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Sounds good. That will be my plan as well unless I can't clean my car or if the weather is dumb on sat morning.
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Rain looks like it might hold off but the roads are really wet. I'm keeping my car in the garage this morning. Next time!
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I also detailed my wife’s car and since she works from home, she hasn’t driven hers since either. She gets annoyed when I ask her to not drive it for a day or two. Not really though, I have the break-in service on Tuesday! Finally hit 1135 miles since I brought in home the first week of October. 🫣 Last edited by NoMoreVW; 04-28-2024 at 11:24 AM.. |
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My car might sit in the garage for the next few days too. We'll see if the roads dry out later today. If not the next car I drive might be a Ferrari. Heading to Vegas next week for a buddies bday party and were doing some racing. I tend to hang around the west metro for shows and am usually at the Chan or Medina autoplex ones if the weather is good. If there are some other shows around town that are worth going to keep posting here.
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That sounds awesome. I am heading to Vegas in October and was thinking of renting an exotic as well. In the meantime I am thinking about doing the M Track Day at Road America in 2 weeks. I’ve heard it was worth it a few years ago when they were charging less than $400, but now that it’s $650 people here have said it’s not. Have any of you done it? There’s a show next weekend; the first Cars and Coffee. It will be interesting to see how it goes with them rotating the shows almost every month and especially with this one being at the farmers market downtown. |
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I did get an email from BMW saying I have a "complementary new owners track drive" at the BMW performance school. Anyone get this email and/or planning to do it?
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The price is reasonable if the stars align I guess. The laps are done in a follow the leader style and the leader will base the speed on the experience of the group, so you could end up with a slow group. They advertise being able to drive a M2, M3, and M4. I’m tempted, but $650 could go a long ways towards a midpipe or other items. |
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I realize they're called 'stealerships' for a reason, but I had such a poor experience with Motorwerks recently. I'll just copy and paste my initial email to the GM so I don't have to retype the whole scenario.
----- I purchased a 2024 M2 in late October of last year from you guys. My 2nd car purchased from your dealership in 3 years. Within a week, I had the car back in so that winter tires could be put on the stock rims. The tech placed the Michelin PS4S tires into the tire carriers and I transported them home to be stored for the winter. Fewer than 100 miles on the tires and 100% tread remaining. Fast forward to Friday. I took the car to Imola Motorsports in Plymouth to have the Michelin tires mounted on new Vossen wheels for summer, along with some other things. The tech called me and stated that there was a bulge in the front right tire sidewall and he would recommend replacing the tire. He sent me a photo. I contacted your dealership to start a warranty claim with Michelin. I believe I spoke to Todd(?) - head of tire sales - "27 years of experience." I relayed the above, sent the photo, and reiterated that I did not hit a pothole in the 3-5 days I had the car, and that nothing was mentioned to me when the tires were removed by his dealership. He told me it was clear impact damage and that "he was just a middleman." Despite being a "middleman," he was unwilling to submit a claim on my behalf, as that risks the dealership of having to "cover the cost." What can't be conveyed in this email is the manner in which I was spoken to. As if I was a scammer trying to get a free tire. When I told him I wouldn't be bringing my car back to the dealership for any service or buying another car there in the future, he obviously couldn't have cared less. ----- This was 2 weeks ago and I got no response from the GM. Just sent him another 'followup' email: ----- I haven't heard back from you, so I just wanted to circle back to this email from a couple of weeks ago. I'll take your lack of response as confirmation of the type of dealership I was dealing with. To me, whether there was an acceptable resolution to be reached from my perspective is irrelevant. To not even reach out to address the situation and let a customer who has purchased multiple vehicles walk away from your business is absurd, especially considering there is another BMW dealership locally and other high-end shops for maintenance. Clearly you feel differently. This isn't the first time I've had a poor experience at your store, just the first time I've been vocal about it. Friends and neighbors seem to concur. I'm also an active BMW forum member and have relayed the situation as well. Again, feel free to reach out if there's anything you'd care to address. ----- Basically, am I insane? Is this not a ridiculous stance for them to maintain? We're talking about a tire (with a clear manufacturing defect at that)! The cherry on top is really the no followup from the guy. Am I being unreasonable? |
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Can your sales person advocate for you as well? I don't know. I used to only go to Minnetonka but I soured on them because a couple weird experiences and have now converted to Motorwerks. The people I've worked with there since being a customer have all been great. I also go to Imola for some of my service needs. A little pricey for some things but they always take good care of me.
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I forgot to mention that when I brought my car in for break-in, I let my SA know that there was rattle around ~3k RPM that seemed to be coming from the front speaker. He sat in the car and concurred. When I came to pick the car up, I was informed that it was a piece of plastic in the glove box and "his boss" wanted to charge me $200 for diagnostic time. I politely let him know that I wouldn't be paying that, as he also thought it was the speaker initially, and I wouldn't have brought it up if I didn't think it was a warrantable issue. There was also no discussion of any possible cost associated with the visit. After going back to speak to whoever, he let me know that he "took care of me." Like, what? Despite the way it may seem, I promise I'm not a diva. I guess I just think that there should be a certain level of customer service expected when buying a luxury vehicle. Wishful thinking, I suppose. But it's clear that if you're not STRONGLY advocating for yourself, you'll get absolutely screwed. |
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I’m sorry you are going through this. This is my fear with starting over with a new manufacturer/dealership. It’s unfortunate we only have two dealers to pick from for warranty work.
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What was weird stuff that happened at Minnetonka? That’s where I’m going on Tuesday for my break-in service and where I was planning on getting my warranty work/free services completed since it’s close to my house (although Motorworks is next to my office, so that works as well). Have you guys heard of or used Eutocharged in St Louis Park? I’ve checked them out and they have decent shop rates and have worked on some high end stuff. They have also built out a ZB G87 for someone in town that has a claimed 650 hp. |
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I agree with you on the expecting more from buying a luxury vehicle. I didn’t expect or want much, but I had more of a “luxury” experience at VW more than I have with BMW. And VW had free snacks, haha. Audi also has a better service waiting area. |
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Which is odd, because, again, Motorwerks was the last place to touch the tire in the fall. |
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I have heard of Eurocharged but I have not talked to anyone who has gone there. I'm curious what they did to that M2 to get 650hp from it. Sounds sweet!
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I agree, 650 seems a little dubious. I don’t know what the ECU out times are getting, but he mentioned that it was sent out. They did exhaust as well as areo for the m2 as “it got unstable above 140”. They were probably trying to sell me on the shop. My friend had his 2021 840 tuned there and it’s quite fun. Sounds really mean after the tune even with stock exhaust. |
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650hp is reasonable depending on the power delivery and with the automatic transmission (I've read that the 6mt shouldn't be pushed past 550). If it's more of a progressive build through the revs, and you get solid traction in the lower gears then it could be pretty fun.
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