You and I are MUCH alike ARD lol! EVERYTHING you mentioned I made sure was all written into the contract actually. I didn't trust the general manager of the GMC dealership as far as I could throw him! So long story short, I had the GMC dealership transport the X5 (because I didn't want anymore miles on the odometer) to BMW of Clear Lake which is located right outside of Houston to make sure ALL the repairs where done properly by a trained/official BMW technician and for them to do a full pre-purchase inspection on the vehicle all on the dealerships dime. Along with that, I also requested to receive all the original documentation/receipts of everything that was repaired and inspected in order to know what I should be weary about. I tried to cover my rear end on this deal because I had already gotten the price of the E70 down to my original offer, which was 7 grand below what they were attempting to sell it for. AND that's including the best warranty I could get for that year/mileage X5 along with tax/title/license. So... I'm hoping to get the ride back today due to a part the BMW dealership has been waiting to receive in order to fix the lift gate issues. Thank you for your advice/insight!
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Originally Posted by ard
You need to assume everything the GMC dealer is telling you is a lie.
I would NOT assume they fixed the leak- just steam cleaned the engine or maybe masked the issue, hoping you will buy their story until its too late.
Have the BMW dealer go through and give you a written estimate/repair- then tell the GMC dealer 'take this off the price'. Or even better, tell them 'have BMW fix it' then I'll but it. (The latter protects you if the BMW dealer got the estimate wrong and they find something worse when they go in.)
The X5 is NOT 'the most reliable vehicle you can buy'. Im a fan, but its a car with foibles like all others- more than average too.
GL
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