very good idea before taking car into BMW

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 05:22 PM

so i have about 36 miles to an empty tank and i have to take my car in tomorrow for service..

in the morning i have class which is about 14 miles round trip so i was thinking i shouldnt fill up so if they want to take my car on a joyride, they'll see it doesn't have much gas (<20 by the time i take it in tomorrow for service) and they'll leave it in the shop!

cuz i remember a couple weeks ago someone posted about their car being taken out for a possible joyride so this is how im going to prevent that! :rocks:

Ascension · 06-27-2007, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by pjkilz

so i have about 36 miles to an empty tank and i have to take my car in tomorrow for service..

in the morning i have class which is about 14 miles round trip so i was thinking i shouldnt fill up so if they want to take my car on a joyride, they'll see it doesn't have much gas (<20 by the time i take it in tomorrow for service) and they'll leave it in the shop!

cuz i remember a couple weeks ago someone posted about their car being taken out for a possible joyride so this is how im going to prevent that! :rocks:

You are smarter than a 5th grader

HyperM3 · 06-27-2007, 05:27 PM

Hope theres a gas station on your way home from the dealer genius.

shadowcoder · 06-27-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by pjkilz

so i have about 36 miles to an empty tank and i have to take my car in tomorrow for service..

in the morning i have class which is about 14 miles round trip so i was thinking i shouldnt fill up so if they want to take my car on a joyride, they'll see it doesn't have much gas (<20 by the time i take it in tomorrow for service) and they'll leave it in the shop!

cuz i remember a couple weeks ago someone posted about their car being taken out for a possible joyride so this is how im going to prevent that! :rocks:

That's naive thinking...

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 05:32 PM

wow im hating the sarcasm from all you guys lol.. i was jus giving some ppl some ideas because a lot of people hav so many things on their mind, they dont think of this

jus tryin to save ur car from havin sooo many more miles after comin back from the dealer =/

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Originally Posted by HyperM3

Hope theres a gas station on your way home from the dealer genius.

the dealer is 2 miles away from me genius

BMXtreme · 06-27-2007, 05:32 PM

bring some gas with u when picking up

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BMXtreme

bring some gas with u when picking up

haha.. lets hope they fill it up for me!

scottp999 · 06-27-2007, 05:34 PM

The St(d)ealer has gas at their site, it won't take them long to put in a couple gallons and all go to lunch in your car.

HyperM3 · 06-27-2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by pjkilz

the dealer is 2 miles away from me genius

Better hope they dont joyride for 7 miles then!

nimamilani · 06-27-2007, 05:37 PM

what? you need to find yourself a girl man and stop thinking about irrelevant stuff

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by HyperM3

Better hope they dont joyride for 7 miles then!

?

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by scottp999

The St(d)ealer has gas at their site, it won't take them long to put in a couple gallons and all go to lunch in your car.

nice.. they'll fill it up for me!

achien · 06-27-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by pjkilz

nice.. they'll fill it up for me!

yes, with ethanol and screw up your fuel pump...

Revlis · 06-27-2007, 05:52 PM

I will write down my mileage on a business card, and stick it in the dash...

As if to say, I know my miles... I also write down this number and keep it in my wallet.

Have never had any joyriding problems though I do wonder WHY my Trip OD gets reset...

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by achien

yes, with ethanol and screw up your fuel pump...

wow how many times does someone hav to say this, you can put ethanol in ur tank! plus when BMW writes somethin like this, they are not gona put ethanol themselves in their own kind of cars.. its jus not gona happen.... sorry

HyperM3 · 06-27-2007, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by pjkilz

?

Do the math in your original post.

AndreyATC · 06-27-2007, 05:54 PM

There is about 2 gallon reserve to give you another about 30-40 mil after it says 000

John 070 · 06-27-2007, 06:01 PM

You could always squeeze cheese into the dakota leathered sport seats right before taking it in. That way the tech will want to spend as little time in the cabin as possible and just service it and go onto the next vehicle. The downside is your new car smell will be gone.

pjkilz · 06-27-2007, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by HyperM3

Do the math in your original post.

that makes NO sense but sure?

canucklion · 06-27-2007, 06:45 PM

this whole thread makes no sense

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Originally Posted by pjkilz

that makes NO sense but sure?

doubleapex · 06-27-2007, 06:52 PM

service techs taking cust cars joyriding is more akin to urban legend than reality. come on...why would a tech risk loosing their 100k job to joyride in a car they've been inside of thousands of times?!

also, if they really wanted to go 'joy riding' they just need to add a few gallons to your tank from the dealership gas pump.

Placey · 06-27-2007, 06:56 PM

Joyrides dont happen w/ customer cars as i have seen at the several dealers i've worked at.... that's what CPO and Demo's are for....
however, as part of a service, the vehicles are supposed to be driven to be sure that the vehicle doesnt have any suspension noises, accelleration problems and such.
the odometer being reset, thats just from someone resetting your service data, as it's done through the odometer reset button, and most of the time, if not timed correctly will reset the trip odometer.
another reason joyrides arent done in customer cars, cops tend to not deal with cars that have dealer plates.
if you go in for a complaint, there will be miles added because the car needs to be test driven
if you go in for a service other than brakes, typically the technician wont care to test drive the car, its a waste of time for them and time is money.

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