Another off-the-mark question

[JHahn22@xxxxxxx]

Mark,
I doubt you'll be able to get free labor out of them for the sirius deal, but 
good luck.  I don't have any personal experience with BMW dealership repair 
centers so I could be wrong.  I just thought I'd let you and the rest of the 
digest know about a cool toy I ordered from crutchfield.com today (no 
personal interest here, just excited about my new toy).  I ordered a $270 
Kenwood mp3/cd player head unit.  It has a feature called color shock that 
lets you select from approx 70 different colors for the display, so it will 
match your interior/dash lights perfectly (I played with a display model at a 
local sound shop, it's pretty cool).  It also is a Sirius Radio 
Reciever/controller if you buy the $50 antennae to go with it.  You can 
apparently even get some sort of adapter kit so that you can use your factory 
steering wheel controls with it if your BMW is 2002 or later.  I got my whole 
setup for $330 including shipping.  You do get the Sirius reciever box for 
free($160 normally), if you buy a Sirius compatible Kenwood unit and the 
antennae.  I will do my own installation, so I should only be into it for the 
$330 I paid plus $12 monthly sirius bill.  Also, there are much cheaper 
sirrius/kenwood units that will work if you don't care about an MP3 player or 
color shock or. . .
Again no financial interest, just waiting for the mailman.
If anybody is interested, I'll report on how everything goes in if you ask.
Hope this helps,
Jake Hahn
95 318ti
 
  
In a message dated 4/22/03 6:44:35 PM Central Daylight Time, 
owner-bmw-digest@domain.elided writes:

> My dealer lent me an almost brand new 530i for five days while they
> repaired a factory paint glitch on my 330i. It came with a Sirius satellite
> radio which I really liked and would consider getting for my car.
> 
> However, the dealer's labor charges drive the cost up to $611. I could buy
> an admittedly less desirable add-on satellite radio at Circuit City for
> half that amount, including installation, but the BMW integrated radio is
> really the way to go. I haven't yet accepted the BMW way of a la carte
> thinking, so paying the dealer to install a pricey doo-dad that he just
> sold me is like paying for the air I breathe.
> 
> The question is whether you can push on (some/most) dealers to throw in a
> free install for accessories that they sell you.

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