RE: Question on Dinan Equipped M3

["Toby Smith" <tobys@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Huh?  I thought Dinan and BMW had a specific partnership so that when
the upgrades are performed (only by a dealership) then the warranty is
intact.

For example, here in Washington, two of the three Dinan dealers are
actual BMW dealerships.

Am I missing something though?

- -Toby


- -----Original Message-----
From: Nicolas.Roman@domain.elided [mailto:Nicolas.Roman@domain.elided]
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 8:33 AM
To: James Lofgren
Cc: bmw-digest@domain.elided; owner-bmw@domain.elided
Subject: Re: Question on Dinan Equipped M3

Sounds like that dinan badge is expensive at 6k... they should be able
to
list what the upgrades are.... maybe they can give you the prev owner
info
and ask him... i don't believe it... i never heard of a dealer doing
dinan
upgrades... ususally upgrades void the warranty...i don't think it is
possible...
computer ship $300 bucks....
air filter 150...
even with a custom exhaust and air freshner i doubt it will sum up to
6k....


Nicolas Roman
Senior Engineering Consultant
North Miami Beach, FL.


 

                    James Lofgren

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I have been looking for an M3, and located a '98 with 21K miles (the
exterior paintis tecno-violet, but I can live with it).  It has the
"Dinan"
emblem on the left rear trunk, and the dealer selling the car said the
car
consists of $6K of Dinan upgrades, which were installed by a BMW dealer
authorized to do these upgrades, but was not more specific.  I do assume
that part of the upgrade is the chip.

My questions are:

1.  Does anyone know what these upgrades consist of?

2.  Should I consider them as a value-added feature for the price of the
car (they are asking $36K), or conversely, subtract from the value of
the
car?  Is the price reasonable?

3.  Will these upgrades require extra maintenance costs in the future?

Any info you may wish to contribute would be greatly appreciated.

Jim Lofgren
lofgren@domain.elided


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