///M Temporary Car During Service?
- Thread starter danny_acs
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Why would a dealer have to give you an equivalent car during a service? They don't have to give you a car at all.
Are you mixing servicing up with a courtesy car after an accident (where the insurance company might guarantee an equivalent car whilst yours is being fixed)?
Are you mixing servicing up with a courtesy car after an accident (where the insurance company might guarantee an equivalent car whilst yours is being fixed)?
I can't see that as a reasonable or sensible request. Dealer would have to keep a fleet of ///m's just for that purpose. Even insurance companies no longer do that following accidents, in most cases supplying just a basic Micra.
Dealer will lend you anything they have available. Usually the courtesy or sometimes demo or sales teams cars and then only if you book well in advance and they have one available.
Dealer will lend you anything they have available. Usually the courtesy or sometimes demo or sales teams cars and then only if you book well in advance and they have one available.
Easy, easy when was the last time you drove a 116.....?
Drove that 116 for a week (~300 miles), poor thing was screaming like a lil b%$&h till it reached 60.. decided to time it, had to eventually use a calendar....
Also, people around me thought i'd been having financial difficulties..
The positive side was that getting back into the Z4M was as fun as driving it for the first time, no more "I think it's bit too slow for me now"..
Drove that 116 for a week (~300 miles), poor thing was screaming like a lil b%$&h till it reached 60.. decided to time it, had to eventually use a calendar....
Also, people around me thought i'd been having financial difficulties..
The positive side was that getting back into the Z4M was as fun as driving it for the first time, no more "I think it's bit too slow for me now"..
I endure driving a 2002 Ka (mine 
) when not in the Zed or X5. I get trampled on by every road user so understand.
My daughter takes the Cooper S in for warranty and they send her a Mini 1 covered in Environmentally friendly green logos.
Still they are cars and beat the hell out of public transport.
) when not in the Zed or X5. I get trampled on by every road user so understand. My daughter takes the Cooper S in for warranty and they send her a Mini 1 covered in Environmentally friendly green logos.
Still they are cars and beat the hell out of public transport.
I'm happy to get a free courtesy car at all, and most of the time I'll be offered a 'lift' to the station or such.
However, I would prefer if they let me know whether I was getting a courtesy car before I turn up, so that I can arrange things accordingly. I don't mean in the instances where you just turn up and expect a car, I'm on about the instances where I've specifically booked 4 weeks in advance to have a courtesy car available.
However, I would prefer if they let me know whether I was getting a courtesy car before I turn up, so that I can arrange things accordingly. I don't mean in the instances where you just turn up and expect a car, I'm on about the instances where I've specifically booked 4 weeks in advance to have a courtesy car available.
danny_acs said:
No chance....
Most dealers have a small fleet of loan vehicles specifically for the purpose, and 99% of the time they are Mini Ones and 116is / 120ds. Most dealers ask you to book 3-4 weeks in advance to get a courtesy car, otherwise you tend to get a shuttle service. Occasionally - at the dealers discretion - you get lent one of the sales teams cars if nothing else is available. 325s, Z4 3.0s, etc etc depending on what they have at the time. Very rarely, if your dealer likes you, he might lend you an M3 or something, particularly if they thin k they might get a sale out of it.
But there is no way a dealer would keep a bunch of Ms (with the inherent running costs and depreciation) as courtesy cars. Let alone the risk of having them returned on their roofs...
and a E60 520d with satnav and leather interior.last time i had my insp2 done at my local indy, they gave me a 100K mile 3 series diesel. i wasnt bothered at all because as soon as i got mine back it felt like it had just left the showroom compared to the 'taxi' i had been driving for a day !
anything but the peasent wagon (the bus) makes me happy.
anything but the peasent wagon (the bus) makes me happy.
