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Once again, the only negative statement about the car is the boosted power steering. With that rectified, I am thrilled at the prospect of taking delivery of this car in a month.
Re: parameters - I was given a choice, a reasonable pay raise or "executive" car. Upon doin' the math, I pushed a compromise, a good car in the 30K range and a raise, the CFO accepted. Of all the cars I looked at - Lexus, Acura, Lincoln, Volvo,MB,and BMW, I chose the BMW 325i WHY?To keep it simple, it fits me and I like it. After a few years, I will move up to the 5 or 7 series, maybe, we'll see how it goes, might stick with 3 series.
veekay1 - it seems my sense of humor does not translate well on the web. I have a great boss and he could not care less if I spend all day on the web as long as I get my job done. As a matter of fact, he was looking at a web site for parts for his classic Datsun roadster when I entered his office. Sorry, if I gave you the wrong impression.
Welcome to the most popular community in all of Edmunds Townhall!!
But read the "rules" pertaining to use of language very carefully!! (lol).
veekay1
This is what happened:
I assume yours is the same ship as mine (Jinsei Maru)....The ship has TWO docking ports!! (can u believe this??!)
On June 12, the ship DID dock as scheduled, at PORT 1. Here, all the "babies" were promptly offloaded and sent to the VPC ASAP! (expedited customs).
On June 13, the ship moved on and docked at the SECOND PORT (2). At this site, private (non-commercial) merchandize was offloaded and that is the date that BMWNA is referring to!!! (for some reason they didnt record the June 12 date)
In any case, yes, I was told by BMWNA that as per their info, the car has been "released to carrier".ie. on its way to the dealer.
Find out about urs and let me know!
Good luck!!
(shooting for 6000 by the weekend brave?)
Being somewhat paranoid with car salespeople, of course, I thought this could have been done intentionally. The reason I say this was because before that happened I had asked him about some of the other numbers, money factor and residual etc. He said that those were all from BMWNA and they were automatically printed on the paper showing the lease terms for the 330xi. So, I thought to myself, then how did he come up with a $725 acquisition fee - for a 7-series car - when all the other numbers on the sheet were correct for a 330xi? Hmmmmmmmm.
Which brings up another question. I thought that acquisition fees were "allegedly" supposed to take care of the cost of the paper work etc. for the lease. So shouldn't the acquisition fee for all the cars leased through BMWNA be the same? It doesn't cost any more to do paper work for a 7-series car than a 3-series car. Hmmmmmmmmmm.
Nothing special to share, just thought I'd make an appearance so I thought of two things to share.
1. My 330i arrived in Oxnard yesterday (waa-hoo), can't wait for next week!!
2. Let's go Lakers, let's go (boom-boom); Let's go Lakers, let's go (boom-boom).
When I said Robert Horry sucked, I was kinda joking. That three point floater half way through the forth quarter especially sucked.
I'm interested in a 92-98 3-series. What kinds of problems and other things should I expect and look out for? Are there models or features I should avoid like the 318?
For example, I read some earlier post about making sure the timing belt has been replaced.
Thanks a bunch!
Don't let anyone fool you. Boston fans are the worst. Yes they are die hard and back their teams religiously but are highly obnoxious
I think it was my freshman year when the Patriots went to their last Super Bowl. Even the local news anchors were wearing patriots jerseys. To make it worst a few of my house mates decided to adopt them as their team. I was so happy when Desmond Howard and Bret Favre trounced them!!!
Trying to make an informed decision about life cycle costs for them.
I'm still more than a little miffed that BMW has known about this fan problem for quite some time and has done little if anything about it, until very recently.
I only got one reply to my earlier post, but I sure think that BMWNA should have been willing to do SOMETHING about my problem. But they didn't even so much as offer me a free t-shirt for my trouble.
What do you think, guru?
Oh, and by the way....isn't there some website that can be accessed to track the ship? Anybody know what it is? Thanks.
You can't really track the ships per se. You can view the scheduled departure and arrival time of the ships however.
jnscheong
Last week you posted a message about auxillary fan replacement at the VPC. However, yesterday BMWNA denied a fan replacement program at the VPC. Does this imply that the fans installed after week 18 are non - defective?
Do you have any updates concerning this?
Thanks in advance for your efforts.
In 1999 when I took delivery of my car, I asked my dealer what a bulb would cost and if I remember correctly it was around $400.00. That may seem like a lot, however, two things must be considered, 1) they last a LONG time and 2) by the time we need new ones, the price will have come WAY down due to the fact that they will be just about standard equipment on all cars by then.
Best Regards,
Shipo
BMW FS offered an interest rate of 5.9% back in April (which lasted until end of June with approval by end of April). I read somewhere BMW FS is offering a 6.5% but need confirmation. I will visit my dealer this weekend for any new info.
I don't know when the switch over was, but it was well over a month ago.
unboringuy - I think at least a T shirt sounds fair. Email me your mailing address.
Got that ?
Of course, not all car salesmen are dishonest. And when we find straight shooters, we appreciate them all the more (like gurumike, for instance).
Just my 2 pennies here...
Nice, huh?
Thanks, but I'll take my financing business elsewhere. I am taking out a home equity line of credit with DeepGreen Bank at 6.1%. The best part is that all interest paid on this line of credit is tax deductible. I think it's a VERY good deal.
Which brings me to my second point. It is also not ok to blindly generalize concerning others' honesty based on caprice and ignorant prejudice. Despite your comment comparing lawyers to dishonest car salesmen, most attorneys I know are extraordinarily honest people. I know I am, in part because to be any less honest would jeopardize my career and my future.
Attorneys are governed by "rules of professional conduct" which state, among other things, that lawyers cannot lie or misrepresent facts during the course of their work. To be caught in such a lie would expose an attorney to court sanctions, a formal reprimand from the Bar, and even potential suspension from the Bar. In the circumstances of a repeat offense, attorneys may be disbarred for lying. Simply put, as an attorney my livelihood depends on my honesty and integrity.
In future, please think twice before sullying the name of an entire profession. To do so belittles us both.
Good Luck!
When are you picking up your car?
1) The cost of the car (330xi) should be $1,500 - $2,000 over invoice (I assume that includes the options)
2) MF for 330xi lease is .0021 (for all periods or just 36 months?)
3) Make sure any MACO is included in cost.
4) End of lease acquisition cost should be $525.
Any comments? Thanks again.
gonna pick up at 3pm!
Be prepared for another emotional monologue later tonite!!
veekay1 (325xi/sapphire/gray/PP/CWP/step/Xenons)
I think that I read somewhere that the 2002 models will have the SP as standard equipment, but, do not quote me on that.
Best Regards,
Shipo
One way to look at it might be that if you got the same "over invoice" deal at two dealers, the other might mark the rate up by the "usual" .0004 and your local/other dealer uses .0002, then they are going to offer a lower payment for the same mark up hence doing the better deal. I'd even go as far as to say that they were kinda doing you a favor by "only" going .0002 up. Again, unless they'd said there was no mark up in which case that would certainly be an untruth.
Congrats, veekay1 - let us know how you like it !
I take pride in my work and in the service that I provide to my clients and to society. As such, I do not take kindly to people insulting my profession with specious, unfounded slurs, based on nothing but ignorance, spite and jealousy.
I expect to take delivery of my car in mid July.
BTW, The dealer just called me again and said that they would take an additional 2 hrs to set the key memory settings (esp. the vents etc.) ......does that sound reasonable Guru?