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Marsh · Nov 5th, 2001, 02:47 PM

Hi Zoooom,
Couldn\'t agree more. I am looking around for a dealership that I can trust to purchase the car from.

I now live in north London and haven\'t managed to get a working relationship with any of the dealers I have come across as yet. The BMW dealers at Hexagon in north London don\'t seem to like the MINI at all. I was at the garage, there wasn\'t a MINI dealer free, and I asked one of the BMW guys would it be OK if I sat in the display Cooper. The bloke replied, \"You can dismantle the sodding thing for all I care.\" I was pretty surprised and it left a nasty taste in the mouth.

My home town is Leeds and I am thinking of getting our car from MINI at Scotthall. All of 200 miles away. There is a bloke there, one of the MINI dealers, who doesn\'t ******** if you mention teething problems with the car. He is pretty upfront about them and it makes it more likely people will trust him. All the dealers I have met so far in London have denied any problems with the car, none have ever heard of it pulling to the left, or having battery problems etc. The only problem is that it is a hell of a trip if something goes wrong with the car, although I suppose I could get it serviced at a local garage, even though it was purchased in Leeds.
Sigh. I really wish BMW could improve the dealer side of things. I know there are good dealers out there, but the service is patchy.

cheers
Marsh

Nov 5th, 2001, 02:47 PM	#2
Marsh MINI2 Regular Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: uk Local Time: 10:41 PM Posts: 122 Offline	Great car wrong dealership Hi Zoooom, Couldn\'t agree more. I am looking around for a dealership that I can trust to purchase the car from. I now live in north London and haven\'t managed to get a working relationship with any of the dealers I have come across as yet. The BMW dealers at Hexagon in north London don\'t seem to like the MINI at all. I was at the garage, there wasn\'t a MINI dealer free, and I asked one of the BMW guys would it be OK if I sat in the display Cooper. The bloke replied, \"You can dismantle the sodding thing for all I care.\" I was pretty surprised and it left a nasty taste in the mouth. My home town is Leeds and I am thinking of getting our car from MINI at Scotthall. All of 200 miles away. There is a bloke there, one of the MINI dealers, who doesn\'t ******** if you mention teething problems with the car. He is pretty upfront about them and it makes it more likely people will trust him. All the dealers I have met so far in London have denied any problems with the car, none have ever heard of it pulling to the left, or having battery problems etc. The only problem is that it is a hell of a trip if something goes wrong with the car, although I suppose I could get it serviced at a local garage, even though it was purchased in Leeds. Sigh. I really wish BMW could improve the dealer side of things. I know there are good dealers out there, but the service is patchy. cheers Marsh