Re: [bmw] "corporate lease vehicle" on CarFax

[Robert Chase <beostar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nope,

I worked for a .com for a while and one of our perks was a 3 series 
convertible.  If you did something "for the good of the company" you got 
the keys for a while.  The car was a lease and  I got it several times 
begging for service on the digital display.  To be honest with you I did 
things in that car that I would NEVER do in one of my personal cars.  
And to be honest I think I was probably one of the nicer people to the 
car.  If the company had offered me a "great deal" on the car I probably 
would have really had to think about it because I knew the people who 
drove it and how it was driven.

Do some research and find out who owned it.  It could have been a "high 
end rental" from someone like Hertz or it could have been a company 
lease for one person.  Just because its a corperate vehicle does not 
mean it was mistreated.  Call the BMW dealerships in the local area and 
track its service records.  Cars that are thrashed usually have a lot of 
oddball things break for "no reason". 
Robert Chase


Greg Steinke wrote:


> All,
> I am looking into an M Coupe. I found a couple on autotrader that look
> promising. But when I ran the VIN on Carfax, one of them showed that in
> its history it was a "corporate lease vehicle". And it showed 3 owners
> in its first 11k miles. (after which it was sold as a CPO to the
> gentleman who is selling it now with 35k mi).
>
> This fact concerns me. It seems to me that this kind of car would not be
> well taken care of, particularly during the break in period. After all,
> the car is not only lease, but even worse is leased to a company and not
> to an individual.
>
> Another M coupe showed as a "fleet vehicle" which also troubles me.
> Also, this one's first registration was at 2500 miles, which tells me
> that it was probably a demo at first.
>
> Am I overreacting to these? Obviously the best case would be someone who
> bought it for personal use, or even a two owner car with this scenario.
> What kind of scenarios would lead to an M coupe being a corporate lease?
> Not the usual fleet car, like a Chevy Malibu. Would be a sweet company
> car though!
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
> Greg
> gregs@domain.elided
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