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Originally Posted by ncal
Still no luck. Can't even seem to get any info on whether or not various recall work was done. I can understand not disclosing any information about the previous owner, but the history of the car is something that should be disclosed I think
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This trips many people up.
It isn't the "cars history"... you are asking for the commercial history of business transactions between the prior owner and the independent BMW dealership.
How I treated the car, maintained it or didn't maintain it- damaged it, repaired it- all of this is my business, between me and the company doing the work. Years later that is still my business, not the current owners'.
I've heard talk of asking a prior owner to sign a document agreeing to allow you access to these records- as part of a purchase agreement. This highlights the fact that you buy a car, and the records are a separate 'item'.
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