I guess BMW loaners are a dealer-by-dealer thing. My dealer's policy is that only those who bought from them get a loaner. I've been lucky and had E46's and X3's. When they run out of BMW loaners I get a rental such as a Taurus. Yippee.

Speaking of rental cars, I had a great rental in Maui last week. It was a Malibu Maxx that was very useful but drove just how you'd imagine it would. One cool plus was that it had remote start which would kind of scare people walking by.

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