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Replying to: venture (Sep 11, 2008 6:42 pm) While we were visiting in Cincinnati we decided to check out the CPO inventory at Jake Sweeney BMW as well as The BMW Store. I had checked both of their web sites and each of them had at least one car I was very, VERY interested in. I was prepared to make a simple deal; 100% cash, no trade. We first stopped at Sweeney's, where we pulled up in my wife's 2004 X3 and walked over to the CPO lot to find the two 540i Sports that I had seen on Sweeney's website. We walked across the lot and through the CPO showroom and received no offers of assistance- not counting the lot jockey who asked me if I wanted the keys to a car I WASN'T looking at. I guess jeans, a BMW CCA golf shirt, and a BMW F1 jacket don't meet Jake's dress code. After about fifteen minutes of this I decided enough was enough; as we were leaving we walked by a sales guy who had been ignoring us while he chatted on his cell phone. As we passed him he heard me tell my wife that we were moving on to the BMW Store. So NOW he asks, "You mean you folks haven't been helped?" "Just forget it." I replied. His response? "Have a nice day. We're busy too, you know." Nice try, but I'd just walked through the CPO showroom and there was maybe one customer in the whole place, and two bored looking sales guys sitting at their desks. I wrote a letter to the CPO sales manager that detailed the entire incident and that was ignored as well. Worst of all, when we did get to the BMW Store the car I was interested in had just been taken out on a test drive- and ended up being sold to that customer... 
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It's car salesmen that give car salesmen a bad name!  I mean, they don't come by their bad reputation idly ... they work hard for it! |
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Replying to: roadburner (Sep 12, 2008 6:11 pm) Don't you just love it when they have a smart remark after they have ignored you for so long? I'm going to start carrying a banana cream pie with me when I go car shopping. 
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Replying to: venture (Sep 12, 2008 10:30 pm) |
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I recently had the fuel pump replaced in the 135i. The check engine soon light had come on, and after they diagnosed the car, they said it was the high pressure fuel pump. There was only 1944 miles on the car when this happened! The more I looked into it, the more I discovered that BMW keeps fuel pumps in their parts department like light bulbs and fuses. They actually know they are bad and will need replacement. Sooooo many of them are replaced, and this problem has been ongoing for quite some time. Supposedly, this latest generation of fuel pump, which has a long part number ending with 881, is supposed to be the real fix. We'll see. TM
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The fuel pump has been a problem area for the BMW twin-turbo 535i and 335i vehicles. Now I see it has hit the 135i's too. I am not surprised. Sorry to hear the fuel pump thing happened to you.  |
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Replying to: tagman (Oct 01, 2008 8:28 am) |
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My diagnosis is you either have developed a rather serious case of goiter or you have been on the wrong end of a high pressure fuel pump. Only the fuel pump injury happens to be covered by your HMO. You think the fuel pump is a problem? Wait until the piezo fuel injectors screw up! More problems with BMW twin-turbos than any other BMW's. Not worth it, IMO. |
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the 128i comes with the relatively trouble-free, proven inline-6, it would be the smart choice for most consumers. The additional power of the 135i is not needed in the USA, unless one intends the vehicle for track use. As others have sadly discovered, a 335i or 135i attracts old smoky with very little effort. I have yet to see any 1 Series on the road, either in Florida or New Mexico. Seems to be very exclusive.
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Replying to: hpowders (Oct 03, 2008 12:54 am) Living in Phoenix and traveling to Northern Cal I see the 1 series. The problem I think it, from dead on front view there is no way in telling if you ae looking t a 1 series or 3 series. I'm currently in Santa Cruz Ca and have seen 3, 1 series all of them been 135i.
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