Re: Factory Demos

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>Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 00:04:53 -0500
>From: "Duane Collie" <drcollie@domain.elided>
>Subject: Re: Factory Demos
>
>>> Subject: Re: "Factory demos"
>>>
>>> Recently, I visited my local stealer... I mean dealer, and I saw on the
>>lot a  car that the salesman called a "brass" car.  This did not refer
>>to the color, but rather the fact that (according to the salesman) this
>>car had belonged to BMWUSA for executive use and, after having
>>been driven 8k miles, was consigned to the dealer for resale.  Does
>>such a program exist or are these cars really lemons or something?
<Duane's reply snipped>

Having missed a few Digests, I don't know who originally posted this
question.  Duane gave good advice about having BMW NA check the
records on the car to see if it was damaged.  I know that BMW NA often
auctions these cars off to the dealers.  I don't know that any are
"consigned" to the dealers.

In Sept. 1988 I bought a 1988 535i with 12K miles that had been a "BMW
NA Exec. Car".  I had similar thoughts, who knows what kind of
"executives" drove it, or more important, HOW they drove it?  But I bought
it for about $28K when new ones had stickered over $37K, and owned it
for over 4 years.  It was one great car, I almost wish I still owned it.  So,
not all exec. cars are a bad experience waiting to happen, but the
potential is certainly there for getting one that had been thrashed or
trashed.

If you have any doubt, have the car checked by your own mechanic
prior to purchase.

Scott Miller
Golden Gate Chapter
BMW CCA #44977

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