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| 02-17-2009, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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This saleman from BMW dealer ( kinna long)
It was a day off from my work yesterday. So i went to this local BMW dealer and met this one salesman. He looked like about 50-55 years old and seem to be very nice and calm person. He never spoke loudly and explained about M3 very nicely. He asked me if I wanna test drive it. So we went out for a spin.
Before the test drive he said make sure keep it below 5k rpm cause of break in period and all that. So i had to keep it below 5k which wasn't that much fun. After that test drive I told the guy the car felt like regular 3s or even felt like Lexus. I told him that the Car was too smooth and I barely heard any engine sound. Very very quite ride I told him. And all of sudden he said "Did you just say "lexus"?" I said "ummm yea... something like that". then he said "let me give you a ride for 5 mins" I said " hmm..?" Then he took me to this curvy local road and said "this is M car" then he went crazy. He was going 70 mph on 35 mhp road. he was going at red line all the time(maybe forgot about "break in period") I almost thought the engine was gonna blow. I told him " hey could you slow down little bit?" then he goes " oh no...!! this is what M cars do!!" .... i couldnt get out of the car for next 20 mins and I ran out of dealer after that. While i was leaving from the dealer I looked back and he was waving his hand and had a big smile in his face... Last edited by ygfamily21; 02-17-2009 at 03:45 PM.. |
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 Actually, that's not atypical from my experience with salespeople when we're in a M car or P car. They want to impress upon you how good the car can be, but to get the last laugh, scare them by driving it harder than they did, get it a bit loose and late brake.  |
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if i am selling something i want to show u the value you of it. how can i ask u to keep it under 5k rpm and impress u? i cant. the M3 is an M3 just at or after 5k. if i were that salesperson i would take u in my own car and let you rev the hell out of it
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What a f'in toolbag... Revving the shit out the engine on a new car and then they flip out on normal owners, trying to avoid warranty claims. They should have a demo car with miles on it and then let you drive it in normal RPMs (8000) and also show you what it's like.
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I'm laughing so hard my jaw hurts.....
I agree with the sentiment that we need more sales person like him, just don't over rev MY M3. He can do it other cars but just not mine. I went on a little road trip today to Portland, Maine for break in. It seems like there's still plenty of fun between the 3K to 5.5K rpm.
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That is perfect... don't mess with old dudes who have years of driving experience... by the way I left the parking lot tapping the red line with 1.5 miles on the car... It's the old school way of braking in a motor.
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Yikes, this is why i dont buy Demos.
Sounds fun though!
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For sure thats a good salesman... good thing i didnt buy a demo tho
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