LA area dealers

[Bill 330i]

Helo all,
I recently moved to LA and am looking to get a new 330. I wanted to know if anyone had good experiences with a local dealer that they could recommend. I'm looking forward to being back in the BMW family!

Thanks!

[will-san]

Welcome to LA!

it's a big town, where will you be living/working?

I bought my 330i at Crevier (which is behind the orange curtain), dealership was great back when I bought my Z3 years ago but I was not real happy this time around. I will be looking for a new service center up in LA as soon as my Baby gets off the boat. I am leaning towards New Century in North Hollywood since I have had good experience with their parts Dept.

You have two considerations when looking for a dealer. The deal upfront (actually buying the car) and the service. It has been my experience that service is a little better if you use the same place you bought the car. So I would start with the dealer that is most conviently located and see what they are like, and then maybe move out from there.

I'll be currious to see what you come up with.

[ihavedrivenanm1]

Helo all,
I recently moved to LA and am looking to get a new 330. I wanted to know if anyone had good experiences with a local dealer that they could recommend. I'm looking forward to being back in the BMW family!

Thanks!

Looking for a BMW dealer in the L.A. area?

Uhh, there are about 30 of them. Where do you live? How far are you willing to drive? Where do you want to pay sales tax?

Living in Brentwood I have never been able to tell much qualitative difference between BMW of Santa Monica, BMW of Beverly Hills, Center, etc. They each have their pluses and minuses.

Given that BMWs tend to be in the shop more than your average Accord, I would choose the dealer nearest you…

[spaceman]

Helo all,
I recently moved to LA and am looking to get a new 330. I wanted to know if anyone had good experiences with a local dealer that they could recommend. I'm looking forward to being back in the BMW family!

Thanks!

Try Bob Smith BMW, I had a superb experience this June buying the E90 there. PM me and I will hook you up with my SA, Shelly.

[plenoach]

If you are in Orange County, I would highly recommend Fred in the internet dept. at Irvine BMW.

Very straight shooter, no BS guy.

-Peter

[boifromtroy]

I had a good experience buying at McKenna, but not-so-good getting it serviced at Beverly Hills.

My favorite was when two service advisors told me two conflicting stories (one: we can't fix this problem for some reason; the other: we can't isolate the problem, it must not be there) then they did not do the simplest of the three things I brought it in for.

[Bill 330i]

Thanks! I'll be living/working in Hollywood. When possible I like to buy my car from a dealer I will also go to for servicing, but otherwise it doesn't really matter too much. I figured on just hitting dealers that are close by but just wanted to see what experiences people had before I went out.

Welcome to LA!

it's a big town, where will you be living/working?

I bought my 330i at Crevier (which is behind the orange curtain), dealership was great back when I bought my Z3 years ago but I was not real happy this time around. I will be looking for a new service center up in LA as soon as my Baby gets off the boat. I am leaning towards New Century in North Hollywood since I have had good experience with their parts Dept.

You have two considerations when looking for a dealer. The deal upfront (actually buying the car) and the service. It has been my experience that service is a little better if you use the same place you bought the car. So I would start with the dealer that is most conviently located and see what they are like, and then maybe move out from there.

I'll be currious to see what you come up with.

[LA X3]

Had a great purchase experience with the Internet guys (Robert & Curtis) at Valencia BMW. I had very negative experiences at a couple of the other dealers named here -- guess it depends a lot on your individual salesman.

[Armen52]

I had a pretty much flawless buying experience with Serj Minasian at Pacific BMW in Glendale.

I don't know much else to say about it than that. Got the car a week ahead of schedule, at a great price, perfectly prepped, floor mats thrown in without asking, full tank of gas, and fully detailed. Don't know what else you could have.

I have zero experience with their service department since I moved out of LA shortly after I picked up the car.

[evangellydonut]

let's see... when i was looking for a E90, I specifically wnted a stick shift 330i, so I found something like 27 dealers in the LA/Orange/SD county and called up all of them. Found 6, 4 of which were sitting in SD's dealers (I guess more boring conservatives in SD makes it a lower demand on the sticks? I'm from SD, so I can trash talk 'bout the city :-P). I had an excellent experience dealing with Continental Motors down in Oceanside! (one of those no hassle small dealers) Got my 330i w/titanium metallic silver, premium and sports package for $43k otd. (Edmund's TMR price for Santa Monica's $40729, or ~$44417 otd)