Which One III? Part 6 - Collection at MINI, Mabohai

Woohoo!  Finally the car was ready for pick-up!  Big thanks to Virginia, our salesperson for handling the JPD matter professionally!  She had a bit of trouble registrating the car because of the wheels which was not in the specification. Cut the story short, she managed to get our car registered and engraved!

When we reached the showroom around 3pm, our Countryman S was already sitting in the delivery garage waiting to be deliver to us.  I took some quick shots with our Boxster S.  Now we have two "S" models in our garage!

Behind my wife while driving home~

More update on our Mini Cooper S Countryman in my future post.  This will also be the last post for "Which One III?".  Thanks for reading!

Which One III? Part 5 - The Wait

 

Today, I drove pass QAF to check on my MINI Countryman S.  As you can see from the above picture it is sitting there together with other BMW that is also awaiting for delivery.  I was told tomorrow is the day where my car will be register and I pray that everything will be fine and smooth.  

The car had been cleaned up, polished and waxed as you can see from the below picture.  The new registration number is also up.  All it needs now is the key to be handed to me and I am officially the happiest man for this week.

Which One III? Part 4 - Introducing my No.4, MINI Countryman S

Introducing our rides No.4, the MINI COUNTRYMAN S!!!  Here are some pictures taken off at QAF BMW last week when the car was freshly unloaded into the stock yard.  The car as you can see is still at its pre-delivery state.  I was told the car will be preparing for registration next week.  So for now just enjoy the pictures and I will have more up-to-date news for you readers soon.

True Blue with White Roof Top

Which One III? Part 4 - No.4 has Landed!

Woohoo!  No.4 has finally landed!  Just received a call from our new salesperson that our car has arrived in QAF showroom!  It is now awaiting for PDI and after that it will be heading straight to Mequiar's for washing and polishing!  In the mean time, she will be handling my new tendered licence plate number.

I thought the car will be delay till August.  Phew~! Judging from the picture I am sure a lot of people will know what car this is.  Let's hope the car will come out next week. Hehe

Which One III? Part 3 - Decision Made!

Good morning readers!  This will be a short post.  As you know, I deposited BND$1000.00 to QAF BMW for the BMW 1-Series 118i.  After all the drama that has happened, we were told to either forfeit the BND$1000 deposit or change to another model within QAF range. Obviously we are are not going to waste our thousand bucks!

After a long discussion with my wife, we had decided to use the deposit for another model and already had the deposit transferred to another salesperson.  Expected arrival date is some where near late July or August.  Sigh!  More waiting!  We had waited a total of 6 months if this new car does arrive in August!!

Which one is our chosen car?  
The next post on "Which One III?" will be the time you get to see our new car :)

Which One III? Part 2 - Ride No.4 Cancelled !!!

Hi again readers,  today is a very angry day for me!  I had some issue with the BMW salesperson and had decided to cancel the car. 

WHY DID I CANCEL????

Let's just say the salesman is incompetent and all he cares about is making that sales for his commission. For a marque like BMW, you would expect excellent services to live up to that brand name but all I got was the opposite of that.  I will withhold this salesperson name but if you must know who he is please do email me.  I will not recommend him to anyone!!!

Firstly I will let you guys know what car I had booked back in March.  It was the latest BMW 1-Series 118i.  Upon booking the car, we were told to pick our exterior and interior colors.  We had picked White exterior color with Red leather interior(just like the one below).  The price mentioned to me was $55,800.  Expecting to arrive in July 2012.  I tried to bargain for some discount on the car but the salesperson insist that the price is an offer price and they usually do not give discount.  In my opinion, it is always up to the salesperson to offer the discount.  There is no such thing as "NO DISCOUNT!!!!".  I decided not to argue too much with him about the cost as he was very hard-headed.

In May this year, I dropped my Porsche for general services and decided to pop into BMW next door.  I met my BMW salesperson and he briefly said to me...

"There is a bump in price of $800.00 in the BMW 1-Series I booked.  Everyone who had booked the 1-Series had been notified and I was about to notify you". 

