Overheared a rep talking about 3 series...dummy

TMP · 03-08-2012, 09:32 AM

So, this guy is on the phone in an open office area of Regus.
Imagine a really loud rep, trying to sell Yell.com space (are they not dead yet?) then talking to his mate rep about company cars:

"Yeah, so i said to him why did you get a 3.0l diesel as a company car"

"a 325d doesn't really have anymore torque than a 320d, and the fuel economy will kill him"

"I said he should even have got the 318d - even better fuel, same size engine, but with less valves"

But luckily, this loud Rep who would give us BM drivers a bad name has now got an Audi

rich1068 · 03-08-2012, 10:17 AM

Sounds like the yell.com tosser who used to come and see us.

phil200tdi · 03-08-2012, 10:37 AM

It makes me cringe when I hear people talking about cars and they know jack shit...

mowflow · 03-08-2012, 11:30 AM

Oh God! A friend of mine recently started working for Yell. I was speaking to him last week and he kept banging on about "the BM" as he put it. I corrected him by informing him their is an M on the end of the name. His reply was that "when you own one you can call them what you want." I replied "OK, I'll just call it a B then since I owned 2 and mine weren't the property of the company I worked for, they were owned outright by me" He's turned into a right tosser since he started working for them. He also knows jack shit about cars and doesn't even know whether his car is a 318 320 or 330. All he cares about is that it has the right fashion accessory badge on it.

To be honest, the popularity and availability to low level reps like the Yell monkeys is what puts me off saloons like the 3, A4 and C class. It's a shame really.

On a side don't note I don't get how Yell is still going. Surely the printed book is dead and their online products are shite. 3 weeks training at a hotel is hardly enough to make a person a digital marketing expert capable of taking your business further.

TMP · 03-08-2012, 02:08 PM

Sounds like they are all yell tossers then!

Yell, must charge more for displaying adverts higher on their pages, and he was claiming higher SEO on Google. They were charging one guy £360 per month!?!?!

mowflow · 03-08-2012, 02:48 PM

I suppose they've got to pay their 2,000 million pounds worth of debt off some how. The reviews on Google of their customers experiences make for some interesting reading.

BGM · 03-08-2012, 03:46 PM

i have to leave the room when my work colleagues start talking about cars...

either that, or i just spout off about something technical and they all shut up

The_Bear_Yid · 03-08-2012, 08:27 PM

I still use Yell.com or their app occasionally.

The sales guy sounds like a right yuppy twat.

Baby Dave · 03-08-2012, 10:18 PM

Oh dear

Frobius · 03-09-2012, 08:03 AM

Valves, lol.

I see these freaks every day on my commute to work. No offence to anyone on here but they're usually in their Bluewater 318d SE right up my arse. At this point I usually demonstrate what 6 cylinders do.

dxb335d · 03-09-2012, 08:23 AM

My mate left my company to go to another within our industry. He works with an ex collegue of mine.

He heard this numpty saying his miswah has a ''3series Msport'',

''Cool'', my mate said ''What model''

''3 series Msport mate''

Lol what anumpty. It was a 318d... but no offense to those who have one, this jerk thinks its awesome because its an Msport.

BGM · 03-09-2012, 08:37 AM

yes these people are illinformed, and yes they should be shot. But it does work in Our favour sometimes...

a friend of mine told his other mate that I drove an 'MSport' this one time. He seemed very impressed and kept buying me drinks the rest of the evening.. meh, I just pretended I hadn't heard the original convo. maybe he thought it was an M3 or something ;D

Carjack · 03-09-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by dxb335d

My mate left my company to go to another within our industry. He works with an ex collegue of mine.

He heard this numpty saying his miswah has a ''3series Msport'',

''Cool'', my mate said ''What model''

''3 series Msport mate''

Lol what anumpty. It was a 318d... but no offense to those who have one, this jerk thinks its awesome because its an Msport.

You are wrong matey! An M-Sport is awesome: it just depends what you are comparing it with.
I can honestly say my 320D M-Sport compared with all other motors I have ever owned is awesome. But I have never owned an M3, M5 a 311 etc.etc
It's all relative jerky!

m1bjr · 03-09-2012, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mowflow

I was speaking to him last week and he kept banging on about "the BM" as he put it.

I corrected him by informing him their is an M on the end of the name.

Was it a BMM then?

mowflow · 03-09-2012, 11:09 AM

It's what Gareth Gates drives.

raymsport · 03-09-2012, 07:55 PM

He owns an Audi now lol, their s line is now match for the M sport styling, and BMWs hold much more value anyway

RockIt · 03-09-2012, 09:23 PM

3 points.

1 He is clearly a cock.
2 I taught Gareth and he is a nice lad but totally misguided musically. Also taught Zayn from Bad Direction. Failed on the rock education there!!
3 Lay off the Audi!

