Picked up my new E92 LCI M-Sport today..

Alpine335TT · 10-30-2010, 09:08 PM

and I had told the dealer when ordering the car not to drill holes, but what do you know.. I show up to pick up the car and I see a front plate bracket drilled onto the car...

do you think i can push him to make things right? i don't think it's realistic that anything can be done but one of my buddies is telling me to pursue it..

Alpine335TT · 10-30-2010, 09:09 PM

Oh and a couple iphone pics...

andrews32 · 10-30-2010, 09:42 PM

Grats! Looks awesome.

zeenon53 · 10-30-2010, 09:48 PM

Congrats on the new car. That would have aggravated me enough to not have taken delivery of it. That is a pet peeve of mine. In NC we don't need front plates but in VA where I have bought cars they do.

Alpine335TT · 10-30-2010, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by zeenon53

Congrats on the new car. That would have aggravated me enough to not have taken delivery of it. That is a pet peeve of mine. In NC we don't need front plates but in VA where I have bought cars they do.

I hear ya, but I'm wondering is there really anything they can do about it? Realistically I guess..

alex2364 · 10-30-2010, 11:54 PM

If you really wanted to push, you can argue for them to fill the hole and repaint the bumper, but I wouldn't do it. You'd have to worry about color matching and it's never as good as factory paint.

Trojan4evr · 10-31-2010, 02:51 AM

congratz. enjoy in great health.

ZoomZoom · 10-31-2010, 08:50 AM

A lot of Le Mans lately....It's REALLY making me want it now. I hope I don't regret my decision once my car finally arrives.

votom808 · 10-31-2010, 10:17 AM

When I picked up my CPO 335 the dealer was able to fill the holes and paint the bumper. It looks perfect, couldn't even find where the holes were before. Mine's Jet Black so maybe the color match was a little easier.

Car looks great BTW!

rideontwo · 10-31-2010, 10:24 AM

Looks hot. Your choice; 1) Walk away and agonize over waiting for a new car. 2) Risk that they fill the holes and mess up paint matching.

Or take delivery and enjoy the beast. I mean COME ON!!! Its a brand spankin' NEW E92 with M-Sport, in the perfect color none the less.

e90TiAg335i · 10-31-2010, 10:40 AM

congrats! great looking car

IancoleTX · 10-31-2010, 10:47 AM

I am uber jealous. Nice ride.

Alpine335TT · 10-31-2010, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by alex2364

If you really wanted to push, you can argue for them to fill the hole and repaint the bumper, but I wouldn't do it. You'd have to worry about color matching and it's never as good as factory paint.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I really don't want to mess with the factory paint job. Just sucks when you pay this much for something and you expect it to be perfect. Plus I waited a long time having ordered the car in mid august.

Glad you guys like it nonetheless

Alpine335TT · 10-31-2010, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ZoomZoom

A lot of Le Mans lately....It's REALLY making me want it now. I hope I don't regret my decision once my car finally arrives.

AW is still my favorite color, although my previous 335 was AW (obviously

) so I wanted to change it up. You'll love it.

mihink · 10-31-2010, 11:35 AM

congrats

J02 335i · 10-31-2010, 04:26 PM

Congrats, looks awesome, I would have gotten something off the price of the car because of the holes especially considering you asked them not too. Perhaps the price of a new factory bumper and the price of paint?

hipnotic · 10-31-2010, 09:58 PM

congrats

Alpine335TT · 10-31-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by J02 335i

Congrats, looks awesome, I would have gotten something off the price of the car because of the holes especially considering you asked them not too. Perhaps the price of a new factory bumper and the price of paint?

got the car at invoice.. that's the problem lol

ScaredOnce · 10-31-2010, 10:11 PM

No. I would not accept the car. I did just that on my last car for the same exact reason.

It's been deflowered and you'll never love it.

2 3pair · 10-31-2010, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Alpine335TT

got the car at invoice.. that's the problem lol

That's not necessarily a problem. They still made money somewhere. I don't think BMW has holdback, but they probably get other incentives for selling a certain number of cars.

I'm a little picky, but I definitely would have argued for something - maybe an accessory I was interested in or a crazy good deal on a performance exhaust install...

Either way, they screwed up, and they should make it right.

Good luck - hope it works out. Beautiful car.

Alpine335TT · 10-31-2010, 10:23 PM

Thanks everyone. I'll let you know how it goes!

ibeclueless · 11-01-2010, 05:07 AM

nice car, congrats

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