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Old 05-29-2011, 12:39 AM   #31
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What the heck does UGDO mean?
Universal Garage Door Opener.

Here's my article on waterproofing a BMW UGDO to work in my Atom.

Between the seats in the center console:



UGDO guts potted with electronic epoxy:

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Old 05-29-2011, 09:25 AM   #32
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Congrats on the new car ... time might feel slow but it will be here before you know it.
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Old 05-29-2011, 09:51 AM   #33
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Dibs when you sell.

Oh wait, you run over rocks and stuff. Never mind.


Missed this one before. That's what I'm keeping the mini for. By the time I sell it, it will probably be basically new, with everything replaced. Maybe you'll want to buy that one. It's a great city beater.
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Old 06-09-2011, 12:58 PM   #34
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Saw a silver one yesterday near Beaverton OR, yesterday.

You suck Plaz, 1M looks sharp in person
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Old 06-09-2011, 01:17 PM   #35
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I thought it was only available in black, white and orange.
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Old 06-09-2011, 01:18 PM   #36
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I thought it was only available in black, white and orange.
good catch
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Old 06-09-2011, 01:46 PM   #37
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poser in OR I guess, it was my wife who first noticed the M badge
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Old 06-09-2011, 03:13 PM   #38
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Old 06-14-2011, 09:42 PM   #39
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Motherfucking cocksucking shitlicking douchenozzle scumbag piece of shit dealer is trying to take back my allocation.

They gave me a production number the day after I ordered. The car is already in fucking production, and associated with my bmwusa.com account. Friday, I notice online that the color and options are incorrect. Call them up, they say they'll look into it. After daily pestering, they try to tell me today that the "production schedule has shifted, and you'll get yours in September."

Bull fucking shit. They took the allocation away. I went down there tonight to talk to the manager about it, and he finally admitted the district manager "VP" (ooh!) wants my car, in orange, so they can bolt on BMW Performance parts and sell it off the floor at a huge markup. Fuck you! A deal's a deal!

I eventually got the manager to pretend to agree with my point of view on this, but he said he couldn't change the order without the district manager's go-ahead. So I have to take time away from work tomorrow morning to go down there and fucking pester his ass.

I have an e-paper trail of the dealer giving me the production number, and screenshots of the production number linked to my account, but little else other than a record of them taking my deposit. I don't think I'd have much legal recourse should they decide to continue to screw me, but it's probably enough that if I wanted to drop a few thou making their lives miserable with subpoenas I could do it.

Goddamn it. I wish I could just get my deposit back and go to another dealer, but the allocations are all fucking gone now. Assholes!
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sorry, Plaz.
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