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      07-03-2019, 10:09 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Daleyplanit View Post
We used Swap-a-Lease to find the car. They did help the "seller" get organized" but it was really up to us to navigate with BMW and then NYSDMV. It cost $40 to register and get seller's contact info. for the buyer there's really no benefit to using the service other than finding seller info.

Two things that we learned:

1) our DMV was perplexed and I had to walk them through all the documents
2) the warranty did not transfer.
#1 is not surprising. DMVs don't recruit from the deep end of the pool.
#2 is a bit misleading. BMW warranty stays with the car for 4 years / 50K miles. BMW Service maintenance program does not, as it is non-trasferable (post 2015 or 2016 model year):
https://www.bmwusa.com/explore/bmw-v...onditions.html



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Originally Posted by Daleyplanit View Post
When we asked our local BMW about this they said "should have let us handle it" except we tried to work with the seller's BMW dealer and they wanted no part of it. didn't want to inspect or anything.

Was saving the $1000 down worth it? We'll see at turn in. So far a brake flush cost $175.
There was nothing for the dealer to "handle" - Service warranty is not transferable.
For future reference, $175 for brake flush is kinda rich, and you may want to consider shopping around for service from independent garages.

Personally, I would NEVER take my cars to a BMW dealer for any service that is not free!

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