BMW dealership wrecks m5
09-03-2010, 09:34 AM
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What do you expect? Many dealerships hire 19-23 year olds as lot porters and detail/clean-up kids. I am also seeing younger and younger technicians replacing retiring ones.For some of these kids, working at a high line dealership is like being unsupervised in a candy store. It isn't entirely the dealerships fault because the fact is lot porter and detail jobs do not pay that great. Dealerships are forced to hire people willing to work these jobs and unfortunately they often are not the most responsible people.
You would like to think all mechanics and technicians would have the same reverence for cars that we do. Sadly the enticement to mash the throttle on other peoples' cars is just too great.
But again, there is only so much a dealership owner can do. Porters have to move cars around and technicians have to do diagnostic test drives. But you should note that dealership insurance companies run motor vehicle records on all driving employees every year. Unacceptable drivers are forced to sign exclusionary documents. Employees are also supposed to follow written test drive routes if the dealership has a management team with half a brain.
09-03-2010, 12:07 PM
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Wrecking it isn't such a surprise but lying about what happened and trying to cheat the owner are just absurd. Wonder whose decision that was to try cheating the owner? Sales manager, general manager, store owner?
09-03-2010, 12:22 PM
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dude, when the seats and steering wheel were stolen out of my s (which happened twice btw), the bill was around $14K IIRC.
All the expensive moving parts at the front of an M5...it wouldn't surprise me if it was assessed at $30k in damage and actually cost $45 when all said and done.
All the expensive moving parts at the front of an M5...it wouldn't surprise me if it was assessed at $30k in damage and actually cost $45 when all said and done.
09-03-2010, 08:27 PM
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Originally Posted by OverBooster,Sep 3 2010, 10:34 AM
What do you expect? Many dealerships hire 19-23 year olds as lot porters and detail/clean-up kids. I am also seeing younger and younger technicians replacing retiring ones.For some of these kids, working at a high line dealership is like being unsupervised in a candy store. It isn't entirely the dealerships fault because the fact is lot porter and detail jobs do not pay that great. Dealerships are forced to hire people willing to work these jobs and unfortunately they often are not the most responsible people.
You would like to think all mechanics and technicians would have the same reverence for cars that we do. Sadly the enticement to mash the throttle on other peoples' cars is just too great.
But again, there is only so much a dealership owner can do. Porters have to move cars around and technicians have to do diagnostic test drives. But you should note that dealership insurance companies run motor vehicle records on all driving employees every year. Unacceptable drivers are forced to sign exclusionary documents. Employees are also supposed to follow written test drive routes if the dealership has a management team with half a brain.
