exgman
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Take a look here and see if this is a warm invitation to become a BMW dealer in the US: https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/service/become_a_dealer.html
Albuquerque and Santa Fe have been combined BMW car and bike dealers for at least a decade now, and I usually posted you didn't have have a better bike dealer. When this transition occurred, it included buying out the 2nd longest in business BMW motorcycle dealer in the USA ... a dealer one couldn't trust to successfully perform an oil change. We were really pleased.
Recently, the enthusiast sole owner sold out to a big dealership chain, and so far they've maintained the same excellence on the motorcycle sides.
Perhaps this experience could encourage other car dealers to take on bikes. IMHO the most important thing is running the dealership with understanding of German automotive culture as opposed to attempting to force 'merikun iron experience into the equation ... which doesn't work. I think the car presence helps and I don't think Kawazukis in the same dealership does. Stand alone BMW bike dealerships are questionable in medium to smaller markets.
This thread is interesting to me on several levels, in that I posted a similar thread after moving to the Charlotte, NC area 2 years ago, and had a rather negative experience with the local BMW dealership. I say "similar" in that many of the responses on this particular thread are alerting fellow BMWMOA members of sub-standard customer service at dealerships that don't deserve our business.
I posted a query to the forum (2 years ago or so), wondering if other BMWMOA members also had a bad experience with the said major, big dog, huge (the name cannot be said out-loud) dealership in the Charlotte area (*cough*), since I was new to the area, and genuinely wanted to know if I shouldn't give them my hard-earned money.
Well, the moderator accused me of "trolling", and stated that the dealership in question was a frequent poster on this forum, and was a supporter of BMWMOA...so shut up. As a side-note, I've had another rather negative service experience with the dealership, with the result being one of the senior managers taking my side, and apologizing. I take my bikes all the way up to Asheville, NC now (a 3 hour ride), despite the fact that the Charlotte dealership is 7 miles away.
Bottomline: The forums should be used by us, BMWMOA dues-paying members, to share information to better our BMW riding experience...not censured to accommodate the narrative.
Can you provide a link to that thread. Please. I would like to read it.
Most days I wish we could go back to Butler&Smith and Mom and Pop dealers.
Yesterday wife and I are out on our daily 2 mile walk when our neighbor stops next to us in his whistle and bells loaded Tesla Model Y and roles down his window. Next thing we hear is what sounds like someone passing huge quantities of gas. It turns out to be one of his rides computer generated sound affects that my neighbor is so proud of. This did not make my day and I did not find it at all amusing. I swear to god I would sooner walk through purgatory than be dumb enough to waste a red cent on a vehicle like that!! BMW is, imo, going down this high tech road in much the same fashion as auto makers like Tesla and I just won't have any part of it. I would sooner walk first!
Let me be sure I have this straight... the Tesla started making fart noises?
Yes! The "horn" can be set to make the sound of a very loud, long fart.
Reinforcing my oft-repeated refrain,"Ain't technology wonderful."
Awesome. (why don’t I know this?)
Too bad we are on opposite ends of the country.
We could have a scotch.
Yesterday wife and I are out on our daily 2 mile walk when our neighbor stops next to us in his whistle and bells loaded Tesla Model Y and roles down his window. Next thing we hear is what sounds like someone passing huge quantities of gas. It turns out to be one of his rides computer generated sound affects that my neighbor is so proud of. This did not make my day and I did not find it at all amusing. I
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