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<blockquote data-quote="lewint" data-source="post: 392055" data-attributes="member: 16863"><p>Well for BMW Malaysia's sake, I do hope they sort out their "issues" which are aplenty from the looks of it judging from all the comments made by various clearly unhappy forumers on this thread. </p><p></p><p>And yes, I too do not buy the "capacity" issue which is their age old standard excuse. I mean you can get away with it for a couple of years. But three years or more is just inexcusable. What, they mean to tell you that they don't plan ahead and that no solutions are formulated to address their shortcomings? Year after year? Only in Malaysia do we put up with this bullcrap after spending a quarter of a million dollars or more for NO service.</p><p></p><p>I am sure there is the issue of BMW's "local" partner too. Suspect quality of locally assembled cars for one. I think if they can improve this, there will be much less issues with the cars, which in turn would mean that their "capacity" issue would be, well a non-issue! Nip the problem in the bud.</p><p></p><p>Oh well, while they take another 3 or 4 years to sort themselves out (here's hoping they will), all we can do is vote with our feet. Want to get a 320i? Get the Audi A4 1.8T instead. Thinking of the 325i M-Sport? Get the C230 Avantgarde instead. Much newer cars than the dated E90.</p><p></p><p>But there isn't that "feeling" you say! Well it passes, it did for me and I don't regret my decision one bit. </p><p></p><p>Sure the C230's 7G tranny is a little jerky, the steering is too light (good for parking tho), the engine howls instead of screams when pushed and well, its a Mercedes (zzzzz). But its still a great drive and it also has this Sports button (which I like to call the "BMW" button) where once turned on, firms up the suspension, tightens the steering and the gear ratio is smaller (in a way which you will be able to feel). Which becomes all BMW like save for the howling instead of the screaming engine.</p><p></p><p>And by the time you need to swap your cars out, the next gen 3 series (LCI even) should be out and about and you can rekindle your love with BMW. But in between, you have hassle (ish) free motoring!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lewint, post: 392055, member: 16863"] Well for BMW Malaysia's sake, I do hope they sort out their "issues" which are aplenty from the looks of it judging from all the comments made by various clearly unhappy forumers on this thread. And yes, I too do not buy the "capacity" issue which is their age old standard excuse. I mean you can get away with it for a couple of years. But three years or more is just inexcusable. What, they mean to tell you that they don't plan ahead and that no solutions are formulated to address their shortcomings? Year after year? Only in Malaysia do we put up with this bullcrap after spending a quarter of a million dollars or more for NO service. I am sure there is the issue of BMW's "local" partner too. Suspect quality of locally assembled cars for one. I think if they can improve this, there will be much less issues with the cars, which in turn would mean that their "capacity" issue would be, well a non-issue! Nip the problem in the bud. Oh well, while they take another 3 or 4 years to sort themselves out (here's hoping they will), all we can do is vote with our feet. Want to get a 320i? Get the Audi A4 1.8T instead. Thinking of the 325i M-Sport? Get the C230 Avantgarde instead. Much newer cars than the dated E90. But there isn't that "feeling" you say! Well it passes, it did for me and I don't regret my decision one bit. Sure the C230's 7G tranny is a little jerky, the steering is too light (good for parking tho), the engine howls instead of screams when pushed and well, its a Mercedes (zzzzz). But its still a great drive and it also has this Sports button (which I like to call the "BMW" button) where once turned on, firms up the suspension, tightens the steering and the gear ratio is smaller (in a way which you will be able to feel). Which becomes all BMW like save for the howling instead of the screaming engine. And by the time you need to swap your cars out, the next gen 3 series (LCI even) should be out and about and you can rekindle your love with BMW. But in between, you have hassle (ish) free motoring! [/QUOTE]
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