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Old 09-17-2009, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Frank5er' post='1010606' date='Sep 17 2009, 07:42 PM
when my SA found out about the loaner he was apologetic and promised that I'll get my ride tomorrow, thanks man!
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Originally Posted by mrfva' post='1010654' date='Sep 17 2009, 10:04 PM
can't wait for your loaner, Frankie
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='759993' date='Jan 5 2009, 04:06 PM
thought it might be fun thread to have going.....I'll start this off....just dropped my car during my lunch break. Unfortunately they were out of BMW loaners..so I got this hooptie..




Chevy Malibu...it's still AW


keep 'em coming....

New 535 loaner from Autohaus BMW n St. Louis area. Fast car. Great dealership. No game playing; fair pricing; straight forward service writers and mechanics. Denny was service writer; great man.

I definitely will go back.
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Originally Posted by radz550i' post='760030' date='Jan 5 2009, 02:45 PM
I'll be dropping mine off next monday, I'll post pics of what I'm going to get. So far, the couple of times I brought my car in the last time they gave me a Chevy Malibog too, and a Mitsubishi Lancer
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Old 09-19-2009, 07:41 AM
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We, at Wide World BMW in Spring Valley, NY ONLY give out BMW loaners
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Originally Posted by JeffNNJ' post='1011738' date='Sep 19 2009, 08:41 AM
We, at Wide World BMW in Spring Valley, NY ONLY give out BMW loaners
That's the right way to go about it. I always got a BMW from my local dealer too. My Porsche on the other hand dealer only gives out rentals - kind of tough to drive up in my 997 and drive home in a (usually fairly mediocre) rental. It always strikes me as a missed opportunity. If I were a car dealer, I'd only want my customers driving the cars I sell - and I wonder how many sales opportunities are missed. What better way to let customers try other models such as a Cayenne, Cayman or Boxster? The loaner policy is definitely one thing my BMW dealer did better than my Porsche dealer.
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Originally Posted by JeffNNJ' post='1011738' date='Sep 19 2009, 07:41 AM
We, at Wide World BMW in Spring Valley, NY ONLY give out BMW loaners
bu does that extend to customers that did not purchase BMW's from your dealership....I usually get non BMW loaners because the dealership I go to is not the dealership I purchased from....at least I get a loaner tho...
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Originally Posted by swajames' post='1011851' date='Sep 19 2009, 03:16 PM
That's the right way to go about it. I always got a BMW from my local dealer too. My Porsche on the other hand dealer only gives out rentals - kind of tough to drive up in my 997 and drive home in a (usually fairly mediocre) rental. It always strikes me as a missed opportunity. If I were a car dealer, I'd only want my customers driving the cars I sell - and I wonder how many sales opportunities are missed. What better way to let customers try other models such as a Cayenne, Cayman or Boxster? The loaner policy is definitely one thing my BMW dealer did better than my Porsche dealer.
+1. My dealer for my 540i, Park Avenue BMW gave out Ford Focuses for loaners -- not BMW. A little insulting when you are buying a $70K car.

The dealer for my current 550i, Circle BMW, gives out BMW loaners. I've gotten a 528xi (hated it) and a 335xi (loved it).
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Originally Posted by flyingpuck' post='760230' date='Jan 5 2009, 07:21 PM
One more day of this!

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At least it's no hooptie!
In that last pic it looks like some bad guy hung a state highway sign in your garage...
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Can you request a specific loaner at y'all's dealers? My dealer only gives BMW loaners and I would like to have a 3 series coupe for a couple of days.


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