Update on Italian who destroyed his M6 in front of the IAA

"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
09/17/2013 at 16:13 • Filed to: BMW

Remember the disgruntled Italian who destroyed the former car of his dreams in front of the IAA in Frankfurt to prostest BMW reimbursement policy, or polar bears, or something?

http://jalopnik.com/spurned-bmw-ow…

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Not only is he planning on repairing it and then destroying it in Berlin in front of the Bundestag again. (As if they give an eff!) Turns out that, technically speaking, it's not even his car. It's on lease! He has to give it back to BMW in tip-top shape, or he will be charged dearly. Good luck with that!

DISCUSSION (16)

Jagvar > Klaus Schmoll
09/17/2013 at 16:15

Since it's a 2008 BMW, I'm guessing he has more than a 5-year lease? That's a long lease term.

hollanddjw 1 > Klaus Schmoll
09/17/2013 at 16:15

Typical...it's a lease.

ddavidn > Klaus Schmoll
09/17/2013 at 16:15

If he doesn't, BMW will really lay the hammer down on him.

Klaus Schmoll > Jagvar
09/17/2013 at 16:16

Maybe he did what my stepdad always does, leasing a car that just came out of a lease?

Jagvar > Klaus Schmoll
09/17/2013 at 16:21

Wow, I didn't even know you could do that.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Klaus Schmoll
09/17/2013 at 16:32

I've always said people beat the shit out of lease cars and you should never buy a car previously leased...

Raphael Orlove > Klaus Schmoll
09/17/2013 at 16:41

where'd you see that he has to return it in good shape?

Klaus Schmoll > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner
09/17/2013 at 16:57

Not over here, they will charge you dearly for every scratch and/or stain/tear in the seats etc.

Also, a friend of mine who has a degree in cybernetics, and now works in R/D at BMW in Munich (bastard is drifting i8s around the arctic circle and stuff like that), bought an ex-rental Ford Focus a few years ago. He says that modern engine mangement systems protect the engine from actual physical damage by, let's say hooning a cold engine or something. They buy them wholesale, run them for about six months, and sell them wholesale before the first service is due. The cars then get a full makeover, mechanically and optically. Go to auction, and you can finally buy then from dealers with a warranty for 2/3 or less of the original sticker price, and that's for a 6 months old car with around 10-15K Kms. He knows his cars, he did that willingly, so even those can't be that bad.

Compared to that, lease cars are pampered babies.

Klaus Schmoll > Raphael Orlove
09/17/2013 at 16:59

The ugly hell-hole called Bild.de.

I'll get you the link in a minute.