[LEDZEP]

You asked for it....

[LEDZEP]

Here's more of a "girl next door" look...

[Robin_NL]

thanx Ledzep. I love darkhaired ladies in general

[StewtheBassman]

"Gonna buy me a Mercury and Cruise it on down the road!"

[StewtheBassman]

Hey that's my wife!!!!!!!!!!!!

Maybe that'll get you Montrealers out ot my area for our meet!

LedZep, you are a dedicated and resourceful person.

[viperssd]

at the Spartansburg plant, all the cars in the parking lot were either bimmers or about 10y/o

[StewtheBassman]

My first lesson ever in sales was:

Use The Product.


If I were the Boss, I would take all my salespeople on drive events to get them acquainted with the finer features and capabilities of the cars.

I use the investment products that I recommend to my clients, better believe that.

[Scott Carpenter]

Originally Posted by SCA

At my local BMW dealer, the sales reps that meet their sales quote get a demo. All the managers drive demos. Most of the Techs drive BMWs, they are older though, but still nevertheless a BMW.

Right on...
There are only one or two of use that drive new BMW's BMW employees really don't make that kind of money to own one anyway. If i didn't have income from something else i wouldn't be driveing my BMW now.

[ABR]

Originally Posted by StewtheBassman

My first lesson ever in sales was:

Use The Product.


If I were the Boss, I would take all my salespeople on drive events to get them acquainted with the finer features and capabilities of the cars.

I use the investment products that I recommend to my clients, better believe that.

So, true. While shopping around at Lexus, Infinity and Acura, I noticed that sales people have no clue about competing products. Some comments were totally of the mark.

[silverado]

Originally Posted by Robin Hood

Guys, do you have a pic of the Mercury + girl advert.

Please please please!

Apparently her name is Jill Wagner. Go to the following link and scroll down a bit for a few photos including two from the commercials. After looking at these however, I must say she looks a lot hotter when she's moving and talking!

http://cbkworld.blogspot.com/2005_06...d_archive.html

[StewtheBassman]

Originally Posted by silverado

Apparently her name is Jill Wagner. Go to the following link and scroll down a bit for a few photos including two from the commercials. After looking at these however, I must say she looks a lot hotter when she's moving and talking!

http://cbkworld.blogspot.com/2005_06...d_archive.html

Ain't that the truth!!

[govtec]

that's the chix that's in punk'd! i knew she looked familiar when it first aired. she's not bad, but i am a lindsay lohan buff

[JonnyCrash]

Originally Posted by silverado

Apparently her name is Jill Wagner. Go to the following link and scroll down a bit for a few photos including two from the commercials. After looking at these however, I must say she looks a lot hotter when she's moving and talking!

http://cbkworld.blogspot.com/2005_06...d_archive.html

They typically do. That's why I broke up with my inflate-a-date...

[nyyankee]

Originally Posted by LEDZEP

You asked for it....

[sarafil]

It really depends...

I'd say our dealership is pretty decent in the "percentage of employees with BMWs" rating.

-All 5 service advisors own "recent" BMWs... the oldest is a '97 328is, the newest a '05 530i.
-Many of our service techs have BMWs... E36 M3s, a couple E30s, E39s, and an E38.
-Parts Manager has an E46 coupe
-All of our more senior sales people (read: more established, more steady income, etc.) drive BMWs... some purchased, some leased through the special BMWNA/BMWFS reward program.
-Most of our newer sales people have identified a strong interest in getting a BMW in the near future, and I think many will actually get one.
-I drive an E46 daily and have an E90 and X3 in the household

We sell multiple luxury brands, and I'm sure that our store has the highest percentage of owners. I think some of our other brands suffer because their employees don't believe in the product (in other words, the reason they don't drive one is not because of price... they drive other "equally pricey" cars from other manufacturers.)

[StewtheBassman]

Very interesting Sarafil.....that must be a busy dealership with all those enthusiasts working there!

[lux.sh]

Originally Posted by StewtheBassman

Use The Product.

If I were the Boss, I would take all my salespeople on drive events to get them acquainted with the finer features and capabilities of the cars.

Very well said.

One of the main reason why I basically believed most of the things my salesman said was because he knew well about the E90. I did tons of research about E90 and went over many of its main features before I went to the dealership to buy the car. My salesman told me everything that I learned, never said a single thing wrong. At that point, I knew I could trust him regarding all these bmw information.

Not to mention when I asked him about Lexus IS350(wanted to see his response. I would've been disappointed if he just discredited the IS350 for no reason), he simply said "Great value and a great car. Its no BMW, but a great car." and smiled.

He drives a 5 series btw. I am glad my first buying experience with BMW was great. (except for front license plate hassle, which my salesman worked it out with me later. no big deal though)

[THE JEDI]

Hmm I sell bimmers and I drive one....my wife gets sick on me talking about bimmers....but man she loves that new 5series, shes not crazy about the new 3 but likes the z4 and loves the x-3, but i hate salespeoeple who have no enthusiams for their product......it's like not liking ya wife....dude you chose her like ya chose ya job....love it or leave it....hahahahaha

[F32Fleet]

Tech at my dealership drive pickups or small imports. Now is I swing by BMWNA's South Eastern division you see plenty of BMWs. Infact ALL BMW's.

[MCS]

My dealer owns/leases a 5. A lot of the dealerships nowdays are parts of larger dealership conglomerates that own BMW/Merc/Audis/Infinities/etc. My old service coordinator in NY owned a Merc that he bought at one of the family dealerships.

My old consulting gig brought me to the same location in Northern NJ where the Merc Benz and BMW North American headquarters - Woodcliff Lake, NJ. There were some awfully nice cars parked/driving around the area. We spotted the 3 and the 6 before they officially hit the dealership - all with Manufacturer's plates. I heard that all the corporate employees get very nice lease and insurance deals.