I was making was that the dealer/specialist bent over backwards > > to make sure I was happy, and keep to keep his customers happy who > > regularily spend £10K on his cars.. Now, that's not so difficult to > > understand.... is it? > > > Well, actually, it is. > No, its "NOT" difficult to understand.... it's just rare. It's called "Quality Service". > First off, the dealer is trying to sell you a car. This is quite a > diffent situation from an annual service (hint - their profit margin on > a £5k car is a lot more than on a £120 service). > NEWSFLASH: ALL dealers want to sell you one of their cars. When you have a little more experience of buying used cars from dealers, you'll "learn" that there is a type of dealer who only wants to sell you a car, take your money and get you out the door, and there is a type of dealer who "not" only wants to sell you a car, but wants your experience of that car to be so good, that you will go back to him and buy a more expensive car from him next time. > Second, there are good and bad dealers for most makes - There are good and bad dealers for everything you buy in life, experience teaches you how to discern between the good and the bad, son. > meaningless to make a decision on which make/model you're going to buy > based on a dealer. I already knew the make I was going to buy. The only decision was to find a decent dealer with "models" I was interested in. Would be a bit silly going to a Saab specialist(e.g someone who sells/maintains "ONLY" Saabs) if I wasn't sure if I wanted a Saab or BMW wouldn't it? And you are actually quite wrong, or inexperienced, or both. Many people (men and women) may intend to buy a certain car, chance into a dealership, and find the professionalism, quality and service so refreshing and different, they choose a completely different manufacturer and model. On reading the original post thoroughly, one "possibly" would recall, 1)I stated "After considering...", then the list of cars considered, NOT a list of dealers. 2)When referring to the 12 month warranty I began with, "And just a little aside..." not that it was a pivotal factor in the decision making process. If the 528iSE was £750 cheaper and had 25K less on the clock, I would have bought that even with no warranty and only 75% Service History. So can we please move on from the "dealer bashing" ? You may have had bad experiences with dealers in the past, I know I have, but there are one or two quality outfits out there.

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