I'm never shy at all about parking my MB's (no matter the age) under the
porte cochere; that's what it's for, and I don't let 'em forget it. They
have yet to refuse my money, but I do my best to give it to others (indies,
Rusty, etc.) who are not quite so "uppity" as the de-uh-stealers.
Wilton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Thomas" <richthomas79td...@constructivity.net>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:10 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Just had my first bad experience with BMW
Yeah, I used to get that when I drove Brunnhilda to the Benz dealer near
me in Houston, though the parts guys were clueless. I went there one day
to get a glow plug fuse and the kid at the parts counter didn't even know
what I was talking about. Took me about 10 minutes to walk him through
the parts. He kinda looked at it like it had been dead a week or two when
he brought it to me.
I did park Brunnhilda right in front of the door though, under the porte
cochere, so it would be visible to everyone there. I was looking at some
new SLs and whatnot they had in the showroom, I think the sales dudes
wanted to get some Lysol after me to clean the cars that I had sat in.
Some day when I win the lottery I am going back there dressed like some
goober and try to buy a Maybach and some AMGs, see how they treat me when
I walk in. If they act like that again, I'll go buy a Lambo or Bentley or
something at the fancy shop, then come back in one still looking like a
goober and see what they do.
--R
Donald Snook wrote:
Rich wrote: "But the experience of hanging around the BMW shop should be
worth the
extra $$. You can pose with the others there."
I am sure the dealership staff and other customers would react the same
to me and my 12 year BMW as the folks at the Mercedes Dealership acted
when I brought in my then 15 year old 126 300SEL.
I went to the MB dealer in Springfield, Missouri a couple of times years
ago when I had my old 123 diesel with 400,000 plus miles. The service
department guys acted like I had dog crap on my shoes, but the parts guys
were friendly and always wanted to go out and check out the car. I
remember one time I was getting a rebuilt injector and the MB Zone rep
was there. The parts guy says, "Hey Jim, you have to go out and look at
this guys car!" The zone rep came out looked at it and wasn't all that
impressed. He told me I should trade it on one of the new diesels (which
was probably a 99 model year). Of course, he was about 35 years old, and
dressed in starched oxford and starch khakis. I doubt he had any idea
how many of those 123's were on the road.
Donald H. Snook
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