I said to myself "WTF???? You are "about" to notify me??? What kind of excuses is this?!"

I decided not to be mad or angry as it was only a small matter.  I was told the reason for the increase in prices is that they had upgraded all 1-Series wheels in this shipment from 17" to 18" in size.  Not a bad things to be angry at.

Late last month(June), I went to QAF BMW again to check on the status of the arrival of my 1-SERIES.  My salesperson again assured me that it will be arriving early of July.  So I mentioned about the price because I need him to prepare finances for the car. 

He then said to me "The car cost $55,800 plus the increase of $800 and not inclusive of insurance as the price was a "SHOWROOM PRICE".

Upon hearing that sentence I got real mad and this time I shooted back at him and said "Why is the price not covered with insurance?  I never bought a car in my life that has no insurance included! Even my Porsche has insurance covered when I bought it new and is from QAF!".
 

The insurance cost only $1200 but I really find it ridiculous to pay my own insurance for my own brand new car. My new Dodge Journey is inclusive of insurance!!!! So as my Porsche...Peugeot...Lexus and Nissan!!!!  So to cut the story short, the hard-headed salesperson stood his ground and won't budge on including the insurance.

I contacted the BMW Sales Manager and voiced out my experiences with this salesperson.  The BMW Sales Manager was at one point helpful but the final decision by his upper management really turn the experience of buying a car from QAF BMW to a hell hole shit damn fxxk experience. 

The following day, the salesperson contacted me again and said "Have you decided to buy the car?  Because if you don't want the car then I can let go the car to our waiting list customer" 

At this point my answer was "I am not interested in getting that car from you anymore."  and that was the last of our final conversation.  The conversation was like telling me "Either you buy or fxxk off!"

I am very frustrated right now as I had waited 4 months for nothing!!!  My wife was pretty much as mad as me when heard about this matter.  I learned my lesson big time from this hell experience! The next time when I am purchasing a brand new car, I will make sure every words coming out of a salesperson had to be written in black/white paper.  What ever deal they promised, at least I had the black/white to back it up in case they decided to turn the table around.

Which One III? Part 1 - Search for Ride No.4

"Which One III?" is coming!

Hi again readers, I have a good news to share!  I am getting my car No.4!!! As you know, my wife had been commuting using my Daihatsu Materia before it was sold.  There is no doubt how good the car was.  Big space and cool design.  I like the car a lot and had a few modifications to it. The only problem was it was seriously under-power.  The 1.5litre (103hp) banger really can't do jack shit.  LOL. It takes forever to reach high speed on highway.

So in February 2012,  I decided to look for a new car to replace the Daihatsu Materia. My top priority were MINI COOPER S and new VW BEETLE as both are my wife two favorite cars.  But as our family are growing, looking into a sportscar is not possible.  We already has one child and another expecting very soon ^_^, so timing is not right for a 2-door coupe given I already have 2 sports car in my garage!

 I am a big fan of Hyundai Veloster.  One of the coolest car I ever seen in 2012!  Really loaded with options and very affordable too!

My wife favorite car!


Soon to be released in 2013,  new A-class!

At the end of a long husband and wife discussion, we had concluded for a small to medium size car.  It can be a 4 door saloon, wagon or hatch. It will be solely for the purpose of my wife usage to work. A lot of models was put on the table for serious consideration, but final decision was confirmed when we went to QAF Auto Sdn Bhd.  Yeap, we went back to the same showroom where we bought our first Porsche.  I can tell you we didn't get another Porsche.  How I wish!!!  Instead, we went to the other showroom of QAF!

While we were at the other showroom,  one particular model caught our attention.  It was within our budget and also suited my wife daily needs. We booked the car immediately with deposit(receipt shown below), the only problem was the model was already sold out and we have to wait for four months for the next shipment to arrive. Picture below is the deposit slip which we paid dated 2 March 2012, way before I sold my Daihatsu Materia and of course before the major accident in my Peugeot.

The new car is expected to arrive somewhere around July.  I will update again when the car is here!  I am so excited for the arrival of my ride No.4!

Will update soon!