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      07-25-2010, 04:33 PM   #1
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Question Rust on a 2 year old BMW 325d

Well yesterday I was at the dealers keen as mustard to pick up the 08 plate 325d I had just bought.

As we looked around the car that had done 43k and to be honest looks brand new bar a stone chip or two I was impressed with the car and then the wife spotted on the A-Pillar rust bubbling under the paint

On speaking to the dealer at his desk I didn't believe me at all, he said 2 year old BMWs don't Rust, I told him that I wasn't happy and to have a look himself.

He went to inspect the car with the 3 others, as they came back I was expecting him to give me some excuse, but to my shock he agreed with me and said that was unacceptable.

I was prepared to walk away from the deal as I still had a part-ex to go home in, the patch is as big as half a finger nail, He offered to have it fixed FOC and offered some money back and a free service.

In all my years of owning new cars (15), I have never known a dealer to be so helpful. We both know I could reject the car but its that nice I have decided to keep it.

My Question is has anyone ever heard of something like this happening?


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      07-25-2010, 04:41 PM   #2
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Yes it's been painted. Probably due to accident damage.
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      07-25-2010, 04:45 PM   #3
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Not where this is, the car would have been a write off

All checks done and this car hasn't been smacked or I would have run away from it.
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Checks only reveal damage repaired through insurance. Could have had it's window smashed in.
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if i was buying this car i would want a big chunk of money knocked off or walk away plenty of cars about
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It probably had a whole front end and blended up
that far
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Safe to say if factory painted
it wouldn't have rusted this QuickLy
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      07-25-2010, 04:59 PM   #8
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Amazing what they can do these days to wrecked cars.
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HPI means fuck all. Still could ave been through a lampnpost
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Cut and shut without a doubt. Did you check foe weld lines under the car?
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and the rusty hubs is a dead give away
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Good point. I remember working in London and seeing a cut
and shut in action from a bridge. I think I still have the footage somewhere
on an old phone.
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      07-26-2010, 03:24 AM   #13
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lol Trust me its not a cut and shut and yes I know HPIs aren't perfect either. My dad was a mechanic for over 30 years and I have picked up a thing or two over the years the place where this is by the windscreen, so I was wondering if the water had collected in the seem of the window and the body work.

I have seen this type of thing happen on other makes of cars, even from new where the rear window is not mounted correctly on a car and the water gets trapped between the glass and the bodywork and causes the same issue.
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I had same thing on my E46 bubble on the A pillar, probably a stone chip. In my case a bad repair from when preivous owner changed the windscreen and fitters proabbly damaged it.
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I had same thing on my E46 bubble on the A pillar, probably a stone chip. In my case a bad repair from when preivous owner changed the windscreen and fitters proabbly damaged it.
To be honest thats what I was thinking, The main dealer is going to fix it next week, despite the problem I am loving the car
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Check the roof hasn't been off and welded back on.
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Check the roof hasn't been off and welded back on.
Yep, I have heard of that one before. To a brand new car also. in 99.
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One person is joking here and the other isn't.
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Check the roof hasn't been off and welded back on.
Would explain it

I'd burn it and buy another
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Why not get hold of the previous owners details and contact them and ask.
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Why not get hold of the previous owners details and contact them and ask.
They died in the crash, tragic I know!
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They died in the crash, tragic I know!
Probably some teeth and skull bone still under the seat.
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