Woops! - Page 2

speedappeal · 01-13-2008, 06:03 AM #16

Anymore details about the accident and how the cars got damaged? Were they inside containers when it tipped??

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wilson1 · 01-13-2008, 01:30 PM #17

wow, no new M3's for the first yr.

epbrown01 · 01-13-2008, 01:49 PM #18

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Originally Posted by M3-ADDICT

They got sued for this many years ago for millions of dollars. Dentist bought a car and later discovered the car was painted fully.

BMWNA v Gore. In 1990 Gore discovered his "brand new" BMW had been repainted and received $4k in compensatory damages and $4M in punitive. The punitive damages were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1996.

This, like the McDonalds coffee lawsuit, is another case where corporate people skills would have prevented all sorts of crap for a lot less hassle and money.

felix55 · 01-14-2008, 11:59 AM #19

Damn thats horrible. Sorry to the people waiting on this car.

avakil · 01-14-2008, 12:36 PM #20

ouch. I call the brakes!

C4ESQ · 01-14-2008, 02:23 PM #21

Really, that "beyond repair" limit better be well below 10% of the new car's MSRP.

epbrown01 · 01-14-2008, 02:52 PM #22

Since the lawsuit I mentioned above, BMWNA apparently gives your dealer a statement of all repairs made, which they are supposed to show to you. I think the repair limit is $7500...

ZAMIRZ · 01-14-2008, 10:47 PM #23

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Originally Posted by C4ESQ

Really, that "beyond repair" limit better be well below 10% of the new car's MSRP.

I've been told that in CA it's 3%, anything over that must be disclosed to the buyer.

teck2 · 01-15-2008, 07:27 AM #24

Wow, yea I feel sorry for the people that have been waiting for their cars

Pepper Brooks · 01-15-2008, 11:42 AM #25

All of those look like they will buff right out and be good to go.

jenk12m · 01-15-2008, 12:06 PM #26

That sucks, the ones they are fixing should be discounted

ZAMIRZ · 01-15-2008, 01:51 PM #27

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Originally Posted by vivaleduc

That would truly suck...I wonder what that does to my spot on the M3 list?

If your car was not on that ship, it shouldn't do anything. I'm almost positive that whoever those cars were going to, will be able to reorder at some point, but I doubt the dealer's going to knock every person down on the list because of this. Furthermore, the 2nd batch of cars has at the very least already begun production, therefore many would not be getting the car they specced. In the end, it's all up to how each individual dealer wants to handle it.

If your car was on that ship, well, I'd call your dealer.