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<blockquote data-quote="karstenp" data-source="post: 926338" data-attributes="member: 19112"><p>Tom,</p><p></p><p>Great to bump into you at the show.... never did see Pam.</p><p></p><p>Great show. Most entertaining was my discussion with a BMW sales rep. I was checking out the 2012 1200RT (very nice) and I overheard some sales rep badmouthing the reliability of the FJR and ST and indicating that the engines lasted only 60,000kms (~40,000 miles)while saying that BMWs seldom had problems and would regularly go 1,000,000 miles with only routine maintenance. Now, don't get me wrong... I love BMWs, but when I heard that B.S. spoken, I had to call him out on it. We ended up having 20 minutes of colourful dialoque.</p><p></p><p>One thing that really turns me off are salesman that bad mouth other brands to sell rather than selling their brands based on their own merit. When I mentioned the known final drive issues on the BMWs, he proceeded to try to educate me that final drive issue was internet B.S. and he had never actually heard of or seen a final drive failure. Interesting, as I have several friends who have had failures and one who experienced 3 failures.... Just makes me wonder if any words coming out of this guys mouth was the truth..... Made a mental note never to buy a bike from Newmarket BMW....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="karstenp, post: 926338, member: 19112"] Tom, Great to bump into you at the show.... never did see Pam. Great show. Most entertaining was my discussion with a BMW sales rep. I was checking out the 2012 1200RT (very nice) and I overheard some sales rep badmouthing the reliability of the FJR and ST and indicating that the engines lasted only 60,000kms (~40,000 miles)while saying that BMWs seldom had problems and would regularly go 1,000,000 miles with only routine maintenance. Now, don't get me wrong... I love BMWs, but when I heard that B.S. spoken, I had to call him out on it. We ended up having 20 minutes of colourful dialoque. One thing that really turns me off are salesman that bad mouth other brands to sell rather than selling their brands based on their own merit. When I mentioned the known final drive issues on the BMWs, he proceeded to try to educate me that final drive issue was internet B.S. and he had never actually heard of or seen a final drive failure. Interesting, as I have several friends who have had failures and one who experienced 3 failures.... Just makes me wonder if any words coming out of this guys mouth was the truth..... Made a mental note never to buy a bike from Newmarket BMW.... [/QUOTE]
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