Dallas Dealer wrecks M5
 

Parts and labor total over $30k...

From M5 board via BMWblog:

Dealership rags my car and wrecks it on a test drive! - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)


An M5board member took his 2007 BMW M5 to a Texas-based dealership for a regular service appointment. A few hours later, the owner gets a call from the dealership which informs him that the M5 went through an accident. They stated that their tech took the car for a test drive and slid into a curb at 20 mph.

The wheel cracked, tire blown, front end needs a new paint job and the strut was cracked open. This was the official story.

The owner took the liberty to go check the accident site and found out that the 20 mph test drive was most likely a…fast drive that turned ugly.

http://www.bmwblog.com/wp-content/up...crashed_m5.jpg

Heard about this a few days days ago...i'd raise legal hell and require nothing less than either a brand new replacement or F10 M5!

If that mechanic wasn't fired on the spot the manager should be...

Wow. Are u kidding? I would never want that car back repaired, never would be the same. I'd definitely get a lawyer involved if the dealer tried to give that car back to me repaired.

Wow, I wonder what dealer that is here. The guy lives in Fort Worth so I am guessing it's Autobahn of Fort Worth.

This is awesome....I'm bringing my X down to this dealership, leave the keys inside and demand that same tech take my car off a cliff......that would be an easy way out....I thought I would have to perform insurance fraud.... :rofl:

The mechanic, service manager and GM should all be fired. If this happened to me I would have retained five lawyers. Some people do not understand what it means to mess with our bimmers. Some times you are better off going to an indy.

I've been on m5board.com since getting my first BMW and also just recently read about this...besides the OBVIOUS 20mph BS story, I still can't believe the manager had the nerve to attempt to place blame on the owner by saying that his tires were low on tread! Between stuff like this and valet videos I've seen on YouTube, NO ONE touches any of my vehicles. It's just not worth the risk to me. I've said this for years...my own cars, I'll do whatever in the hell I want, other people's cars...avoid it because I don't want the grief, as anything from a simple scratch to a total loss would absolutely stress me out, not to mention the legal ramifications of doing something completely stupid with someone else's possession.

What an asshole. He should have been additionally permitted to punch that moron in the temple with a roll of quarters.

As the saying goes...it's easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission ;) I'd have just done it, but I wouldn't apologize either...but wait till it's settled by the lawyers first!