Yawn......
Is that your best?


"SharkmanBMW" > wrote in message
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> you tell him Fred... he wreaks of snobbery, but he is a wannabe snob, he
> thinks like a guy who buys a 745li new but bought it used because he's
> cheap... hence the free warranty bull****.
> You knew the warranty when you bought the car, too late to complain now!
> And Marcio made some good points, the more you pay, the less warranty you
> get, you have the $$ to pay the repair so you should not care, if you
> don't have the cash, then don't drive the car.
> Maybe a Hyundai would suit your warranty needs better!
>
> "Malt_Hound" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Paul Aspinall wrote:
>>> "Malt_Hound" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>
>>>>Paul Aspinall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Because I paid £78000 for a car, and I believe it should have a better
>>>>>warranty than 3 years.
>>>>
>>>>Now you know the difference between perception and reality. You may
>>>>exist in either one, your choice...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>In addition, I was told at the time of sale, that the BMW extended
>>>>>warranty would be £1553 for 3 extra years.... now its £1536 for 1
>>>>>year!!!!
>>>>
>>>>You were *told*? Hah. Well then, you should have purchased the
>>>>warranty at that time, then you would have known what the cost would be.
>>>>
>>>>How on earth could you (or anyone) receive a quote for this (or
>>>>anything) and expect it to remain the same three years later?
>>>>
>>>>Are you really this naive?
>>>
>>>
>>> No, because I only bought the car 12 months ago.... not three years ago.
>>
>> My mistake. I was under the impression that you were the original owner.
>> So then you actually bought the car used, which was when they gave you
>> this story about the extended warranty? If this is the case, then that
>> makes the whole idea of getting anything out of BMW in terms of goodwill
>> warranty coverage even more remote, *unless* (and here's the key)
>> coverage was agreed to at the time of purchase.
>>
>> Here is the US it is very common to buy used (certified) BMWs from BMW
>> new car dealers with an included extended warranty. But even those
>> generally only go to 6 years or 100k miles.
>>
>>>
>>> Your tone is very demeaning... which is probably indicative of why you
>>> are not riding round in a 745Li.
>>
>> I'm sorry that it seems demeaning to you, but I'm sure a lot of that has
>> to do with your particular perspective. Since I'm not telling you what
>> you want to hear you think I'm being mean. OTOH those that agree with
>> your opine that BMW should cover your car to an unprecedentedly high
>> mileage, gratis, just because it was originally an expensive car are
>> offering "constructive" comments.
>>
>> My "tone" has nothing to do with why I am not riding in a 745Li. I'm
>> sure they are very nice cars if you like them, but to be perfectly honest
>> with you I don't really like the 7 series cars (even the old ones) and
>> the latest crop seem like bloated, over-gimmicked-up land barges to me.
>> The 7's seem to be aimed more at the traditional Mercedes market market
>> to me. In my opinion, the essence of BMW is in its sporting heritage, and
>> somehow the 7 series just do not fit in with that. But I respect your
>> opinion may be different and, as I said, I'm sure it is a nice car.
>>
>> I also choose not to spend my hard earned money on an automobile that
>> will lose half (or more) of its value in a matter of a few years. You
>> see, I too buy used cars. But I pick them up when they have already
>> experienced the majority of their depreciation. Of course, I fully
>> expect that my BMWs will run to 200k miles or more. I just don't expect
>> anyone to guarantee that.
>>
>> Furthermore, Paul, your personal comment about what I'm "riding around
>> in" smacks of snobbery. I'm sure that was not your intention, now was
>> it?
>>
>> -Fred W
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