Missing trunk accessories

[rslong50]

I just looked under my trunk floor for the first time after buying my M3 used. I have a compressor on one side and nothing on the other. There is also a strap and a broken plastic tray. Can somebody please let me know what is suppose to be in there? Maybe send a pic? Thanks!

[DBACE]

You should have several items in the trunk, one is consumable. The compressor you confirmed having is pretty useful. There is a sealing container, which interlocks onto the compressor, and a hose that goes from the sealant container to the tire. Check out page 178 of your owner's manual. On the right side of the trunk there should be a tool kit, page 194, tray with a tow fitting, page 202, and screw driver.

Some other countries have additional safety items, a luminescent vest and reflecting triangle, to be used when working on a flat tire on the road.

[damageprone]

I really should look under there. Thanks for the reminder

[Poiseuille]

hmmm...think you better check all your tires, looks like you probably have a plug-in one of them. for me, if there's a plug in a tire then that tire is no longer up to it's labeled speed rating. did you get this privately or from a dealer? might be a disclosure issue there.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

hmmm... did you get this privately or from a dealer? might be a disclosure issue there.

On a used car?

Forget about it.

Car is sold as is.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

On a used car?

Forget about it.

Car is sold as is.

not in New Jersey it isn't

but thanks ever so much for your input

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

not in New Jersey it isn't

but thanks ever so much for your input

Too bad OP is in Spokane.

Thanks for playing this round.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

Too bad OP is in Spokane.

Thanks for playing this round.

this is why my original post asked if the purchase was private or from a dealer==>

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

this is why my original post asked if the purchase was private or from a dealer==>

The missing parts are not covered by that statue. That's like thinking the tire valve covers missing should be disclosed but Dealer. Or a missing trunk net. Or a missing lighter plug. Or a missing printed owners manual (or it's leather covering). Or lack of 2nd key FOB would void sale.

Thanks for another weak attempt.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

hmmm...think you better check all your tires, looks like you probably have a plug-in one of them. for me, if there's a plug in a tire then that tire is no longer up to it's labeled speed rating. did you get this privately or from a dealer? might be a disclosure issue there.

so I quote my own original post so you can have another attempt to understand it.
my comment was limited to tires, plugs and speed ratings. I hold the opinion that a Y rated tire with a plug fitted to a car that can easily exceed 150mph constitutes a significant safety issue. the purpose of my post was to suggest to the OP that in view of the missing parts he might want to ascertain whether one of his tires was compromised. I'd certainly want to know that. I asked if it had been a private sale or a dealer sale. Without bothering to wait for an answer, you chimed right in with the sale was "as is". In most States that is emphatically untrue if the car was purchased from a dealer licensed by that State. Your "Spokane" comment notwithstanding the relevant Washington State statute SPECIFICALLY cites safety issues as part of the implied warranty.
Assuming one of OP's tires does have a plug, whether or not he can get satisfaction from the dealer, assuming it was a dealer, probably depends mostly on how much time elapsed before OP noticed the missing parts. I have no way of knowing in advance whether OP would be successful in such an attempt, all I know is if it was me I would try. That's all I was suggesting.
It has been, however, my pleasure to help you run up your post tally with one-liners.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

so I quote my own original post so you can have another attempt to understand it.
my comment was limited to tires, plugs and speed ratings. I hold the opinion that a Y rated tire with a plug fitted to a car that can easily exceed 150mph constitutes a significant safety issue. the purpose of my post was to suggest to the OP that in view of the missing parts he might want to ascertain whether one of his tires was compromised. I'd certainly want to know that. I asked if it had been a private sale or a dealer sale. Without bothering to wait for an answer, you chimed right in with the sale was "as is". In most States that is emphatically untrue if the car was purchased from a dealer licensed by that State. Your "Spokane" comment notwithstanding the relevant Washington State statute SPECIFICALLY cites safety issues as part of the implied warranty.
Assuming one of OP's tires does have a plug, whether or not he can get satisfaction from the dealer, assuming it was a dealer, probably depends mostly on how much time elapsed before OP noticed the missing parts. I have no way of knowing in advance whether OP would be successful in such an attempt, all I know is if it was me I would try. That's all I was suggesting.
It has been, however, my pleasure to help you run up your post tally with one-liners.

And you are presenting facts not in evidence.....actually assuming one of the current tires on the car is plugged and was sold that way, yet the OP never made that claim.

It’s the basis of your entire set of posts with no facts behind it.

[jmg]

You guys argue like an old couple.

[Poiseuille]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

And you are presenting facts not in evidence.....actually assuming one of the current tires on the car is plugged and was sold that way, yet the OP never made that claim.

It’s the basis of your entire set of posts with no facts behind it.

I presented no facts in my original response to OP. I merely suggested to OP the possibility that he MIGHT have a plug based on OP's statement that the materials necessary to put a plug in a tire were missing from his trunk. Seems sort of obvious, tbh. I never said to OP that he HAD a plug, I only said it might be worth checking.
At no time did I tell OP that he should try to get the missing parts replaced. You just made that up.
All the rest of this now ridiculous thread has consisted of me trying to explain to you what I meant in my original two sentence post, and to explain that your assertion that the car must have been sold "as is" is likely untrue in the State where OP lives just as it is untrue in most States when the purchase is from a licensed dealer.
I am quite content to let this conversation stand as it is, but I have no doubt that you will continue to hump my leg.
Knock yourself out, I will no longer respond.

[IK6SPEED]

Originally Posted by Poiseuille

I presented no facts in my original response to OP. I merely suggested to OP the possibility that he MIGHT have a plug based on OP's statement that the materials necessary to put a plug in a tire were missing from his trunk. Seems sort of obvious, tbh. I never said to OP that he HAD a plug, I only said it might be worth checking.
At no time did I tell OP that he should try to get the missing parts replaced. You just made that up.
All the rest of this now ridiculous thread has consisted of me trying to explain to you what I meant in my original two sentence post, and to explain that your assertion that the car must have been sold "as is" is likely untrue in the State where OP lives just as it is untrue in most States when the purchase is from a licensed dealer.
I am quite content to let this conversation stand as it is, but I have no doubt that you will continue to hump my leg.
Knock yourself out, I will no longer respond.

I realize you want to be correct at any cost.

But again, your entire series of posts are based on your ASSUMPTION that the kit is missing THEREFORE it's "obvious" tire was plugged AND that plugged tire was on car when sold and that's now a safety issue.

This is nothing but reaching assumptions on your behalf to craft the narrative to prove your original post.

BTW, I kept the jack from a lease turn in. I used it for installing a C Band satellite dish. Using your thinking, the jack is missing so the spare tire must have been used on the car so the original tires (still on car at return) were plugged and unsafe, thus invoking safety regulations, when in reality that is the furthest thing from the truth.

[zorrro]

Originally Posted by IK6SPEED

I realize you want to be correct at any cost.

But again, your entire series of posts are based on your ASSUMPTION that the kit is missing THEREFORE it's "obvious" tire was plugged AND that plugged tire was on car when sold and that's now a safety issue.

This is nothing but reaching assumptions on your behalf to craft the narrative to prove your original post.

BTW, I kept the jack from a lease turn in. I used it for installing a C Band satellite dish. Using your thinking, the jack is missing so the spare tire must have been used on the car so the original tires (still on car at return) were plugged and unsafe, thus invoking safety regulations, when in reality that is the furthest thing from the truth.

Glad you guys are on opposite coasts. This rivals Tupac - Notorious B.I.G.

As a peace offering, I will offer either of you (or OP) my ED warning triangle and safety vests on the house - local pickup only.

Happy Friday!