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I’ve had some reservations about Dinan ever since they were acquired by Driven Performance Brands who also owns APR. APR has been in some financial problems in the past. Dinan moved to APR facilities in Alabama. CarBahn seems to be a separate entity, actually owned and run by Steve Dinan.
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05-27-2019, 08:52 PM | #68 |
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lol dinan is a brand. god knows who underwrites their warranty. seriously people read your service contracts and warranties; and learn the process of getting shit repaired is almost so mind boggling you;d rather just self ensure. i paid for an obd tune. if I fuck my car...3-4k repair bill...whatever. you pay to play. so easy to deny warranty coverage...
edit; I dont fuck my car im tired of dealers giving me my lot is full BS..sell some more cars. alas, the dealership model is getting even stinger by the day. Fuckin bmw ad I got Spring tune-up. was 200 bucks for a wash,cabin filter, and tire rotation.....the fuck lol. gotta have bays for that because its robbery. |
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Anywayz; I get what your saying; but thats how they sell you on these warranties...a new engine is 30k!!!! like you can drop a used one in for like 10k all said and done. on top of that you can probably salvage your own engine. whatever different stokes for different folk. good luck op. Im sure you'll get it resolved.' |
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@OP praying for you here in NJ, The irony is I just flashed a bm3 tune on my CS and like many others have said you "pay to play". That being said, I have never had any problems on flash tunes (bm3) but have heard of problems on dinan tunes, it is what it is. I just hope OP doesn't get completely fucked by a company who advertises as being one of the only tunes with warranty.
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Yeah I agree considering I called the day before even bringing it in, they said they were an authorized DINAN BMW dealer and that my service advisor specialized in DINAN BMW's.
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05-28-2019, 08:58 AM | #80 |
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Sterling BMW dropped Dinan last year as well. From what I hear Dinan refused to cover an M5 engine as did BMW and some sort of mess ensued.
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Nothing against them, as I have no beef in this game, but considering their drop of reputation over the past decade and a half, and seeing Steve Dinan leave, and numerous dealers dropping them as well, it sure as hell was a bad sign. Then you read threads like this, and I'm just wondering how on earth would ANYONE in their right mind ever consider paying for Dinan mods I know the vast majority of the BMW crowd here in south florida, which we get together all the time for meets etc, pretty much NOT ONE person is currently on the Dinan platform in the f8X side.
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New update:
Today i received a personal call from Dinan to apologize for the delay and insure that i have not been forgotten or being ignored. Due to the the long weekend of memorial day people were just not in the office to respond to BMW. He assured me that i will have a response on the motor being covered by latest thursday if not tomorrow. The claim needs to be approved by the final supervisor, but he does not see any reason the claim would be denied but could not give me a yes or no due to the decision not being in his hand . He was very possessive about the claim and also apologetic that i have been out of my car so long. Dinan is and has been responding in a timely manner which i truly appreciate. Hopefully i will be posting in the next few days that my car is being fixed and Dinan's warranty is second to none. Again i thank everyone for your comments and advice and i will keep contact with
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The slagging DINAN is taking in this thread is sort of off putting. First of all, they haven't even made the decision on what to do yet and this has been over a long holiday weekend. I'm hoping that if/when everything works out in OPs favor and the motor is warrantied, folks here will at least give DINAN credit and maybe walk back some of the remarks. If DINAN does in fact warranty the repairs, then regardless of how impressive you think the tune is compared to other companies it's pretty mega that you have the umbrella protection with the warranty.
What I'm curious to know however is if DINAN does in fact warranty the motor, what exactly is going to come of the tune they put on OPs car? If the tune itself was found to have caused the damage, I have to imagine they'll either need to update their software or OP will have to go back to stock? Finding fault in the tune would certainly preclude it from being installed on the new motor I would have to imagine. As always, good luck OP. Last edited by NickyC; 05-28-2019 at 08:10 PM.. |
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