Mod Friendly Dealer? Just Need an oil Change...

[geared]

Anyone know any mod friendly dealers/ SA's in South Florida - preferably PB County?

thx

j

[geared]

162 views, and not one person in this "community" can help me out? It is sad what this community has become compared to when I joined 3 years ago....Noone helps anyone out anymore. Its just take take take.

[SMV_M4]

Originally Posted by geared

162 views, and not one person in this "community" can help me out? It is sad what this community has become compared to when I joined 3 years ago....Noone helps anyone out anymore. Its just take take take.

Or maybe just no one knows of any.

[Chan]

Originally Posted by SMV_M4

Or maybe just no one knows of any.

Also, putting someone's name out there might inadvertently get them in trouble. Not sure if BMW monitors these forums.

[Rain49king]

Originally Posted by geared

Anyone know any mod friendly dealers/ SA's in South Florida - preferably PB County?

thx

j

I usually hit my sales guy up at the dealership i made the purchase at. They can usually go to an adviser or tech and ask for them to overlook your mods. owned 3 modded BMW's and this worked for me every time.

[paliknight]

Why would they care about mods if it's just an oil change.

[Amgeater2]

Originally Posted by paliknight

Why would they care about mods if it's just an oil change.

Wow really bro ?? what world you live in..

[paliknight]

Originally Posted by Amgeater2

Wow really bro ?? what world you live in..

i still fail to see the issue. Ive had modded cars before (not BMW though) and never had an issue unless it was warranty related.

[larryn]

Originally Posted by paliknight

i still fail to see the issue. Ive had modded cars before (not BMW though) and never had an issue unless it was warranty related.

Many of us have had our car's records updated that modifications exist, so that they can use that information, if they need/want to in the future.

I've gone in for oil changes and had things like "Blue racing brake fluid installed in car", "tire rubber marks from apparent track events", "racing brake ducts installed" listed on the service order, when I picked cars up.

To the OP, I would suggest building an honest relationship with your dealer, instead of trying to hide things. If they know what you bought the car for, it's not like they are catching you doing something illicit.

[Amgeater2]

Originally Posted by paliknight

i still fail to see the issue. Ive had modded cars before (not BMW though) and never had an issue unless it was warranty related.

ok got you let me explain, you may think that everything is alright until something does happen to your car and then just then my friend they are going to pull all your service records showing every time you went in there with all the mods... and tell you with a straight face BUDDY you are out of luck !! and we are not fixing anything for you.

[paliknight]

Originally Posted by larryn

Many of us have had our car's records updated that modifications exist, so that they can use that information, if they need/want to in the future.

I've gone in for oil changes and had things like "Blue racing brake fluid installed in car", "tire rubber marks from apparent track events", "racing brake ducts installed" listed on the service order, when I picked cars up.

To the OP, I would suggest building an honest relationship with your dealer, instead of trying to hide things. If they know what you bought the car for, it's not like they are catching you doing something illicit.

Originally Posted by Amgeater2

ok got you let me explain, you may think that everything is alright until something does happen to your car and then just then my friend they are going to pull all your service records showing every time you went in there with all the mods... and tell you with a straight face BUDDY you are out of luck !! and we are not fixing anything for you.

That's insane. It was designed for this purpose specifically. I never figured BMW would do this. Ive had modded Acuras, Audis, etc. and have had them serviced under warranty.

Good to know they do this. I wonder how they try linking issues to mods that are completely unrelated.

[saleen556]

The only problem you have with a mod and warranty is if they can prove the mod caused the issue. If you mod a car to make say 100+ HP more than stock and you bust a rod. Why should BMW be on the hook to fix this?

[TrevorM3]

Originally Posted by saleen556

The only problem you have with a mod and warranty is if they can prove the mod caused the issue. If you mod a car to make say 100+ HP more than stock and you bust a rod. Why should BMW be on the hook to fix this?

well imo, there is a grey area.

you can always try to convince the dealer that the mod didn't cause the problem, but if you have an asshole SA, he will simply tell you too bad.. who really has time to go back and forth with the dealer? f that. just find a good SA who will keep his mouth shut and give him some bread on the side.

[geared]

thanks for the comments!