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      05-20-2014, 04:59 AM   #24
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From a liability standpoint what would you expect any car manufactured do?
Once you take position of the car you are free to modify it (yes it is leased but people will still change brake pads (less dust), exhaust, down-pipes, rims etc etc.)

No company is going to take carte blanche responsibility for any incident without a large investigation, which costs large dollars. Would you release your private data you paid to collect to the general public? Given the litigious nature present currently in the USA BMW's lack of response isn't surprising.

Also a BMW leased car requires a minimum of insurance which will protect both parties of the lease in an incident such as this. BMW and the owner of the car are made financially whole. If you read the lease agreement the car always remains the property of BMW NA.

I think BMW could have done a better PR job, sure. However if whatever you write ends up on a public forum I'm not sure I'd respond any differently.
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