03-08-2012, 09:32 AM	#1
TMP Brigadier General 349 Rep 3,022 Posts Drives: M6 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (0)	Overheared a rep talking about 3 series...dummy So, this guy is on the phone in an open office area of Regus. Imagine a really loud rep, trying to sell Yell.com space (are they not dead yet?) then talking to his mate rep about company cars: "Yeah, so i said to him why did you get a 3.0l diesel as a company car" "a 325d doesn't really have anymore torque than a 320d, and the fuel economy will kill him" "I said he should even have got the 318d - even better fuel, same size engine, but with less valves" But luckily, this loud Rep who would give us BM drivers a bad name has now got an Audi __________________ M2 Arrived! Family 5er
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03-08-2012, 10:17 AM	#2
rich1068 has left the building 90 Rep 3,359 Posts Drives: F30 330d M Sport Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Sounds like the yell.com tosser who used to come and see us.
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03-08-2012, 10:37 AM	#3
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03-08-2012, 11:30 AM	#4
mowflow Colonel 62 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: Golf 7R Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (2)	Oh God! A friend of mine recently started working for Yell. I was speaking to him last week and he kept banging on about "the BM" as he put it. I corrected him by informing him their is an M on the end of the name. His reply was that "when you own one you can call them what you want." I replied "OK, I'll just call it a B then since I owned 2 and mine weren't the property of the company I worked for, they were owned outright by me" He's turned into a right tosser since he started working for them. He also knows jack shit about cars and doesn't even know whether his car is a 318 320 or 330. All he cares about is that it has the right fashion accessory badge on it. To be honest, the popularity and availability to low level reps like the Yell monkeys is what puts me off saloons like the 3, A4 and C class. It's a shame really. On a side don't note I don't get how Yell is still going. Surely the printed book is dead and their online products are shite. 3 weeks training at a hotel is hardly enough to make a person a digital marketing expert capable of taking your business further.
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03-08-2012, 02:08 PM	#5
TMP Brigadier General 349 Rep 3,022 Posts Drives: M6 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Cheshire iTrader: (0)	Sounds like they are all yell tossers then! Yell, must charge more for displaying adverts higher on their pages, and he was claiming higher SEO on Google. They were charging one guy £360 per month!?!?! __________________ M2 Arrived! Family 5er
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03-08-2012, 02:48 PM	#6
mowflow Colonel 62 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: Golf 7R Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (2)	I suppose they've got to pay their 2,000 million pounds worth of debt off some how. The reviews on Google of their customers experiences make for some interesting reading.
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03-08-2012, 03:46 PM	#7
BGM Colonel 58 Rep 2,398 Posts Drives: F20 M140i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Farnborough, UK iTrader: (0)	i have to leave the room when my work colleagues start talking about cars... either that, or i just spout off about something technical and they all shut up
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03-08-2012, 08:27 PM	#8
The_Bear_Yid BM Noob 24 Rep 975 Posts Drives: E92 325i Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Kent iTrader: (1)	I still use Yell.com or their app occasionally. The sales guy sounds like a right yuppy twat.
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Baby Dave Lieutenant Colonel 24 Rep 1,872 Posts Drives: E90 320d m sport Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sunny Lancs iTrader: (0)	Oh dear __________________ E90 Msport, black leather, front seat heating,6Fl, bluetooth,sun protection glass,Alpine upgrade,non rft's
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Frobius Major 40 Rep 1,021 Posts Drives: F11 530d M-Sport Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Huntingdon, UK iTrader: (2) Garage List 2007 E91 330d M-Sport [0.00]	Valves, lol. I see these freaks every day on my commute to work. No offence to anyone on here but they're usually in their Bluewater 318d SE right up my arse. At this point I usually demonstrate what 6 cylinders do. __________________ MY14 Space Grey F11 530d M-Sport
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dxb335d The Tarmac Terrorist 949 Rep 29,345 Posts Drives: 997.2 GT3 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: ''Fandango Towers'' iTrader: (3) Garage List 2010 Porsche 997.2 GT3 [9.50] 2003 BMW E46 M3 [6.00] 2007 BMW E92 335D [5.50]	My mate left my company to go to another within our industry. He works with an ex collegue of mine. He heard this numpty saying his miswah has a ''3series Msport'', ''Cool'', my mate said ''What model'' ''3 series Msport mate'' Lol what anumpty. It was a 318d... but no offense to those who have one, this jerk thinks its awesome because its an Msport. __________________ 997.2 GT3
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03-09-2012, 08:37 AM	#12
BGM Colonel 58 Rep 2,398 Posts Drives: F20 M140i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Farnborough, UK iTrader: (0)	yes these people are illinformed, and yes they should be shot. But it does work in Our favour sometimes... a friend of mine told his other mate that I drove an 'MSport' this one time. He seemed very impressed and kept buying me drinks the rest of the evening.. meh, I just pretended I hadn't heard the original convo. maybe he thought it was an M3 or something ;D
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mowflow Colonel 62 Rep 2,472 Posts Drives: Golf 7R Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (2)	It's what Gareth Gates drives.
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03-09-2012, 07:55 PM	#16
raymsport New Member 2 Rep 12 Posts Drives: 520D M sport E60 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sheffield iTrader: (0)	He owns an Audi now lol, their s line is now match for the M sport styling, and BMWs hold much more value anyway
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RockIt Lieutenant Colonel 95 Rep 1,720 Posts Drives: Mercedes C350 Coupe Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Curry Capital of Yorkshire! iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 Mercedes C350 ... [0.00] 2008 Audi TTS [0.00] 2006 E92 330i SE [0.00]	3 points. 1 He is clearly a cock. 2 I taught Gareth and he is a nice lad but totally misguided musically. Also taught Zayn from Bad Direction. Failed on the rock education there!! 3 Lay off the Audi! __________________ RockIt!
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