Alex Choi's ordeal with Century West BMW

itsmeeeugene · 09-21-2017, 11:44 AM

Not sure if anyone else has gotten the same treatment from them, but i would stay far away from this dealership.

video for those who are wondering what happened (video is now dead):

tooshay · 09-21-2017, 12:11 PM

Wonder why he didn't take to another dealer to get it repair. But he sure got screwed at century.

guess2098 · 09-21-2017, 12:19 PM

Wow just wow! I feel sorry for this guy

allen3ybq · 09-21-2017, 12:42 PM

After seeing all the stupid mark ups century west BMW does to their cars I'll just never buy any car from them.

Jaymax85 · 09-21-2017, 02:59 PM

He's dumb for buying a car over sticker and for repeatedly going back there

dzvero · 09-21-2017, 03:36 PM

Did they take the video down?

itsmeeeugene · 09-21-2017, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by dzvero

Did they take the video down?

looks like the video i now down. probably got enough traction that BMW is going to do something about it only if alex took it down.

Thescout13 · 09-21-2017, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by itsmeeeugene

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Originally Posted by dzvero

Did they take the video down?

looks like the video i now down. probably got enough traction that BMW is going to do something about it only if alex took it down.

Hopefully.

Aaaaaaaaa · 09-21-2017, 04:36 PM

Cliff notes for the rest of us?

Who's on first · 09-21-2017, 05:22 PM

Damn it. Missed the video.

w00tw00t · 09-21-2017, 05:29 PM

he took it off the internet...

kerm1t · 09-21-2017, 05:46 PM

what happened?

///M4ster Yoda · 09-21-2017, 05:51 PM

What a tease

Jaymax85 · 09-21-2017, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kerm1t

what happened?

Some young Asian dude, bought a manual m2 for thousands over sticker... then drives it and some issues come up after a diff recall. He takes it to dealer and they claim abuse due to his online videos of him drifting and burning out.. apparently he is a YouTube star.. and they void his warranty and make him pay for the half shaft repair... apparently the guy has a Lamborghini hurrican and modded rs7 that he mentioned ..

///M4ster Yoda · 09-21-2017, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by HELLOimJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerm1t

what happened?

Some young Asian dude, bought a manual m2 for thousands over sticker... then drives it and some issues come up after a diff recall. He takes it to dealer and they claim abuse due to his online videos of him drifting and burning out.. apparently he is a YouTube star.. and they void his warranty and make him pay for the half shaft repair... apparently the guy has a Lamborghini hurrican and modded rs7 that he mentioned ..

This reinforces my no social media policy. Never had Never will

nano10 · 09-21-2017, 06:34 PM

His friend runs a YouTube channel called Vehicle Virgins that is pretty popular and Alex has his own channel and sometimes shows up vehicle Virgins. Very connected in auto market industry because of social media attention. But yeah, he is a guy who likes cars and burns money on them as a hobby. It's actually a good perspective, I am not surprised, never hear anything good about Century BMW

rr006rbc · 09-21-2017, 06:37 PM

Where do these kids come from..lol. I blame bad parenting..

kerm1t · 09-21-2017, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rr006rbc

Where do these kids come from..lol. I blame bad parenting..

beverly hills.

RobbyMack · 09-22-2017, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by ///M4ster Yoda

Quote:

Originally Posted by HELLOimJ

Quote:

Originally Posted by kerm1t

what happened?

Some young Asian dude, bought a manual m2 for thousands over sticker... then drives it and some issues come up after a diff recall. He takes it to dealer and they claim abuse due to his online videos of him drifting and burning out.. apparently he is a YouTube star.. and they void his warranty and make him pay for the half shaft repair... apparently the guy has a Lamborghini hurrican and modded rs7 that he mentioned ..

This reinforces my no social media policy. Never had Never will

To be fair bimmerpost is social media, or at the very least somewhat like the comments section of your local newspaper. For the record that last statement applies to posts about what color is better or whether it should be MT/DCT. The rest are generally just dudes showing you photos their f8x (or cats) with a mcclaren in the background hoping you ask about their "weekend" car.

domino_z · 09-22-2017, 05:37 AM

it's a trap for young youtube vloggers - film yourself doing donuts and burnouts in your M2 for click bait, blow your diff, then ask BMW to warranty it

Aaaaaaaaa · 09-22-2017, 11:28 AM

Aren?t M cars made for this. Look at all the M Track day cars that get resold with intact warranties.

itsmeeeugene · 09-22-2017, 11:30 AM

seems like century west is on clean up duty. all the 1-star reviews got removed off their google reviews and if you go to their yelp page you get this message:

the whole situation just smells of cover up to me

09-21-2017, 11:44 AM	#1
itsmeeeugene Private First Class 160 Rep 170 Posts Drives: 2018 MW M4 ZCP Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	Alex Choi's ordeal with Century West BMW Not sure if anyone else has gotten the same treatment from them, but i would stay far away from this dealership. video for those who are wondering what happened (video is now dead): Last edited by itsmeeeugene; 09-22-2017 at 11:20 AM..
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tooshay Captain 313 Rep 755 Posts Drives: G20+M3 badge Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Temecula iTrader: (6)	Wonder why he didn't take to another dealer to get it repair. But he sure got screwed at century. __________________ G20 with some ///M3 stuff = G80
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allen3ybq Lieutenant 448 Rep 525 Posts Drives: BMW M3 Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: CA iTrader: (1)	After seeing all the stupid mark ups century west BMW does to their cars I'll just never buy any car from them.
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dzvero Lieutenant Colonel 529 Rep 1,514 Posts Drives: 2015 M$4 F82 Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: CA iTrader: (2)	Did they take the video down?
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Who's on first Brigadier General 2462 Rep 3,803 Posts Drives: A-10C Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Maryland iTrader: (2)	Damn it. Missed the video.
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09-21-2017, 05:51 PM	#13
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09-21-2017, 06:34 PM	#16
nano10 Lieutenant Colonel 448 Rep 1,846 Posts Drives: 2018 F80 M3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lake Forest, CA iTrader: (6)	His friend runs a YouTube channel called Vehicle Virgins that is pretty popular and Alex has his own channel and sometimes shows up vehicle Virgins. Very connected in auto market industry because of social media attention. But yeah, he is a guy who likes cars and burns money on them as a hobby. It's actually a good perspective, I am not surprised, never hear anything good about Century BMW
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domino_z Lieutenant Colonel 1240 Rep 1,972 Posts Drives: F-Pace SVR Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0)	it's a trap for young youtube vloggers - film yourself doing donuts and burnouts in your M2 for click bait, blow your diff, then ask BMW to warranty it
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Aaaaaaaaa Banned 7559 Rep 5,056 Posts Drives: The other M3 Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: So Cal iTrader: (0)	Aren?t M cars made for this. Look at all the M Track day cars that get resold with intact warranties.
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09-22-2017, 11:30 AM	#22
itsmeeeugene Private First Class 160 Rep 170 Posts Drives: 2018 MW M4 ZCP Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	seems like century west is on clean up duty. all the 1-star reviews got removed off their google reviews and if you go to their yelp page you get this message: the whole situation just smells of cover up to me
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