New Car Woes - Friend in Need - Wrong Specification!

[AB]

HellDiver said:

Get them to stick a decent engine in there while they're doing the interior.

It appears to be missing a few (6) spark plugs!!

[thinfourth2]

After looking at the black leather and the brown leather i'd say woo hoo upgrade

[Willy Nilly]

Banking crisis, global warming, world wide recession, high fuel prices and now the wrong interior. Where will it all end?

[Pork]

thinfourth2 said:

After looking at the black leather and the brown leather i'd say woo hoo upgrade

Probably a bit of a shock, but give it a while and he/she'll learn to love it. It different, in a good way IMO.

[grgrgray]

Ordered my new one on Monday with Black Leather, was tempted by the Cinamon looks great on the car configurator til my missus compared it with the inside of a nappy.

[MoonMonkey]

Kick up a proper fuss but suggest that he will accept it aslong as they reduce the lease payments by the same amount he is contributing extra per month. Hey presto brand new beemer with leather for no extra cost....

PS - I do realise that the above suggestion may not actually work in real life.

[Twincharged]

Pork said:

thinfourth2 said:

After looking at the black leather and the brown leather i'd say woo hoo upgrade

Probably a bit of a shock, but give it a while and he/she'll learn to love it. It different, in a good way IMO.

That's my first thought- it will grow on him if he keeps it. At least it doesn't look like a coal bunker now!

[Diabolik]

HellDiver said:

Get them to stick a decent engine in there while they're doing the interior.

I was just about to say almost exactly the same thing word for word.

[Baz Tench]

Cock Womble 7 said:

Erm, Mods?

Agreed.

OP, Can he sit in it and drive it comfortably? Tell him to stop bloody wingeing and get on with it.

Jeez!

[BarringtonBrown]

I really like the cinnamon leather

[Beyond Rational]

Stick with it and spend any spare time gained from doing so, trying to work out why the reaction to a fairly everyday colour brought up such strong feelings about dog poo.

[Motorrad]

Use their mistake like a financial baseball bat to beat the living crap out of their wallet.

That colour leather is vile, see plenty of white 3 series specced with it here, I'd be going for funeral black on black on black on black.

[cheadle hulme]

Is it definitely BMWs mistake? Not some lease company cock up or err, your mate??

[cheadle hulme]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

So its a company car (leased) ?
and he has put his private plate on it ?
Odd.

Not odd at all. Cherished plates are common on lease cars.

[Urban Sports]

Twincharged said:

Pork said:

thinfourth2 said:

After looking at the black leather and the brown leather i'd say woo hoo upgrade

Probably a bit of a shock, but give it a while and he/she'll learn to love it. It different, in a good way IMO.

That's my first thought- it will grow on him if he keeps it. At least it doesn't look like a coal bunker now!

I agree.

I like it!!

[davidjpowell]

Be brave, be different

Black

Brown

[300bhp/ton]

Pferdestarke said:

or as we have quickly named it 'dog st dakota' leather.

Sorry, the only sensible comment I can make is - what a friggin stupid thing to say or do!

[djt100]

Keep it brown is soo much nicer

[mattcov]

Is it that bad in real life? I almost ordered one last year with that dog st dakota colour combination - I'd got as far as speccing' it

My purchase would have been a company car too. I think if it would have happened to me I would have pushed for something easy to change as a sweetener, say larger alloys or something non factory fit? Maybe BMW HQ to "borrow" and M5/M6 for a week? Not sure you'll get any money out of them, they could pass that car on quite easily.

[MitchT]

Urban Sports said:

I agree.

I like it!!

That looks more like Saddle Brown than Cinnamon Brown.