DownTime wrote in news:ds-
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By the way, I had also recently received an email notice from the BMW
dealership stating that use of ethanol products in my M3 could
contribute to invalidating the warranty.

Stay tuned...



FANTASTIC! You need to read this FEDERAL LAW very carefully!

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/.../warranty.shtm
FTC booklet to business....everyone should read it.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch50.html
The whole law...written in plain English you can understand.

You might be interested in reading 2302 (c) on:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15...2----000-.html
which tells them they CANNOT specify brand or trade name for anything
for your M3 unless they are willing to PROVIDE IT FOR THE LIFE OF THE
PRODUCT.

That's why your car manual doesn't force you to run only genuine BMW
lube oil at $39/quart.....That's against the law.

I'd like to see their stance on fuel tested in front of an
administrative law judge. That might be fun to watch. They CAN, by the
way, apply to the FTC for a waiver, but I bet this is just trying to
weasle out of the warranty and a waiver does not exist. Call the FTC
and tell them what BMW sent you and ask them if they gave BMW a waiver
from the Magnusson Moss Warranty Protection Act 15USC50 2302(c)
provision.....




I sent back a Yamaha GP1200 defective PWC in 1997 under 2304(a)(4) when
they couldn't or wouldn't fix its many problems. Yamaha's Lorrie
Combelick, the big cheeze in warranty service, told me, "Larry, there's
no way we're EVER going to take back that boat!", the last time she
talked to me. She was wrong!....(c; I returned it to the letter of the
law after dicking around with their crooked dealer all summer, here, and
simply returned their defective product for a full refund, by refusing
to pay for it to the credit company. We tried for months to get them to
sue us or ruin my spotless credit rating. My attorney wanted a new
beach house on the Isle of Palms. I had my eye on that pretty gold
colored Mercedes C-class sedan, at the time.....nuts.

15USC50 is not just a good idea....IT'S THE LAW!....(c;
It's why WalMart cheerfully refunds your money when the new toaster
croaks. Walmart is NOT your friend. They are following the law!
At somewhere around $1000, corporations think they are immune from the
law, choosing to bull**** and fight. They're not immune....