BMW approved buy

[porschecrazy321]

I have recently purchased my first BMW a 4 series convertible from a well known dealer in Manchester, i have looked with the help of various posts on here and found that my maps on the nav are 2014-15, my question is would you expect them to have updated the maps and firmware before delivering the car?, i would have thought so but......

[Fox-]

porschecrazy321 said:

I have recently purchased my first BMW a 4 series convertible from a well known dealer in Manchester, i have looked with the help of various posts on here and found that my maps on the nav are 2014-15, my question is would you expect them to have updated the maps and firmware before delivering the car?, i would have thought so but......

No, I would never expect any dealer to update the maps.

[carlpea]

Unless it was a verbal / written agreement as part of the sale no, I wouldn't expect them to.

[Billyray911]

Nah,it takes time and money and unless you've agreed it beforehand ,they'll do nothing extra to the car.
They will just hose it down,put a couple of grand onto what they've paid for it and punt it out.

[Smuler]

porschecrazy321 said:

I have recently purchased my first BMW a 4 series convertible from a well known dealer in Manchester, i have looked with the help of various posts on here and found that my maps on the nav are 2014-15, my question is would you expect them to have updated the maps and firmware before delivering the car?, i would have thought so but......

No way would they do it. I've had some excellent experience from BMW main dealers, but that's never crossed their mind. with my old 335i it got the updates free, only because the car 'asked' for them, when it for some work.
Re: Maps, there's plenty of options to download them online, you only need to buy a code always available on forums,
for my old M3 I used a guy on the M3 forum (who says he has nav discs for all BMW) and it cost me £20. If you get not luck, PM me and I can give you his details.

[nickfrog]

Billyray911 said:

Nah,it takes time and money and unless you've agreed it beforehand ,they'll do nothing extra to the car.
They will just hose it down,put a couple of grand onto what they've paid for it and punt it out.

I disagree. They would normally also wash it with a very old sponge full of grit to make sure that in the unlikely event that the paintwork had been well looked after by a private owner, it is now swirled to buggery.