Re: [ST] Triumph's absence at the shows

[Steve Lawler <slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

In a previous email, Michael Roukas stated:
> Steve, If you are thinking of the BMW dealership a few
> hundred yards up RT#46 in Ledgewood you better think
> again. They went belly up a few month ago. I can't
> think of any BMW dealers around here or anyone
> reliable that I would trust with working on one if I
> had a BMW. BMW has lost three dealers in a 30 mile
> radius from me in the last ten years or so.I wonder
> what's up with that?

Yeah. That's the one. I was in there this summer to look around. Squeaky 
clean. In fact, too clean. I couldn't see where the shop was.

I recall hearing a couple of years ago that BMW issued an edict that 
said that their dealers had to be BMW-only dealers. Seems to me that 
that would kill the smaller dealers in more remote areas. I know that if 
I was forced to choose between selling a higher volume of lower cost 
bikes and a lower volume of higher cost bikes I would choose the former. 
The BMW-only places that I have been in looked too "boutique-y."

-- 
Steve Lawler
Verona, NJ, USA

2001 Sprint ST "Blue Devil"

"Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but they 
still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of 
stairs."
             --Unknown
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