x6 test drive
x6 test drive
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black1

Original Poster:

979 posts

227 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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ok guys is there any way i can get a test drive of a x6, say for a weekend free of charge ?

local dealer has no demo x6, any way want to try it for more than 2miles

any ideas guys ?

stockhatcher

5,174 posts

253 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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your dealer can suppl you with an x6 for a weekend if that is what you want. however you need to show that you are serious, as it will cost the dealer £200 per weekend to hire a car from BMW UK's fleet. Therefore i sugges you go back and engage in a serious conversation with the sales team, and hope they will loan you a car as part of any acceptance of a deal they offer to you.

black1

Original Poster:

979 posts

227 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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strange that cos i just got a 730d from them and was lookin at a x6 for here !

Russell B

847 posts

255 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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try Donut http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?mem... hes very customer oriented.

Russ

Donut

4,521 posts

281 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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Thanks Russ biggrin

We don't currently run an X6 though......


black1

Original Poster:

979 posts

227 months

Tuesday 11th November 2008
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well if donut aint got one then thats it !

racey bomb

11 posts

215 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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The x6 wot a load of crap!! Over sized (( X5))!!!

Donut

4,521 posts

281 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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racey bomb said:
The x6 wot a load of crap!! Over sized (( X5))!!!
Thats wrong though, they drive alot differently!

Rob.

17,911 posts

248 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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racey bomb said:
The x6 wot a load of crap!! Over sized (( X5))!!!
Thanks for your intelligent insight. By the way, if you drive a Porsche learn to spell it eh? It is a motoring forum after all.

Ment-Al

20,479 posts

225 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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racey bomb said:
The x6 wot a load of crap!! Over sized (( X5))!!!
Fantasist alert.

darreni

4,533 posts

300 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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I looked at one at my local dealers last week while i was waiting for the M3 to be fettled.
Black, cream leather, it looked great, i'd have one in a heartbeat.

To the op, i can't see BMW lending you a new £50k motor for the weekend for free, unless you bought from that dealer before or have built a good relationship with said dealer.

black1

Original Poster:

979 posts

227 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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well i did get a 730d off them but i had never been in there before that could be the prob

Deva Link

26,934 posts

275 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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I had a variety of demos for several days at a time last time I changed my company car, but without exception all of the dealers (of various makes) denied such a thing existed. I contacted our fleet leasing company and suddenly anything I wanted was available.

MB said they didn't have a car close enough to what I wanted to try so they'd register one! It took a few wks but they drove a brand new C220CDi Avantgarde Estate auto 200 miles to my house to try for a few days.

Surely BMW must have the same facility?

black1

Original Poster:

979 posts

227 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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deva m.b are good i had a cls 350 to try for 24hrs and it was free !

MC99

427 posts

216 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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Cars for demos to retail clients are completely seperate (i.e paid for by the dealer) to the fleet BMW UK run for their corporate fleet buyers...unfortunately, so yes, if your company fleet manager can help you out that may be your best chance.

rpguk

4,515 posts

314 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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730d, CLS 350 and X6 are all quite different cars. You building a fleet? scratchchin

black1

Original Poster:

979 posts

227 months

Thursday 13th November 2008
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well rpg never got the cls it went wrong on the demo !!!

stockhatcher

5,174 posts

253 months

Thursday 13th November 2008
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MC99 said:
Cars for demos to retail clients are completely seperate (i.e paid for by the dealer) to the fleet BMW UK run for their corporate fleet buyers...unfortunately, so yes, if your company fleet manager can help you out that may be your best chance.
far be it for me to demonstrate extensive knowledge on the subject, but it is entirely possible for a retail customer to have a long term ( weekend ) loan car off the dealer, via BMW UK's internal fleets. However it does cost the dealer money, and they ain't gonna spend it unless they are sure the punter is going to buy. It costs the same for the corporate loaners as well. as of oct 1st all of BMW's loan fleets were merged into 1 fleet, now customer services, dealers and corporate sales have to battle over the same pool of 300 or so cars.

alfaspiderman2

1,136 posts

249 months

Thursday 13th November 2008
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my lease company did the same, but have to say, Merc corporate were by far the best

I had an E320cdi Avantgarde for a week. When they called to ask whether I liked it, I said it was nice, but a little too softly sprung for me. Their response? An E320cdi Sport arrived the next weekend for another week long loan.

At one point, i even had a C Class and an E Class at the same time.

(Still chose a 5 Series in the end though)

silverback mike

11,293 posts

283 months

Friday 14th November 2008
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boxedin I really like the X6