advice needed

advice needed

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maserati3200gt

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1,576 posts

235 months

Tuesday 28th February 2006
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Just found out that after 10 days of ownership from a main BMW / MINI dealership that our JCW Mini does not have a calibrated ecu therefore after paying £3,700 for the works kit the bmw dealer failed to reflash the ecu correctly.

Secondly the radiator was virtually empty and finally the front body kit was half an inch out at the front.

What would you guys do if you found this out ?
Much appreciated as the main dealer is not budging and im seriously pd off.

Note : we have two other cars on order with them which I have cancelled today due to the attitude of the service manager.

1) An additional Mini Cooper Sport
2) BMW 7 Series



maserati3200gt

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Tuesday 28th February 2006
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ngr said:
Do you mean they have'nt sorted the problems?

Used to work in a bmw dealer years ago the best way to get things sorted was to go staight to the dealer principal and don't give up complaining !!


They offered to but I have a problem with the fact that the car should have been not only visually checked but physically before delivery.
The car is now at JCW for the 225 conversion who raised the concerns after we mentioned the lack of power on on the conversion.

maserati3200gt

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Thursday 9th March 2006
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Naughty Magpie said:
mikeyboy said:
I got the distinct impression that the Mini owners are looked down on by BMW dealers for having the temerity to buy a cheap BMW ( but still feel we're wealthy enough to pay the BMW labour costs)and as a result we have to put up with a poorer service.


Exactly - agree with you MikeyBoy.


Yeah But I threw a spanner in the works when I purchased an M3 Convertible from them and cancelled another two order for a mini and 745 series. This woke them up! the arrogant sods!
Raised hell with one of the directors of this particular main dealership and we agreed a solution over two years.
Shame really but believe it or not a far better service than the ws at the New Forest with maserati who by far were the worst car main car dealers I ever had the misfortune to deal with.
Needless to say my Mini's are now serviced by JCW period.