BMW Certified Pre-Owned?

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I've been to three BMW dealerships in my area. One has a lot of snobs and sharks; another has mediocre-to-decent people; the third is excellent.

In other words, the distribution is... exactly the same as it is for any other kind of dealership.

 

[MCompact]

Originally Posted By: CivicFan

That's the exact opposite of my sentiments.

I agree 1000%

 

[The Critic]

Originally Posted By: unixguru
It's also a problem with BMW/MB dealers in my area. Those might not be a bad cars to own. But even if I had the money to buy one I would not be buying it from those snobs. Their attitude is as follows:
- you MUST have an appointment to look at/drive the car
- they will not great you unless you have an appointment
- if you have an appointment - you buy a car
- if you don't want to buy a car right now for whatever reason (didn't like the car, price, you want to negotiate the price, or any other for that matter) - get out. We'll sell it to someone else anyway...

Which part of CA are you in?

 

[M1Accord]

Originally Posted By: FZ1
I don't buy used cars,but I would never buy one from a dealer. Find a 1 owner car with records and pay to have it checked out. Much rather have a new Honda Pilot than a used BMW.


One-owner vehicles are technically used cars.

 

[Craig in Canada]

Originally Posted By: MCompact
Originally Posted By: CivicFan

That's the exact opposite of my sentiments.

I agree 1000%


Yep. The exact opposite of FZ1's statement are how I feel (and more or less what I actually did).

 

[CBR.worm]

Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Your Lexus experience is in line with mine. Both my Father and an Uncle are big Lexii fans. I bought a used one in 1995.

Absolutely the ONLY dealership experience ever in 40 years of ownership that was always pleasant and relatively inexpensive. And a durable car to boot with good resale value.

I just grew to hate the total isolation from all outside stimuli. The cars are completely numb.

We move a lot of cars through this family and a Carfax is not really what it's represented as, you still better beware!


Exactly our experience - the Lexus ownership experience is great, the cars are perfect (my wife had a couple of older LS's back when they were still trying to become a competitor in the Luxo-barge market), but once the novelty wears off the total isolation really gets old. I used to compare them to a driving a car simulator. I do miss the clean white lit gauges with the projected idiot lights. They seemed strong at the time, but by today's standards they are pigs.

Someday I would like to drive a new LS460h just to see if they have sportified it any, but they are way, way out of our price range now. I priced one out just for fun, it was well over $100k with the interesting options.