06-09-2014, 11:28 AM | #1 |
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M5 break in period
I am very close to lease a 2014 M5.
When I got to the dealer one of them refused to give me M5 to test drive due to the following reason: The car needs a break in period of 1200miles. It can not past 4,000 rpms. You cant test drive the car, I can only drive you with you in it. This is after test driving new $165,000 Porsche. And the car salesman (Porsche was forcing me to drive like crazy lol) I went to another dealer in Dallas and they gave me M5 for a test drive not even asked me for a driver license..... Than I've asked my sales guys whats with this break in period? He said that It can void the warranty and that car cannot be driven hard. I said ok, how would you know? He said that the key of the m5 stores all of the driving habits and that they will see all of it. I guess like black box on Nissan gtr Any thoughts? Thanks |
06-09-2014, 01:12 PM | #2 |
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Break in period or not BMW can certainly void the warranty if the defect was/is caused by obvious abuse/misuse. The information is stored in the cars ECU/DMEs and BMW HQ/NA can review the data if a warranty claim is suspect (the dealer does not have access to this level of data/detail)
However in the end it should not matter to you as one would assume you're going to be a responsible owner/test driver ? If you're worried about them finding out you abused the car maybe you should go elsewhere
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06-09-2014, 01:33 PM | #3 |
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I am very responsible. I don't abuse my cars and I would never abuse car on the test ride.
I am not trying to hide. it was just strange that they don't let people test ride m5 in this particular dealership. My friend had a similar experience in bmw of Dallas.
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06-09-2014, 03:08 PM | #4 |
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Yes its true the key tells them everything. It can even tell you how fast you've gone within a period of time. Although the dealer is only allowed to use the information for certain purposed but yes.... big brother is watching now at BMW.
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